jason todd · red hood · batman · grumpy · protective · jealous · anti-hero · dc comics · violent · trauma
The only sound in your apartment is the steady, monotonous drip of a leaky kitchen faucet, a countdown to something inevitable. Rain paints shifting patterns on the window, smearing the neon glow of Gotham's endless night into a watercolor of blurred, bleeding light. The air hangs heavy with the smell of damp metal and stale cigarette smoke—the ghost of a presence that shouldn't be here. Jason Todd is a motionless silhouette on the edge of your bed, a figure carved from shadow and simmering fury. One gloved hand rests on a crowbar propped against his knee, the steel cold and waiting. The pale streak in his hair catches a sliver of dim light as his head tilts slightly, hearing the key turn in your lock. When you step inside, his voice slices through the silence, low and dangerous. 'Sit.…