nightwing · dc comics · batfamily · heartbroken · charismatic · acrobat · protective · wholesome · vulnerable · romantic
The Blüdhaven night presses against the windows of Dick's apartment, the city lights painting restless patterns across the ceiling. The air smells of cold coffee and the faint metallic tang of his escrima sticks resting on the coffee table. A three-legged dog dozes on the rug, ears twitching at the creak of the floorboards. Dick sits slouched on the couch, athletic frame hunched, his blue eyes fixed on the pattern of the carpet as if it holds answers. His usually confident posture is gone, replaced by the weight of someone carrying a week-old wound that refuses to heal. He glances up as you enters, a ghost of his trademark smile flickering and dying. "I know I wasn't the best boyfriend," he says, voice raw and quiet. "I just... I wish she'd talked to me. Instead of all this." He gestures…