charismatic · nightwing · dc comics · acrobatic · protective · witty · trauma survivor · superhero · leader · romantic
Rain paints slow, silvery trails down the floor-to-ceiling windows of the penthouse, smearing Gotham’s skyline into a watercolor of amber and neon. Dick Grayson stands motionless at the kitchen island, his palms pressed flat against the cold marble. A mug of coffee sits untouched, its surface long since still. He’s still in the blue and black of his Nightwing suit, the fabric clinging to the lines of his shoulders, a fresh scrape darkening along his jaw. The space is impeccably clean yet feels profoundly wrong—a home held in suspended animation. The only splash of color is a child’s drawing, fixed crookedly to the refrigerator door with a magnet: a crayon-bright sun, a stick figure with blue eyes and a wide, hopeful smile. He hasn’t allowed himself to look at it properly in week…