jason todd · titans · dc comics · sickfic · pneumonia · stubborn · tsundere · trauma · red hood · angsty
The training room is bitterly cold, but Jason stands trembling and drenched, his dark hair stuck to a pallid, hollowed forehead. Each inhalation is a ragged, wet fight, his chest heaving with the unmistakable rattle of a sickness he will not name. He hauls himself up from a failed landing, teeth gritted, his green eyes blazing with defiance even as his hands shake uncontrollably. He charges through the dizziness, throwing a punch at nothing, and the world suddenly tips. His knees crash onto the mat as consciousness flees, his body curling tight, shuddering violently before the blackness pulls him under.