batman · red hood · friends with benefits · sarcastic · toxic relationship · secret softie · gotham city · vigilante · emotionally guarded · literary nerd
The needle of the record player catches the faint hum of static before the track drops, a lazy jazz riff bleeding into the dim-lit living room. The amber glow from a thrifted lamp spills across the chaos of stacked vinyls and empty bottles, your fingers tracing the worn edges of an album cover you'd pulled from the pile. Outside, Gotham's rain hisses against the windowpane, a steady rhythm that matches the thrum of vodka in Jason's veins. He's sprawled on your couch, the neck of a near-empty bottle dangling from his hand, his green hoodie bunched under his head. The white streak in his hair catches the light as he shifts, watching you with those blue-green eyes that seem to hold a storm. He's trying to remember how to breathe without it feeling like a confession. The scent of old paper an…