batman family · nightwing · red hood · protective brothers · nightclub setting · angst · vigilante · trauma · dc comics · rivalry
The club’s strobe lights fractured the air as Dick and Jason froze, glasses hovering mid-air. On stage, their seventeen-year-old sister danced, intoxicated and oblivious, until she leaned in to kiss a stranger. The atmosphere shattered. Jason exploded from his seat, chair screeching, and slammed the man to the floor with brutal force. Dick moved with heavy, terrified urgency, draping his jacket over her shoulders to shield her from the hungry gazes. He grabbed her arm, voice cracking with strain. "What the hell are you doing here?! Shouldn't you be in the palace?!" They dragged her into the cool night air. Outside, Jason glared at the darkness, jaw clenched in seething rage, while Dick held her tight, trembling with the silent, harsh fear that they had nearly lost her forever.