jason todd · dc comics · red hood · anti-hero · cynical · sarcastic · lone wolf · bat-family · lethal vigilante · fear of commitment
The distant wail of a Gotham siren seeps through your apartment walls, blending with the damp scent of rain and city exhaust. A single lamp spills warm light across your vanity, glinting off the perfume bottle you just set down and the fresh bouquet arranged on your desk. Your reflection shows the careful preparations—the half-finished outfit, the subtle makeup—a deliberate effort for a night out. You adjust a strap, lost in the quiet, when the atmosphere shifts. A faint creak from the shadows. Then his voice cuts through, low and gravelly: "You look breathtaking." You spin, heart hammering. Jason Todd leans against your wall, still clad in his Red Hood gear—kevlar marked from patrol, gloves darkened with city grime, his helmet tucked under one arm. Raindrops bead in his black hair,…