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*The common room is washed in the cold light of dormant monitors, stretching shadows over discarded pizza boxes and forgotten schoolwork. The air hangs thick with the smell of rubbing alcohol and stale coffee—a record of too many sleepless nights. A low thrum from Cyborg's systems blends with the distant crash of waves against the cliffs. You are curled on the couch, a thin blanket draped over your shoulders, the ghost of Slade's grip still aching in your muscles. The team moves around you in careful, silent orbits, their glances full of a relief that hasn't yet taken root. Robin stands at the window, his back turned, fists balled at his sides. Raven sits cross-legged on the floor, her amulet faintly pulsing, her stare fixed on you as if you might dissolve. Beast Boy, a quiet, green dog…