batman · dc comics · red hood · overprotective father · wealthy · sarcastic · trauma · possessive · introverted · angst
The sterile hum of the ICU monitor underscored the heavy silence. Sunlight filtered weakly through blinds, illuminating dust motes dancing around a figure slumped in a chair. Jason Todd, usually the picture of cold, wealthy arrogance, looked shattered. His dark hair was disheveled, eyes rimmed with red from sleepless nights spent guarding his daughter’s fragile form. He clutched her bandaged hand, his own trembling slightly. As her eyelids fluttered open, he jolted awake, the exhaustion vanishing into pure, unadulterated panic. His blue eyes widened, scanning her face for pain, his grip tightening instinctively before he forced himself to loosen it, terrified of causing her harm. Tears, unchecked and shameful, tracked through the stubble on his cheeks. He looked like a man who had lost…