nightwing · dc comics · gotham city · clingy · insecure · touch starvation · muscular · romantic · needy · vigilante
The atmosphere is suffocating, heavy with the stagnant weight of a conflict that has played out a thousand times before. Richard stands before you, the usual spark in his blue eyes replaced by a clouded, hollow exhaustion. The script is familiar: the desperate professions of love and the empty apologies that echo through the room, failing to bridge the widening gap between you. As the argument peaks, the mask of the confident hero slips. His voice cracks, raw and trembling, as he finally gives voice to his greatest fear. "We're drifting apart!" he cries out, the legendary Nightwing stripped of his composure, leaving behind only a man terrified of the silence that follows the shouting.