Number 12

Robin wasn't a touchy feely sort of person.

It wasn't a big secret, anyone could tell, but the only people Robin ever did drop his walls for, which were pretty big, was his team. Sure, it seems like the appropriate response, who better to trust your most vulnerable parts with then the people who watch your back in battle each day. Robin trusted his team with his life…he was just awful at showing them how much it meant to him.

He tried to show them in other ways; a new book for Raven, gourmet mustard for Star. It was shown in him throwing an extra hundred at Cyborg for the T-Car when he could, or placing a new marker or drawing pad on Beast Boy's bed.

Robin cared for his team and he wasn't about to let them live without them knowing it.

But there were times where he wished he could do more. Starfire was good at consoling, and Cyborg gave good pep talks. Robin was a good supporter, but he didn't have the easy nature with people like Beast Boy did, or the soft hand with children like Raven.

However, Robin did have a hidden talent.

Robin knew how his team responded to touch. Cyborg was a shoulder pat guy, and Starfire liked hugs. Raven was must more resistant to touch, but she was now warming up to the idea of brief one sided hugs. Beast Boy usually got his hair ruffled, the kid brother response, but Robin had a card that he played for all of them.

Cuddling, a natural response to promote bonding and closeness, was a tactic that Robin slowly introduced to the team. Starfire was the first to accept it, but the other three were other stories.

Cyborg wasn't a cuddly guy. He put up with hugs from the girls, and sometimes gave a bear hug to Beast Boy when the situation called for it, and almost never hugged Robin. The boy wonder didn't resent him for that; Robin didn't come off as a cuddly huggable guy.

Robin broke that idea that Cyborg had of him a year ago. He had run into someone from his days in high school, one of the few people who still saw him as freak, and he was brooding in the garage.

Robin had snuck up behind him and gave him a hug. It was awkward to say the least; Robin could barely fit his arms around Cyborg's large frame, and Cyborg was standing still as if he was on a land mine.

"Robin, what are you doing?" Cyborg asked slowly. Robin adjusted his grip.

"Hugging you," Robin said simply. Cyborg nodded.

"Ok, then," Cyborg replied. And that was that.

Raven wasn't about at cuddly as a cactus. Well, maybe towards him. Raven likely let Beast Boy get away with murder with these things, but strangely enough neither of them let anything slip.

It was their first night back in the tower after being away for a whole year. It was late, and they were the only two still awake.

"A lot's change," Raven said. Robin didn't reply, too lost in his own thoughts.

"I know it's stupid to think that everything would stay the same, but I wish it did," Raven continued. Robin looked up. From this angle, and with the light on her face, Raven looked so much older than 16.

They all had aged over this past year.

"No, all of wished the world would have stayed the same. It would make explaining this so much simpler." Robin said. Raven shrugged and sighed.

Robin hadn't thought of that, of how hard it was going to be to explain what had happened, particularly with their connections to the Doom Patrol, but Robin ignored all of that.

In a spur of the moment decision, Robin rounded the table and gave Raven a hug. Raven didn't move for a second, but her arms slowly came up and around him.

They didn't think about what the media was going to say about the war, or where the new titans would live, or anything else. At that moment, Robin couldn't care about anything less than being home finally.

Beast Boy probably was the easiest. In the beginning of the team's formation, he, along with the other members, had been hesitant to touch. Now, he was the most receptive next to Starfire. When they had a call, and one of the shelters for the city's strays had been destroyed, Beast Boy was upset. Later that night, Robin decided that there had been enough frowns on his youngest and hunted him down.

He found Beast Boy on the roof, drawing pad in hand. With no warning Robin wrapped his arms around him and pulled Beast Boy to his chest. Beast Boy struggled for a moment, before relaxing.

"What are you doing?"

"Hugging you."

"..Why?"

"Because I want to, you're sad, and I suck at pep talks."

Robin got a small chuckled from that and spent the rest of the evening on the roof with his friend.

Author's Note: Hello minions! Read and Review this one :) also, check out "The Two Littlest Titans" if you haven't already. The second chapter will be up next week. Also check out the poll for which story you want to see next