A/N: So, here's batch number three. I'm not quite as happy with these as I am some of the others, particularly "Blue," so I may edit these later on down the road.
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Time
"This better be good." She hadn't bothered to lift her face from the pillows.
"Do I ever call without good reason?"
Raven sat up and pried one eye open, an expression of obvious skepticism in place.
"Speedy, do you have any idea what time it is?"
"Your time? Maybe three. Four."
She glowered; he didn't even have the grace to look remorseful. "If this is some ploy to see what I'm wearing…"
He shouted with laughter. "No, but I'll have to remember that."
"Roy—"
"Maybe I just wanted to hear your voice."
She softened then. It was reason enough.
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Blue
The breath iced over in her chest, and for the first time in her life, Raven felt truly exposed. Nothing stood between them now. No barriers. No masks left to protect them.
"Don't Raven. Don't turn away from me this time."
"You can't give me this," she whispered, shutting her eyes tightly when she felt the heat of his hands as he spun her around.
"I already have."
"…I love him, Robin."
A touch, soft and sure on the swell of her cheek. "I know."
And she sensed his regret, heavy as the weight of his gaze, so very blue.
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Love
"You shouldn't, you know."
The archer paused to look at her there, with her cheek pressed against the glass as she watched rain stain the world a darker shade of gray and sheets that curled with soft light along the smooth plane of her back, and, not for the first time, thought her beautiful.
"Shouldn't what?"
"…Love me," she whispered.
"I shouldn't do a lot of things, Raven," he spoke, shirt forgotten on the floor as he folded around her, fingertips brushing the gentle curve of her face and forehead at rest against hers, "but that isn't one of them."
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Riddle
"Hasn't anyone told you it's rude to read over someone's shoulder?" Raven intoned, pencil poised at her chin.
"E."
"Excuse me?" She arched a delicate brow and turned to meet his cheeky grin.
"The answer to your riddle," he motioned toward the puzzle book settled in her lap. "Eve had two, Adam had none, and everyone has three...it's the letter e."
"…You're right," she breathed. "Since when are you so good at riddles?"
"Hey! I figured you out, didn't I?"
Her gaze sharpened. "…You read the answers, didn't you?"
Speedy grinned sheepishly; so, maybe it was the other way around.
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