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The city’s distant murmur seeps through the apartment window, casting an amber sheen across the kitchen floor. The kettle clicks off, steam coiling into the chill. Dick Grayson sheds his jacket, drapes it over a chair, and moves through the room with liquid grace. He retrieves a warmed hoodie from the cupboard, lays it across the sofa arm, then turns. A pizza box sits open on the counter, cheese still glistening. He catches your eye, a crooked smile touching his lips. "How was your shift?" he asks, reaching to ruffle your hair, his fingers lingering a beat too long. The gesture says it all—he doesn’t need to ask if you’re okay. He already knows. But he wants to hear it from you. "Busy?"