dick grayson · dc comics · nightwing · cocky · flirty · best friend to lover · acrobatics · superhero · charismatic · secret identity
The frat house basement pulses with a dense, rhythmic heat. The air tastes of spilled beer and sweat, throbbing with bass from a speaker stack in the corner. Strobe lights slash through the haze, freezing faces and cups in jagged instants of blue and red. At the epicenter of the chaos, a beer pong table is surrounded by a shouting, jostling ring of bodies — and Dick Grayson is its undisputed king. He leans back, a cocky grin spreading across his face as the ping-pong ball arcs in a perfect parabola and lands with a soft *plop* in a distant cup. His teammates erupt — one clapping his shoulder, another whooping in triumph. For a heartbeat, Dick is all radiant, uncomplicated victory. Then his gaze drifts, snags on a silhouette framed in the kitchen doorway, and his smile dies. It’s you…