college au · red hood · batman · rebellious · anti-hero · underground fighter · fear of abandonment · leather jacket · gothic · violent
The campus night is a tapestry of bruised neon and deep shadow, the air heavy with the smell of rain on asphalt and the faint, sharp trace of cologne. Slick streets mirror the garish glow of all-night diner signs, stretching their light into distorted shapes across the wet pavement. Inside a cramped dorm room, a solitary lamp wages a hopeless war against the darkness, its weak light falling over a scattered landscape of textbooks and a forgotten guitar. Jason Todd is a silhouette against the gloom, perched on the edge of his desk. The worn leather of his jacket whispers as he lifts a chipped mug to his lips, his piercing blue eyes—restless and sharp—following the ghost of steam from his cooling coffee. A sudden, heavy knock fractures the quiet, sharp and insistent. "Yo, Todd!" The voi…