▫️ a kiss on the forehead // meme: send one for a kiss. | status: accepting.
— Adrenaline pumped through his blood like the strongest of drugs, rushing his heartbeats and ripping deep breaths from his burning lungs. That feeling right there was the reason he lived. Licking his lips and trying to regain his wits, Nightwing gave the cat an amused look from behind his domino mask, searching the endless snark archives in his brain to engage her in some witty banter.
“…Would you look at that,” Dick chuckled, wiping the sweat off his chin, a crooked smirk gracing his features, “I never thought I’d live long enough to see the Catwoman fight on the side of justice! I’m so impressed. It was pretty fun - especially the whole ‘trying to outrun an explosion’ thingamajig, but let’s try not to do that ever again.”
It’s not like she had pulled such a prodigious act of generosity out of the goodness of her heart; the Joker and his men were generally disliked by the majority of heroes and villains alike, and he just happened to stumble across Sena, who was out doing her own thing (to be honest, Nightwing didn’t want to know what exactly she was doing) during the fight, but she played nice for once, and that was enough for him.
“I had it covered, but I guess I should thank you anyways.” The first Robin mused, impudent as always, voice dripping with mischief and grin still in place. He leaned towards the young woman, the smell of fresh leather and perfume hitting him with a weird sense of familiarity, before pressing his lips to her forehead.
“–So thanks, kitty. I owe ya.”
