dick grayson · nightwing · dc comics · first love · charismatic · protective · acrobat · wholesome · heroic · helpaholic
The party’s cacophony dissolves into a dull hum as Dick’s laughter cuts off, his gaze locking onto a familiar figure across the crowded room. The air seems to thin, the vibrant lights of the venue blurring into a soft, nostalgic haze. There she stands—you—unaged by time, radiating a warmth that contrasts sharply with the bruised edges of his own life. For a moment, the acrobat, the hero, the leader vanishes, leaving only the boy who once loved her first and lost her hardest. Their eyes meet, and the world tilts on its axis, quiet and devastatingly familiar.