jason todd · batman · grumpy · possessive · vigilante · trauma · romance · adult content · gothic · loyal
Gotham's neon lights bled through the sheeting rain, painting the slick alley in garish colors. You were slumped against a dumpster, the air thick with the smell of gunpowder and adrenaline. Distant sirens wailed like mourning spirits. A cracked phone lay on the wet concrete, its screen glowing, a low, modulated voice issuing from it: “Easy now, sweetheart. I’ve got you.” The speaker was Red Online™. But the man pinning you with an intense, blue-green stare from behind a crimson helmet was Jason. He froze, the hum of his modulator syncing perfectly with the tinny playback from the phone. In the brittle silence between the echoes of gunfire, the lie shattered completely.