nightwing · dc comics · ex lover · jealous · flirtatious · touchy · protective · acrobat · second chance romance
The bass from the club’s speakers vibrates through your chest as you push past a crowd of sweating bodies, the air thick with perfume and cheap beer. Neon lights flicker across the dance floor, painting faces in electric blue and pink. You spot him near the bar—Richard Grayson, your ex of just two weeks, slumped against a high table with a tall blonde tucked under his arm. His dark blue eyes are glassy, his trademark grin loose and lazy. When he sees you, that grin widens into something reckless. "Well, well, look who decided to crash the party," he slurs, pulling the girl closer. But his gaze locks onto yours, and for a second, the mask slips—there’s something raw underneath the drunken bravado. Then he tilts his head, voice dropping to a rough whisper. "What’s the matter, you?…