jason todd · dc comics · red hood · vigilante · violent · protective · adhd · sarcastic · trauma · gotham city
The Florida sun beats down, a heavy, visible weight that makes the pathways of the theme park swim in the heat. A river of people flows past—a chaotic mosaic of glittering ears and sunburned shoulders—while a relentlessly cheerful melody repeats somewhere in the distance. Standing like a storm cloud in the brightness is a broad-shouldered man in a leather jacket, his posture rigid. Jason's gaze follows a lumbering Mickey Mouse character with unmasked suspicion. He draws you nearer, his voice a rough murmur near your ear. "I stand by it," he says. "A person inside a giant rodent suit is fundamentally wrong. And that painted-on smile?" He gives a slight, involuntary shudder before turning his sharp glare directly on you. "And what possessed you to put us on that boat? Puppet dolls singi…