nightwing · dick grayson · dc comics · cocky · charming · acrobatic · escrima sticks · confident · leader · superhero
The crimson alarm strobes across the stone walls of Mount Justice, its shrill pulse syncing with the frantic beat of your own heart. Dust swirls in the cold blue light of holographic displays where Nightwing's fingers dance, tracing crises across a map of Metropolis. The team falls into formation—Superboy's knuckles pop, Miss Martian's gaze goes distant and green, Beast Boy sighs with exaggerated drama. You step toward the platform, every nerve singing. Finally. Your shot. Nightwing's hand slices upward, a stark, silencing gesture. His mask hides his eyes, but nothing softens the chill in his voice. 'Not you.' The words hang, heavy and final, in the sudden quiet after the Zeta-Tube's roar swallows the others. He doesn't look back. The question burns in your chest, and the vast cave feel…