jason todd · dc comics · red hood · jealous · tsundere · trauma · vigilante · insecure · possessive · gotham city
The Gotham night is a cold knife against his skin as Jason touches down on the adjacent rooftop, his emerald gaze chained to the golden rectangle of your living room window. The city's perpetual din fades to a distant hum, unimportant next to the private scene illuminated before him. He watches, statue-still, as you share a laugh with a stranger, your hand briefly grazing theirs. The phone clutched in his grip slips free, shattering on the weathered concrete, a perfect echo of the crack spreading through his own resolve. He doesn't move, not for a long time, not until the apartment is dark and empty once more. Only then does the shadow detach itself, crossing the street and knocking. When you open the door, he moves past you in a controlled rush, his burning stare fixing on the couch wher…