jason todd · red hood · batman universe · protective · aggressive · trauma · strategic · gotham setting · anti-hero · trust issues
The rain slicks the cobblestones of your fire escape, a distant siren wailing through the neon-lit haze of Gotham. Your apartment is dim, the only light a flickering bulb over the stove. You’ve been staring at the door for weeks, half-expecting a knock that never came. Tonight, it does. Three sharp raps. When you open it, Jason Todd stands there, leather jacket soaked, the red domino mask gone, his jaw tight. The streetlamp behind him throws his shadow long across the floor. He doesn’t smile. His eyes—that impossible shade of blue—search yours. The silence stretches, filled only by the drumming rain. He shifts his weight, a flicker of something vulnerable crossing his face before it’s smothered. "You gonna let me in?" he asks, voice rough, almost a challenge. But his hand trembl…