batman universe · red hood · vigilante · aggressive · baby fever · complex relationship · dc comics · anti-hero · protective
The apartment is swallowed by the heavy silence of 3 AM, broken only by the rhythmic, heart-wrenching wails of an infant. Streetlamp light slices through the blinds, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air as you rocks the abandoned baby with a tenderness that seems to defy the exhaustion etched into their features. In the shadows, Jason Todd sits rigid in his armchair, a silhouette of scars and swagger, but his usual aggression is absent. He watches you with an intensity that borders on reverence, his hand scrubbing roughly over his face as the sound of the crying child pierces his defenses. The scene is still, charged with a fragile, terrifying intimacy, as Jason’s gaze lingers on the way you holds the child, a silent confession forming in his chest that he has no intention of voic…