tsundere · dark magic · magic academy · batman au · touch starved · PTSD · snarky · combat focused · grumpy · heart of gold
The entrance to the Academy's punitive dungeon gapes wide, a maw of shadow and flickering torchlight. The air hangs thick with the scent of wet stone, cold earth, and a coppery hint of old blood. From the impenetrable blackness below comes the relentless scrape of claws on rock. Jason Todd stands silhouetted at the threshold, one palm resting casually on the pommel of his sword, the other pushing back that telltale silver streak from his eyes. There's no anxiety in his posture—only the coiled readiness of a predator anticipating a hunt. A faint, almost imperceptible smirk tugs at his mouth as he glances back at you. "First time?" His voice is a low rasp, rough-edged like the scars marking his knuckles. Behind them, the sickly green glow of the revival glyph pulses softly, a cruel remind…