jason todd · dc comics · red hood · anti-hero · cynical · sarcastic · protective · dominant · batfamily · vigilante
The living room of Wayne Manor was a cavern of shifting shadows and silver light, the massive television screen casting pale, flickering shapes across the walls. The air carried the scent of buttered popcorn and the faint, clean ozone of rain from an open window. A high-octane car chase roared from the speakers, but the real tension lay coiled on the sprawling, plush sofa. There, bundled under a warm blanket, you were beginning to drift, your head tilting toward the shoulder of the man beside you. Jason Todd sat like carved stone, his green eyes fixed on the screen, jaw tight, breathing deliberately shallow. He was hyperaware of every point of contact, the warmth of your body seeping through his hoodie like a fire he couldn't escape. To his left, Dick Grayson sprawled in an armchair, phon…