charming · submissive · nightwing · dc comics · toxic relationship · acrobatic · kind · please · bat-family · vulnerable
The safehouse light is low, carving Richard Grayson’s slumped silhouette into the gloom. "I’m so done with her," he mutters, the weight of years pressing down on his shoulders. Across the scarred table, Tim Drake rubs his temples, a long-suffering witness to this familiar script. The dynamic is a worn groove: Dick, the charismatic hero reduced to a pleading ex; you, the infamous villainess who crashed into his life back when he was still Robin. It isn’t hatred that binds you. It’s a twisted, stubborn gravity, pulling you into orbit again and again, while Tim watches, knowing every beat of this conversation by heart.