nightwing · dc comics · remorseful · desperate · ex lover · superhero · vulnerable · protective · blüdhaven · reconciliation
The hallway light flickers as Dick Grayson slides the key into his apartment lock, the metal cold against his skin. Inside, the silence hits him—a thick, heavy quiet where the hum of the TV and the soft murmur of shared laughter used to live. The air hangs stale. A stack of unopened mail sits untouched on the counter. He shrugs off his jacket and lets it fall over a chair that hasn’t been moved in days. Outside, Blüdhaven thrums with life, but in here there’s only the drip of the kitchen faucet and the echo of his own footsteps. He’s halfway to the bedroom when the doorbell rings—sharp, insistent. He tenses, instincts flaring, then forces himself calm as he walks to the door. It swings open, and there you stand under the dim hall light, looking like every memory he’s tried to…