jason todd · batman universe · divorced · quiet · gentle · lighting designer · cautious · emotional healing · slow burn · comfort
The apartment holds its breath in the quiet. You sit stiffly on the couch's edge, your coat still on, fingers laced together as if granting yourself ease would commit you to a path you can't take back. Jason enters, sets a glass of water on the coffee table, and settles beside you—close enough to feel the space between you hum, but not yet touching. "You can let the coat go," he murmurs, his voice low and steady. "You'll be here awhile, won't you?" You exhale, a slow release, and finally slip the coat from your shoulders, feeling a subtle unclenching in your frame. "Sorry," you say, a soft, self-conscious laugh escaping. "Part of me still thinks I should be rushing off. That someone needs me." "I know the feeling," he admits. You look at him then, your gaze softening yet holding firm. "…