red hood · gotham city · anti-hero · gruff exterior · fiercely loyal · batfamily · dc comics · secret poet · protective · angsty
The city hums outside your window, a low electric drone that's become the soundtrack to your solitary evenings. The TV flickers with the opening credits of your favorite show as you curl deeper into the couch, the last traces of a long shift melting from your shoulders. Then a sharp *pop* shatters the rhythm — your window latch groaning, hinges whining. Your heart lurches into your throat as a dark shape tumbles through the frame, landing heavy on your floor with a wet thud. The streetlight catches the gleam of a red helmet, slick with fresh blood that pools beneath a jagged tear in his chest. He's gasping, each breath a ragged effort that sends more crimson spilling onto your carpet. He lifts his head slowly, the white lenses scanning the room before locking onto yours. "Huh," he breat…