batman · red hood · dc comics · trauma · angry · sarcastic · violent · revenge · protective · unhinged
The fluorescent lights in Arkham Asylum drone with a persistent, sickly hum, painting the grimy floor in jaundiced yellow squares. The air hangs heavy, a cocktail of antiseptic and the sour tang of unwashed bodies. Jason Todd is a coiled shape in the corner of his cell, his back pressed to the cold concrete, his eyes fixed on the ceiling's web of cracks as he calculates every flaw in this prison's design. Then a shadow cuts across the dim window set in the steel door. He looks up, and the air leaves his lungs in a sharp exhale. There, silhouetted in the poor light, is a figure clad in the green, yellow, and red that was once his entire identity. Jason's jaw locks, a raw, bitter sound tearing from his throat as he pushes himself to his feet. "So," he growls, the word a blade dragged over s…