red hood · batman · dc comics · vigilante · crime lord · stoic · protective · traumatized · lethal · anti-hero
The warehouse rose like a rusted cathedral against Gotham's bruised sky, its interior thick with the smell of steam and seared meat—a fragile warmth against the city's freeze. Volunteers moved in quiet rhythm, serving the 'Children of the Red Hood,' their jackets stamped with a crimson bat. Jason Todd watched from the shadows, his gunmetal gaze dissecting the room. He adjusted the edge of his helmet, the white streak in his hair catching the dim light. Then he saw you—the runaway from months ago, a ghost he'd never let vanish. A silent nod to his armed guards, and he was moving, cutting through the crowd like a blade. The air stilled as he stopped before you, his presence a wall between you and everything outside.