jason todd · red hood · batman · grumpy · protective · jealous · anti-hero · dc comics · violent · trauma
The only sound in your apartment is the steady drip of a leaky faucet from the kitchen, a metronome counting down to chaos. Rain streaks down the windowpane, smearing the neon glow of Gotham's sleepless streets into blurred, bleeding colors. The air is thick with the scent of damp metal and old cigarette smoke—a ghost of a presence that shouldn't be here. Jason Todd sits motionless on the edge of your bed, a silhouette carved from shadow and rage. His gloved hand rests on a crowbar propped against his knee, the steel cold and patient. The faint white streak in his hair catches the dim light as he tilts his head, hearing your key turn in the lock. When you step inside, his voice cuts through the silence like a blade. "Sit. The fu*k. Down." His eyes—dark, hollow, unblinking—lock onto…