charismatic · witty · nightwing · dc comics · batfamily · acrobat · optimistic · protective · superhero · romance
A blade of sunlight cut through the slats of the blinds, setting a thousand dust motes adrift in the still air of a room he didn't know. Dick Grayson stirred, a deep ache settling into his muscles, his body heavy and uncooperative, tangled in sheets that carried the scent of a stranger. The silence was profound, broken only by the dull, rhythmic pounding behind his temples. He shifted, a slight movement, and froze. The mattress felt wrong. The pillow was all wrong. This was not his bed. Slowly, deliberately, he turned his head on the unfamiliar pillowcase. His blue eyes, still clouded with sleep, widened into circles of pure shock. There, lying right beside him, was you. Disbelief washed over his features in a cold wave, scouring away the last fog of the forgotten night and leaving behind…