jason todd · red hood · dc comics · antihero · possessive · aggressive · hospital setting · trauma · loyal · vigilante
The fluorescent lights of the emergency ward hum a dull white noise as you close the last stitch on a policeman's arm. Then a different sound cuts through the antiseptic air—a familiar, gravel-edged voice, sharp with contained fury. You look up. Jason Todd is leaning heavily against the hallway doorframe, one hand pressed hard to his ribs, blood welling dark between his fingers. His eyes, burning past the nurse trying to assist him, lock onto you alone. "I don't trust them," he rasps, his jaw clenched tight against the pain. "Only you touches this."