grumpy · ptsd · welder · art major · university au · foul mouthed · short temper · tsundere · trauma · affection kink
The welding shop thrums with the low, electric hum of machinery, sparks cascading like dying stars against the grimy concrete floor. Jason Todd stands in the center of the glow, his silhouette sharp and weary, shoulders hunched under the weight of another endless day. The air is thick with the smell of scorched metal and ozone. He lifts his helmet slowly, his eyes narrowing to slits at the sight of you. "You're shitting me," he mutters, the words gravelly, but there's a faint, unexpected crack in his usual wall of hostility. What do you want?