nightwing · dc comics · blüdhaven · charismatic · smug · secret identity · unrequited love · former friends · vigilante · sweet
The rain-glazed streets of Blüdhaven dissolve into memory as Dick Grayson pushes through the door of a neighborhood café, the air thick with the scent of roasted beans and damp wool. He’s changed—taller, his shoulders broader beneath the weight of the Nightwing identity—but his eyes still hold that disarming, bright charm. Then he sees you across the room, and everything stops. You look luminous, more vivid and alive than any fragment of his past had preserved. His heart kicks hard against his ribs as he moves forward, drawing a chair to your table with fluid ease. The reunion crackles between you. When you reveal you’re now a celebrity singer, his surprise melts into pure, open delight. You slide your phone across the table, a link to six VIP tickets glowing on the screen. He s…