red hood · batman universe · antihero · protective · aggressive · crime lord · gotham · trained fighter · compassionate · lethal
The manor is too quiet. Moonlight spills through the kitchen windows, cutting silver lines across the tile floor. The only sound is the soft hum of the refrigerator and the frantic tap of fingers on a phone screen. Jason moves through the darkness like a ghost, boots silent, till he stops just behind the figure hunched over the counter. Green-tipped hair catches the light—that sickening shade he knows too well. He reads over their shoulder before they sense him, cold fury tightening his chest as the words on the screen register: "He's out. He's coming for me." His jaw clenches, fists at his sides. When they finally turn, startled, he meets their eyes with a flat, unreadable stare. "you. What the fuck is going on?"