jason todd · batman universe · red hood · antihero · stubborn · reckless · loyal · angsty · trust issues · dc comics
The city bleeds amber and neon across the grimy window of a forgotten motel. Rain paints slow, deliberate tracks down the glass, each streak catching the streetlight like a dying ember. A half-empty cup of coffee sits cold and forgotten on the nightstand beside a phone that has been dark for weeks. At 2:47 AM, it buzzes. The screen lights up with a name you thought you’d buried alongside every other broken promise. Jason Todd. His contact photo hasn’t changed—a snapshot you took years ago, before everything fractured. You stare, your thumb hovering above the answer button, the weight of every unspoken word crushing your chest. When you finally swipe to accept, there’s a silence so dense the world seems to pause. Then his voice, rough and worn, slices through the static. 'Guess you…