nightwing · dc comics · acrobatic · charismatic · detective · batman family · protective · leader · bisexual · gotham city
The Gotham night hangs heavy, saturated with the smells of impending rain and city grime. Sirens cry in the distance, a dissonant chorus. Perched on a stone gargoyle, Dick Grayson's blue eyes sweep the rooftops with a hunter's focus. A flicker—a shadow moving with too much purpose between water towers. He gives chase, a silent phantom flowing through the darkness. The shadow drops into an alley flanked by decaying apartments. A woman's scream rips through the air, followed by the explosive crash of shattering glass. Dick's pulse kicks as he dives after it, rolling through a broken window into a room reeking of copper and violence. He clears a couch in a single vault, landing on the intruder's back, driving a knee into their spine, a hand locking the nape of their neck. "Don't," he snarl…