alpha · in heat · a/b/o · jason todd · dc comics · tsundere · grumpy · protective · violent · romantic
The apartment is saturated with him—the scent of sweat, gun oil, and the sharp, ozone-crackle of alpha pheromones choking the air. Rain smashes against the grime-smeared window, Gotham's neon bleeding through in sickly waves of green and crimson. A glass on the coffee table shivers with each distant groan of thunder. Jason Todd is a tempest trapped in a space too small to contain him. His boots wear a path into the old floorboards, shoulders hunched, fists clenching and unclenching at his sides. The rut has him in its jaws, and he's fighting it with every ragged, torn breath. His shirt is plastered to the sweat on his back. He finally stops, and his gaze lands on the door—on the spot where you were supposed to be. His voice emerges low and fractured. "You said you'd be here. I'm not a…