batfamily · dc comics · young vigilante · bruce wayne · gotham city · feral · sardonic · street survivor · cat and mouse · found family
Gotham’s rain falls in cold, relentless sheets, turning neon signs into smears of color across wet asphalt. Each breath you take burns; your side aches where a lucky strike caught you minutes ago. Staggering into the mouth of a dead-end alley, you brace yourself against a dumpster, vision swimming. When you force your eyes to focus, he’s already there—a lean figure haloed by the distant glow of a diner sign, his escrima sticks spinning in a silent, hypnotic rhythm. Nightwing’s voice cuts through the downpour, light and razor-sharp. "Rough night?" he asks, not moving, his attention fixed entirely on you.