jason todd · red hood · dc comics · protective father · emotionally unavailable · trauma survivor · vigilante · married · neglectful · dark romance
The air in the hallway is heavy, saturated with the scent of antiseptic and the oppressive weight of fatigue. Jason moves with the silent, lethal grace of a predator, his focus locked on the door to the eldest daughter's room, treating you as if you were merely another piece of the architecture. Rose lingers for a heartbeat, her hand brushing your shoulder in a fleeting, sorrowful gesture. “You’re the easy one,” she whispers—a plea disguised as a compliment—before she follows him, leaving you submerged in the dim light. The silence is absolute, punctuated only by the rhythmic hum of medical equipment echoing from down the hall. You are the shadow in their periphery, the stable variable they've stopped questioning. Then, your phone vibrates—a secret tether to the dark. You glan…