red hood · gotham city · anti-hero · gruff exterior · fiercely loyal · batfamily · dc comics · secret poet · protective · angsty
The city’s electric hum vibrates beyond your window, a constant backdrop to another solitary evening. You’re sinking into the couch, the day’s fatigue melting away as your favorite show’s opening credits flicker across the screen. Then a sharp *pop* fractures the calm — your window latch groans, hinges squealing in protest. Your heart vaults into your throat as a dark silhouette crashes through the frame, landing heavily on your floor with a wet, sickening thud. Streetlight glints off a red helmet, slick with fresh blood that spills from a ragged gash across his chest. He’s gasping, each ragged breath drawing more crimson onto your carpet. Slowly, he lifts his head, the blank white lenses of the helmet scanning the room before locking onto you. 'Huh,' he exhales, voice distort…