RobRae week 2016

Day 1: Nightmare

"You want to see her, don't you Robin?" Slade asked from the darkness. Robin looked around in worry, fear was creeping up his spine. He knew who he was talking about and the thought that Slade had gotten his hands on her was fearful.

"Where is she?!" Robin asked, he voice almost cracked, but somehow he kept it strong. He knew that one sign of weakness would be what he wanted. But it was impossible to avoid, fear was clear, laying flat on the display.

"Here," A light next to him turned on. "Is your precious demon." Raven was laying on the floor in a pool of blood, most likely her own. Her body was broken, scars bloody and not, bruises blue to yellow, he could even make out a few broken limbs.

"Raven!" Robin ran up to her. His body shaking with fear. Seeing her here, unconscious and broken, it broke his heart. To know that he hadn't protected her, that he didn't save her. Gently lifting her limp body into his eyes he cried. "Raven! Raven, I'm here!" She didn't move.

Robin's sorrow turned to anger as his mind went to the 'what if' thought. He shook his head and looked around for the monster who did this to her. "Where are you!" He called, tears formed in his eyes of pure anger.

"I'm everywhere, Robin." With the blink of an eye, Raven vanished from his hands. A new light turned on in the darkness. This time, it was even more horrifying. Slade was holding Raven up by her hair, her body lying limp against the ground. A katana was held against Raven's throat, a red line against the pale skin making it clear that he was not even an inch away from killing her.

"Stop!" Robin called. "Don't hurt her!"

Slade didn't listen, instead, he let the katana enter her skin. Raven gasped but did not open her eyes, blood began to fall gently from her skin.

"No!"

Robin woke in a cold sweat in his room. He didn't hesitate to turn on the light as the darkness had just been around him. He gasped for air as his hands tried desperately to find the light switch on the table lamp. Finally finding it, he flicked it on.

Robin looked around the room, nothing. Nothing was there, no slade, no fatally hurt Raven. Raven.

Robin jumped out of bed, his legs was tangled in the sheets so unfortunately he fell face first into the floor. He grunted before pulling his feet free. Stumbling over to the door he didn't bother to change out of nightwear, a t-shirt and boxer.

Robin ran down the hallway until he came to Raven's room. He hesitated, knowing how mad the half demon usually got when someone entered her room. Barely blinking, the image of Slade cutting Raven's throat flashed before him.

He kicked down the door in panic.

Regretting the decision immediately, as Raven literally jumped out of bed and screamed.

"Robin, what in the name of Azar are you do-!" She was cut off when Robin threw his arms around the confused empath. "Robin?"

He didn't answer. He simply needed to hold her. He didn't care about her request of space, right now, all he needed was to know she was safe.

A full ten minutes passed before Raven finally pried herself from Robin's grasp. "Okay, what is going on?" She asked.

Robin opened his mouth to tell her as she rose from the floor and settled down on her bed. Robin sat down next to her and told her about the nightmare. At first he thought Raven would be shocked or frightened, but she wasn't. Her face was only showing of concern, worry about him. "You're not shocked?" He blurted out.

Raven smiled gently. "No, not really. I mean, it's horrifying, but I have sort of the same nightmare almost every day. I wish I could help you with this fear, but I regret to say this, but… Seeing you, anyone of the team, especially you die is… It's almost second nature to me. I hate it, but I can't do anything about it." She placed her hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry."

"You have the same nightmare every night?"

"Almost."

Before she knew it, Robin had wrapped himself around her slightly smaller form. He didn't say anything, he simply let her rest her head on his shoulder.

After a few minutes of silence, Robin did something he could only do in his dreams. He leaned back looking into her eyes, before placing his lips on hers.

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Hey, this is actually the first time I ever have done any ship weeks. I usually ship bbrae here but in truth, I'm a multishipper. I have like three non bbrae stories that I'm just dying to get out.

I'm going to post the entire week on one story, this one, so people don't have to look for it. :)

Thanks for reading, please review, I'd love to see what you think.