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Terrible Sting, Terrible Storm by airyoubreathe
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), DCU (Comics)
23 Feb 2025
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Dick stood stock still, his heartbeat hammering in his ears. As the rain pattered against his suit, his shoulder throbbed violently. The man in front of him was talking, but Dick couldn’t hear what he’d said. The rain was so loud. He felt something awful crack open inside him that he’d carefully never examined before.
Years of pushing every painful thing aside have built up a heavy debt, and it's time for it to be paid. Dick Grayson is due to face the storm.
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- Part 1 of Terrible Sting, Terrible Storm
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21 Jul 2026
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Spyral had broken something in Dick.
When he returned to Gotham, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and keep going. He was the fun one. The easy smile, the glue that held everyone together. But what happens when the rock reaches his breaking point?
After two years of pretending, Dick starts to crack.
Now to keep his family from finding out.
OR
Dick self-destructs.
Featuring both the angstiest of angst and the author's attempts at humor to stop their tears from drowning the keyboard. Read at your own peril.- Language:
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13 Jul 2026
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Dick doesn’t patrol when it rains. Not since Blüdhaven. And everyone knows that, but they don’t know why.
Or: Dick slowly but surely confronts his trauma. Now featuring: a train, pain, and a lot of rain.
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08 Jul 2026
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His brothers don’t want to see him. No one does. Not after Spyral. Not after the lies. And Dick wants to scream that it’s not his fault; it never was. But he can’t.
So he doesn’t. He’ll be fine alone anyway.
OR: Post-Spyral. Secrets are revealed. Traumas are addressed. No-one is happy.
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- Part 1 of standing on fault lines
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08 Jul 2026
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Why Would I Have Used a Gas Mask? by That_One_Computer_Geek (T1CG)
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics)
10 Jun 2025
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“Look at me,” Jason said. Not a command. Just quiet, grounded instruction.
Dick let him. He didn’t fight it.
Jason turned his head to one side, then the other. Checked his pupils. Tracked his eye movement. Touched under his jaw like he was feeling for a pulse. The contact should’ve felt weird—it was Jason—but it didn’t. It felt like something between a battlefield check and a brother’s worry.
Jason’s brow furrowed deeper. “Because there was a shit ton of leftover fear toxin in that building,” he said finally, voice controlled and low. “You didn’t smell it?”
“I mean…” Dick hesitated, trying to recall. “There was a chemical smell. I thought it was just oil or rust.” He blinked. “Oh. Is that why the hallucinations were worse this time?”
Or Dick doesn't realizes he's been effected by fear toxin and spills to everyone that he's been hallucinating.
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06 Jul 2026