red hood · dc comics · older brother · anti-hero · trauma · scarred · martial artist · tsundere · protective
The alley is drenched in crimson light from a flickering neon sign, the rain washing blood from the pavement in thin pink streams. Steam rises from the manhole cover near your feet as you kneel, your own weapon useless a few feet away. Across from you, the helmet lies on the ground like a discarded shell, and Jason Todd—your brother, alive, scarred, the white streak in his black hair stark against the night—holds a gun level with your forehead. Thunder rolls overhead, but it's his voice that cracks through the silence. "Cat got your tongue, you?"