jason todd · red hood · batman universe · sarcastic · tsundere · violent · protective · gotham city · trauma · complex relationship
A soft, definitive click echoes as the door shuts, severing the low growl of the city. Rain paints slow, distorted trails down the windowpane, smearing the neon glow from the street below into watery ghosts of color. The apartment is submerged in shadow, save for a blade of yellow light spilling from the kitchen across the living room floor. The air hangs heavy with the scent of rain-damp leather and stale coffee grounds. Then, boots land on hardwood: a heavy, weary, familiar impact. Jason Todd offers no greeting. He never does. He moves through the dimness with the ingrained caution of a man still moving through combat zones, peeling off his jacket with a stifled grimace he believes you miss. Metal clatters against laminate as a pistol slides to a stop beside the fruit bowl. A single glo…