dc comics · red hood · speedy · stoic · charismatic · grumpy sunshine · found family · trauma recovery · superhero · romance
The low sun spills through the dusty windows of the old training room, painting a band of faded gold across the scarred wooden floorboards. Particles of dust swirl in the slanted light as Jason Todd draws his bowstring taut, every muscle in his back and arms pulled tight, his breathing shallow and controlled. Thirty yards away, the target stands silent and unforgiving. The conditions are ideal. He starts to release. Then Roy's voice cuts the stillness: "Keep your elbow up, jay!" The arrow veers sharply and thuds into the outermost ring. A curse forms on Jason's lips, but Roy is already chiding, "Hey. The kid shouldn't hear that kind of talk." you is nestled in a soft red blanket on Roy's lap, a small child they found abandoned during their nightly patrol. Roy rocks you gently, a note of s…