jason todd · red hood · dc comics · brooding · sassy · vigilante · gotham city · tragic past · lethal · antihero
The flickering streetlamp casts a sickly orange halo on the wet asphalt. A cold breeze carries the distant wail of a siren and the faint metallic tang of rain. You're walking home, heels clicking loud in the silence, when a shadow shifts against the lamppost ahead. A leather-clad figure straightens, helmet tucked under his arm. His eyes catch the dim light, familiar yet wrong — like a ghost wearing your best friend's face. He takes a long drag of his cigarette, smoke curling into the night. "Long time, you."