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Toothless Dogs by airyoubreathe
Fandoms: Nightwing (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
26 Jul 2026
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“I can’t believe he has the balls to show up here of all places,” Jason said in quiet anger.
“He probably thinks it’d be conspicuous if he didn’t show,” Dick murmured as Rawling took a sip of his scotch and laughed at someone’s joke. “He’s a society event regular. Eventually, someone would notice that he'd stopped attending Wayne galas.”
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One year ago, an ordinary society event turned into the worst night of Dick's life. Left for dead in a pool of his own vomit and blood, Dick was rendered prey by someone he'd thought was a friend.
The recovery was as humiliating as it was painful, but Dick got better. He investigated his case. He caught his perp. He exacted his justice. So why the hell can't he sleep?
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The worst is over, but hell is near.
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- Part 2 of Flightless Birds
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18 Jun 2026
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Feathered & Frayed by airyoubreathe
Fandoms: Nightwing (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
22 Dec 2024
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“Dick,” the therapist said seriously. “Why are you here?”
Dick floundered, searching for words that wouldn’t come. “I…” He thought of Catalina’s hands washing soap from his body, massaging his back, feeding him sweet strawberries one by one. “I… I had a girlfriend.”
It doesn’t matter if Dick always feels Catalina's hand on the back of his neck, or her breath ghosting against his lips. He needs Nightwing. He needs to do good. How else will he counterbalance the sin weighing on his soul? So he’ll lie to his brothers, to Bruce, to Alfred. He’ll even lie to his reflection in the mirror. Because he knows that he'll be alright eventually. He'll be fine.
He'll be totally okay.
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- Part 3 of Terrible Sting, Terrible Storm
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03 Apr 2026
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Flightless Birds by airyoubreathe
Fandoms: Nightwing (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
24 May 2026
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“We’re not like Tim or Damian,” Jason said quietly. “Our parents didn’t have a last name that meant money or power. Neither of us had a silver spoon shoved in our mouth until we arrived at that mansion.”
Jason held Dick’s gaze. “Biologically,” he said. “We’re trash.”
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Twenty years ago, Dick attended his first gala; a glorious, glittering affair that left his eight-year-old self wide-eyed and slack-jawed. Becoming a permanent fixture of Gotham Society was certainly an adjustment, especially for a circus kid whose performer’s smile was brittle with grief. But Dick was nothing if not a survivor. He soon learned that he could dazzle his audience with a smile and a quick quip just as well as he could with a trapeze.
And, sure, Bruce had always told him to be careful. To keep a watchful eye on his drink, and not to stray too far from Bruce’s side. But Bruce was overprotective, and Dick wasn’t a kid anymore. He didn’t need to fear Gotham’s elite because there was nothing to fear.
Besides, they were his friends…
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- Part 1 of Flightless Birds
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31 Mar 2026
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When Kai and Dahin investigate a mysterious cult, they end up searching for clues in the oldest Academy in the realm. What they do not expect to find there, however, was Ramad pursuing his career as a historian. Now Kai has to decide how much he believes Ramad's story - or if they caught him scheming again.
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03 Jan 2026
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Bashasa stopped dead in his tracks and turned around to stare at Kai, aghast.
“Kaiisteron,” he said.
The sound of his full name in Bashasa’s mouth sent a funny little jolt through Kai’s chest, different from the kind that came from his stab wound every time he tried to breathe too deeply. “Bashasa?”
“Are you under the impression that I am upset because my soldiers did a poor job of murdering you?”In the confusion of battle, Kai is mistaken for an enemy demon and attacked by one of his own soldiers. Kai thinks this is an understandable accident. Bashasa disagrees.
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16 Dec 2025