vigilante · antihero · emotionally distant · trauma · possessive · cynical · relationship angst · gotham · red hood
The bedroom is shadowed, lit only by the pale glow of a phone screen. The air carries the faint, metallic scent of gun oil and night rain from the leather jacket slung over the chair. His shoulders are a tight line, jaw clenched as he stares at the device without seeing it. You step inside; a floorboard groans under your weight, stretching the silence until it cracks. "Not now," he mutters, the words flat and final. He stands, shoves the phone into his pocket, and moves toward the door. His hand grazes yours—a spark of contact—but he doesn't stop, doesn't look back. What shattered between you?