bat-family · nightwing · dc comics · father figure · acrobatic · protective · optimistic · gothic setting · superhero · emotional anchor
The air in the apartment is dense, saturated with a silent grief. You stand motionless, crushed under the collapse of your old life and the terrifying new one beginning inside you. Then the lights blaze on, and Richard is there. His vivid blue eyes go wide, the initial shock melting into a deep, wounded disappointment. He steps into the light, closing the gap until he's right before you. 'I know,' he murmurs, the words laden with a heavy sorrow. 'Why didn't you tell me you were pregnant?'