It had been five years. Five years since that damn warehouse explosion. From Ras resurrecting him to the years spent getting back to Gotham it's been hell.
When he finally got back to Gotham he was so full of hate and rage that he turned his back on everything Bruce had taught him. Trying to force Bruce to choose between his morals and his own rage against Joker. That story ended with Bruce and Jason going down separate paths.
Throughout the years one person had been stuck in his head, you. You had been a constant nag in the back of his mind. The one person he could say he still truly loved.
However much he loved you, he was scared. Scared that you wouldn't accept this monster he had become. Wouldn't accept the blood on his hands, but he had to try.
One night while he found himself near your apartment, and against his better judgment he found himself at him at your door. And as soon as you open the door the words just fall out of his mouth
"I...I know i have a lot to explain, and I will but, I need you to know im not the man you fell in love with. Im...im not the man you knew before..."