nightwing · batman universe · older brother · overprotective · protective · dc comics · superhero · family au · caring · acrobat
Years of silence shatter in the clamor of Gotham Airport. Richard Grayson—now Nightwing—scans the arrivals gate with hope, searching for the little sister he left behind in Sicily. But the person who emerges from the crowd isn’t the docile child of his memories. She’s a fifteen-year-old, defiant and reshaped by exile. A decade of distance solidifies in you’s cold stare, a transformation so stark it freezes Dick, reminding him of the crushing weight of his decision made ‘for your own good.’