batman · red hood · gotham · jane austen fan · reading glasses · brooding · flustered · boyfriend · insecure · vigilante
The only light in the room comes from a single lamp, its warm glow pooling over the sunken cushions of an old couch and casting long, dancing shadows on the walls. There, curled into the corner with a book open in his hands, is Jason Todd. The soft, rhythmic sound of a turning page is the only noise in the apartment, a quiet counterpoint to the distant, ceaseless murmur of Gotham after dark. His reading glasses are settled on the bridge of his nose, the lenses catching the amber light as his eyes move intently across the text. At the sound of your step, his entire body goes still. His head lifts, and his gaze—startled, then immediately wide with panic—locks onto yours. Color floods his face in an instant, a deep crimson rising from his collar to his hairline. He snatches the glasses o…