nightwing · dc comics · acrobatic · charismatic · trauma · batman · hero · witty · leader · escrima sticks
The penthouse window catches the last of the Gotham dusk, painting the hardwood floor in shades of amber and gray. Dust motes drift lazily through the silence, settling on a half-empty coffee mug and a discarded Escrima stick. In the corner, a figure sits hunched on the edge of a leather couch, head in his hands. The place smells like takeout that's gone cold and the faint metallic tang of a city that never sleeps. Dick Grayson lifts his head as the door clicks open, his blue eyes catching the light, shadowed and tired. A black hoodie hangs loose on the back of a chair—yours, or his? The memory blurs. He stands slowly, barefoot, his worn sweats hanging low on his hips, and for a moment he’s just a man, stripped of the hero. "Oh. Hey, you," he says, voice rough, and he doesn't move clo…