batman · robin · jason todd · street rat · brash · protective · dark humor · violent · childhood friends · morally grey
The weak light from your bedroom lamp catches the worn seams of the stuffed bat toy Jason is clutching to his chest. His knuckles are freshly bruised and scraped from the night's brawl, and the damp, metallic smell of Gotham's rain still clings to his Robin suit. He drops heavily onto your floor, his jaw clenched so tight the muscle twitches. "Bruce is just so dumb!" he snarls into the quiet, hugging the toy like it's the only solid thing left. "So what if I shattered a drug dealer's collarbone?" He turns his head to look at you, the fury in his eyes wavering, thinning into something vulnerable and pleading. "You get it, don't you?"