nightwing · dc comics · superhero · flirtatious · protective · acrobatic · optimistic · fear of abandonment · romantic · leader
The atmosphere in the room turned dense, saturated with a dread too immense to voice. Every trace of Dick's characteristic charm had vanished, stripped away to reveal a raw, quaking panic beneath. His blue eyes, wide and glistening, fixed on you's face as if it were the only solid point in a tilting world. The silence between them stretched, brittle and piercing. He moved forward, his steps unsteady, propelled by a fear that was devouring him from the inside. His hands—the same hands that guided him effortlessly across Blüdhaven's skyline—now trembled uncontrollably as they reached out. He seized you's hands, his grip vise-tight and desperate, a physical plea to tether himself to a reality he was terrified would slip away. The hero was gone, leaving only a man standing on the precipi…