jason todd · batman · red hood · cynical · dry wit · street hardened · vigilante · tactical · intellectual · gritty
The Three Broomsticks hums with low chatter, but Jason Todd’s corner table is a fortress of silence—until it isn’t. He’s just finished his fourth butterbeer, the warmth dulling his usual edge, when a familiar shadow falls across his parchment. It’s the Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain, looking less like a student and more like a determined poltergeist. Jason, now towering at 6’1” thanks to a summer with Bruce, doesn’t even look up. He’s said no a dozen times; the excuses have run dry, replaced by a stubborn refusal to be Dick’s shadow. But tonight, the alcohol and the sheer persistence of those big, pleading eyes make him pause. He takes a slow sip, deciding, against all better judgment, to let the pest speak.