Raven sat on top of the washer, her feet dangling over the side as she bounced them against the basin of the machine. With only the hum of the dryer running through its cycle, Raven sat with one of Robin's many brightly colored capes. How a material that is supposed to be resistant to bullets but not natural wear and tear is beyond her understanding. Due to her intense concentration while meditating, it was only logical for her to take up the darning of the team's uniforms. It was another opportunity for her to channel her energy into one pointed task, without the use of mediation or her powers.

This time that she spent sitting in the laundry room working on the bright purple of Star's skirts or sowing Garfield's gloves when they would start to unravel at the seams was a cherished quiet time to herself.

Sitting in the laundry room, Raven thought back to her encounter with Robin in the library with Robin a few days earlier. It had been something that caught her completely by surprise. She has long ago accepted to living with a one-sided attraction towards their leader. Robin's admission of admiration and attraction towards herself and not Starfire had quite frankly blind-sided her. Tugging the needle back through the polymerized titanium of the cape, Raven made a knot to close up the stitch. After cutting the needle loose from the cape, she sat with Robin's cape in her hands.

After their encounter in the library, things around the tower had not changed. Robin had not sought her out for company more than the others Titans and he did not treat her any differently than before the library incident. She should be happy that things had not become awkward around the rest of the team..especially since she knew that Starfire doted on their leader. Yet somehow she still found herself wanting her and Robin to be something more than just teammates, or at least have the opportunity for a repeat of the other day.

Sighing, Raven decided to shelve her boy blunder troubles to dwell on later after meditating. Putting Robin's cape aside she reached for one of her own to hem. As she began to mend her own uniform she heard the sound of the air lock release.

Pausing with the needle embedded in the cloak Raven looked up from her work to see Robin standing in the doorway with a smirk on his face.

"Of all the places I expected to find you, this was not top of the list."

Raven responded with a snort and returned to the needlework in her lap.

"Were you trying to find me Robin?" Raven's question was met with silence. She had learned from years spent by Robin's side that he was not often one for small talk. They were alike in this regard.

"Actually, I was." Robin's response came not from the doorway but instead directly in front of machine she was sitting on.

"Damn!" His entrance into the room startled Raven and she pricked her finger with her needle. Removing the needle from her cloak she stuck the sore digit into her finger to soothe the pain and looked up.

Raising her eyebrow she looked at Robin while still nursing her injury. It didn't appear that he was interested in elaborating as he was too focused on the finger Raven still had in her mouth.

"Robin?" He didn't respond, still staring blanking at Raven's mouth. "Robin?" she said a bit louder, removing her index finger from her mouth. "Why were you looking for me?"

Robin shook his head and cleared his throat. "I wanted to talk to you about the other day."

"Oh I am so sorry! I tried to tell Beast Boy that he needed to be more observant when babysitting Silkie. I am so sorry that he ate your punching bag. Beast Boy knows that he is responsible for responsible for replacing it." Raven trailed off, "He was supposed to talk to you about it."

"No that wasn't what I.." Robin's mouth dropped open. "That was what happened to my punching bag?" He chuckled lightly to himself.

"Oops. Guess that means Beast Boy is stuck on bathroom duty for the next century now" Raven replied sarcastically. Raven could see Robin's discomfort as he shifted on the balls of his feet. Clearly that wasn't what he wanted to discuss. When did he get closer?

Robin now stood directly in front of Raven's dangling feet on the washer. He was so close to her now she swore she could feel the body heat radiating off of his stomach.

Robin made an embarrassed smirk and lifted his right arm to scratch the back of his neck. "Rae..that wasn't what I meant by the other day. I was thinking about what happened in the library."

Raven was suddenly reminded that her cloak was in her lap when she felt her cheeks heat up from his words and was not able to retreat into the safety of her hood. "Oh."

Looking down at her cloak in her lap she was frustrated at her blush and wished that she could phase through the floor to her room to get out of his conversation. However, assuming that Robin would be able to let this conversation go would be like assuming that Starfire doesn't like mustard.

While Raven had so hoped to have this conversation with Robin and find out just what was happening between them, now that he was quite literally in front of her...she wasn't too keen on that idea anymore.

"Raven," Robin brushed his body up against Raven's legs and leaned up against the washer, forcing Raven to open her legs to accommodate for his waist and place her cloak and needle on the dryer. "I meant what I said the other day when I was captivated by you. Don't think that you have gotten away from me that easily."

Finally shaking off the embarrassment Raven looked up at Robin's face and was startled to be greeted by his cool, blue eyes. Since Raven was seated on the washer she found herself meeting his gaze at eye level and while she was transfixed by his face sans mask Robin leaned forward until his forehead came to rest on hers.

His nose brushed gently against hers as he continued to look into her eyes. Raven's breath caught in her throat from the sudden intimacy.

"What do you want from me? Wh-what are we?" Raven said quietly.

"I thought it was obvious, Rae. I want everything from you." Robin paused to gently graze his lips against her. "What do you want." He moved his lips to glide along her jaw up to her temple, never breaking contact with her skin.

Raven could feel her heart racing in her chest as Robin continue his delicate path across her face, always ignoring making direct contact with her lips. Growling, Raven grabbed the nape of his neck with both of her hands and pulled his lips back from its assault on her face.

"I want you. I want you not just in the library or in the laundry room. I want you every day, Richard. I want you to be mine."

"Rae...always." and with that statement he finally brought his lips to hers. Raven felt herself sigh into his lips as she brought her legs up around his waist, sliding herself to the edge of the machine bringing herself as flush to the boy wonder as she could.

Robin buried his hands into her violet locks, angling her face to deepen the kiss as he felt her core brush up against his waist. He continued to abuse her lips as her hands grew more frantic. As they finally broke away from the kiss, their foreheads close together as they tried to catch their breath.

Raven quickly detached her hands from his neck and grasped at the edge of his shirt pulling to get it over his toned chest. Robin made a grumble of disapproval as he had to remove his hands from his dark goddess to remove the cursed article of clothing but immediate brought her back into his embrace as he began to trail kisses down her face and her neck. He began to leave a trail of open mouth kisses down her neck as he loosened the closure on her uniform to reveal more of her creamy skin so he could continue to leave deep kisses in the crease of her neck and across her collarbone.

Raven used the leverage of her feet around his waist to slide down the bottom of his suit, bring his boxers down with it. While Robin was continuing to pepper kisses across her collarbone and her neck, Raven wet the palm of her hand and reached down for him.

Robin moaned into her neck at the new onslaught of feelings and begin to thrust into her hand. He brought one of his hands down to the front of her suit and slide it to the slide giving him access as he began to reciprocate.

"I'm sorry Rae, but I have missed you too much...and your suit is in the way" he huffed in annoyance as he stared at the evil fabric almost as wish hoping to set it ablaze with his glare.

With their hands still between their bodies Robin began to thrust forward in time with his flicks across Raven's nub as the two's movements became more lust driven. Raven took her hand and eased Robin into her as his hands came up around her neck thrusting his mouth on her in a bruising kiss.

Jerking forward Robin moaned as he felt himself sheathed in Raven's warmth once again, oh how he has missed this feeling. Slade eat your heart out because Raven was his new obsession.

Their moans became more and more sporadic as thump of the washer against the wall increased in rhythm. Grazing his teeth along her neck Robin knew he was getting close and he wanted Raven to join him. He could feel her clenching down on him as he pistoned in and out and he reaching between them again to ensure that his woman would unravel along with him. As he felt himself release he bit down on her neck and thrust as deep as their position would allow.

He wasn't sure he had ever heard Raven's voice at that decibel before as she scream his name.

Raven smiled up at him lazily as she came down from her bliss and wrapped her arms around him. "Richard" she sleepily whispered into his neck. Robin gently removed himself from her warmth and used his tossed shirt to gently clean her as he adjusted her uniform and pull up his pants.

Looking down at her resting against his chest he smiled to himself at her closed eyes and brushed his lips across the lids.

Raven smiled at the feeling of his lips on her face.

"You may be Jump City's heart throb...but you are my heart throb now."

"Always."

-X-

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- Chlover