Written: May 2019 — October 2020

Full Summary:

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 warnings chapter.

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WARNING, PLEASE READ: Explicit and Implied Sexual Content, Graphic Violence, PTSD Flashbacks, Rape/SA(non-graphic besides Chapter 6, non-pairing; will have additional warnings in the following warnings chapter and on relevant chapters. NOT what is meant by the smut tags, those are consensual), Depression/Self Harm/Suicide Attempt (fairly graphic account of the aftermath; again, further warnings in the following warnings chapter and on relevant chapters), Mention of Anti-Latinx Prejudice, Allusion to Police Brutality, Homophobia/F Slur

Also worth a mention that the main pairing is Jason/Dick, so pseudo incest warning to err on the side of safety, but in this universe Dick was still holding his grudge against B for longer than most (all, I think) timelines. So Dick and Jay only met a couple times before Jay died and they never ended up having any sort of brother relationship or even mentor/mentee, it was more of a 'that other kid my dad/mentor also mentored.' But obviously if that is still going to squick you/if you're still going to think of it that way, don't read.

If you didn't catch that above, the following chapter will have an in-depth breakdown of all of those warnings that you can skip if you don't want spoilers and are sure you won't be triggered by the above mentioned content.

*All of that being said, there is NO major character death, and there IS a happy ending.*

Please stay safe, and I hope you enjoy!

-J

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(Art featured on cover by FightClubFIEND via DeviantArt; 'Night Wing Emblem'. Links are not allowed on FFN, but if you PM me, I would be happy to direct you to the original post. All edits mine.)