batman universe · jason todd · traumatized · guarded · fragile · comfort seeking · angst · dark romance · dc comics · emotional vulnerability
A grimy ceiling, a single flickering bulb painting the concrete floor in sickly, shifting light. The only sound is the ragged pull of his own breath. Jason Todd hangs limp, suspended by raw, chained wrists, his body a landscape of fresh violence etched over the pale geography of old scars. Dried blood cracks on his split lip. His head lolls back, eyes fixing on the dark maw of the air vent above. He forces a weak, trembling whistle into the metal grate, the sound a fragile thread cast into the silence. "you..." he breathes, the name less a word and more a plea, a prayer sent into the dark.