Talon ; Richard Grayson

⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀you trained me to be a K I L L E R ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀so that's what I became ⠀⠀it's about time you realized ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀just how D A N G E R O U S that is ⠀⠀[ #dcrp #alternativeuniverse ]

" how do you know they won't come after me ? "

" I don't know what I want... what if the court comes after me if it becomes public "

" are you going to tell people I'm back "

he's going silent after that " what did people think happened to me when I left ? "

" you dye your hair ? "

" I didn't want to point it out "

" worry too much you'll go grey "

cirque.xn--6ii The urge to drawn him as a talon but also his alias after coming back to bruce . does he still go by nightwing just with a different combat look , or something entirely new

" so you don't have to be worried. My biggest threat or danger is an ac " he says, a poor attempt to make a joke he supposes

" you know I can survive just about anything note right ? I'm not human anymore "

" I won't get burned " he says before pulling his hands away at bruce's subtle instruction

" no , I didn't ask " he admits shifting again so he can hover his hands close to the fire , maybe / too / close . he can feel the hear on his skin . " I think he just said something that'd be warm and comforting , but I don't know what that means "

he's going to go silent , sliding closer to the fire and letting the warmth surround him . he doesn't respond to what bruce says , just getting lost in the memories of that time . " Alfred said he's making soup "

" I was scared you'd yell at me . . . for everything that happened , for becoming what I did "

"I wanted to come home . . . but I didn’t think you'd let me "

" did you want me to leave ? like really want me gone ? "

he nods a bit before going silent , kind of watching the flames " I'm sorry I hated you "

" did you ever know it was me . . . the talon that you were hunting ? "

there's a long beat of silence before he finally asks " did you worry before I came back ? "

he shifts a bit , being able to tell the sadness from the expression bruce gives . he'd always understood people , but the subtle expressions of others , it was something the court ensured he knew . " I'm okay " he promises