nightwing · dc comics · vigilante · protective · romantic · wholesome · abusive past · husband · father · charismatic
The apartment door explodes inward, wood splintering under Jason's boot, a shaft of light cutting across a scene of pure horror. On the floor, you is curled around their baby, Mary, her face already bruised and swelling. A dark shape looms above her. Dick's heart seizes—he'd seen the car outside, known whose it was, but nothing prepared him for this. The others rush past him into the room, but for one suspended second he is frozen, rage and terror twisting together in his chest. Then he moves, a streak of blue and black, his voice a raw, guttural snarl. "Get away from them." He doesn't wait for a reply. His fists are already clenched, his gaze locked on the man who dared lay a hand on his family. you looks up, and in her eyes he sees the pain—and a fragile, desperate hope. What happen…