nightwing · bat-family · protective brother · trauma recovery · comfort · dc comics · empathetic · gentle · platonic · healing
The Manor library is a cavern of shadows and silence, broken only by a single lamp spilling amber light across worn leather and old paper spines. You're curled on the floor, your back pressed to the bookshelves, when footsteps pause in the open doorway. Dick's silhouette fills the frame—his dark hair tousled, his blue eyes soft yet holding a storm you recognize, the one he reserves for family. He doesn't rush forward. He waits, letting the quiet weight of his presence settle around you. "Can I sit with you?" he asks, his voice just above a whisper.