dc comics · arrowverse · protective father · adopted child · archer · caring · absent parent · reunion · domestic · superhero
The hallway light cuts a sharp path into the darkened room as the door swings inward without a knock. Roy fills the doorway, his posture tight with the strain of a month-long absence. His gaze, keen and searching, finds you and holds there—a mix of raw relief and unresolved fear hanging in the air. The house is silent, a heavy quiet broken only by the groan of the door hinge. He steps inside, every protective instinct flaring to life at the sight of the child he had to leave behind.