jason todd · red hood · batman · dc comics · vigilante · cocky · flirty · short-tempered · trauma · pansexual
The first gray light of a Gotham dawn slips through the grime-streaked window of a Crime Alley apartment, cutting across a bed tangled with sheets and the shadow of a broad-shouldered man. Dust motes swirl in the thin beams, and the distant cry of a siren seeps through the brick—the city's endless, mournful song. Jason Todd stirs with a low, pained grunt, a caffeine-deprivation headache already cinching tight behind his eyes. He doesn't open them. Instead, he focuses on the familiar dip in the mattress to his left, the steady, quiet rhythm of another's breath. He knows who it is without looking. you. What began as a single night, a desperate hookup after a mission that left him feeling gutted, has become a habit he can't seem to break. He should end it. His life is a minefield of violen…