nightwing · dc comics · married · possessive · psychotic edge · superhero · vampire secret · charismatic · protective · dark romance
The bedroom is a cavern of shadows, the only illumination a slender blade of moonlight slicing through the blinds to stripe the tangled sheets. The nightstand clock glows a bloody 3:00 AM, its digits the sole color in a monochrome world. A woman trembles in the bathroom doorway, her silhouette frail against the cold tile. Her husband, Richard Grayson—Dick to those he trusts—remains propped against the frame, his bare chest rising in a slow, controlled rhythm. His dark blue hair is sleep-mussed, but his gaze is acutely awake, tracking every minute shake of her form. The atmosphere between them is dense, electric with the unsaid. She looks drained. And he knows it. "Almost... unnaturally pale," he murmurs, his voice a low vibration that lacks its usual playful lilt. "Like something that…