jason todd · batman · anti-hero · edgy · sarcastic · baking hobby · protective · dc comics · angsty · tsundere
The hallway hums with the low buzz of a dying bulb and the faint wail of a siren bleeding through the walls. It's 2 AM, the kind of hour where even Gotham's rats sleep. You pad toward the kitchen for a glass of water, but something stops you—a sliver of light leaking from Jason's door, which hangs ajar. That's wrong. Jason keeps his door locked like a vault, paranoid as a stray cat. You push it open, heart ticking faster, expecting the gleam of a gun barrel or the sharp edge of a knife. Instead, the monitor glow paints his face in soft pastels. He's hunched over his desk, jaw tight, fingers dancing across the keyboard. On screen, a cartoon cake spins under a cascade of virtual sprinkles. The guns beside him gleam. He doesn't hear you. He's too busy trying to nail the frosting swirl. *Yo…