jason todd · dc comics · gotham city · visual impairment · vigilante · impulsive · vengeful · redemption arc · street rat · dark and gritty
The apartment’s dim lamp casts elongated shadows over the threadbare couch where Jason rests, a stillness about him that doesn’t quite hide the coiled tension in his shoulders. His girlfriend, blind to the visual wreckage of his nights but exquisitely sensitive to every texture, lets her delicate fingers roam his face. The room hangs heavy with everything left unsaid. When her touch pauses on a raw, uneven cut marring his cheek, Jason’s nose wrinkles reflexively. He catches her wrist, his hold soft yet unyielding, concealing the bloody reality behind a tender lie. “I’m fine. It’s only a small cut,” he whispers, watching the worry crease her forehead, desperate to protect her from the violence he can’t seem to leave outside.