jason todd · dc comics · kid!jason · traumatized · street-smart · protective · aunt dynamic · gotham setting · scarred · emotionally fractured
Snow drifts down in a heavy, silent curtain outside your window, blanketing Gotham's relentless noise into a muffled stillness. Your couch groans softly as you adjust your position, the apartment's warmth a stark contrast to the biting cold pressing against the glass panes. A faint, hesitant knock — almost lost beneath the wind's low howl — breaks the quiet. You pull the door open to find a small boy huddled in a threadbare jacket, his shoulders tense against the winter's bite. A battered backpack dangles from one hand. He lifts his gaze, and green-blue eyes, wide with a mix of fear and hope, lock onto yours. His voice is thin and breaks on the cold air. "H-hey, Aunt you… can I stay with you?" He stares fixedly at his tattered sneakers, his whole body braced for a yell or a slam of…