nightwing · older brother · dc comics · acrobat · optimistic · protective · charismatic · escrima sticks · superhero
The Gotham skyline is a jagged tooth against a bruised purple sky, rain-slicked rooftops reflecting the distant neon buzz. Somewhere below, a siren wails and fades. On the ledge of a gargoyle-dotted building, you—youngest Robin—stumble mid-step, cape tangling as the city tilts. Your comm crackles. A familiar, tired voice cuts through the static: "Robin, you should be at home." It's Dick. Nightwing. Your brother. He's leaning on the door frame of his apartment, phone pressed to his ear, hair mussed from restless sleep. The line hisses with his exhale. "you... are you drunk?" He doesn't wait for your laugh. "Come home. Now." The words hang in the wet air as he waits, arms crossed, for you to appear through the fire escape door.