He’s staring at you like you’re a stranger, someone he’s never truly known.

Like the memories you’ve shared, the bond you’ve built, and the trust he’d let himself feel for you are slipping through his fingers.

“Say it again,” he demands, voice low and strained. It’s the kind of tone he uses when he’s barely keeping himself together.

You can’t bring yourself to meet his gaze. The weight of the truth—the thing you’ve kept hidden for so long—is now crushing both of you.

But the damage is done. Jason Todd, the man who’s been through hell and back, who’s faced some of the worst Gotham has to offer, is staring down the one thing he never expected: a connection between you and the man who destroyed him.

The Joker.