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Dick Grayson | Nightwing ([personal profile] fingerstripes) wrote in [community profile] riverviewlogs2017-04-30 01:08 am

( open ) but everything looks better when the sun goes down

who: dick grayson + others
what: fireflies + may catchall
when: all of may!
where: all over
warnings: possible violence



Yellow

[ In Dick, fear blends and shifts, keeps him moving rather than freezing him up, looking a lot more like newly single-minded dedication than anything else. Fear turns him outward, draws him inexorably into the role of unasked-for shadow, and whether you're a friend or a stranger you're likely to find him there, sudden and unannounced, if you happen to step out late at night. If you're venturing out past the fence alone. ]

Hey. [ Look again and he's beside you, decked out in a mask (or a police uniform, take your pick). ] Not sure if you know the area, but it's not safe out here right now.


Red (anger)

[ On red Dick simmers. At the Police Station he's picking up extra shifts, passing the break room to down coffee after coffee in the rare moments that he's not out on patrol. With coworkers and friends he's snappish and short, burying himself for hours at a time in the archives with old case files. He's never at home.

As Nightwing he's somehow easier to find - or run across by chance - but if you happen to be looking the road there is paved with unsettled lowlives. No one is maimed or even seriously injured, but he's scared them, clearly with an intent running deeper than Nightwing's typically brisk, playful style of violence. Find him mid-battle just by the fence, taking on at least 12 too many vicious, snapping monsters. Find him mid-interrogation on the roof, holding someone against the drop-off more securely than the man in question likely perceives. ]



Blue

[ Or find him just after that.

Blue never lingers on Dick for long, but he's easy prey when his strength is limited, worn down by effort expended on walking himself down from anger and fear. He can't outpace the feeling when he's already steeped in shame. When a thousand what ifs crowd out everything else. Find him sagging in that dark alley, head in his hands; or huddled out by the fence, surrounded by wounded monsters. Give him a few minutes, he'll be alright. ]



[ ooc: pm or hit me up at [plurk.com profile] with_pins if you'd like to play out a more specific scenario! I'd prefer to avoid lust prompts for Dick at this time, but Violet, Green, and Orange are all on the table with some discussion. ]
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[personal profile] divulsion 2017-05-05 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Even as reserved as Wanda can be at times, being in Riverview has given her breathing room she hasn't had since she was a child. She's a little more open, not just with others but in her body language, and when she finds Dick sitting at the curb waiting for her, she smiles back. Just as broadly and dopey as his own.]

Hello, Dick. You found the place easily I hope?

[It's not exactly hard to navigate this city but Wanda finds herself relying on polite conversation to cover the fact that she's not certain how to great him physically. They cuddled on a rooftop, so a handshake is out of the question. She's not a casual hugger but a kiss seems like too much at the start. Aren't they supposed to happen at the end? She's not about to hop onto the bike right away either so. She stands there. Near him. Body language all too obvious about wanting to reach out but not being certain how.]
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[personal profile] divulsion 2017-05-05 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Well enough. It's been a busy couple of weeks but I don't mind having things to occupy myself with.

[Helping to host a dinner for people from their multiverse, being elevated as a goddess to a colony of talking mice, and speaking with new arrivals from their world in particular had been enough on top of her day job. After a moment's consideration, she steps in to press a kiss to his cheek. It's chaste, but the expression on her face is almost sweet when she pulls back to smile at him.]

But I'm glad to see you. Have you been keeping out of trouble?
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[personal profile] divulsion 2017-05-07 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
[She loves his smile, and she feels so much lighter whenever it's pointed her way.]

Because you've been too busy to call? You weren't the only one, which means it very well could have been me calling you, wondering if you'd show up.

[So there. They're even.]

So, now that we're both here, where do we go from here?
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[personal profile] divulsion 2017-05-08 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[The rooftop thing Wanda has simply accepted as...well, something to investigate later. To try and learn about another time when they know each other better. Clearly there's more to this than he's let on but she can hardly pry when she doesn't want him to do the same. Not as aggressively as she could question him, perhaps.

She takes the helmet when offered and puts it on.]


Italian or something like it sounds delicious.

[Having ridden a bike before, she doesn't wait for an invitation. Wanda swings her leg over the back of his bike, ready to settle behind Dick and wrap her arms around his waist so she won't go flying.]
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[personal profile] divulsion 2017-05-14 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
[It's hard to hold a conversation on a bike but they're not going so fast that they can't manage. A little distracted by the feel of his body pressed to hers, how it feels to hold him, she manages a reply.]

Yes. Eventually. As I said it's just been a bit busy lately but...I wouldn't have wanted that to be the last time I saw you.

[Because of the conversation. The kinship. The kisses too. The mystery of layers he's wrapped in that she wants to get to know better.]
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[personal profile] divulsion 2017-05-17 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Considering how she'd left him on the roof, she would have understood him wanting to speak to her again if nothing else than to ask her about her powers. But she gets the sense that like her, that isn't entirely why they both wanted to see each other again.

Biting her lower lip on a smile, she rests her cheek against his back.]


I'm glad.

[And until he slows his bike, Wanda is content to simply to hang onto Dick as he drives them to the restaurant of his choosing.]
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[personal profile] divulsion 2017-05-17 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[She takes the hand when offered, just as reluctant for the ride to be over as he is. Not that she's picking up anything from him mentally, but some things can be gleaned through body language.

The fact that he has a question already makes her curious, however. Curious and perhaps a little on guard. She can guess what he might ask about, she's been anticipating it...]


Only one?

[Her tone suggests she's a little amused and open to answering more than one question...depending on what they are.]
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[personal profile] divulsion 2017-05-17 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Pure. Right.

Her smile widens into a grin as he asks his question--not that she expected--and Wanda allows herself a moment to consider it carefully.]


Do the friends have to be living? Can they be from any world?

[Because she may as well figure out if there are any limits to this hypothetical question as she, yes, continues to hold his hand.]
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[personal profile] divulsion 2017-05-17 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Wanda sits with ease, and if she's disappointed that he's let her hand drop (which she is, a little) then she doesn't show it.]

Limited to two friends, that would rule out my brother and both of my parents. I'm not certain I could choose between them so...Pietro and Clint I think.

[She offers him a little smile, faint.]

My brother and a friend back home. My brother would keep us entertained and Clint would keep us alive until we were rescued. And you? Have you given the question any thought?
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[personal profile] divulsion 2017-05-18 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Wanda's not the sort of girl to get jealous because the guy she's on a date with mentions a friend who happens to be female. She's not the sort to get jealous in general, and if anything she respects him all the more for being the sort of man that clearly respects the other woman and considers her someone he works well with.

Her smiles grows a little as she stretches her legs out in front of her, feet rocking left and right in a small sign of nerves.]


Would you tell me more about them?

[She wants to know more about him, the man who raised him, and the girl he's been such close friends with for so many years. After all, you can tell a lot about a person not just by the company they keep but by how they speak about them to others.]
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[personal profile] divulsion 2017-05-18 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't say much about Bruce, not the kinds of things she might want to know, but she can read between the lines enough to get what goes unsaid. For all that they may not be blood and they may be very different, there's real affection there. The man is his father in his heart, as much as his parents are his family.

And Donna, Donna is family in her own way. Perhaps not a daughter to Bruce as Dick is probably a son to him, but she's part of Dick's family.

She picks up on his his mention of the word team, and she can't hide the way her interest shows on her face, but she doesn't question it. Not yet. It's her turn to speak, after all.]


My brother...he was very open. He talked easily and often, and he was as impulsive as I can be careful. [Her expression is fond, even though she speaks of him in past tense.] We were inseparable, not just because we were all each other had left. There was no one in the world who understood me or what we'd been through the way he did, no one who cared about me the way he did.

[And now there was no one left in the world who loved her the way Pietro did.]

And Clint...we both met Clint and his team over a year ago. We didn't really get along at first but circumstances changed...it gave us an opportunity to know him better. A straight forward, practical man with an easy sense of humor. Smart and skilled, and...I suppose one of the people I'm closest to back home.

[Even having known him such a relatively short period of time, even having maintained their friendship long-distance a good portion of the time. He's family too, in a sense.]
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[personal profile] divulsion 2017-05-19 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Wanda shakes her head a little, eyes closing. Her smile doesn't fade but even as she holds his hand it's clear that she can feel the way their conversation drops. She can't be certain if it's because she's speaking of people who are close to her or if it's just...her life. Is it always so terrible that any conversation with her turns out this way?

Exhaling, she looks up at him once more.]


I thought you might. [She can't do this. She doesn't want this. If this is to be a date she doesn't want to start it out like this on such a serious note.] My turn. If you could only have one dessert for the rest of your life, what would you choose?

[There, there's no way to make that heavy, is there? Surely that will lighten the tone of things between them.]

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