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Talon had been acting weird around Jason.
Ever since the Omega had come to live with them and after seeing Jason as Red Hood, he'd been acting weird.
Jason wasn't feeling uncomfortable or anything, he was just… Confused.
Ever since gaining freedom from the court, Talon had been trying out all kinds of new things; one thing he adored was bright, garish colors, but had no care for making sure any combination picked was cohesive or flattering.
Talon's most recently acquired treasure was a pair of light-up sneakers, and the very first thing he'd done after putting them on was to go look for Jason. Finding him in the library he'd stomped his foot and when the shoes lit up, he'd eagerly and proudly shown them off to the Alpha.
He'd posed and made sure Jason paid careful attention. Turning this and that way, lifting his foot up to make sure the Alpha could see, stomping his feet again whenever the light turned off and it was only once he'd felt like Jason had properly seen and appropriately praised him for having such pretty and colorful shoes that he left to find new treasures to show the Alpha.
Then there was that time when Talon had gifted Jason candy wrappers, old buttons and bottle caps, carefully selecting only the shiniest and most sparkly ones to be gifted, and although Jason didn't think it was much more than garbage, he gracefully recieved them and carefully kept them safe stored in a box at home.
It might've been actual trash but it clearly meant something to Talon, putting a lot of thought into which ones were good enough to gift to the Alpha. He gave Jason the ones he clearly found the prettiest.
When the candy wrappers, buttons and bottle caps didn't give whatever results Talon was trying to achieve, he moved on to pretty rocks, whether it be random pebbles he found on the ground or actual precious gems he'd gotten a hold of.
Neither Jason or the rest of the bats had any clue where he'd found the latter; he hadn't come to any of them for help in buying these gems and he wasn't very good with ordering things online, so where and how he'd come by them was a mystery to stay unsolved.
When pretty rocks, colorful footwear and pretty trash didn't work, he'd moved on to other things— Like dressing up in beautiful clothes and moving his body in specific ways.
He was mesmerizing.
Talon kept doing what he had been doing so far; currently he was preforming an interperative dance; dressed in his flowiest and prettiest dress, he moved in such a way that the fabric looked like it was floating in the air, independently of Talon's movements, and when he started to incorporate his wings, it was the most impressive display of bodily control and artistry Jason had ever seen.
Before the Alpha knew it, the Omega was airborne, effortlessly appearing as though he were afloat and dancing on solid ground at once.
The way he'd started moving was beginning to look familiar as well, and he soon had the awe-worthy realization that Talon was keeping himself suspended in the air while gracefully replicating the Ballet moves Cass had been practicing for months now.
Jason couldn't look away as Talon pirouetted in place, his dress skirt flowing - no, cascading outwards as he spun, the fabric floating around him like flower petals dancing in the wind; moving his wings in tandem with his arms, all while keeping himself high up in the air.
Talon were seemingly unnaffected by the strength needed to not only keep himself aloft in the air but making it look effortless.
It's when Dick started to sing, that it fully clicked in Jason's mind what had been happening for months; what the Omega had been trying to do, what he'd been doing even though Jason had been too dense to realise it.
The Omega had been trying to court him. Him, the failure, the outcast of the pack, the last one he'd expected Dick to want to mate with, let alone court for a life long bond; But here they were, with Dick doing one of the most impressive and beautiful mating dances Jason had ever seen.
He couldn't help blushing, his own wings ruffling and splaying out in response to Dick's invitation, showing off and displaying his massive, colorful wings.
The Omega crooned, happy to finally be understood; delighted that his intended mate reciprocated his desires. He delicately floated down until he was standing on the floor, before leaping over to Jason and right into the Alpha's waiting arms and wings.
Once in each others arms they lifted up into the air and danced together, their bodies moving as one. Perfectly mirroring each others wings, circling each other with their wings spread to their fullest; then it was Jasons turn to entice the Omega.
Only once Talon was back on the ground did Jason start, Splaying his wings, showing off the beautiful colors and keeping himself afloat with the powerful beats of his truly massive wings.
Moving himself around in the air, turning this way and that way, moving more sharply than Dick's flowy agile movements. Choosing to showcasing his strength and dexterity; his ability to keep his Omega safe and protecting their nest.
He showed his ability keep himself and his wings neat and groomed, to make sure he'd always be able to defend their chicks, their nest and their flock.
Later on they'd present each other with a meal, to show they'd be able to procure food for each other.
Finishing his own courting dance, he held out his hands for the Omega to take, Talon lifted himself back up into the air and flew straight into those welcoming arms.
When those strong arms and those powerful wings closed around him, he couldn't help but purr and scent his mate, for that is what the Alpha was, his mate, it didn't matter that they hadn't mated or gone through the courting period yet, Jason was his and he'd never choose anyone else, he'd never want anyone else, and he'd never let anyone, not death and not another omega take his mate away from him.
They would live and love each other for the rest of their lives, simply because Talon would settle for no less, and Dick had a feeling the Alpha felt the same way.
The End.