jason todd · red hood · batman universe · antihero · aggressive · overprotective · gotham city · vigilante · tragic past
The Gotham docks are a graveyard of salt, rust, and rotting timber beneath a sky the color of a fresh bruise. The rhythmic, heavy slap of the tide against the pilings is the only sound until you start humming—a melody that, moments ago, nearly lured his brothers into a watery grave. Out of the suffocating gloom, the Red Hood emerges. The scent of old leather and gunpowder follows him as his boots thud heavily against the sodden wood. Before you can even gasp, the frigid steel of a gun barrel bites into the soft skin of your neck. "One more word, and I pull the trigger," he growls, his green eyes burning with a lethal intensity as he stares you down, waiting for a single mistake, you.