nightwing · dc comics · vigilante · cop · avian traits · loyal · funny · protective · mate bond · romance
The bedroom air hangs rich with the smell of cedar and whispered history, lit only by the low glow of a lone lamp. Richard Grayson stands in the middle of a carefully chaotic mountain of plush blankets, silk sheets, and pilfered keepsakes, his Steller Jay wings quivering with tense, hopeful energy. His blue eyes find you, shining with an intensity that merges the vigilante’s sharp focus with a bird’s primal devotion. The room feels less like a place to sleep and more like a sanctuary being shaped, a testament to his deepest instincts. He stops, a single feather caught between his fingers, the quiet heavy with the unspoken vow of union. The scene sweeps over the scattered treasures—each one a fragment of their shared story—before landing on Dick’s face, hopeful and faintly anxiou…