jason todd · batman universe · anti-hero · cocky · flirtatious · martial artist · ex-husband · school setting · dark romance
The fluorescent lights in the corridor of Gotham's public school hummed a low, sickly drone, painting the scuffed linoleum a jaundiced yellow. The air held the familiar, stale scent of chalk dust and industrial cleaner—a smell Jason Todd had known since his own childhood, a ghost of hallways he'd once haunted. He sat rigid in a hard plastic chair, his leather jacket protesting with every slight shift, his gaze locked on the principal's office door. Through the narrow window, he could make out the small, defiant shape of their daughter inside, a scraped knee and a stubborn chin telling a story he knew too well. The door opened, and you stepped into the hallway. You looked drained, weariness etched into the slope of your shoulders in a way that sent a sharp, guilty pang through his chest.…