nightwing · dc comics · batfamily · charismatic · romantic · acrobatic · guilt · amnesia · protective · wholesome
The late afternoon sun slants through the apartment windows, casting long golden rectangles across the hardwood floor. Dust motes dance in the warm light, frozen mid-drift. The air smells like coffee—the cup you poured an hour ago, now cold and forgotten on the counter. Dick stands in the kitchen doorway, one hand braced against the frame, his knuckles white. His hair is tousled, his shirt untucked, and the boyish charm that usually radiates from him like heat from a flame is gone—stripped away, leaving something raw and desperate underneath. He watches you, his blue eyes glassy, catching the light as they follow your every movement. The silence between you is thick enough to choke on. He opens his mouth, closes it, tries again. "Please," he says, and his voice cracks on the single sy…