The Weight of a Phrase
A/N: 30 sentences inspired by a random word generator. I tried to fit as many different Titans in as possible, but I may consider doing another round of these in the future, making little drabbles or something, taking requests, because this was fun! Please, R&R, reviews are fantastic motivators.
1. Assured
"Everything will be fine," Starfire murmurs soothingly, as Dick Grayson's hand hovers over the door and the name plaque Bruce Wayne.
2. Anorexia
Terra smoothes her hands over her waist and glares defiantly at the mirror, No, I am normal, I am normal…
3. Reconquer
Raven's hands crackle with the obsidian energy blessed by her half-demon blood as she shouts, "You will not control me any longer!"
4. Dominantly
Sometimes Cyborg questions the sum of his parts; then Beast Boy tempts him out of the garage and makes him laugh and he knows his human heart is far more important than the artificial veins surrounding it.
5. Sedation
Beast Boy curls up on the far end of the couch and doesn't notice when he shifts into a bear—it's just so wintery outside.
6. Overspecializing
"Maybe you should think about branching into political humor," Raven deadpans after Beast Boy cracks yet another knock-knock joke.
7. Untouchable
Starfire rises from the rubble with grace; Tameraneans were not bred to bleed.
8. Woolly
"Heh, heh," Robin runs a hand through his newly neon, hot-pink hairdo and Beast Boy laughs nervously.
9. Peppier
Jinx catches herself humming a tune she heard on the radio and a snatch of boyish laughter on the wind.
10. Inconclusiveness
"Let's not jump to conclusions," Speedy stutters when Bee holds up a stack of rather indecent magazines.
11. Lixiviate
It may take days, it may take weeks, but Robin is determined to find something out of this pile of database printouts and newspaper articles.
12. Glutton
There are few things in this world that are more satisfying than a full stomach to Victor Stone—but kicking bad guy butt comes pretty close, too.
13. Reputation
Raven has a reputation to uphold and she cannot continue to do so if Starfire is on the verge of telling the team about her obsession with Gossip Girl.
14. Vespertide
The weather was perfect and mild, stars were beginning to wink in the sky ("The shine can't compare to your eyes"), and on that evening Robin pulled out a ring and tapped into that Grayson braveness (and secret romanticism).
15. Wonder
Beast Boy admires everything with an unadulterated rapture reserved for children, and she may sometimes find him childish, but perhaps everyone else is looking at things the wrong way.
16. Approximation
Mas y Menos have learned that they have about three or four seconds after they pull a successful prank to high-tail it out of Titan's East Tower.
17. Spotting
Bwaak-bwaaaaaak—Cyborg does a double-take before he realizes, oh, Beast Boy's got chickenpox.
18. Housing
"I FREAKING HATE YOUR POOL, AQUALAD," as she spouts obscenities (and salt water) very, very early in the morning, Bee wonders whose brilliant idea it was to build their tower right on the bay.
19. Assistant
Gnaark yields her body like a sword, but treats the girl Kole like a princess.
20. Dynamics
The team had no idea that Starfire's voice could reach that sort of pitch while reciting the Tameranean Poem of Gratitude.
21. Foreigner
"I'm going to need you to sign these forms," the customs officer speaks in an at once condescending and intimidated tone, and Pantha feels her left eye twitch and her fists longing for the wrestling ring.
22. Comment *
"Nice pants," Raven remarks upon seeing Argent in civvies; Argent turns, red-faced, only to belatedly realize she was just complimenting her skinny jeans.
23. Landscape
Sunsets viewed from Titan's North rooftop are much prettier than the endless Russian snow that Red Star is so accustomed to.
24. Infringement
Wonder Girl has perfected The Look, the very same that Wonder Woman often directed at her,and uses it frequently in dealing with the fiery Cassie Sandsmark.
25. Proceeding
Maybe he's a little odd (what superhero isn't?), but The Herald finds the breath of anticipation before the trumpet's call to be a most beautiful sound.
26. Fact
Melvin knows Bobby is real, knows it like she knows she is alive, like she knows her powers allow her imagination to become truth, and wonders when Raven will see him as Timmy and Teether do.
27. Acoustic
"Would you teach me?" Beast Boy's eyes are wide and hopeful as Jericho strums merrily on the strings.
28. Incompatible
"So, I heard we have something in common…" A white-haired girl has ascended to his mountain-top, bearing the mask of his father, and Jericho can only stare back in wonder.
29. Researcher
Garfield Logan may not be a scientist, but he has the tenacity—and thoroughness—of his parents, especially when trying to find out just when Raven's birthday is.
30. Latter
When a Titan might worry about their teammates, wonder if they may not return from a mission or someone close to them may die, they need only assure themselves that the former is not an option, and the latter, they have the power to stop.