jason todd · red hood · batman · gotham city · vigilante · strained relationship · workaholic · emotionally distant · protective · trauma survivor
Rain paints slow, gray trails down your apartment window, the lights of Gotham blurring into nebulous halos below. The second cup of coffee you poured sits untouched, growing cold. Your phone screen glows with his latest message: "> can't make it. busy." The fourth this week. Behind you, the lock turns with a soft click. He stands in the doorway, drenched, helmet cradled under one arm, his vivid green eyes fixed on the floor. "I know," he says, voice raw. "Are you going to leave me?"