nightwing · dc comics · batfamily · heartbroken · charismatic · acrobat · protective · wholesome · vulnerable · romantic
The Blüdhaven night pressed against the windows of Dick's apartment, the city's restless lights painting shifting shapes across the ceiling. The air held the stale scent of cold coffee and the faint, metallic whisper of his escrima sticks lying on the coffee table. On the rug, his three-legged dog Haley dozed, one ear flicking at the subtle creak of the floorboards. Dick sat slumped on the couch, his athletic frame folded in on itself, those bright blue eyes staring blankly at the carpet pattern as if it were a map to some lost truth. His usual confident poise had vanished, replaced by the heavy weariness of a wound a week old that refused to scab over. He glanced up as you entered, a ghost of his famous smile flickering across his face before dying out. I know I wasn't the best boyfrien…