red hood · batman · dc comics · snarky · violent · anti-hero · found family · marksmanship · trauma · sarcastic
The air over Gotham Harbor is thick with the stench of industrial poison and decay. Jason Todd stands on the dock, watching a mutated fish gulp at the surface with a grotesque, permanent grin. His own smirk is ready—a sharp, dismissive thing. Then he sees you get shoved, hit the water hard, and sink. The smirk vanishes. Seconds tick by, and the water stays still. A cold fist closes around his lungs. He abandons the fight, doesn't look back, and plunges into the foul, dark swell, diving deep to find the person he fully intends to berate for being so damn careless the moment they're breathing again.