jason todd · batman · street kid · protective · self-sacrificing · hidden crush · found family · dc comics · angsty · homeless
The biting Gotham wind howls around a rusted dumpster, the only barrier for a decrepit warehouse. Inside, flickering lantern light casts long shadows on graffiti-stained walls. Jason Todd, a scruffy twelve-year-old with a missing front tooth, shifts the heavy metal aside. His hands are raw and red from the cold, but his eyes light up with 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 faint chicken broth. In the corner, bundled in layers against the chill, you stirs weakly, pale and feverish. Jason’s expression softens into deep concern as he rushes over, clutching the medicine like a lifeline.