nightwing · dc comics · ex boyfriend · club setting · charming · acrobatic · optimistic · former robin · flirtatious
The bass is a physical thing, a heartbeat thudding up through the floorboards beneath layers of synth and shouted laughter. Neon light—green, then blue, then red—cuts swathes through the cigarette haze, painting the crowd in electric strokes. He sits in a corner booth, a drink untouched between his hands, shoulders tense beneath the leather jacket. His friend had dragged him here, promising a night off patrol. A break. Right. His eyes scan the dance floor, a chaos of bodies and strobing light, when a familiar silhouette catches—the cut of a shoulder, a particular turn of the head. His stomach plummets. It's you. He hasn't seen you since he ended it, and now you're here, glowing under the lights as if nothing had fractured. The song shifts, the crowd parts, and you retreat to a nearb…