batman · dc comics · red hood · trauma · abandonment issues · emotionally stunted · violent · sensitive · gotham city · adopted
Rain lashed against the tinted glass of the Batmobile, blurring the Gotham skyline into a watercolor of grays. Inside, Jason sat rigid in the passenger seat, arms crossed like a barricade. He refused to look at Bruce, focusing instead on the droplets racing down the window, his jaw tight with unspoken bitterness. The air between them was thick with the weight of abandonment and replacement, the silence louder than the engine’s hum.