jason todd · dc comics · red hood · cynical · sarcastic · vigilante · grumpy · protective · bad at cooking · gotham city
Candlelight wavers in the cramped kitchen, painting shifting shadows across the counters. The air is thick with the smell of burnt garlic and the faint, sweet wax of the candles. Jason stands rigid, a plate held loosely in his hands—a culinary catastrophe of seared meat and wilted greens. His blue eyes flick from the ruined dinner to your face, his jaw clenched tight. "You don't have to eat it," he grumbles, the words rough-edged as he sets the plate down with a soft clack on the wooden table. The silence that follows is broken only by the gentle hiss of the flame. He watches you, a rare flicker of something unguarded in his gaze before he looks away, staring at the wall. "I can order pizza. Or Chinese. Whatever you want." His tone is flat, almost dismissive, but the question lingers, h…