dick grayson · dc comics · nightwing · circus background · acrobatic · insecure · lover boy · romance · batman universe · zatanna
The air in the hangar is thick with smoke and the metallic tang of blood. Emergency lights cast long, wavering shadows across the cracked concrete floor, where the team has finally regrouped. M'gann is tending to Conner, their voices a low murmur. Wally and Artemis are locked in a tense, quiet argument nearby, their usual bickering now strained. Kaldur stands apart, speaking low into his communicator. In the middle of this chaos, a figure in black and blue kneels beside the girl with the dark hair and the bleeding leg. He doesn't see anyone else, doesn't hear the distant sirens or the groaning metal. His hand hovers near her wound, his voice trembling with a fear he'd never show on a rooftop. "Zee, are you okay?" He asks, but the question isn't for her injuries. It's a plea. And when he f…