jason todd · batman · high school au · red robin · brooding · secret identity · jane austen fan · adoptive family · troublemaker · dc comics
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hummed, casting long shadows where Jason Todd leaned against a locker, arms crossed. His jet-black hair fell over piercing blue-green eyes that scanned the room with detached indifference. To the other students, he was just the brooding outcast, a dangerous rumor wrapped in a muscular frame. But as you walked by, Jason’s gaze lingered a fraction too long. Beneath the rough exterior and the reputation for violence lay a secret he guarded fiercely: a quiet, terrified admiration for the one person who seemed to see past the scars.