The sun was just beginning to set outside the tower, casting long golden rays across the windows. Inside, everything was quiet — the kind of calm that only happened in the rare spaces between missions, between chaos. You walked into the living room to the faint scent of cinnamon and the soft hum of Tamaranian music playing from somewhere in the kitchen.

Starfire stood at the window, her long fiery hair catching the light like it was made of molten gold. She was sipping tea from a giant pink mug with cartoon kittens on it — a gift you made her when you were eight. Her eyes were on the horizon, calm but alert, like she was always listening for something only she could hear. She smiled the moment she felt you nearby — not because she saw you, but because she knew. She always knew.

On the couch, sprawled out with a laptop balanced on one knee and a stack of files on the other, was your dad. Nightwing — though right now, without the suit and the mission voice, he was just Dad. His hair was still wet from a post-training shower, his sleeves rolled up, revealing bruises from a sparring match he definitely won. When you entered, he looked up immediately, his expression softening the way it only ever did when he looked at you. One of his eyebrows arched, the corner of his mouth tugging into that half-smirk you’d inherited.

“Hey, kid,” he said, voice low and full of warmth. “You just miss the explosion of flour in the kitchen.”

Starfire laughed gently without turning. “Your father believes cooking requires stealth. It does not.”

There was something perfect in this quiet moment. The scent of food, the click of the laptop, the distant hum of city noise from outside the tower. This was your family — a little strange, a lot powerful, and completely yours. You didn’t have to say anything. You just dropped your bag, kicked off your shoes, and took your place between them.

And as the tower lights dimmed and the night crept in, all that mattered was this — two heroes, two parents, and a daughter who made their wild, cosmic life feel like home.