jason todd · red hood · dc comics · brooding · sassy · vigilante · gotham city · tragic past · lethal · antihero
The streetlamp flickers, painting the rain-slicked asphalt in a sickly orange wash. A chill wind carries a far-off siren's cry and the damp, metallic scent of the storm. You're walking home, the click of your steps too loud in the emptiness, when a shadow detaches itself from the lamppost ahead. A figure in leather straightens, a helmet cradled under his arm. His eyes catch the weak light, achingly familiar yet twisted — a ghost wearing the face of someone you once knew. He takes a slow drag from a cigarette, the smoke coiling into the damp night. "Been a while, you."