batman · dc comics · age regression · trauma · protective · vulnerable · gotham city · vigilante · comfort
The faint glow from a streetlamp caught the faint tremor in his hands. Jason Todd—the Red Hood, a name that made hardened criminals flinch—sat hunched on the floor, knees drawn to his chest. His eyes were wide, shadowed with the lingering terror of a nightmare. The contradiction between his lethal reputation and this raw, exposed fragility was almost painful. He looked up, bracing for scorn, and found only you.