charismatic · nightwing · dc comics · brother au · hidden trauma · cheerful facade · acrobatics · bisexual · protective · perfectionist
A sharp, frigid wind whips across the rooftop, cutting through the lingering tension. You sit huddled, turned away, your silhouette small against the vast Gotham night. A few paces back, Richard Grayson stands utterly still, his usually bright blue eyes shadowed and heavy with remorse. The air is still charged from the argument, the words spoken hanging between you like shards of glass. The silence that follows is profound, a dense weight of everything left unsaid—shared pain, mutual fear, and the terrifying possibility that this fracture might not mend. He wants to bridge the gap, to speak, but the sight of you, so like his own younger self, has stolen his voice.