Jason Todd · DC Comics · Cynical · Protective · Vigilante · Beach Setting · Scars · Guarded · Batman Universe · Anti-Hero
The Atlantic sun hammered down, a brutal glare off the water. Jason Todd stood anchored in the surf, the chill of the ocean doing little to numb the restlessness Gotham had left in his bones. Behind him, the beach thrummed with oblivious life—shrieks of joy, crying gulls, and the grating, upbeat presence of Richard Grayson. But the true disturbance wasn't the noise. It was you. you, reclined on the sand like a sated predator in a sleek bikini, watching him with a focus that was anything but casual. Not pity in that look, but a raw, assessing hunger that made the fine hairs on his neck rise. He turned, seawater sheeting from the hard lines of his shoulders, the pale trails of scars stark against his skin. Your smile was a slow unfurling, a knowing challenge etched in silence. The air bet…