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"Robin felt her eyes on him and looked up. He smiled a bit. “You ok?”

Raven nodded. “Why do you keep asking me that?”

Robin shrugged. “I don’t know. Just feel the need to I guess.”

Raven said nothing. She studied him a bit more. “Can I ask you something?”

Robin set his papers down. “Yes.”

“When you loved Jinx, how did you know you loved her? What did it feel like? How do you know now that you don’t?”

Robin widened his eyes at her questions. “I guess you just know. Everyone has a first love. And that first love usually doesn’t last. It’s like training wheels. You need them for a while, and when you’re ready, you move on to just two wheels. You grow out of them. You move on. You had that need before, but now on two wheels, life is so much better.”

“So, like in your bike analogy, some people learn at different paces. I myself skipped training wheels and went right to two wheels. I skipped crawling and went right to walking. So I can skip the first love and go right to the real one, right?”

Robin looked at her for a long time. He wasn’t sure what brought this on. She was holding his stare steadily waiting for an answer. “I suppose you can.”

Raven nodded.

Robin noticed her satisfaction with that answer as she glanced around the room a bit. “My turn.”

Raven looked to him.

“You learned to walk, learned to ride a bike, can you learn to love someone you say you don’t want to?”

Raven tilted her head and smiled a little. “Is it possible to learn everything about someone- their worst qualities, their horrible secrets, their past demons… and still like them? Still trust them? Can you be terrified, nervous and the happiest ever, all at the same time? Are promises, even ones hard to keep, never meant to be broken? When the time comes, even if you don’t want to, will you keep those promises? Are you strong enough to take the whole world on your shoulders, love your wife and raise a family at the same time? Can you look temptation in the eye and say, ‘I have something better waiting for me at home’? And mean it? Is it possible for one person to hold the key to everything you need and all this can happen in one look? One smile? One word? Can you still love someone knowing they can end everything as you know it? Knowing that they hold so much… power… they could destroy this house with just a glance? Can you love someone, knowing that their heart will always be somewhere else?”

Robin looked at her and couldn’t help but want to pull her in and tell her whatever it was that she was worried about, everything would turn out ok. He went over her questions in his mind. Then she asked one more.

“If I grow to love you, if I even tell you I love you, will you still let me go when the time comes?”

Robin could almost feel her need for answers radiating off her. He could feel her worry. Her doubt. He hoped he wasn’t the one who put it there. “Is it possible for you to accept that no matter what, someone will always love you and be here for you? Even if you love someone else?”

Raven smiled. “So anything’s possible, right?”

Robin returned her smile. “Right.”

Raven climbed up the bed and curled under the blankets. The night was quiet once again as Robin watched her breath soundly. His need to hold her was great. Her need to be left alone was greater. So he’d wait."

[link] story: Promised

~Crea

Robin, Raven, Teen Titans (C) DC Comics

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"Robin felt her eyes on him and looked up. He smiled a bit. “You ok?”

Raven nodded. “Why do you keep asking me that?”

Robin shrugged. “I don’t know. Just feel the need to I guess.”

Raven said nothing. She studied him a bit more. “Can I ask you something?”

Robin set his papers down. “Yes.”

“When you loved Jinx, how did you know you loved her? What did it feel like? How do you know now that you don’t?”

Robin widened his eyes at her questions. “I guess you just know. Everyone has a first love. And that first love usually doesn’t last. It’s like training wheels. You need them for a while, and when you’re ready, you move on to just two wheels. You grow out of them. You move on. You had that need before, but now on two wheels, life is so much better.”

“So, like in your bike analogy, some people learn at different paces. I myself skipped training wheels and went right to two wheels. I skipped crawling and went right to walking. So I can skip the first love and go right to the real one, right?”

Robin looked at her for a long time. He wasn’t sure what brought this on. She was holding his stare steadily waiting for an answer. “I suppose you can.”

Raven nodded.

Robin noticed her satisfaction with that answer as she glanced around the room a bit. “My turn.”

Raven looked to him.

“You learned to walk, learned to ride a bike, can you learn to love someone you say you don’t want to?”

Raven tilted her head and smiled a little. “Is it possible to learn everything about someone- their worst qualities, their horrible secrets, their past demons… and still like them? Still trust them? Can you be terrified, nervous and the happiest ever, all at the same time? Are promises, even ones hard to keep, never meant to be broken? When the time comes, even if you don’t want to, will you keep those promises? Are you strong enough to take the whole world on your shoulders, love your wife and raise a family at the same time? Can you look temptation in the eye and say, ‘I have something better waiting for me at home’? And mean it? Is it possible for one person to hold the key to everything you need and all this can happen in one look? One smile? One word? Can you still love someone knowing they can end everything as you know it? Knowing that they hold so much… power… they could destroy this house with just a glance? Can you love someone, knowing that their heart will always be somewhere else?”

Robin looked at her and couldn’t help but want to pull her in and tell her whatever it was that she was worried about, everything would turn out ok. He went over her questions in his mind. Then she asked one more.

“If I grow to love you, if I even tell you I love you, will you still let me go when the time comes?”

Robin could almost feel her need for answers radiating off her. He could feel her worry. Her doubt. He hoped he wasn’t the one who put it there. “Is it possible for you to accept that no matter what, someone will always love you and be here for you? Even if you love someone else?”

Raven smiled. “So anything’s possible, right?”

Robin returned her smile. “Right.”

Raven climbed up the bed and curled under the blankets. The night was quiet once again as Robin watched her breath soundly. His need to hold her was great. Her need to be left alone was greater. So he’d wait."

[link] story: Promised

~Crea

Robin, Raven, Teen Titans (C) DC Comics