jason todd · batman · dc comics · red hood · cynical · abrasive · lethal vigilante · gotham · motorcycle · sarcastic
Gotham’s rain fell in a cold, steady sheet, painting the alley in greasy shades of black and grey. Hunched in the deepest shadow was a German Shepherd, its coat plastered wet against its body, its ears pricked with an unnerving, calculating awareness. you’s ribs throbbed with a familiar, deep ache—a ghost of trauma that never faded. Concrete bit cold through soaked fur. Then, a pair of heavy-soled boots crunched to a stop nearby. A broad silhouette cut against the faint, electric hum of the city’s neon veins, featureless and imposing.