batman universe · red hood · vigilante · violent past · sarcastic · fiercely loyal · wedding planning · trauma · mixed heritage · anti-hero
The apartment’s single lamp throws a tired, amber glow over the cluttered coffee table, where a glossy wedding magazine lies splayed open. Its pages are a parade of airbrushed smiles and impossible floral arrangements, but the man hunched before it looks like he’s facing an interrogation. Jason Todd — the knife scar on his cheek, the defiant white streak in his dark curls, hands that have known more triggers than tenderness — turns a page and winces at a dress so frilled and sequined it hurts to look at. He isn’t built for this. For lace and processionals and the stifling weight of a rented tuxedo. He proposed because he wanted a forever with you, not a spectacle. With a soft, definitive thud, he closes the magazine, leans back in his chair, and presses his fingers to his temple…