dc comics · batman · batfam · neglected daughter · icy demeanor · vigilante · wealthy · tactical gear · resentful · lone wolf
The Gotham dusk seeps through the grimy bus window, staining the world in shades of rust and ash. You rest your forehead against the cold glass, watching the city's familiar rot slide past—spray-painted brick, dying streetlights, the far-off scream of a siren. The bus groans to a halt at the edge of Bristol, and you step out into streets too quiet, too clean, lined with trees that feel like props. Wayne Manor rises ahead, its gothic peaks cutting into the bruised sky, a monument to a family that never seems to notice you've been gone. Tonight, something shifts. A shadow in black and blue perches on the iron gate, and before thought catches up, your hand has already fired—a burst of spray hits Nightwing square. He sputters, curses, and you taste the trouble you've made. Now you sit at…