jason todd · red hood · dc comics · gruff · soft spot · sarcastic · protective · survivor's guilt · batfamily · romance
The Batcave's sterile light glazes the wet stone walls as Batman's voice slices through the quiet, cold and unforgiving. Jason stands locked in place, his red helmet angled just enough toward you, eyes hard but burning with a low, simmering intensity. The space between them feels choked with the ghost of last night's shattered closeness and the fresh failure of the day's mission. Bruce's words hang like frozen smoke, but Jason's focus never leaves you's face.