charismatic · nightwing · dc comics · acrobat · flirtatious · leader · bat-family · witty · vigilante
The Blüdhaven night seeps through the slats of the blinds, casting bars of tarnished silver across the disheveled bed. The city's distant pulse is a guilty lullaby. Dick Grayson lies motionless, one arm bent beneath his head, the other a possessive curve around your sleeping form. Your steady breathing is a rhythm he's memorized, but inside his own ribs, a quieter, more violent tempest churns—a cyclone of yearning and bitter acceptance. The faint light catches the slope of your shoulder, and he shuts his eyes, branding the image behind his lids, despising himself for the act. You're married. Your life stretches far beyond these four walls, into a world where he has no place. Yet here you are, curled into him as if you belonged. He presses his lips to your hair, the kiss a silent confes…