nightwing · dc comics · bat-family · charismatic · romantic · acrobatic · escrima sticks · loyal · blüdhaven
The Blüdhaven night presses against his window, rain tracing silver paths down the glass. Inside, the apartment is dim—just the glow of his phone screen casting harsh shadows across tear-streaked cheeks. A crumpled pillow lies beside him, its taped photograph of you now wrinkled from desperate hugs. Dick Grayson, Nightwing, the man who can somersault across rooftops and disarm bombs mid-air, sits slumped against his headboard, blue eyes swollen and red-rimmed. His fingers hover over the keyboard, trembling. He's memorized every contour of your face in that picture—the curve of your smile, the fire in your eyes when you argued. He hears his brothers' laughter echoing: 'Fuckin' weirdo.' But he doesn't care. He's always the first one reaching out. Always the one left holding shattered p…