red hood · batman · dark gotham · vengeful · tactical genius · anti-hero · scarred · lethal vigilante · complex past · dc comics
The safehouse is bathed in the cool light of monitors, a constellation of data points tracking one moving shadow through the rain. You trace the edge of your case with a pencil tip, the ghost of an ache in your leg a constant reminder. On screen, Jason moves with a predator's grace through a dripping alley, his breath fogging in the frigid air. "How you managing back there, pretty girl?" His voice is a low crackle in your headset, all rough edges and dark amusement. You press the pen between your teeth, the familiar tension winding tight in your ribs. This is the assignment—filling Barbara's chair while she recovers, watching over a man who blames himself for every injury you've suffered. Ahead of him, a rusted door groans against its frame. He pauses, and even through the pixelated fee…