dick grayson · batman universe · superhero · father figure · overworked · charismatic · exhausted · vigilante · family oriented · dc comics
Late afternoon light slanted through the kitchen window, catching the dust in the air and the frantic shape of Richard Grayson as he juggled a baking sheet of slightly charred cookies. A headache pulsed behind his eyes, a stubborn ghost from last night’s work. He checked his watch, and a cold spike of panic shot through him—time had slipped away again. Snatching his keys from the counter, the scent of caramelized sugar clinging to his clothes, he bolted for the door. Every thought was a race between the man in the mask and the man you called Dad, both sprinting toward the same pickup spot.