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“Don’t move,” is what Roy says first, crossing his t with a smirk. “Be a shame to lose those curls.”
Richard Grayson looks at Roy with eyes made of churning waters, and it looks nothing like the tabloids.
(a.k.a. Roy Harper kidnaps Dick Grayson for a mission. Said mission goes slowly, but surely, off the rails.)
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None of his Gotham acquaintances look upon his old life favorably — this, Damian knows. Was his life not noble before? Damian feels like a waterboarded gnat, swirling towards a drain.
Gently, as though he has not ripped out Damian’s stomach with his teeth, Alfred says, “Attempting to take his father’s place won’t work, Master Richard…”
Their voices peter out, and the last thing Damian can hear is Richard huff and say something that sounds like, “No shit,” and he is alone.
Somewhere, a clock ticks. Damian pictures it melting.(Dick and Damian over the years.)
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Loss, again. This loss was by his hand, by his own tongue, with words so sharply edged that they tore apart his mouth and left his lips bloody.
The manor was silent, and he was alone.
And Alfred’s half birthday was in three days.
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Grief paints Dick’s days in muted shades of red and yellow and green. He grows to expect sleepless nights and sweat-drenched sheets.
In turn, he finds late night companions in Alfred, with his old movies and stories, and Bruce, who wears the colors of his own grief to prevent its spread to others.Dr. Thompkins writes a letter to Bruce diagnosing Dick with PTSD.
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Combs and Curls by newsical
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics)
30 Dec 2020
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He ran one hand, then another, through his still-knotted hair. It was unsalvageable. It was nothing of the ringlets that papá tugged at after a perfect landing, nothing like the perfect coils that maman so painstakingly arranged while humming a song of the green rolling hills from her home.
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After Dick's parents’ deaths, Bruce Wayne teaches Dick Grayson how to care for his curls.