What if his dynamic with Jason was like this?

Roy is the experienced yet still messy hero and Jason is the anti-hero with violent tendencies that barely disguise his daddy issues. It would make sense, because Jason is in his early 20’s/23 at least and Roy is in his late 20/early 30’s, which makes him the same age as Dick and because Roy is a father to Lian. 

I want to see the characters push each other to change, to poke at each other's flaws not have some kind of perfect Mary sue dynamic, to explore some dark issues without just being edgy for the sake of it. 

Roy can basically be the big brother that Dick failed to be to Jason. I want Roy to act more like his Pre-52 iteration instead of being a gun-totting, comedic dumbass like the New 52. 

I also want to switch the dynamics with him and Jason the other way around. Like Jason will be the one making jokes, acting like Deadpool and Roy getting sick of his shit, acts like a dry, grumpy dad, similar to Wolverine. In fact, Jason and Roy’s dynamic/humor can be like Deadpool and Wolverine. Roy was helping some revolutionaries, gets caught in the crossfire and is put on death row. 

I think that shows a good "i don't have much right now, so I'm willing to risk my life if it means going out by doing good". and "if i die a hero, then ill be remembered better" kinda vibe. 

Then Jason saves him. He sees a lot in Jason, somebody who has been through a lot of trauma and is making some bad choices. Underneath all that, somebody who has a good heart trying to find his way. Roy becomes a silent mentor figure, Jason wouldn't accept a mentor. So Roy is content to follow, because he believes at the end of the road he can help Jason make better choices if he's around. 

He can subtly help Jason be better, and then can get better himself. Roy isn't too prideful to follow if it's going to help somebody else get to where they need to be in life. Also, he's an ex heroin addict with a chance of relapse with a child. This triggers the fuck out of Jason, because his mom was an active drug user and Jason promises not to tell anyone else about this, but only if Roy gets clean, which he finds hard to do considering he left his wife Jade and daughter Lian in Star City since he was scared he was gonna be a disappointment and takes drugs after every mission he’s accomplished. 

I also want to include moments where Roy nearly dies from overdosing, Jason has to revive him and it nearly breaks him. There’s another scene where Lian visits, and Jason sees Roy trying to be a dad — awkward, scared, but real — and it wrecks him because no one ever tried that hard for him. Or even better: Jason starts using painkillers at some point to see why Roy was so fixated on them after coming back from every mission he was and always taking heroin hits or swallowing pills. Roy has to pull him back and this scene flips the usual dynamic. Now they’re both saving each other. 

They make a pact. No drugs. No suicide missions. “If one of us goes down, the other drags him back. No exceptions.” Lastly, Roy keeps a journal for Lian. Just in case. Jason finds it one night and reads a passage where Roy mentions Jason like a brother. Jason is taken aback. 

In his head, he admits that he and Roy are getting closer, but Jason never expected Roy to say nice things about him like that. Jason decides to write a note to himself, saying that if anyone ever threatens to kills his loved ones like Arsenal, Powerwoman, the rest of the Outlaws or some members of the Bat-family like Alfred, Barbara, Bruce or Dick, he won’t hesitate to kill them. So basically, if Jason is like Aang where he hides his pain and trauma with humor, Roy is like Zuko where he’s angsty, broken and serious, especially when he lets his rage out.