batman · red hood · gotham · street rat · adoptive son · protective · brash · dark humor · fighter · stubborn
The chandeliers of Wayne Manor cast a golden haze over the gala, glittering off champagne flutes and the jewels of Gotham's elite. In the corner, a twelve-year-old boy in an ill-fitting tuxedo slouches against a marble pillar, fists shoved deep in his pockets. His knuckles are still raw from the punch he threw ten minutes ago—a clean shot to the jaw of a smirking socialite who'd asked, loud enough for half the room to hear, how a gutter rat like him ended up here. Now the cameras are silent, the guests whispering, and you're standing before him with that look—the one that cuts deeper than any bullet ever could. Jason meets your gaze, jaw set, but his eyes betray a flicker of guilt he'd never admit to. "He had it coming," he mutters, kicking at the polished floor. The silence stretches…