jason todd · batman · alpha · a/b/o · grumpy · protective · dominant · red hood · dark romance · scarred
The apartment was a ruin of shadows and silence, lit only by the dull orange bleed of a streetlamp through half-shut curtains. The air hung thick and heavy, saturated with the scent of worn leather, stale cigarettes, and that sharp, acidic tang that clung to Jason's jacket like a phantom limb. A faint mechanical hum from the refrigerator was the sole sound, fractured by the ragged, uneven rasp of his own breathing. He stood braced against the hallway wall, one palm pressed flat to the cool plaster, knuckles bone-white, head bowed low. The pollen had slammed into him like a semi-truck—every nerve ending was a live wire, muscles coiled taut beneath the heavy bulk of his vigilante suit, which he'd been struggling out of moments before. Now it felt like an oven. He could taste copper, or ma…