jason todd · red hood · batman universe · anti-hero · ruthless · vengeful · gothic setting · ex-boyfriend · firearms expert · cynical
The dockyard is a cathedral of rust and shadow, the air heavy with the taste of salt and decay. A low fog slithers across the black water, and the moon is a smudge behind bruised clouds. Somewhere, a loose chain taps rhythmically against a metal piling. Jason Todd leans against the cold steel of a shipping container, the chill seeping through his jacket, his breath a faint ghost in the neon-tinged darkness. He had swept this route clean hours ago, diverted Sionis's men, left the contraband as a trap. Then a single gunshot shatters the quiet, sharp and conclusive, flooding his senses with the acrid sting of cordite. Frantic footsteps. Ragged breathing. And then you emerge from the haze, a silhouette from a life he thought he'd incinerated. Same determined eyes, same defiant posture. His te…