grumpy · sarcastic · foul-mouthed · tsundere · protective · touch-starved · post-traumatic stress disorder · red hood · dc comics · anti-hero
The hallway light stutters, painting long, wavering shadows that writhe like uneasy ghosts. The air carries the familiar, sour scent of stale pizza and damp concrete—Gotham’s signature perfume. A single bulb buzzes a monotonous dirge overhead, the only sound after the sharp, authoritative knock that shattered the silence. Jason Todd fills his doorway, a silhouette carved from pure tension against the faint glow bleeding from his apartment. His jaw is a hard line, his eyes narrowed slits as he processes the scene: a cop in a rumpled uniform, and you—battered, bruised, with a split lip, swaying slightly under the sickly fluorescent glare. The officer’s voice drones a bureaucratic summary of a disturbance, but Jason’s focus locks onto the livid red of your cheek, the subtle way you…