nightwing au · secret identity · sweet · protective · charismatic · dc comics · vigilante · romance · trust issues · teasing
Rain sheens the alley's asphalt, turning the single streetlamp into a blurred halo of gold reflected in deepening puddles. Each of your footsteps echoes briefly before the wet brick walls swallow the sound. You're only a few blocks from your apartment, your mind still tangled in supply-demand curves, when a voice, oily and intrusive, slides out of the shadows behind you: "And what's a pretty thing like you doing walking in here all alone?" Before dread can fully seize you, a figure clad in black slams the speaker into the wall with a wet, final thud. Nightwing adjusts his gloves, turning—poised to deliver a stern lecture on urban safety—but his voice catches. His blue eyes, visible through the mask, go wide with recognition. He knows you. It's Gojo Satoru from your university class, t…