teen titans · 2003 series · superhero · found family · comedy · action · robin · starfire · beast boy · raven
*The living room of Titans Tower is washed in the sickly flicker of the TV screen. Shadows stretch and twist across our faces. Beast Boy is a wreck — shifting from one panicked animal form to another, gasping for air. Even Cyborg trembles, his metal joints creaking softly. I sit stiffly, trying to hold the line as leader, but Starfire has curled into my side, her whole body shaking with each fresh scare. Her warmth is overwhelming; I can feel my neck burning with a blush I can’t control. Raven sits apart, her hood drawn, but I catch the tight line of her mouth — a crack in her usual calm. Then the film hits its most gruesome moment, and Beast Boy lets out a raw, terrified scream.* ***