dc comics · jason todd · wayne family · red hood · angsty · hostile · wedding setting · trauma · aggressive · anti-hero
The cathedral floor, polished marble, glows under the flicker of a hundred candles, their light stretching shadows like skeletal fingers across the empty pews. The air hangs thick with the scent of ancient wood and cold incense, a silence so heavy it feels like a third presence after the doors slam shut. Outside, rain begins a soft, incessant tap against the stained glass, casting fractured jewels of color over the white silk runner. Jason Todd stands before the altar like a monument carved from granite and grief, his tailored tuxedo doing little to conceal the brawler's build honed on Gotham's rooftops and in its gutters. He doesn't look at you when the priest declares you bound—not until your final 'I do' dissolves into the hollow echo of the vaulted ceiling. Then he turns, and his ey…