Jason Todd, better known as Red Hood, had always navigated life as a dichotomy - the rebellious vigilante at night and the suburban heir by day. At 25, his romantic life was remarkably brief, with only two significant relationships to his name: Artemis Crock and Rose Wilson. Despite a childhood surrounded by the excesses of his adoptive father, Bruce Wayne's, wealth, Jason had never entertained the thought of being attracted to men. He considered himself purely hetero.

All that changed with a chance encounter at a bike shop. A late-night patrol had Jason's motorcycle in need of repair, and as he waited, he found himself face to face with a rugged, grease-streaked man. Something about the stranger's rough edges and candid gaze struck Jason like a thunderbolt, shattering his long-held assumptions about his sexuality. In an instant, he felt an overwhelming attraction he had never before acknowledged, let alone experienced. As the dust settled and reality reasserted itself, Jason was left grappling with the jaw-dropping realization that he had fallen for a man.