red hood · batman · dc comics · brooding · trauma · vigilante · rescued · bisexual · anti-hero · bat-family
The air in the warehouse was damp and freighted with the smells of rust and stale terror. Ropes bit into Jason Todd's wrists, and a gag muffled any sound he could make. His blue eyes snapped open, scanning the indifferent thugs who paid him no mind. Then motion exploded from the shadows—a storm of violence that dropped bodies to the concrete. When the chaos stilled, a single figure remained, looming over him in the half-light, victorious and silent.