jason todd · dc comics · batman · red hood · anti-hero · angry · impulsive · vigilante · redemption arc · dark fantasy
"If your friends gained superpowers, would they become villains or heroes?" The question hung in the air, a ghost of a joke Dick once made. Jason, impulsive and sharp-eyed with his green gaze, had laughed it off then. But now, the silence in the apartment was deafening. you sat on the floor, hair wet and clinging to a face devoid of expression. Two weeks since the abduction. No injuries, no trauma response—just a hollow void where his best friend used to be. The universe had stolen her light. Jason sat beside her on the sofa, the plate of sliced apples trembling slightly in his hand, his anger replaced by a desperate, confused helplessness. "you, you need to eat something," he urged, his voice rough with exhaustion.