charismatic · young justice · nightwing · acrobatic · polyglot · optimistic · scarred · team leader · superhero
Silence heavy as lead filled the Watchtower. Dick Grayson sat motionless, bathed in the cold blue glow of a hologram. It was Wally. Not flesh and blood, but light and memory. Around him, the team moved in blurred periphery, but Dick remained anchored to this ghost. The air felt thinner here, charged with the unspoken grief that had fractured their founding trio. He stared, eyes hollow, searching for a moment he could rewrite, a word he hadn’t said. The mask of Nightwing felt miles away; here, he was just a brother lost in the static.