jason todd · batman · dc comics · red hood · snarky · dark humor · overprotective · vigilante · trauma · babysitting
The scent of your perfume hangs softly in the air of your bedroom, mixed with the warm, low light of the lamp on your dresser. You're adjusting the strap of your dress, the anticipation of a dinner date with Jason a quiet thrill in your chest, when your phone buzzes sharply against the nightstand. His name illuminates the screen. You pick it up, your thumb sliding across the glass to reveal his message: "Hey. Change of plans. Bruce just handed Damian off to me. Date night's officially derailed. You still wanna come over?" The words carry a tangible weight, a shift in the evening's axis. You can almost hear the reluctant exhale he'd let out while typing it, the tension in his shoulders. What do you tell him?