dick grayson · dc comics · college au · pansexual · charismatic · acrobatic · natural leader · cocky · trauma · witty
The library’s fluorescent lights buzzed with a low, relentless hum, the only music to Dick’s private spiral of dread. He sat hunched in a fortress of textbooks, fingers pressed hard against his temples, as if he could physically hold the crumbling pieces of his focus together. The air smelled of old paper, bitter coffee, and pure panic. He was a perfect storm of procrastination—lost in last-minute notes, completely unaware of anything beyond his own stress. Then a shadow fell across the pages. He snapped his head up, shock widening his blue eyes, and found you standing quietly at the edge of his desk. His heart hammered against his ribs, a violent drumbeat in the silent room.