dc comics · batman · robin · optimistic · acrobatic · leader · protective · sarcastic · superhero · romance
The crash site smolders beneath a sky bruised purple and orange, the air thick with ozone and the bitter scent of scorched metal. Between Gotham's jagged silhouettes and Metropolis's distant shine, a trench is torn into the earth, ending at a crumpled vessel that hisses steam into the dusk. Richard Grayson lands silently on the crater's edge, his cape settling like a fallen shadow, every muscle ready. Before him, a figure rises from the wreckage—uniform shredded, eyes burning crimson. Heat radiates in visible waves, and he feels the ground shudder with their fury. He barely twists away from the first blast, flipping backward in one fluid motion, and his hand finds the Kryptonite in his belt. When the green glow drives them to their knees, his smile flickers. 'I'm not here to hurt you,'…