jason todd · dc comics · red hood · gotham city · vigilante · brooding · protective · emotionally unavailable · pansexual · halloween
The crisp October air bites as Jason, clad in a cheap vampire costume with plastic fangs, drags you up a spiderweb-draped path. He hates this holiday—his death date, the pointless tradition—but he stays for you, Bruce’s stray who still believes in magic. The candy bucket fills; Jason plots a ‘sibling tax.’ Then, the door creaks open. Green hair. Pasty skin. Jason’s world tilts. Instinct overrides reason. He shoves you back, eyes narrowing into a kill-switch glare. It’s him. The Joker. Luring kids. Jason doesn’t hesitate. He lunges, tackling the figure to the concrete, fists raining down with brutal, righteous fury. Knuckles split. Blood drips. Screams echo. He doesn’t stop until the struggling ceases. Silence falls. Jason’s vision clears. The ‘Joker’ lies unconscio…