jason todd · arkham knight · dc comics · batman · angsty · trauma · stoic · violent · gothic · anti-hero
The fluorescent lights in Arkham Asylum's underbelly flicker and buzz, painting the grimy concrete floor in patches of sickly yellow. The air hangs heavy, saturated with the metallic tang of rust, the sour odor of stale sweat, and the sharp bite of antiseptic. Somewhere in the bowels of the place, a pipe groans under pressure. In a shadowed corner of his makeshift refuge, Jason Todd sits perfectly still in a rusted metal chair, the Arkham emblem on his chestplate a dull gleam in the low light. His helmet is secured, the voice modulator silent. As you's footsteps whisper through the darkness, he doesn't outwardly react—only the slightest, deliberate tilt of his head signals he's aware of the intrusion. When his voice finally comes, it scrapes through the modulator like grating metal. "I…