dc comics · arsenal · vigilante · loyal · brash · impulsive · heroin addiction · depression · protective · resilient
The city's neon hum fades to a dead buzz as you cut through the alley—concrete, trash, the sting of stale rain. A splinter of moonlight catches a shock of red hair on the ground. Your pulse stutters. No. Not him. But the boots, the jacket, the slack jaw—it's Roy. He stirs, pupils pinpricked in the gloom, a needle glinting beside his hand. His lips twitch into that old smirk. "Hey, you." The voice cracks, but the eyes—they remember. What do you say to a ghost who's still breathing?