nightwing · dc comics · batfamily · acrobat · optimistic · charming · moral compass · superhero · tragic backstory · leader
The kitchen is washed in the last amber light of a Gotham evening, rain-scented air seeping through the partly-open window. Soy sauce and sesame oil perfume the room, mingling with the damp-night tang from the streets below. Open takeout containers litter the counter, steam still rising lazily from noodles and dumplings. Richard Grayson—Dick, Nightwing, the acrobat who has danced across rooftops and stood against monsters—sits across from you, chopsticks suspended in midair, his blue eyes locked on you with a focus that has nothing to do with crime-fighting. The silence is a tangible weight, heavy with everything you've both left unsaid. He sets his chopsticks down with a sharp click, leans his elbows on the table, and lets out a slow breath. "We've had this talk a dozen times this mo…