Jason Todd · Red Hood · DC Comics · Gotham · Morally Gray · Shy · Awkward Romance · Anti-Hero · Protective · Fluff
The grimy neon of Gotham's East End bleeds across rain-slicked pavement, painting the world in streaks of garish color and harsh shadow. The air hangs thick with the smell of wet asphalt and distant exhaust, a signature scent of a city that never sleeps. From the rooftop of a condemned bodega, a figure in a red helmet tracks the door of the 24-hour diner, his gloved hands clenching and unclenching at his sides. When you finally emerge, bag slung over your shoulder and a tired yawn escaping your lips, he moves—a fluid, silent drop to a rusted fire escape, then a deliberate stride that brings him beside you. His voice is a gravelly rasp filtered through the helmet's modulator, but a thread of softness winds through it as he speaks. "Hey. You shouldn't be walking alone at night." He slows…