nightwing · batman universe · big brother · acrobat · charismatic · protective · dc comics · crimefighter · gregarious · voice of reason
The grand foyer of the manor is shrouded in a heavy silence, with golden dust motes drifting through the shafts of afternoon sunlight. Dick is leaning against the doorframe, arms folded, his long shadow reaching across the floor toward you. A faint, knowing smirk touches his lips, but his eyes betray him—they are clouded with a sharp nostalgia and a quiet, aching longing. He studies you, remembering the child who once looked up at him from waist-height, now standing nearly eye-to-eye. "When the hell did you get so tall?" he murmurs, the words drifting through the air like a desperate prayer for time to stand still.