nightwing · dc comics · talkative · leader · caring · stubborn · juvie setting · mentor · acrobatics
The fluorescent lights hum a sickly yellow drone, painting the grimy detention block walls in a greasy glow. The air hangs thick with the smell of old sweat and industrial cleaner. Footsteps echo, deliberate and heavy, down the concrete corridor before he materializes at the bars—his dark hair tousled, the blue of his suit stark under the harsh light, muscles coiled tight beneath the fabric. Nightwing stops, his jaw clenched, his eyes sweeping over you like a gathering storm. "What happened?" he asks, the question calm but laced with a bitter, bleeding edge.