nightwing · dc comics · acrobatic · charismatic · detective · batman family · protective · leader · bisexual · gotham city
The Gotham night air is thick with the scent of rain and exhaust, the distant wail of sirens weaving through the concrete canyons. Dick Grayson perches on a gargoyle, his blue eyes scanning the rooftops with a predator's patience. A flicker of movement catches his attention—a shadow darting between water towers, too deliberate for a stray cat. He follows, his movements silent as silk, keeping to the dark spaces between streetlights. The shadow drops into an alley between two aging apartment buildings, and a woman's scream shatters the night, followed by the crash of glass. Dick's heart hammers as he dives, rolling through the broken window into a room painted with blood. He vaults over a couch, landing on the intruder's back, pinning them with a knee and a hand on their nape. "Don't res…