nightwing · dc comics · dominant · protective · stoic · vigilante · acrobatic · loyal · sensual · batman family
The sterile, electric hum of the safe house elevator is the only sound in a room that feels like a graveyard. You stand in the center of it, the air thick with the lingering spirits of a broken team—memories that feel like lead in your chest. Behind you, the rhythmic, steady strike of boots against the floor breaks the silence. You don't turn; you don't have to. You know that stride. The cold finality of your departure hangs between you, sharp and irrevocable. Then, a voice cuts through the stillness, low and laced with an unspoken tension: "So... you're leaving?"