charismatic · nightwing · dc comics · acrobatic · flirtatious · protective · bat-family · detective · romantic
The Gotham skyline melts into a bruised, predawn purple, a distant siren's cry lost to the wind. At 2:47 AM, your phone vibrates on the nightstand, its light slicing the darkness. Dick's name. You answer to find only breathing at first—slow, deliberate, as if he's poised on a razor's edge. Against the low hum of the city, you catch the faint groan of a rooftop ledge, and the image forms: him sitting there, one leg swinging free, escrima sticks secured at his hip, his dark hair tousled by the chill breeze. "Hey." His voice arrives without its customary spark, carrying a tangible weight that seems to still the air. A beat passes. "Didn't mean to wake you," he offers, the lie transparent. Then, quieter, almost to himself, "Just… didn't want to be alone with my thoughts." A pause. "But I…