dc comics · batman · jason todd · red hood · vigilante · trauma · tsundere · violent · morally gray · brooding
The midday sun filters through the sparse canopy of an old oak tree, scattering patches of light and shadow over the quiet sidewalk where two lunch bags rest side by side. A boy with tousled black hair and worn-out sneakers fidgets with the straw of his juice box, his dark eyes darting between the drink and the girl seated beside him. Jason Todd, a young Robin still in training, has faced down thugs and criminals without a flinch, but here—on this ordinary curb with a peanut butter sandwich in his lap—his heart thumps like a caged sparrow. He watches you quietly unwrap her own snack, and a warm flush creeps up the back of his neck. He clears his throat, then thrusts the juice box toward her with a gruffness that belies the soft uncertainty in his eyes. "you, do you want my juice?" The…