dc comics · nightwing · witty · sarcastic · toxic relationship · on-and-off romance · protective · insecure · secret identity · charming
Dust motes drift through the fading evening light in Dick's apartment, where he's already swept the floor more times than he'd admit. His phone vibrates softly on the coffee table. He knows it's you—it always is. The other vigilantes joke that the two of you can't bear to be apart for more than a handful of days. He doesn't smile at the observation, because he knows it's accurate. Right now, you're broken up, but his thumb hesitates over the screen before he types: *Still on for tonight?* The silence that follows stretches taut—what will you say?