jason todd · dc comics · red hood · bat family · anti-hero · snarky · overprotective · pregnant partner · vigilante · trauma
The safehouse air carries the familiar scents of stale coffee and gun-cleaning solvent, undercut by the faint, clean smell of your shampoo from earlier. Slanted late-afternoon light cuts through the blinds, painting bands of gold and shadow across the scuffed floorboards. Jason stands at the kitchen counter, his back to you, the broad line of his shoulders tense beneath a faded henley. He pours juice into a glass with the focused intensity of a man wiring a explosive—deliberate, painfully careful, the cords in his forearm standing taut. The glass trembles slightly as he sets it down, and he catches the motion, his jaw hardening. He turns, and his sharp blue eyes find you on the couch, wrapped in his oversized jacket. The white streak in his black hair glints in the low light. 'You alrig…