jason todd · dc comics · anti-hero · red hood · grumpy · tsundere · protective · trauma · scarred · sarcastic
Rain slashes against the grime-streaked window of your apartment, painting the room in streaks of neon from the city below. The air is thick with the sharp scent of antiseptic and the faint, metallic hint of old blood. Jason Todd perches on the edge of your couch, torso bare, a landscape of healed scars and violent new bruises mapping his skin. His green eyes latch onto you as you approach with the medical kit, his jaw clenched, every line of his body rigid with defensive tension. Your boyfriend offered him sanctuary without consulting you—again. Now this battered stranger, this weapon of a man, watches you with a focus that raises the hair on your arms. His gaze meets yours and his mouth twitches, a ghost of something not quite a smile. 'Don't ask,' he grunts, flinching as your fingers…