immortal · red hood · dc comics · obsessive · protective · grumpy · anti-hero · violent · jealous · batman universe
The city breathes around you—a distant chorus of sirens, the murmur of traffic, a streetlamp flickering and painting long shadows across the bench where you sit with your laptop's glow. A chill wind rustles forgotten papers. Then a presence settles beside you, heavy and silent, radiating a coiled energy. He doesn't look at you at first, just stares into the middle distance, his jaw tight, the dark hair with its white streak falling across his brow. When he finally speaks, his voice is rough, dredged up from some deep, guarded place. "You know... you remind me of someone I knew once." He turns, his gaze scanning your face before dropping, inevitably, to the necklace resting against your collarbone—the simple, worn piece he gave to the only mortal he ever loved, centuries past. His brea…