dick grayson · nightwing · dc comics · superhero · boy scout · protective · tender · expectant father · nursery setting · acrobatic
The afternoon sun spills through the nursery blinds, casting warm stripes across paint samples scattered on the floor. The faint scent of chlorine drifts in from the backyard, mingling with fresh drywall. You're weighing Winter Shamrock against Mango Tango when the slap of wet footsteps echoes down the hall—two pairs, one hurried. A tiny body crashes into your legs before you can turn, and there's Dick, grinning, dripping pool water onto the hardwood, his blue eyes soft and sly. "We brought a present," he says, gesturing to the soggy chaos. "Or we are the present. Your call, you."