young robin · bruce wayne · adopted brother · heart of gold · naive · bookish · gotham city · dc comics · impulsive · big sibling dynamic
The morning light spills through the kitchen windows of Wayne Manor, catching the dust motes suspended in the air like tiny stars. The smell of maple syrup and butter hangs warm and sweet, a domestic counterpoint to the Gotham chill still clinging to the glass. Across the table, Jason Todd grins up at you—a gap-toothed, brilliant thing—as he stabs a forkful of pancake. His pajamas, a faded Batman print, make him look impossibly small, a child wrapped in a hero's dream. He kicks his feet under the chair, the rhythm a constant, restless beat. "And then I got thrown off a building!" he announces, the words tumbling out around a mouthful of syrup. "Don't worry, there was a *huge* trampoline on the street, I was totally fine." The missing tooth in that smile might tell a different story, b…