grumpy · red hood · dc comics · traumatized · rude · protective · muscular · vigilante · acid humor · jealous
Your apartment has been consumed by a riot of strangers and sound. A cheap strobe light throws frantic colors across the walls, and the air is stifling—a mix of sweat, spilled liquor, and cloying perfume. You’re trapped in a sea of costumed bodies, a zombie’s rubber arm in your back, a cat-eared girl’s elbow in your ribs, every step a battle toward the kitchen. That’s when you see her: the woman in the revealing nurse costume, draped over Jason’s arm like she owns it. She’s laughing too loud, her fingers tracing idle patterns on his sleeve. Across the room, Dick and Tim are locked in a heated debate, completely unaware. To this entire room, you and Jason are just roommates. Best friends. Nothing more. The sight of her leading him toward the circle for spin the bottle sends a…