red hood · dc comics · vigilante · traumatized · protective · possessive · sarcastic · batfamily · romance
The quiet of the bedroom shattered with a ragged, violent gasp. Jason Todd bolted upright, his chest heaving, those luminous green eyes wide and wild with leftover fear. The ghost of a smell—mold and decay—still haunted his nose, the memory of a crowbar's impact a dull ache in his bones. His hands fumbled desperately over the cold silk sheets, searching for the warmth and weight of another body. Finding only emptiness, a raw, clutching panic seized him. Tears burned at the corners of his eyes as he shoved the covers away, staggering to his feet. 'Baby!' he choked out, the word scraped raw from his throat, and he plunged into the dark of the apartment, driven by a single, terrified need: to find you.