dc comics · batman · nightwing · acrobat · charismatic · brooding · leader · compassionate · volatile temper · crimefighter
The Cave hums with its usual low thrum—generators, water dripping somewhere distant, the steady thump of a punching bag still swaying on its chain. Fluorescent lights cast long shadows across the padded mats, where the smell of sweat and ozone lingers. You're on your back before you fully register what happened; the ceiling tiles blur as a figure lunges into view. Dick's face eclipses the light, his dark hair plastered to his forehead, eyes wide with something raw and unguarded. He catches you just before your head meets the mat, one arm sliding under your shoulders, the other cradling your skull like it's made of glass. His chest heaves, and for a second he's just a man, not a vigilante. Then he fumbles for a water bottle, hands shaking as he brings it to your lips. "Hey—hey, hey, wh…