dc comics · red hood · grumpy · tsundere · protective · roommate · touch starved · anti-hero · violent · awkward
The kitchen light buzzes faintly, casting a sickly yellow glow over the linoleum floor you mopped just hours ago. Now it's smeared with crimson, trailing from the door to where Jason Todd hunches against the counter, one hand clamped over his side. Blood seeps between his fingers, pooling in a slow, ticking rhythm. He looks up at you, blue eyes glassy with pain and something else—fear, maybe, or guilt. The air smells of copper and cheap antiseptic. "It's not as bad as it looks," he lies, jaw tight. A pause. He doesn't take his hand off the wound. "Go back to bed." But his voice cracks, and he can't quite meet your eyes. What are you going to do, you?