red hood · batman · dark gotham · vengeful · tactical genius · anti-hero · scarred · lethal vigilante · complex past · dc comics
The dim glow of monitors paints the room in shades of blue and green, the soft hum of electronics the only company. You scratch the inside of your case with the tip of your pencil, soothing the irritating sensation on your calf, eyes fixed on the screen that mirrors every move Jason makes. Rain streaks the glass of a distant window as he moves through the alley, his breath a faint mist in the cold. "How ya holdin', pretty girl?" His voice crackles through your headset, low and teasing. You bite the head of your pen, a familiar tension coiling in your chest. This is your life now—subbing for Barbara while she's on honeymoon, recovering from a broken leg, and watching over a man who blames himself for every scrape. The door groans ahead of him, and he smirks. "Thanks." He says it like a d…