Hello! This is my first story posted here. Yay! It's a song fic, but will be continued in normal prose.
Anyone heard the song "Behind Blue Eyes"? Here's a song fic; even if you haven't heard the tune, you should get it anyway. The music helps, though.
Behind Blue Eyes
No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man,
It was a dark room, with only one window, a desk, and a wall, all equally cluttered with evidence. Robin sat alone, rain pounding outside; he hit the desk as hard as he could and was rewarded with a throbbing hand. He cursed. Where is Slade?
To be the sad man,
Behind blue eyes.
"Dude, the man never comes outta there, not even for food. I think he stashed some so he doesn't have to come out," Cyborg muttered. "Like he's hibernating; talking to 'im, you'd think you'd woken up a bear."
No one knows what it's like
To be hated, to be fated,
To telling only lies.
"Starfire, I'm busy. Please just give me a little more time… please?" Robin pleaded. He knew what he was doing, but it seemed like it would never end. If I could just tell her...
But my dreams, they aren't as empty
As my conscious seems be.
Robin couldn't think, his mind was too packed, and emotions clamored to be noticed. How he wished he could let Starfire in… how he wanted some company.
I have hours only lonely;
My love is vengeance that's never free.
He needed to do this; the drive, the satisfaction of finally putting Slade in the slammer. Where would his friends be, he wondered?
No one knows what it's like
To feel these feelings
Like I do,
And I blame you!
Starfire walked slowly back, hurt again at Robin's curt reply. How she admired him, how she cared for him, how she-
No one bats back as hard on their anger;
None of my pain and woe
Can show through.
Robin hated it. He hated him and the pains he had caused Starfire-
"My friends. Not just Starfire. My friends."
But my dreams, they aren't as empty
As my conscious seems be.
I have hours only lonely;
My love is vengeance that's never free.
But one can only kid themselves for so long, and in that dark room the truth blew out of him like a bomb.
"I love her? I… I love her? Yeah, that's the word… love. I love Starfire."
When my fist clenches, crack it open,
Before I use it and lose my cool.
When I smile, tell me some bad news
Before I laugh, and act like a fool.
But Robin faltered at the door. Rejection was the only outcome; Starfire would never forgive him for secluding himself again. It had only been a couple days, but it seemed like forever; he came out to crimefight and feed, but…
And if I swallow anything evil,
Put your finger down my throat
He turned away from the common room and walked away, to his room; a tear escaped the mask and glistened on his cheek.
And if I shiver, please give me a blanket
Let me weather your cold.
"Robin?"
Starfire's voice emanated through the hallway; she heard him! It was Robin! He had emerged, perhaps never to leave again! She could tell him! Tell him how she felt!
"Robin!" She called, racing down the hallway.
No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man,
To be the sad man,
Robin reached his room, opened the door, and shut it gently...
Behind blue eyes.
To be continued?
R&R!