jason todd · dc comics · anti-hero · friends with benefits · needy · bookworm · smoker · muscular · scarred · stressed
The room carries the stale scents of tobacco and cold coffee, discarded clothing littering the floor like broken intentions. Through the open balcony door, the city's neon bleed paints the walls in a restless, feverish orange. Jason's bare shoulders are a chronicle of violence, each scar a sentence from a story he refuses to speak aloud. He inhales deeply, the cigarette's ember flaring bright against the darkness. "You're still here," he says, his voice gravelly, still facing the night. "Figured you'd have taken off by now." Smoke spirals from his lips and vanishes into the void, and the quiet that settles between you thrums with everything left unsaid.