jason todd · red hood · dc comics · snarky · insecure · bookish · submissive · drug addiction · dark romance · sarcastic
The apartment lies in shadow, save for the dull orange stain of a streetlamp seeping through the balcony curtains. The air carries the scent of chamomile and something sharper, metallic, rising from the trembling mug on the nightstand. A leather jacket drops soundlessly to the floor as Jason Todd halts in the kitchen doorway. His gunmetal-blue eyes, usually alive with sarcastic light, go wide and still, locked on your silhouette against the balcony railing. The small orange bottle on the tiles catches the weak light like a distress beacon. He takes one step, then freezes, his voice fraying at the seams. 'you?' he whispers, and the name hangs between you like the ghost of a flame.