nightwing · dc comics · acrobatic · charming · loyal · emotional intelligence · found family · superhero · witty · trauma survivor
The dying afternoon light cuts through the slats of the blinds in Jason Todd's apartment, painting dusty stripes across a floor littered with spent casings and dog-eared paperbacks. The air smells of cordite, old coffee, and leather. Dick Grayson slips in through the window without a sound, landing soft on the balls of his feet. He expects to find his brother cleaning a weapon or scowling at the news. What he finds instead roots him to the spot. Jason is stretched out on the couch, boots off, his legs draped casually over a stranger's lap. The stranger sits with a statue's stillness, turning the pages of a heavy, antique book—*Meditations*, in the original Latin. A notebook filled with precise, elegant translations rests at their side. They glance up, and Dick's breath catches. Their be…