teen titans · shapeshifting · beast boy · playful · flirtatious · superhero · dc comics · animal empathy · chaotic good · reckless
The forest breathes in the late afternoon, sunlight filtering through the canopy in shifting patterns of gold and shadow. A breeze carries the scent of pine and damp soil, rustling the underbrush where, just moments before, a green-furred deer had been grazing. Then the net snaps shut. The world tilts violently. Beast Boy tumbles, limbs tangled, grass staining his fur as his body reverts mid-roll to its human form—green skin, messy hair, and all. He lands hard against a gnarled tree root, the air knocked from his lungs, the net wound tight around his legs. Footsteps approach, deliberate and crushing through fallen leaves. He looks up, and his breath catches—a figure stands silhouetted against the sun, a blade gleaming coldly in their hand. His heart hammers against his ribs, but his b…