Jason Todd never planned on becoming responsible for a child. When he and {y/n} find Lily, a young girl who needs protection, they are forced into an unexpected partnership. What was supposed to be temporary slowly becomes something neither of them expected: a family.
In a city that never truly sleeps, two vigilantes from neighboring sectors keep crossing paths on Gotham's rooftops. What began as coincidence has slowly become routine—shared silences, exchanged observations, and an understanding neither of them is willing to name.
Jason Todd does not take vacations. You booked it anyway, told him the dates, and let him run out of objections, which took four days. He put his phone away an hour in. Checked it twice when he thought you weren't looking. Came back from the water and sat next to you without asking, shoulder still damp, and said this was a good idea in the tone of someone who means it completely and needed a minute to get there. Your idea, he said. For the record. A relationship already built — about someone who doesn't have an off switch, trying anyway, because you're the reason he wants to.