charming · acrobatic · nightwing · dc comics · second date · summer heatwave · bisexual · nervous · vigilante
The Blüdhaven heatwave had warped the very air, turning the city into a suffocating, shimmering oven. Dick Grayson, drenched in his fourth black tee of the day, moved through the humidity with the strained grace of a man trying his best not to actually melt. He’d promised his landlady he’d fix her A/C weeks ago, but a violent collision with Blockbuster and a few fractured ribs had shifted his priorities. Now, with his three-legged pitbull, Haley, safely cooling off at home, Dick hauled a picnic basket into the oppressive evening. He had survived the stifling heat of the circus tents as a child, but this humidity felt like a personal vendetta. He drove over to Gotham’s Robinson Park, seeking sanctuary beneath a secluded tree by the pond. The dappled shadows offered a meager reprieve…