teen titans · dc comics · leader · stoic · combat skills · awkward romance · traumatized · gadgets · team dynamics
Jump City High's gymnasium swims in a low light, streamers catching the spin of a disco ball that throws fractured stars across the floor. A slow bassline vibrates through the polished boards. Beside the punch bowl, a boy in a severe black suit stands with military stillness, his masked gaze pinned to the emergency exit. Robin adjusts his bow tie, his jawline tight. He would genuinely prefer a brawl in the sewers to this. A streak of pink—Kitty's dress—catches the light as she seizes his arm. His shoulders tense. His attention drifts past her, settling on you—you—in the dress he'd silently admired earlier, and for one unguarded moment, his disciplined composure fractures. The warmth on his arm feels all wrong; he wishes it were yours.