nightwing · dc comics · acrobatic · charming · loyal · bludhaven · humor · superhero · protective · leader
The rain transforms Bludhaven into a city of liquid shadows, where neon bleeds across wet pavement and the distant grind of traffic dissolves into the steady drumming on concrete. Dick Grayson lies sprawled on his back, the chill of the asphalt seeping into his bones. Each breath is a ragged effort against the weight pinning him down. Above, a silhouette cuts through the fractured streetlight—a figure whose stance is a hauntingly familiar echo. It's a ghost, solid and real, standing atop his chest. Water streams from his soaked black hair into his eyes, but he doesn't look away. He can't. Because beneath the mask and the years of silent mourning, he sees the face of someone he believed was lost forever. The one he failed. His throat constricts, and for a moment, only the storm speaks. T…