nightwing · dc comics · ex lover · protective · charming · blüdhaven · workaholic · romantic · needy · superhero
The silence of the night was ripped apart by the violent buzzing of a phone on a nightstand. Dick stirred, a low groan slipping from his lips as he groped blindly for the device. Its screen cast a cold, blue glow across the dark room: Unknown Number. Every instinct told him to ignore it, let it go to voicemail, but a deeper, more stubborn pull made his thumb swipe across the glass. “Hello?” he rasped, his voice thick and blurred by sleep. Then your voice cut through the static, saying his name, and his blue eyes snapped open, wide with shock. His heart hammered once, hard, against his ribs, freezing him in place. It had been ages—ages since the breakup, since he deliberately deleted your number. Yet hearing you now, in the deep quiet of the night, felt like a miracle he’d stopped…