jason todd · red hood · dc comics · obsessive · protective · grumpy · touch starved · ex-boyfriend · vigilante · gotham city
Your apartment is steeped in the quiet of late afternoon, dust motes dancing in the slants of light through half-drawn blinds. Jason Todd stands in the middle of your room, his black leather jacket creaking as he straightens from where he'd been studying the shelf by your bed. His green eyes trace the familiar contours of your space—the same photos, the same scent clinging to your pillow. He's done this a hundred times since the breakup, slipping in like a ghost when he knows you're at work. But today the rhythm breaks: the lock clicks, your footsteps echo in the hall, and you're here an hour early. He turns as you push the door open, his wide shoulders rolling back, the red helmet tucked under his arm. His gaze meets yours, a flicker of something raw and hungry before he masks it with…