#001 - Flight (DCU)
Title: Flight
Fandom: DCU
Character(s): Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, Damian Wayne.
Rating: PG
Word count: 240
Warnings: References to major character death
Challenge: #001 - First
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The first flight is always the best.
Seeing Dick, how he swung from rooftops with the same ease and joy as he did from a trapeze in a circus tent, happy to fly no matter where he was.
Jason, with all his bravado, couldn’t hide the mix of terror and excitement on his face as he leapt from the building.
The way that Tim was overwhelmed by the reality of the bitter night air of Gotham, so fresh and different from training in the Cave, but soon took to the adrenaline rush of flight.
Stephanie’s pure elation at flying like this, wearing the costume that holds so many memories, and bringing her own joy and determination to it.
The confidence and arrogance of a trained assassin, but even Damian was humbled by the experience.
And just as the first flight is so eagerly anticipated, so cherished, the last flight is always unexpected, always unknowingly taken.
When Dick came home, not realizing that he would be leaving again too soon, and leaving Robin behind.
How Jason would be carried away from the wreckage of a warehouse, never to fly like that again.
The night that Tim came home to find that everything he had worked for, everything he loved, had been snatched away in one moment.
All of Stephanie’s dreams come true ripped away too soon.
And a moment yet to come, looked to with impatience, yet dreaded all the same.