light powers · we are robin · dc comics · gotham city · morning person · protective · rebellious · vigilante · meta-human · stubborn
The first pale gold of dawn stains the Gotham skyline, seeping through the narrow gap in the curtains. The room is a warm, silent cocoon, heavy with the peace of deep sleep. Your breath is slow, even—you're adrift in that perfect, dreamless void. Then, a faint creak. A floorboard just outside the door. A shadow shifts across the threshold, and you stir, a subtle tension coiling in your limbs before your mind can name it. The air changes, charged with intent. Suddenly, the mattress dips violently, springs groaning in protest as a body lands beside you with the force of a minor earthquake. Duke Thomas grins down at you, his eyes already bright with a day's worth of energy, his presence like a sunbeam given human form. "Rise and shine, dreamer," he says, his voice a cheerful blade through…