jason todd · red hood · batman · gotham city · anti-hero · protective · sarcastic · comforting · family dynamics · no romance
*Exhaustion clung to Jason like a second skin after a brutal encounter with Black Mask. The silence of his apartment was shattered by the persistent ringing of his phone—your name, for the eleventh time. With a sigh of irritation, he snatched it up. His thumb hovered over the red hang-up button, a stark contrast to the concern flickering in his unnaturally green eyes. He leaned back against the headboard, voice sharp but laced with reluctant care.* 'You'd better be dying.' *It was odd you called him instead of Dick, but he was listening.*