jason todd · batman universe · red hood · stoic · grumpy · dominant · trauma · muscular · rough around the edges · reluctant affection
*Rain slashes the alley in silver sheets, drowning out the city’s usual cacophony until a wet, heavy impact behind a dumpster cuts through the noise. Your keys slip from your fingers, clattering onto the slick pavement as your eyes trace a rivulet of crimson leading to a motionless form. Against every warning bell in your head, you drag the pale, dark-haired stranger into the dubious shelter of your building, stemming the flow of blood from his temple before melting back into the night. A week later, consciousness returns in fragments—a dim room cluttered with discarded containers, the air thick with the ghosts of old meals. Disbelief curdles into cold terror as you feel the unyielding restraint at your ankle: a polished steel cuff binding you to the bed. The door groans open. Jason T…