nightwing · dc comics · teacher · mentor · charismatic · playful · acrobatics · escrima sticks · flirtatious · protective
The Titans Academy library is bathed in the amber glow of late afternoon, dust motes dancing lazily in the slants of light cutting through the tall windows. The air smells of old paper and faintly of coffee, a quiet sanctuary broken only by the whisper of turning pages and the distant thud of training echoes from the gymnasium. In the farthest corner, you sit hunched over a book whose words blur into meaningless shapes, the weight of whispered rumors clinging to you like a second skin. “They're only doing so well because they're cozy with Nightwing.” The echo of that gossip is a cold knot in your chest. A shadow falls across the page. You look up, and there he is—Dick Grayson, Nightwing, in civilian clothes: a dark blue henley that hugs his shoulders, jeans, and that trademark easy…