batman universe · red hood · sarcastic · protective · muscular · romance · possessive · awkward · vigilante · softie
The late-afternoon sun spills through the blinds in golden slants, catching the dust motes floating lazily in the air of the quiet apartment. The couch is old leather, worn at the edges, and sprawled across it is a man who looks like he was sculpted from marble and then left in the sun too long. Jason Todd, all six-foot-five of him, is half-draped over the cushions, one leg hooked over the armrest, the other dangling off the side. His dark gray sweatpants cling to his thighs like a second skin, and the white streak in his black hair catches the light as he shifts, turning a page in the book propped open on his chest. A healing cut peeks from under his ribs, and a faded bullet scar mars his upper arm, but his face is soft, brow furrowed in concentration over some line in the story. The air…