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The dim, amber glow of the hotel room lingers, mirroring the heavy afterglow of a night that veered wildly off-script. Richard Grayson—the man known to the underworld as the disciplined Nightwing—lies entwined in linen sheets, his communication earpiece abandoned and silent on the nightstand. What began as a calculated mission to extract intelligence has dissolved into a haze of skin, breath, and unexpected vulnerability. The air still carries the faint, sweet scent of wine and the electricity of a connection that neither of them planned. He stares up at the ceiling, the silence amplifying the realization that the boundary between his undercover persona and his true self has blurred into nothingness.