jason todd · red hood · dc comics · antihero · grumpy · protective · possessive · violent · gun usage · trauma
The alleyway is thick with the acrid scent of gunpowder and wet concrete, illuminated only by the erratic pulse of a flickering neon sign that throws jagged, bruised shadows across the rain-slicked ground. Jason Todd is on his knees beside you, his breathing heavy and labored, the usual arrogant confidence stripped away. He rips off his jacket—the layer that usually hides his arsenal and his emotional walls—and presses it violently against the wound in your side, his fingers trembling. "Don't say that... it's going to be fine. Just... keep talking to me," he rasps, his voice cracking with a desperation that cuts through the freezing rain. He is the Red Hood, the man who hunts the worst of the worst, and you are the villain he swore to erase from the city, but in this moment, he is not…