Titans-a-Wassailing

A Teen Titans Fan Fiction by Jacob McDonald

Blame It On the Mistletoe


Beast Boy just knew it was going to be his lucky day.

The annual Titan Holiday Part was on, and guests were expected to begin arriving at the Tower in just a half hour. The green shape shifter knew this was his night; soon the Tower would be packed full of Titans and not all of them could avoid him. So, mistletoe in hand, he was making his way to the doorway that separated the main room from the smaller briefing room, which would be set up as a place to ditch coats and store presents for exchange.

In the early days of the Titans, it had been just the five of them, and getting Raven or Starfire under the mistletoe had always been a challenge. (Actually, Starfire loved kissing people under the mistletoe, but was always very chaste about it, smooching on the cheek, and it wasn't worth Robin's ire to try for more with her…) For a brief time, there was Terra, but that was a can of emotional worms Beast Boy didn't feel like contemplating. Then, after Titans East came on the scene, Bubble Bee had been added to the mix of girls, but she was even more skilled at avoiding him than Raven.

This year though, the world wide network of Titans were all invited. There was at least a dozen new girls that would be running and flying around the Tower, and with that many chances, there was no way he would be missing out on some awesome smoochery this time around.

"Heh heh heh…" he chuckled in a sinister manner (or as sinister a manner as a five foot six inch green elf could chuckle in) and stopped in the doorway. Becoming a gorilla briefly, he affixed the green plant and shrank back to himself. Grinning at his handiwork, he turned to face the main room just as the first guest of the night was walking towards the coat room.

"Hey BB." Speedy said as he pulled off a red coat, "Hangin' the mistletoe early I see…" he paused in the doorway and grabbed Beast Boy's head. The archer yanked him forward and gave the green teen a firm, close mouthed kiss for a full three seconds before shoving him away, "Good to see ya' buddy."

BB spluttered and spit on the ground, "Aw! Dude!" he spit again, "What the hell is wrong with you?"

Across the main room Cyborg and Robin burst into laughter. Beast Boy shook a fist at them, "Shut up!" Just then, Aqualad walked into the main room, chatting with Hot Spot. Beast Boy quickly removed himself from the doorway, even as Robin and Cy laughed all that much harder.


The key to trapping a cute girl under the mistletoe was all in the timing. When you saw a girl start that way, you had to be in position to head her off. You also needed an excuse to be going that way. Fortunately for Beast Boy, the briefing room was where they kept the spare computer terminals, and he could claim he was checking the City Status report from time to time.

So it was that he was never far from the doorway. By seven the sun was dipping into the bay and the party was in full swing. Opportunity was everywhere, and Beast Boy was leaping at it.

Popping up next to Kole as she went to get something from her coat, Beast Boy nonchalantly bumped into her, "Oh! Sorry there, Kole. My bad."

"No problem Beast Boy." She smiled at him.

He blushed a little and glanced up, a look of surprise coming over his face, "Hey! Look at that!"

Kole looked up, "Hmm… what a strange place to hang a bunch of leaves! The little white berries are cute though…"

Beast Boy stared at her, "Um… Kole? That's mistletoe."

"Oh, is that what it's called?"

"Yeah."

They stared at one another, Beast Boy in a confused manner, and Kole blinking prettily at him. Eventually, BB spoke up, "Do you… know the significance of it for the season?"

"No." she shook her head but smiled anyway.

They stared at each other for another moment before Beast Boy spoke again, "You don't get out of the North Pole much do you?"

"Not really." Kole smiled radiantly.

"That's cool." Beast Boy sighed, "I'm just gonna… check the city status report…"

Kole watched him walk off with his shoulders slumped in defeat with a curious expression on her face.

Across the room, a pair of violet eyes watched him as well.


"So then he grabs my left arm and-" Red Star's story was cut off as Beast Boy held up a finger in his face.

"Hold that thought dude." He grinned and handed his cup of punch off to the Russian hero, then dashed away quickly. He yanked out his T-Comp as he did, and flipped it open as if he was checking something. As he walked through the doorway into the briefing room, he almost ran right into Argent.

"Whoa!" the British accented girl steadied him with one hand, "Watch where you're running about there, Beast Boy!"

"Sorry, Argent." He flipped his com shut and grinned at her, "Just had an urgent call that I had to check."

"Ass kicking?" she grinned, "I'm there! Where are we going?"

"Uh…" The Plan was suddenly not looking too good, "I don't know yet… I have to check the main computer…"

"Then what are we waiting for?" she shoved him into the room, "Let's check!"

"Uh… okay… oh, look at the… never mind…" he walked to the computer to see if there was any kind of minor crime he could dig up.

As it turned out, there was a police report of a silent alarm going off at a pawn shop all the way uptown. Beast Boy shrugged and decided it wouldn't be a bad thing to show Argent a good time.

As they were leaving they walked past where Raven was sitting in her reading corner, a book open in her lap. As they made it to the elevator, she looked up and followed them with her eyes until they were out of sight.


Two hours later, Beast Boy and Argent returned. The punk rock girl was excited and flushed from the four robber beat down they'd just gone through, and Beast Boy was chilled from the slightly cold weather. No sooner had he grabbed a steaming mug of hot chocolate however than a certain Boy Wonder was breathing down his neck.

"Report." He demanded as Beast Boy took a sip.

"Nothing much to say." BB shrugged, "We caught the guys in the act, had a brief fight where I mostly stood around and watched Argent cut loose, then tied the guys up and waited for the cops."

"Good work." The Titan Leader nodded with a smile, "File an after action report while it's still fresh in your mind, then get back to the party."

Beast Boy groaned but nodded anyway. Standing up, he walked to the door to the briefing room so he could use a computer in relative privacy. As he stepped past the threshold, he bumped shoulders with someone. Without looking, he knew it was a girl, since his sensitive nose was picking up female pheromones.

He glanced up at the mistletoe, then grinned over at the young woman in the doorway with him, "Why hello there- aw crap. It's you."

Jinx glared back at him, "Yeah, it's me. So?"

He pointed up, "Just my luck to get stuck under the mistletoe with a girl who hates my guts."

"I don't hate your guts." Jinx rolled her eyes, "I just find you insufferably annoying."

"Thanks." He rolled his eyes, "That makes me feel tons better."

"Oh, shut up. You want a kiss? Here." Jinx grabbed his collar and yanked him down a little, then ran her tongue up the side of his face from his jaw to his ear. She pushed him away and walked into the room, "You're all animal like and stuff, right? That must turn you right the hell on."

"Ew." Beast Boy rubbed the spit off his face, "That was gross while at the same time being strangely hot…" Jinx snorted with laughter as he made his way to a computer terminal.

From her reading corner where she'd been joined by Bumble Bee and Robin (who were discussing operational details) Raven watched with a half smile.


The night wore on for Beast Boy. He earned his yearly cheek smooch from Starfire, but other than that his luck had worn thin. By midnight, most of the guests were either leaving or retiring to their guest rooms. While Robin was up seeing flying guests off on the roof, Beast Boy and Raven were seeing the others out the door of the main room.

"This was great, guys." Kid Flash shook Beast Boy's hand as he and Jinx stepped onto the elevator, "Even if my girlfriend did decide to lick you, BB."

"Don't remind me." The green changeling stuck his tongue out at Jinx, who giggled and looked past her boyfriend at Raven, "I'll e-mail you those spell words for the portal spell when we get back to Keystone."

"Thanks." Raven nodded at her and the two heroes stepped back. As the elevator doors shut, Beast Boy sighed and walked over to the large windows that looked out over the bay. Staring down at the dark water, he frowned and reviewed his night in his head.

"Hmm." Was all he had to say as Raven walked up next to him softly. They stood together in silence for several minutes before Beast Boy spoke up, "I saw you watching me tonight."

Raven nodded slightly. Since her hood was down, her hair bounced a little with the motion; something the green changeling had always found mildly attractive about her. He sighed and looked back out at the bay, "So what did you think? How bad was I?"

"Do you want the nice version or the brutally honest one?"

"Raven, when have you ever given me the nice version?"

She actually smiled a little at that, "Your little plan with the city status report blew up on you with Argent, Kole was just too clueless to try and get any thing from, and Jinx is attached, so you lost with her before you even started." Raven shook her head, "To simplify, your Game sucked."

"Heh." BB nodded, "I've got no Game."

"Hey, at least you tried, right?"

"Tried and failed. Not the best Christmas party I've ever been to."

"Maybe it's not a total loss." Raven turned to him and touched his shoulder.

"What do you mean?" he looked down at her. She was one of the only Titans still shorter that him.

Raven pointed up. Beast Boy was confused for a second, then looked up and saw the mistletoe from the doorway to the briefing room floating above their heads, encased in black energy. He looked back down, even more confused. "Raven, what-" but then he was too stunned to speak or think or do anything at all really, because Raven's lips were pressed against his. As his eyes fluttered shut and he leaned into the kiss a little more, her soft hands reached up and gripped the sides of his face, holding him still as she stepped closer and pressed her body against his for a few moments.

It was over in ten seconds. As she pulled away from him, she kept his forehead pressed to hers. Both of them still had their eyes closed and simply bathed in the essence of the other for a short time. After what seemed like a few minutes and an eternity all at the same time, Raven whispered, "Merry Christmas, Garfield."

"You too, Raven." He replied in a whisper as well. She smiled and he felt it more than he saw it. Opening his eyes, he caught just the tip of her head disappearing into a portal on the floor. Holding out a hand, he caught the mistletoe as it fell from the air above his head, "Huh." He stared at the floor for a moment, then smiled to himself.

Beast Boy walked to the elevator that would take him to the upper levels and his bedroom. With a yawn, he stretched and glanced back over his shoulder at the spot he and the dark Titan had been just a few moments before. As he stepped on to the elevator, a grin broke out across his face that he couldn't control. The doors shut behind him, leaving a silent, still and peaceful room behind.


Look for more over the next few days. I should have this one finished on the 25th.

-Jake