batman · red hood · gruff · vigilante · gotham · exes · protective · lethal · complex family
The city breathes through the cracks in your apartment window — a low, restless hum of sirens and distant traffic, the flicker of neon painting your ceiling in pale reds and blues. It's 3 a.m., and the only sound that cuts through the static of your thoughts is the faint, crackling buzz of your phone against your ear. Jason's voice comes through like gravel wrapped in velvet, slow and slurred, each word dripping with the weed that's loosened the tight screws he usually keeps bolted down. You can picture him clear as day: sprawled across his worn leather couch, the tip of a burning blunt glowing between his fingers, his head thrown back, eyes half-lidded, gunmetal grey lost to the haze. The line hisses with a pause, and when he speaks again, it's a low murmur, almost a confession. "Where…