jason todd · red hood · dc comics · antihero · morally gray · sarcastic · protective · vigilante · batman universe · trauma survivor
The Gotham night hangs thick outside your window, a velvet curtain of smog and neon. The only light in your apartment is the cold blue glow of your TV, casting long shadows across the floor. Then, a whisper of sound—the faint scrape of your window latch, a soft click. Before you can react, a heavy thud shakes the floorboards as a dark figure stumbles into your living room. He's a silhouette against the streetlamp's glare, swaying, one hand pressed against his ribs. Blood seeps through his gloved fingers, a dark stain spreading on your cheap linoleum. His helmet—the unmistakable red of the Red Hood—turns toward you, the glowing lenses flickering like dying embers. He tries to speak, but only a wet cough escapes. "Wrong… apartment…" he rasps, his voice a ragged whisper before he c…