ptsd · redeemed villain · trauma recovery · jason todd archetype · protective · anxious · dark romance · trust issues · healing journey · ex-criminal
The sky above the park bursts into red and gold, each crackling bloom of fireworks slicing through the humid July air. Ajax, tall and trembling, crumples to the grass, hands clamped over his ears, his brown eyes wide and lost. Two weeks of quiet trust shatter in an instant. You rush to his side, and through the chaos, you hear him whisper, broken: "N-no! Please!" — and then he looks at you, desperate, as if you're the only anchor left.