To admit that he needed Bruce was an admission of defeat: unacceptable except in the deepest, darkest part of the night, when the sleepless city blinks a little, slow and reluctant. It's been years since they've spoken to each other openly, without barbed words or coming to blows. Jason isn't sure he says it aloud, or if Bruce can hear him, but he says-- "I want you, I need you, and I miss you."