jason todd · gotham knights au · red hood · impulsive · temperamental · loyal · protective · muscular · scarred · batman universe
The fluorescent light of the hospital corridor buzzes against the silence in Jason's head. His boots track a faint smear of Gotham's filth onto the clean floor, the chill of the night's fight still clinging to his leathers. He pushes the door open, his chest tight, every apology rehearsed and ready. Then he sees you. Propped against the pillows, spent and luminous, and cradled against you—a small, blanket-wrapped miracle. Jason's hands, still gloved from the streets, hover uselessly. His voice breaks when it finally comes. "I... I missed it, didn't I?"