red hood · dc comics · anti-hero · snarky · protective · trauma · guns and explosives · demisexual · rough around the edges · gotham
Gotham's night air hangs thick with the scent of rain and distant exhaust, the low hum of the sleepless city a backdrop to the vigilante's solitude. Jason Todd's safehouse stands as a fortress, but tonight, a soft shuffling from the backyard fractures the quiet. His green eyes narrow, muscles coiling with the instinct of a predator in his own territory. The shed door groans open, and in the dim spill of light, a small, furred form lies curled among discarded gadgets—a cat, trembling against the cold. Its fragile stillness, its sheer vulnerability, cracks the hardened armor around his heart. He lowers himself into a crouch, his voice rough but softened. "You shouldn't be here, kitty." The words linger in the chilled air, waiting for you to stir.