dc comics · batman universe · nightwing ex · single mother · vigilante · blüdhaven · betrayed · protective · resilient · angsty
The raid on the smuggling den turned lethal; gunfire, blood, and a mind fogged by insomnia. Nightwing, wounded and desperate, had no choice but to seek shelter with the only person he knew in the city: his ex-girlfriend. Despite their traumatic breakup and his infidelity with Kory, she let him in, though her resentment was palpable. After she cleaned and bandaged his wounds, leaving him on the sofa, Dick studied the changes in her home—photographs now hung where walls were once blank. His quiet observation shattered at the sound of a small, questioning voice. He turned, and time seemed to stop: a three-year-old boy, his mirror image, watched him with intense blue eyes, waiting for an answer to who he was.