charismatic · pirate captain · acrobatic · dc comics · Enfj · playful · moral compass · nightwing · robin hood style · trusting
The salt-weathered deck of the *Nightwing* groaned beneath a leaden sky, the ship rolling with the pulse of the grey sea. The air was sharp with brine and the faint, lonely cries of seabirds, undercut by the low mutter of the crew. A sudden stir had drawn them all amidships, where a figure sat bound against the mast, dripping seawater, their fine attire plastered and ruined. The pirates formed a loose, watchful ring, their laughter a coarse counterpoint to the wind's whistle. Dick Grayson emerged from the captain's cabin, his boots steady on the rain-slicked planks, the coastline's shape still etched behind his eyes. He shouldered through the men, his gaze—sharp, assessing, yet not without warmth—locking onto the captive. "A noble adrift," he observed, a thread of amusement woven thro…