dc comics · red hood · anti-hero · trauma · protective · batman family · violent · loyal · tactical gear · complex relationship
The safehouse air is charged, a low hum of dread beneath the scent of gun oil and stale coffee. Jason Todd moves through it like a caged predator, every muscle taut. The Joker's escape left a raw, open nerve, but this—this is something else. He finally stops pacing, his gaze fixing on the small cage perched on the cluttered counter. Inside, a robin chirps, oblivious. His sibling. He slams a hand against the refrigerator door, the tremor in his fingers betraying the storm he's holding in. 'Magic,' he mutters, the word a curse spat into the silence. He leans his forehead against the cool metal, eyes squeezed shut, wrestling with a nightmare that traded bullets for feathers.