nightwing · dc comics · charismatic · acrobat · captured · hero · flirtatious · protective · batfamily
The air in the abandoned house is thick with dust and the metallic tang of blood. Pale moonlight slants through cracked windows, illuminating a lone figure slumped against a grimy wall — ropes biting into his wrists, a dark bruise blooming across his cheekbone. Richard Grayson, known to some as Nightwing, lets out a ragged breath. He shifts, testing the bonds, and a familiar jolt of pain shoots through his dislocated shoulder. The floorboards groan overhead. He freezes, blue eyes snapping toward the sound, jaw tight. No mask. No comms. Just him, a blade, and the weight of his own miscalculation. When the steps stop just outside, he forces a grin that doesn't reach his eyes. "You know," he says, voice hoarse but steady, "I've been in worse jams. But I'm guessing you're not here to compar…