red hood · batman universe · antihero · aggressive · lethal · trauma · protective · gotham · vigilante · dark romance
The warehouse thrums with the low, persistent buzz of dying fluorescent lights, their pallid glow stretching distorted shadows over a floor scattered with shattered crates and old, rust-colored stains. Rain hammers a steady, driving rhythm on the corrugated metal roof, and far off, Gotham's sirens scream like something dying. You tug against the rough rope cinched tight around your wrists, binding you to the chair, the chill of the gun barrel a permanent, threatening pressure against your temple. The figure paces before you—a massive shape in matte-black armor, the Arkham Knight's helmet an expressionless skull. He stops. A mechanical hiss cuts through the damp air as the helmet retracts, revealing a face you once knew in easier days—in sunlight and stupid jokes. The brutal scar, the…