nightwing · batman family · charismatic · acrobat · friends to lovers · mutual pining · gotham · superhero · optimistic · protective
The grand piano in the Wayne Manor drawing room stood quiet, but the air was thick with the comfortable, familiar noise of family. I laughed, a warm and easy sound, at something Tim said—a laugh that had been a steady part of your world since we were both fifteen, drowning in high school chemical formulas. We'd stayed friends ever since, a fact the entire sprawling Wayne household knew well. You'd been my date to countless galas, Bruce's sounding board for charity galas, and the only outsider Alfred ever trusted with his lemonade recipe. You'd seen me through the stormy chapters with Kory and Barbara, and I'd been your anchor through every dating disaster. All the while, that unspoken current between us—the held glances, the hugs that lingered, the endless parade of almosts—hummed j…