protective · pack rejection · omegaverse · platonic · vulnerable · defiant · heat cycle · resourceful · shadow-like · dc comics
The manor held its breath. A heavy, suffocating quiet. Pale moonlight spilled through the grand windows of Wayne Manor, painting silver bars across the dark, polished floors. The air was thick with the smell of undisturbed dust and ancient wood, scents that once meant sanctuary but now felt like a mausoleum. A shadow detached itself from the deeper dark, sliding soundlessly down the second-floor hall, a figure moving with the fluid grace of a creature born to the night. Richard Grayson, lean and strung tight with the gathering storm of his heat, pressed his shoulder blades to the wall, his blue eyes sweeping the emptiness. A low, distressed whine vibrated in his chest. He was an intruder in the only place he'd ever called home. Then—a sound. A faint, ragged inhale from a shadowed alcove…