@unnatureals liked for a starter ! dick & leona
❛ i spy a private eye. ❜ the voice comes from above the person on street level, up in the fire escape where nightwing is perched like some kind of overly-friendly gargoyle. ❛ you must be new. or at the very least you’re very good. i haven’t seen you around before. ❜
he grabs the edge of the escape with both hands and flips his body over the edge, dropping to land on the ground in front of the woman. ❛ i think this is the part where i’m supposed to say ‘what’s a pretty girl like you doing in an alley like this’ but i think i’ll save it because i bet i can guess. ❜
he’s got a pretty strong suspicion they’re after the same thing. or rather, looking for the same person. a girl named jessie simmons, disappeared three weeks ago. cops aren’t doing much. don’t care to hunt down what they think is just another troubled teen runaway. to say nothing of the fact that she’s one in a string of missing gay kids from the past several months. a case they’d rather just wash their hands of entirely. it makes dick’s stomach turn with anger.
❛ and if i’m right, you’re looking in the wrong spot. but i might be able to point you in a better direction. ❜ he shouldn’t. batman wouldn’t approve of him passing information on to a civilian. but batman isn’t here. and if he learned anything from his stint with the BPD, it’s that two pairs of eyes are better than one. he links his fingers behind his back and rocks up onto his toes, grinning at her. ❛ the name’s nightwing, by the way. pleasure to make your acquaintance. ❜