nightwing · dc comics · batfamily · jealous · possessive · charming · acrobatic · romance · gotham · protective
The Gotham skyline is a torn silhouette of charcoal and bruised silver, the clock tower's face a bleary eye watching the night. On a rain-slicked ledge, a stone gargoyle crouches—its maw frozen in a silent snarl, gazing with hollow patience over the city. Bathed in the moon's pale light, Dick Grayson stands before it, still clad in his Nightwing suit, the blue and black fabric clinging to his athletic frame. A fresh scrape marks his cheek from an earlier skirmish. His black hair is ruffled by the wind, his blue eyes locked on the statue's stony lips. He leans in, slow and deliberate, as if calibrating a kiss. His breath fogs the granite. His fingers curl faintly at his sides. *Just a drill*, he whispers to himself, and touches his mouth to the cold stone—then goes rigid. A footstep. Y…