Requested by Artemis Raven Courtney
Night Rides
No one ever really knew what sorts of things would set him off. Most of the time, Robin was fine, a good guy with determination and strength to spare. He was always quick on his feet and even quicker with his tongue. He liked pizza, he liked video games, he liked his friends, he was happy. Well, for the most part.
Some things you couldn't bring up around him, things like circuses or clowns or parents or really anything that was too personal. You couldn't really see it, but those blue eyes would become distant and stormy when anything like that was mentioned. It wasn't visible, but the team could always tell when something bugged their leader. As a rule of thumb, they always avoided going too deep into personal information like that, they were a team, they were friends, but that didn't mean they knew everything about each other, and that was ok. Robin wasn't the sharing type.
When those things came around and made the little storm cloud rain over his head, he'd go out on his R-Cycle to clear his thoughts. No little cloud of sadness could follow him when he was racing down streets, barely whisking past vehicles and screeching between pedestrians. Most would think he was trying to get himself killed. In fact his team would often worry about their little bird when he left the nest, but most didn't do anything about it.
All but Starfire. The red head was not as adept at sneaking around as the child prodigy, she couldn't hide in the shadows like Raven or disguise herself as a small earth creature like Beast Boy, but she was good enough. On those nights when Robin left the tower to speed through Jump City alone, she would follow, high above where she could conceal herself among the stars and the clouds. She'd keep an eye on her leader and friend, the first earthling she'd met on this planet, and make sure he was alright. She was always careful not to be seen, and was just able to dash back inside before the Boy Wonder parked his motorcycle in the garage and made his way to bed.
So what if some times the young leader didn't come back till dawn, so what if it meant that in the morning Starfire was exhausted due to flying all night. At least she knew he was safe and sound, and that was what mattered.
A/N: so this was a request. Artemis Raven Courtney wanted a story where Starfire follows Robin when he takes out his RCycle and it struck a chord with me. What can I say? I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff. All requests are welcome, doesn't have to be romantic or anything like that. Just little things you've noticed or things you might think happen. I actually have an idea for the next one already. Hmmm I wonder if you'll like it.
Reviews are greatly loved, even if for some reason FF isn't letting me see them on site. Thank you to Artemis Raven Courtney, Invader Johnny, and there was one other person but I can't see who it was, I'm sorry.