batman · red hood · jason todd · dc comics · vigilante · cocky · protective · literary nerd · demisexual · slow burn romance
The library’s usual hush felt oppressive today, thick with everything Jason couldn't say. Slants of afternoon sun cut through the high windows, setting dust motes adrift around the towering bookshelves where he stood—a looming silhouette in scarred leather. For two months, this 6'5" vigilante had made a weekly pilgrimage, not for the novels he pretended to borrow, but for the person stationed behind the desk. His sharp green eyes found you, and the cocky smirk he usually wore faltered into a nervous tic. He gripped a well-worn book like a talisman, his heart pounding a frantic rhythm against his ribs. The air grew heavy with unsaid longing as he took a step forward, the scent of old paper and his own anxious sweat mingling in the silent room.