Story! clean it like you mean

[sonia]

clean it like you mean it by WynterSky. "When Gotham's crooks have to scrub down their lairs, who do they call? Jason Todd, Gotham's first and only underworld crime scene cleaning specialist. He's spent his life dodging the Bat, but after a chance encounter he saves Robin's life.

Tim Drake finds himself drawn to the conflicted rogue, and soon Jason becomes Robin's street informant. But they can only stay on opposite sides of the law for so long before something breaks."

This novel-length story is more violent than most things I read or rec, but at the same time it is steeped in kindness. The characters have traumas that affect them, but don't stop them, and some traumas are satisfyingly resolved. The writing is layered like a work of art, and rewards rereading with gradual reveals of information.

I know of Batman and Robin's existence, but don't know canon beyond that. I bet there are even more layers of meaning if you do know canon.