Hello, PrincessStarryFire here. This is my first Teen Titan fic, but I hope to have lots more :) This one started out as a one shot, but I decided to make it a bit longer…maybe two or three more chapters. Also, the song is from KillSwitch Engage titled Rose of Sharyn. If you are familiar with this band, imagine the song without the screaming. Enjoy! Please R and R.
Note: At the beginning of the story, the ages of the Titans are as follows:
Cyborg: 21
Robin/Nightwing and Raven: 20
Starfire: 19
Beast Boy: 18
Disclaimer : I do not own the Teen Titans and I am not in the band KillSwitch Engage (Just a fan!)!
It Won't Be Long
Chapter 1
Robin, who was now know as Nightwing, had been informed that Bruce Wayne, Batman, wanted to retire from fighting crime and he was to replace him. Starfire did not take the news well. She and Nightwing had finally expressed their love for one and other a few months prior and she knew that she could not go with him to Gotham City. Batman told him once not to ever get romantically involved with someone, because they would be in constant danger and will distract him from his duty. Starfire didn't care. She knew she would be able to protect herself and didn't need Nightwing there to baby-sit her. She also it was not her decision to make it was her loves, but from the sight of his boxes being loaded into a truck and none of hers, she knew what choice he had made.
Nightwing's room was totally empty. A truck had come to take it to an apartment in Gotham City that Bruce had arranged for him. He had walked his way towards Star's room. She had been avoiding him since she found out he was leaving 2 days ago. He stood in front of her door and knocked.
"You may enter." She said. He walked through the door and saw her sprawled face down on her bed.
"Starfire…I'm getting ready to leave."
"I know…" She said in a hushed voice.
He walked to her bed and sat down. "Don't you want to say goodbye?"
"No, I do not wish to say goodbye." Nightwing sighed. He sat down on her bed and pulled her into his lap, holding her in the tightest hug he could possibly give. He looked into her perfect green eyes that were threatening to burst with tears.
"Star, this is the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I'm leaving my friends and the woman I love behind. It is eating me up inside." She had stopped looking at him and was now looking at her feet. "Star, please look at me." She looked back up at him, but now the tears were streaming down her face. "I want to marry you."
She stopped crying. "You do?"
"Yes. I want to live with you for the rest of my life." Star was now smiling. "But, we are going to have to wait a few years."
"Years?" The smile was gone.
"I have to make sure that I can concentrate on my duties and not worry about you getting hurt, kidnapped, or something else like that. It could put us both in great danger. I know that you can hold your own, but I don't want to take a chance. I would be devastated if I lost you. Do you understand?"
"I do."
'She isn't happy. I don't want to leave her behind upset. I don't want to leave her behind at all, but I have to for her sake and my sanity's.' Nightwing thought to himself and he noticed that she wasn't looking at him again, so he pulled her face up to look at him again. He gave her a soft kiss on lips and started to sing to her.
What would I give to behold. The smile, the face of love
You've never left me; the rising sun will always speak your name
It won't be long, we'll meet again. Your memory is never passing
It won't be long, we'll meet again. My love for you is everlasting
"Oh Nightwing." Starfire wrapped her arms around his neck and they kissed the most passionate kiss they had ever kissed. After they pulled away, Starfire saw that Nightwing had placed a ring on her left ring finger.
"It's a sapphire, so you won't forget what my eyes look like."
"I could never forget anything about you." They kissed again.
Later, Starfire and the other Titans were waving goodbye to Nightwing as he drove away. While they hugged for the last time, he whispered in her ear "I won't be long and we will meet again. We'll live happily ever after. I promise."
Not long after Nightwing had left, Starfire was called back to Tamaran to take the throne. After she had left, the few remaining Titans had decided to let Titans East protect the entire city, so they could take some time off.
Well there's my first chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. The next chapter is going to pick up some time later in the future. Let me know what you think. Until next time! PrincessStarryFire
Updated 9/15