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Arnika by airyoubreathe
Fandoms: Nightwing (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
22 Mar 2026
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As an eight year old Robin, Dick had traversed the tightrope of good and evil effortlessly, understanding how to navigate the world's morality in the way that only a child could. He knew right, he knew wrong and he knew how to differentiate between the two. As an adult, Dick didn’t have that certainty, and he no longer ran, skipped and cartwheeled over that tightrope. Instead, he crawled in a way that felt humiliating, even when no one else knew how much he was struggling to stand.
It's been six months since Nightwing dragged himself from the burning warehouse he'd been held captive in; bloodied, broken and with the fury of an avenging phoenix. And Dick Grayson has spent that time painstakingly putting his persona back together in a way that belies the total destruction wreaked over his mind and body.
Sure, the lie isn't as perfect as he wishes it was. But none of that matters. Not really, anyway. Because as the curtains open on the performance of Dick Grayson's lifetime, he knows one bitter truth; this is his path, and he has to walk it alone.
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A study in pain, grief and the relentless sting of finding a way to heal.
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- Part 7 of Terrible Sting, Terrible Storm
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06 Jun 2026
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Dick thinks maybe his life is over. Hey, he caught the bad guy and saved the day, didn’t he? Well, no, he didn’t. The vigilante he’d been mentoring killed the bad guy. And the day blew up. But it probably could’ve been worse. Point is, all his cases are closed, and he doesn’t have a job because it blew up and he doesn’t have a home because it blew up and he doesn’t have a brother because he blew up. No, that happened before. Jason’s back now. Right.
Bruce told him to take a break. So maybe that’s what he’s doing. He’s taking a break. He’s blinking, long and slow.
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17 Apr 2026
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Can't Do It, Must Do It by random_archive
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics)
03 Nov 2025
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Everything looked so overpoweringly green for a second then that he had to step away, face the wall, and put both his fists through it. Once. Twice. And only after the third time, when the pain began to focus him, could he return his attention to the man on the bed.
He knew him. Hadn’t seen him out of the suit in years, and he looked different, but he knew him all the same — would always know him. And up until a minute ago he’d thought he hated him.
He had wished him pain, and anguish, and death. But had never wished him this.
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The Red Hood encounters Nightwing at the motel he went to with Catalina.
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11 Apr 2026
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“It’s my brother.”
“What?”
“He’s talking to me.” Dick’s face hardens. “You don’t believe me.”
“I’m your brother, you fucking moron,” Jason says, tugging at his hair. “There’s no one else here!”
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Or, Dick goes into psychosis, and he's making it Jason's problem. Ft. hallucijasonSeries
- Part 1 of the midnight sun
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20 Mar 2026
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outlast the rain by ScarlettSwordMoon
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Nightwing (Comics)
09 Apr 2022
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During a routine patrol, Dick’s glove malfunctions and he almost falls to his death. Bruce redesigns them. Problem solved, right? Only Dick is refusing to take the new pair. AKA Trauma is irrational, but love endures all.
Day 4: Dick Grayson’s Eldest Daughter Syndrome & “Catch me.”
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22 Feb 2026