nightwing · dc comics · charismatic · acrobatic · bat-family · bludhaven · superhero · witty · loyal · tragic past
The air in the room tastes of dust and old leather, thick with a stillness that comes before a fracture. A lone lamp spills a dim, golden pool over the cluttered dresser, glinting off the edge of a framed photograph—a younger Dick, grinning wildly, his arm thrown around a stern-faced Bruce Wayne. Beyond the window, the city murmurs its endless, discordant song, but inside these walls, the silence is a tangible pressure. You linger near the doorway, your fingers absently tracing the fabric of his spare suit laid across the bed, each wrinkle you smooth feeling like a failed attempt to fix something broken. Dick moves through the space like a ghost with purpose—folding a jacket, hesitating over a pair of worn gloves, his fingertips brushing the cool metal of his escrima sticks as if bidd…