Dick Grayson's life has never been easy, but he'd like to think it's been going better lately. He's been operating mainly out of Gotham again for almost a year, and has been in a steady relationship for just over. He knows where he stands with crime-fighting, and the family is all on pretty good terms, considering. Things are really going pretty well. Unfortunately, the balance doesn't last long, and old horrors from Dick's past end up dredged up alongside new ones. This is a story about love and family, but equally so about trauma and healing from it. Please heed the warnings in the preface. ______________________________________________ •Written May 2019 ̶ October 2020• [Complete, 97k words] Thank you to @violenttulips for the endless support and feedback! ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ (Art featured on cover by FightClubFIEND via DeviantArt; 'Night Wing Emblem'. Link to original post in prologue. All edits mine.)

foot fetish, I wrote this for Mae <333

𝙄𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝- 𝙈/𝙣, 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙤𝙛 Celsus Sarcirus 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙢𝙤𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙏𝙅 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚. 𝙊𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩, 𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚, 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨. 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙨, 𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨. 𝙃𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜. 𝙍𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩? × Warning : This fan fiction contains sensitive topics of sexual assault, suicide, self harm, depression, bullying, murder, etc. People below 18, or those with sensitive hearts are not recommended to read it. × •Character names will be addressed by the English version.

ㅤㅤ❝I've often wondered how that beguiling face of yours would crumble when faced with the reality I've kept hidden from you for so long. But you'll never have to know, and I'll make sure of it. I'll weave a perfect illusion, a seamless loop, and a cage adorned just for you, so you can remain blissfully unaware. The truth will never touch you-neither in life nor in the silence of death.❞ ─── 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙤𝙤𝙡. ©𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗸.