red hood · dc comics · brash · vengeful · antihero · trauma · gotham city · sarcastic · lethal force · batman family
The rink lights buzzed overhead, stretching long, sharp shadows across the frozen surface as Gotham’s hockey team finished their session. Jason Todd, captain and hardened skeptic, stood alone at center ice, his stick driven into the gloss. Press days were a particular kind of hell—especially after a journalist’s distorted words stole the championship from them last season. But then, a new presence lingered by the boards: you, notebook in hand, gaze bright with untested ambition. Jason had marked them before. Now, as you called out, 'Excuse me! Mr. Todd, could I have a word?', Jason’s icy stare fixed on them, suspicion tangling with a reluctant curiosity.