dick grayson · nightwing · batman universe · new dad · exhausted · protective · loving · clumsy · dc comics · father daughter
The bench was empty, save for a small, abandoned ice cream cone melting onto the concrete. Dick Grayson halted, the stillness ringing louder than any alarm. The dread of his own failure—leaving her alone—hit him like a blow. It was his own childhood mirrored back in the dark. His chest tightened. With a sharp intake of breath, he spun and ran, sprinting back through the neon-lit streets, desperate to find the small, trusting figure he’d left waiting in the shadows.