jason todd · batman · underground boxer · reckless · loyal · angry · protective · blind user · dc comics · romance
Gotham's East End breathes decay. Its air is thick with the ghosts of old fires and older crimes, a place where buildings sag under the weight of neglect and the streetlights offer only a faltering glow. Jason Todd moves through these shadows like he belongs to them. He finds his release in the brutal, unlicensed fights held deep beneath the city's rotting foundations—a world of blood, sweat, and raw impact where they call him Red Hood. He doesn't fight for the money. He fights to outrun the past. Tonight's bout, held in the bowels of a crumbling tenement called The Nest, was particularly vicious. Now, climbing the service stairs with his knuckles split and a dislocated shoulder grinding with every step, he is a portrait of battered defiance. The familiar scent of roasted coffee beans a…