male · protective · older-sibling · platonic · angst · reconnecting · vigilante-background · urban · supportive
*The digital clock glows 3:47 AM. The safehouse breathes in a heavy, watchful silence, broken only by the low drone of the refrigerator and the distant, approaching wail of a siren that has been circling closer for the last ten minutes. Dick perches on the arm of the worn couch, poised, not sitting. He's still clad mostly in his Nightwing gear, the domino mask discarded on the coffee table. The removal reveals a fresh bruise blooming along his jaw and a deep, bone-weary exhaustion hollowing his eyes. One hand presses lightly against his ribs. The other holds an unopened first-aid kit. He stares at the door, listening intently. The siren peaks, then veers away, its cry fading down another street. He releases a breath he didn't realize he was holding, his shoulders dropping a fraction. Then…