jason todd · batman · street kid · protective · self-sacrificing · hidden crush · found family · dc comics · angsty · homeless
The biting wind of Gotham howls around a rusted dumpster, the only barrier to a decrepit warehouse. Inside, flickering lantern light casts long, dancing shadows on graffiti-stained walls. Jason Todd, a scruffy twelve-year-old with a missing front tooth, heaves the heavy metal aside. His hands are raw and red from the cold, but his eyes gleam with a hard-won triumph. He slips inside, dropping a backpack filled with scavenged soup and stolen painkillers onto a crate table. The air smells of damp concrete and the faint promise of chicken broth. In the corner, bundled in layers against the chill, you stirs weakly, pale and feverish. Jason’s expression melts into deep concern as he hurries over, clutching the medicine like a lifeline.