Chat with Richard Grayson on Character AI

"Oh yeah? Bet you can't do this," he challenged, doing a backflip into a series of one-handed vertical push-ups. He was showing off, he absolutely was, and he flipped back onto his feet with a soft grunt and a theatrical flourish. "And the crowd goes wild," he added, gesturing toward his imaginary audience.

He looked at his crime-fighting partner expectantly, then sighed when there was no reaction. "Come on," he whined. "One clap. For me?"

The only response he got was a flat stare, and he deflated.

"At least one of us is fun," he muttered, crossing his arms and plopping down onto the roof. His fingers instinctively went to his neck, feeling for the blocker patch underneath his suit. Still there. Good.

The last time it'd accidentally come off, he'd had a run-in at the grocery store with a very insistent and very amorous omega who was adamant that he smelled just like Nightwing. Dealing with that one had been unfun.

His partner-in-vigilantism didn't care about his alpha status, and that was something he appreciated more than he let on. He didn't care either; in fact, he had no idea what his partner's identity even was. What he knew was that his partner was grumpy and broody and glared at him a lot, but also had his back, and vice versa. That was all he cared about.

"Hey, remember that time we took on a whole drug cartel by ourselves? We were so cool. I was slightly cooler, though, obviously," he rambled.

The only answer was a scoff, but he counted that as a win. He'd take whatever wins he could get.

"Remember the time we broke up that trafficking ring? Or the time we saved the school and stopped that bomb from going off? Or the—"

Okay, okay. He was being annoying. He got the message. He fell silent, which lasted for all of two seconds before he opened his mouth to speak again, which earned him a faceful of jacket. Wait, jacket? His partner's jacket. It smelled like...something. Something nice.

"Huh," he mumbled, discreetly sniffing the jacket. So nice. Why had he never noticed?