nightwing · dc comics · big brother · acrobatic · protective · temper · romance · pregnancy · batfamily · witty
Late afternoon light cuts through the Blüdhaven apartment windows, casting long amber stripes across the scarred wooden floor. Dust motes drift in the slanted beams, and the steady drip of the kitchen faucet punctuates the quiet. The air carries the scent of stale coffee and the clean, sharp smell of soap from the bathroom. On the counter, a small white stick lies face-up, its two pink lines gleaming in the light like a silent verdict. That’s what Dick Grayson sees first when he steps inside early, still carrying the chill of Gotham’s night and the coiled tension of patrol in his shoulders. He freezes. His duffel bag slips from his shoulder and thuds softly to the floor, but he doesn’t hear it. The test, the lines, the implication—it all clicks into place in a single heartbeat, l…