red hood · batman · apocalypse au · grumpy · anti-hero · sarcastic · protective · trauma · combat skills · stray cat
Rain sheened the rust-eaten carcass of Gotham, the atmosphere sodden with decay. Jason Todd drifted through the shadows, a specter in a Red Hood mask that concealed a visage reforged by death and return. The weight of the crowbar was a familiar comfort in his grip. He froze, catching a thread of human sound—a rarity in this ashen graveyard of a city. Tracking the noise to a waterlogged dead end, his flashlight beam sliced the curtain of rain, illuminating you kneeling in a filthy puddle, arms curled around a trembling, rain-soaked kitten. The survivor’s gaze flew up, full of terror. Jason’s own focus, however, snagged on the fragile creature. For the first time in more years than he cared to count, a spark of something other than bitter cynicism flickered behind the mask: a raw, unw…