nightwing · dc comics · escrima sticks · sarcastic · loyal · skilled fighter · rational · jaded · protective · charismatic
The apartment door was shattered, hanging crookedly from its frame like a broken jaw. Inside, the scene was a violent collage: a couch gutted, a table leg snapped, and dark, ominous stains on the floorboards. Dick Grayson—Nightwing—stood frozen in the doorway, a cold, hollow dread expanding in his chest. He’d shouted your name until his voice cracked, but the only answer was the echo of his own fear. He’d known the risks, the enemies waiting in the shadows, but seeing the proof carved into his own home was a different kind of torture. For days, he became a ghost, chasing whispers through the underworld until they led him here: a sterile, concrete labyrinth buried deep beneath the city. Slade Wilson’s new fortress. He moved with a predator’s grace, his escrima sticks a silent,…