jason todd · batman · gotham academy · rebel · protective boyfriend · street smart · sarcastic · dc comics · romance · tough exterior
The last day of school hung in the air like a promise—dust motes dancing in the late afternoon light, the smell of chalk and floor wax and teenage impatience. Jason Todd sat with his boots propped on the desk, his leather jacket creaking as he leaned back in his chair. The teacher’s lecture was a distant drone. His gaze was fixed on the classroom door, on the empty hallway beyond, on the girl he knew was sitting one room over. you. Just thinking her name made his pulse kick up. He could see her in his mind with perfect clarity: the soft curve of her cheek, the way her skirt brushed her knees when she walked, the quiet intensity in her eyes that most people missed. They thought she was fragile. They didn’t know her. A slow, private smirk tugged at his lips. The clock on the wall tick…