Wow. So many people in this fandom are so crazy good at writing raw emotion. This was so good. I'm not much into either shipping or smut, but with the way you wrote this, I can actually see it happen in canon. Very nice.

This story was absolutely awesome. The story just seemed very very real and I really liked it. It's going in my c2 archive.

Sometimes the bonds of friendship do run deeper than we think. And I think that most everyone has at least a 'moment' when they'd consider crossing to the bi side. At least with someone they trust. I really like your conceptualizing of Roy - he has tons of self-confidence, but almost no self-esteem.

You are my idol! In fact you are the reason I wrote my Oc/Robin Roy/Dick (multi-slash) fic. Its so inspirational the way you make all the pieces fit! LOVE IT! I've read most of your stuff but Arsenal/Nightwing is a major fave of mine.

Loving you big handbags TTFN (I crave more comic-book slash it is my oxygen)

DF

Cool... Write more!

As a perspective on Nightwing, this story's unique; we so seldom hear one of the Gotham boys speaking in first person unless it's to give a really long, boring list of hard-boiled crime-related exposition. The author gets into Dick Grayson's head and audaciously, confidently navigates his emotional landscape - Bruce wayne's personality, body image, use of voice in crime fighting, throwaway references to relationships with celebrity superfolk - ultimately creating a compelling, believable homo.

The sex, however, isn't as appealingly raunchy as the stuff in Taking Aim (same author), nor is the portrait of Roy Harper as satisfying. While it's refreshing in any context to hear two men who've just slept together discuss parenting and self-esteem issues, it's quite disappointingly grating to watch a gay protagonist urge the object of his desire back into the nubile arms of a heterosexual relationship with no self-interest on display.

Worth reading for the Jericho references alone.