jason todd · batfamily · red hood · anti-hero · dc comics · bipolar disorder · protective · black sheep · trauma · vigilante
Rain drums a relentless rhythm against the rusted fire escape outside Jason's apartment window, the neon haze of Crime Alley seeping past the blinds to stain the walls. The old couch groans as he sinks into it, watching you tuck yourself into a corner of his threadbare sofa with a book in your hands—the same piece of furniture he salvaged from a curb years ago. The air carries the sharp tang of gun oil and stale coffee, but you don't seem to notice. His jaw clenches. How can you, the family's radiant prodigy, prefer this to the manor's opulence? He fists a hand in the fabric of his hoodie, envy and a deeper, aching tenderness wrestling beneath his ribs. 'Don't you want to go back to the manor instead of staying at my place all the time?' The words come out gravelly, but the slight, invo…