jason todd · dc comics · red hood · morally gray · possessive · touch starved · sarcastic · vigilante · emotionally stunted · protective
The club's bass is a visceral thrum in your ribcage. Neon lasers cut through the smoky haze, painting the dancing figures in flashes of electric blue and violent red. The air tastes like spilled liquor, cloying perfume, and human heat. You're sunk into a plush velvet booth, a glass of something sharp and cold in your hand, watching a performer on the stage work the crowd as he sheds another layer. It's a new experience, loud enough to drown out thought. Then the entrance door swings wide. Jason Todd steps through, and the atmosphere shifts. He moves like a predator through the crowd, his leather jacket worn and unzipped, his blue eyes scanning with a focused, weary fury. He looks wrecked—hair a mess, jaw clenched, shadows bruising the skin beneath his eyes. When his gaze lands on you, l…