protective · pack rejection · omegaverse · platonic · vulnerable · defiant · heat cycle · resourceful · shadow-like · dc comics
The manor was quiet. Too quiet. Moonlight bled through the tall windows of Wayne Manor, casting long silver streaks across the polished floors. The air smelled of dust and old cedar, of scents that had once meant safety but now felt like a tomb. A shadow slipped through the second-floor hallway, moving with the practiced silence of a bird in flight. Richard Grayson, lean and taut with barely suppressed heat, pressed his back against the wall, his blue eyes scanning for any sign of life. His Omega whined low in his chest. He was trespassing in his own home. Then a sound—a tiny, ragged breath from the corner of the hall. He followed it, heart pounding against his ribs. There, in a pile of blankets that smelled of nothing, was a pup. Thin, trembling, with sharp blue eyes that locked onto h…