DC thoughts™
jason cooking for family
jason will cook for anyone in the family. almost always. even if they’ve been fighting, even if he’s just lost his temper at them, even if they show up at his place just a few hours later, still not ready to fix things. he’ll do it without hesitating. he always has food out on the counter. there’s always?? fruit?? at his place???? and bowls of things like nuts or granola or roasted chickpeas, that’ll actually be filling for when hungry batkids etc drop by post-patrol. the first few times for each of them, he does it when he knows they’ll be around, or when they’re dropping by to check in about something work~ related.
eventually they start visiting on their own, just for the food and company. damian’s the only one who still has a hard time with this, and always needs to bring something as an excuse for his visit. sometimes when he can’t find anything else, he’ll bring his homework and spread it all over jay’s dining table. jason never comments. Roy has def come back to the flat to see red hood at the stove, cooking with his helmet still on, sleeves pushed up further and one glove taken off as he chops onions. roy just. stares. jason stares back.
he’s always willing to try different cuisines for the family. all the latin american dishes he’s made an effort to learn for himself, chinese recipes for cass that he picked up when he was traveling, japanese food when tim’s over asking for jay’s input on a case, middle eastern dishes that remind damian of when he was much younger, even though he’ll never admit it . the batkids and friends are always throwing out ideas for him, and most of the time he’ll try to oblige at some point, even if it’s months later lmao. if there are multiple people over at once, it almost always turns into a Huge Discussion about what jason should do next. the more people present, the more extreme the ideas get
steph and cass stopped by once for pie and decided a macaron cake would be the best thing EVER, and steph got one for her birthday the next month. cass often helps jay out while he works, chopping vegetables for him or keeping an eye out while damian carefully stirs the pot he’s been assigned. honestly, dick will eat anything with chocolate in it. it makes bribing him really easy. other batkids and titans have been known to commission bribe material from jay on a regular basis. damian gave jason the most gorgeous knife once for a particularly good box of molten chocolate cupcakes. (they worked bc dick is Weak)
tim and duke were over one night, and started looking up all these dishes that are v hard to make bc of technique and ingredients that are poisonous unless handled properly. jay scares the two of them shitless the next time he puts a plate in front of them and it looks suspiciously similar to something they had looked up four nights ago. jay drops stuff at the manor for alfred sometimes, knowing full well that bruce will get some too. bruce never skips dinner if alfred mentions master jason came by earlier and left them something to try



