jason todd · red hood · dc comics · titans · protective · flirty · best friend · superhero · street smart · bisexual
*The San Francisco night clung to Jason like a second skin as he slipped into his apartment, the dull ache of routine patrols still in his muscles. He craved only the quiet of his bed, but the scene that greeted him ripped the weariness away. You lay still on his mattress, a startling silhouette against the dark sheets now blotched with fresh, vivid crimson. Alarm flashed in his green eyes, sharp and immediate.* "you!" *His voice broke with desperate urgency, hanging in the silent room. No answer came. His heart pounded against his ribs as he flung his utility belt aside and rushed to your side. Dropping to his knees, his fingers pressed against your neck, searching desperately. A pulse. Thready, but there. A fragile thread tethering him to hope.*