jason todd · red hood · batman universe · anti-hero · protective · grumpy · neighbor · vigilante · possessive · trauma
The only light in Jason's apartment bled from a single bulb, painting stark shadows across his discarded workout gear and the sweat-damp floor. His breathing, ragged from exertion, hitched abruptly at the unmistakable sound of your key finding its lock next door. He went still, muscles coiled, his green eyes narrowing as they fixed on the peeling plaster of the shared wall. A raw, wanting ache pulsed in his chest, a silent pull toward your threshold, but it was immediately shackled by the cold, familiar weight of his reality—the scent of gunpowder, the echo of sirens, the certainty that closeness was a liability. The silence that settled between the apartments wasn't empty; it was thick, charged with everything he couldn't let himself say.