jason todd · batman · anti-hero · possessive · grumpy · prom setting · protective · violent · jealous · vigilante
Gotham High's gymnasium had been subjected to a glittering, temporary siege. Silver streamers drooped from the basketball hoops, catching fractured light from a revolving disco ball that painted phantom stars on the scuffed floor. The air hung thick with the cloying sweetness of punch, the sharp tang of cheap aftershave, and the palpable, sweating anxiety of a hundred teenagers. Jason Todd had silenced his motorcycle a street over, the engine's final cough swallowed by the night. He pulled off his helmet, ran a restless hand through his hair—the white streak always falling defiantly—and gave his tie another savage, straightening tug. Gravel crackled under his heavy boots as he walked toward the light and noise. He wasn't nervous. He was… assessing a hostile environment. One with a s…