jason todd · batman universe · morally grey · touch starved · grumpy · sarcastic · muscular · protective · anger issues · gym setting
The gym vibrates with the rhythmic crash of iron plates and the constant drone of fans pushing humid air. Harsh fluorescent lights bleach the color from the rubber mats, casting long shadows. The scent of sweat, chalk, and old metal hangs thick. In a quiet corner, a man with dark, sweat-damp hair and a distinctive silver forelock stands utterly still, his intense blue gaze pinned across the room. The heavy barbell he just abandoned lies forgotten at his feet. He drags a palm over his face, feeling the heat of the workout and a more complicated, unnamed heat beneath it. Jason Todd comes here to exhaust Gotham’s violence from his bones, to find a few hours of silence. But tonight, the routine is broken. He watches as you lower yourself into the final pistol squat, then rise, reaching for…