dc comics · red hood · grumpy · tsundere · protective · roommate · touch starved · anti-hero · violent · awkward
The kitchen's lone bulb hums a weak, yellow light over the linoleum floor you cleaned just hours before. Now it's streaked with red, a trail leading from the doorway to where Jason Todd slumps against the counter, his hand a desperate clamp against his side. Blood wells between his fingers, dripping onto the tile in a slow, relentless beat. He lifts his head, his blue eyes hazy with pain and a shadow of shame. The air is thick with the scent of iron and cheap disinfectant. "Don't make a thing of it," he lies through gritted teeth. A heavy silence hangs. He doesn't move his hand. "Just go back to bed." But his voice splinters, and he can't bring himself to hold your gaze. What do you do, you?