Idea came from Inspired by Everyday one headcanon about Nightwing by TrikaLika (Chapter 38. Band) over on archive.
Liberal use of page breaks... just a heads up!
It started with a tweet. Actually it started with a Teen Titan case from back in the day that became a hobby and just a healthy outlit. It came back into their lives with a tweet.
CrimeAllieTrashPile G0#hamMyH0m3
D***Grayson , settle something for me and my friends. Dis you? (link)
The link jumped to a grainy video, the quality not aging well. It focused on a foggy stage, a man stood in front of the mic. "Ladies and Gentlemen," he called, "I give you, The Titans!" The cheering clipped out the recording. It settled again when a boy - somewhere in his mid-teens stepped forward with a guitar strapped to his back.
The stage lit up, showing off the darker skinned male at the double electric piano, a lean red-head behind the drum set. Another red-head hair slightly darker with a bass guitar. A girl with wild and dark holding a guitar.
The teen at the mic smirked from under his ebony hair, sending a cheer through the crowd. The bass player nudged him with the end of his instrument, rolling his eyes. The first teen pulled away from the mic and laughed, swinging his guitar around, he strummed out the first chord.
Why do all the monsters come out at night?
Why do we sleep where we want to hide?
Why do I run back to you like I don't mind if you fuck up my life?
Dick replied a few hours later...
Dick Grayson D***Grayson
G0#hmMyH0m3 Where? How? Why?
Roy Harper Harper'sGotABow
D***Grayson If memory serves, it was that one club in Gotham with the blue bathroom. Probably took it with a video camera.
Donna Troy DonnaOfTroy
D***Grayson , Harper'sGotABow , Club was Kenny's Post
Wally West It'sTheWallyWallyWest
D***Grayson , Harper'sGotABow , DonnaOfTroy , Why may you ask? Because we rocked.
Dick Grayson D***Grayson
Harper'sGotABow, DonnaOfTroy, WallyWallyWest , Fuck you
Roy Harper Harper'sGotABow
D***Grayson you offering?
Wally West It'sTheWallyWallyWest
D***Grayson , Harper'sGotABow , DonnaOfTroy, You could say we were real...
CrimeAllieTrashPile G0#hamMyH0m3
D***Grayson ... Is that a yes?
Garth GarthOfTheSea
G0#hamMyH0m3 Yes (link)
The link cuts to an old website for The Titan's. It hadn't changed much over the years, still rough around the edges. It had a brief biography and a group photo of the band. Their twitters flood with messages. Dick, who already had DM's closed due to his family status, only laughed when his friends started getting messages filling their inboxes. But apparently people loved them. Or liked them enough to request they formally release their half pulled together album from like half a decade ago.
People liked their music, especially the originals. Born for this was apparently important to many teens and young adults of Gotham (not that anyone would specify why when asked). Dance with the Devil helped more than one person dealing with an addiction problem.
The next day Dick tweeted out two more links, one to Spotify and the other to a youtube channel.
Dick Grayson D***Grayson
You were all asking for it, and the rest of the band (I can't believe I just said that) said to go for it, so I present The Titans.
Dick Grayson D***Grayson
Harper'sGotABow Is on Bass Guitar?
DonnaOfTroy Is on Guitar and Vocals
GarthOfTheSea is on Piano
It'sTheWallyWallyWest is on Drums
Wally West It'sTheWallyWallyWest
D***Grayson , Harper'sGotABow , DonnaOfTroy, GarthOfTheSea ... Real Rockin Robins ;)
Donna Troy DonnaOfTroy
It'sTheWallyWallyWest BBBBOOOOOOO
Roy Harper Harper'sGotABow
FIXED IT
D***Grayson (AKA Wonder Twin#1 AKA TightAssLeader) on Guitar and Vocals
Harper'sGotABow (MyGloriousSelf) Is on Bass Guitar
DonnaOfTroy (AKA Wonder Twin#2 AKA AGoddessWhoPut'sUpWithUs) on Guitar and Vocals
GarthOfTheSea (CinnamonRoll) on Piano
It'sTheWallyWallyWest (#RIPWWEST, Dead to us, position open) was on Drums
Wally West It'sTheWallyWallyWest
Harper'sGotABow I'm not dead!
Dick Grayson D***Grayson
It'sTheWallyWallyWest... Sometimes I can still hear his voice... #RIPWWEST
Tim 'No Sleep' Drake-Wayne TimDrake-Wayne
It'sTheWallyWallyWest, D***Grayson, I know gingers don't have souls but Wally was the exception #RIPWWEST
Barbara Gordon AllSeeingBabs
D***Grayson, It'sTheWallyWallyWest, TimDrake-Wayne, Can confirm we do not, there are no exceptions, But I'm sure he's having fun in Hell. #RIPWWEST
Wally West It'sTheWallyWallyWest
DonnaOfTroy, GarthOfTheSea... Help Me!
Donna Troy DonnaOfTroy
D***Grayson I can hear him too, begging for help. #RIPWWEST
Dick Grayson D***Grayson
DonnaOfTroy Why must we be haunted by the ones we love. Leave us It'sTheWallyWallyWest it is time to pass to the otherside. #RIPWWEST
The Titans Official TitansOfficial
In honor of the late It'sTheWallyWallyWest please enjoy a video... (link) #RIPWWEST
Garth GarthOfTheSea
F in Chat for It'sTheWallyWallyWest #RIPWWEST
Retweet: The Titans Official TitansOfficial
In honor of the late It'sTheWallyWallyWest please enjoy a video... (link) #RIPWWEST
Roy Harper Harper'sGotABow
It'sTheWallyWallyWest... ff
Dick Grayson D***Grayson
It'sTheWallyWallyWest..,. F
Wally West It'sTheWallyWallyWest
GarthOfTheSea Et Tu Brute?!
CrimeAllieTrashPile G0#hamMyH0m3
It'sTheWallyWallyWest... F
Barbara Gordon AllSeeingBabs
It'sTheWallyWallyWest... F
Tim 'No Sleep' Drake-Wayne TimDrake-Wayne
It'sTheWallyWallyWest... f
Donna Troy DonnaOfTroy
It'sTheWallyWallyWest... F
Wally West It'sTheWallyWallyWest
... I hate you all...
Two weeks later:
Tim 'No Sleep' Drake-Wayne TimDrake-Wayne
D***Grayson That really was you?!