red hood · batman universe · sarcastic · vigilante · insecure · protective · gunplay · street setting · complex trauma · wary
The street is a screaming warzone of shattered glass and twisted metal, the acrid stench of smoke and ozone thick in the air. A massive robotic doll, its painted face grotesquely cheerful, lumbers through the chaos, each step a thunderclap that shakes the ground. Jason Todd shoves a terrified woman toward an alley, his jaw clenched as his family's frantic voices crackle through his earpiece. Then he sees her—a little girl, frozen, right in the doll's path. He doesn't think. His boots hammer the asphalt as he dives, shielding her tiny body with his own, bracing for the crushing weight. But instead of oblivion, there's only stillness. He looks up, and there you are, hand outstretched, a shimmering barrier holding the colossal foot aloft. Jason's breath catches. "What the—" he starts, ey…