Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans. I've said this a million times
already! Don't sue me, please!
A/N: Here's another chapter! Hope you guys like it! I'm going to try to keep my author's notes to a minimum, okay? Here ya go!
*Previously*
"Robin?" said the gentle, familiar voice that immediately warmed his cold heart. He turned slowly, her word ringing in his head like the most beautiful song. Oh, how he had missed that voice all these years. Oh, how it brought him great joy just to hear that word come out of her mouth. It brought back sweet memories of how everything had once been right in the world.
"No one..." he said finally, "... has called me that in a long time. Now they call me Nightwing." He looked into her eyes at last, coming out of the shadows to look her in the face. She hadn't changed a bit. He, however, had aged twenty years. He was now 36 years old, but he felt no different than how he did when he was 16 as he looked into Starfire's eyes.
"It's been a long time, Starfire," he said with a small smile as he saw relief wash over her features.
Chapter 2
"So, they probably told you what happened, didn't they?" Nightwing asked as he and Starfire walked through his underground lair. She looked all around, seeing all the equipment he now used. It was much better than how the other guys were living, she admitted to herself, but it was nothing like how life was in the Titan Tower before. It brought sadness to her once again.
"They did not tell me much, but they did say the important parts," Starfire said quietly. She looked up to Nightwing's face and felt her cheeks grow hot. There was no doubt in her mind now that this was Robin's future self; he had all the same features, just more mature. Instead of looking old like Beastboy had become [A/N: I cracked up at that part], he looked... hot (as they say on Earth)!
She blushed at this thought and quickly looked away. Nightwing, however, had caught her stare and tried not to smile. Starfire saw something in a case that caught her eye and she stopped in her tracks immediately. She stared at it, wanting to cry. It was the Robin costume, now preserved as history. She realized just how much she missed the 16- year-old Robin.
She wrapped her arms around herself, tears coming to her eyes. She never really realized how much he meant to her until just then. It was strange to be with his future self and still miss him. In a lot of ways he had changed, and not just physically. He now had no friends.
She felt something wrap around her and looked up in surprise to see that Nightwing had given her a blanket. She smiled, knowing that the timing couldn't have been more perfect. This was one way he hadn't changed. He hadn't stopped caring over the years. He was still protective of her, even now.
"Thank you," she whispered. He smiled lightly and nodded.
"No problem."
They held each other's eyes a while, as time seemed to have stopped. She felt his hand gently graze her face, and she closed her eyes. Yes, this was definitely Robin. He had the same touch as before. Nightwing cupped her face in the palm of his hand and she looked up at him.
"I've missed you so much," he breathed. "All these twenty years I couldn't get you out of my mind, and I didn't want to, either. Your memory was the only thing that kept me going when we all broke up. The thought that you might return gave me hope for the future."
"N-Night-,"
"I like it better when you call me Robin," he said with a smile. She smiled back.
"Robin," she whispered. Nightwing wrapped his arms around her and held her to his chest, closing his eyes, and basking in the moment that he had with her. All those twenty years had led up to this moment, and he was grateful for once.
"When you were gone," he whispered, "I realized just how unfulfilled my life would be if you went away forever. If I thought that you would never come back, I'd have given up completely. But the love I had for you kept me going strong."
Starfire opened her eyes in surprise at his declaration. Tears once again filled her eyes and spilled out down her face. How long? How long had he felt this way? Was it just the fact that she had been gone fore twenty years? Or had he loved her since before that?
"Star, I'm sorry for never having told you before," Nightwing continued, answering her question. "I guess I always took your presence for granted. That will never happen again."
"Oh, Robin," she whispered, burying her face in his chest. "I have loved you, also. I wish that I had never jumped into that time porthole! I wish I could go back and make things right! I wish that you would never have lived this loneliness before!"
Nightwing held her tight, being transported to another time and place where everything was right. He wished that everything hadn't gone this way so that he could have held her like this before. But now was as good a time as any. So he held her tighter and looked down at her. He brought his hand up under her chin and made her look at him. He saw the tears falling down her face, and he gently brushed them away.
Then he did what he should have done long ago. He brought his lips over hers and kissed her as if she would disappear again at any moment. This time he would be sure not to let her go.
(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^) A/N: *Wipes tear away* I just love kiss scenes, don't you? *Sniff* Did I do a good job with it? You have got to tell me! And please, I beg you, do NOT, I repeat, do NOT send me flames saying, "This didn't happen in the episode!" I very well know that most of these occurrences didn't happen. It's why it's called a fanfic. And I'm sorry for getting the name of Warp wrong. I watched it only once, okay? But thank you - all of you - who corrected me on that.
A/N: Here's another chapter! Hope you guys like it! I'm going to try to keep my author's notes to a minimum, okay? Here ya go!
*Previously*
"Robin?" said the gentle, familiar voice that immediately warmed his cold heart. He turned slowly, her word ringing in his head like the most beautiful song. Oh, how he had missed that voice all these years. Oh, how it brought him great joy just to hear that word come out of her mouth. It brought back sweet memories of how everything had once been right in the world.
"No one..." he said finally, "... has called me that in a long time. Now they call me Nightwing." He looked into her eyes at last, coming out of the shadows to look her in the face. She hadn't changed a bit. He, however, had aged twenty years. He was now 36 years old, but he felt no different than how he did when he was 16 as he looked into Starfire's eyes.
"It's been a long time, Starfire," he said with a small smile as he saw relief wash over her features.
Chapter 2
"So, they probably told you what happened, didn't they?" Nightwing asked as he and Starfire walked through his underground lair. She looked all around, seeing all the equipment he now used. It was much better than how the other guys were living, she admitted to herself, but it was nothing like how life was in the Titan Tower before. It brought sadness to her once again.
"They did not tell me much, but they did say the important parts," Starfire said quietly. She looked up to Nightwing's face and felt her cheeks grow hot. There was no doubt in her mind now that this was Robin's future self; he had all the same features, just more mature. Instead of looking old like Beastboy had become [A/N: I cracked up at that part], he looked... hot (as they say on Earth)!
She blushed at this thought and quickly looked away. Nightwing, however, had caught her stare and tried not to smile. Starfire saw something in a case that caught her eye and she stopped in her tracks immediately. She stared at it, wanting to cry. It was the Robin costume, now preserved as history. She realized just how much she missed the 16- year-old Robin.
She wrapped her arms around herself, tears coming to her eyes. She never really realized how much he meant to her until just then. It was strange to be with his future self and still miss him. In a lot of ways he had changed, and not just physically. He now had no friends.
She felt something wrap around her and looked up in surprise to see that Nightwing had given her a blanket. She smiled, knowing that the timing couldn't have been more perfect. This was one way he hadn't changed. He hadn't stopped caring over the years. He was still protective of her, even now.
"Thank you," she whispered. He smiled lightly and nodded.
"No problem."
They held each other's eyes a while, as time seemed to have stopped. She felt his hand gently graze her face, and she closed her eyes. Yes, this was definitely Robin. He had the same touch as before. Nightwing cupped her face in the palm of his hand and she looked up at him.
"I've missed you so much," he breathed. "All these twenty years I couldn't get you out of my mind, and I didn't want to, either. Your memory was the only thing that kept me going when we all broke up. The thought that you might return gave me hope for the future."
"N-Night-,"
"I like it better when you call me Robin," he said with a smile. She smiled back.
"Robin," she whispered. Nightwing wrapped his arms around her and held her to his chest, closing his eyes, and basking in the moment that he had with her. All those twenty years had led up to this moment, and he was grateful for once.
"When you were gone," he whispered, "I realized just how unfulfilled my life would be if you went away forever. If I thought that you would never come back, I'd have given up completely. But the love I had for you kept me going strong."
Starfire opened her eyes in surprise at his declaration. Tears once again filled her eyes and spilled out down her face. How long? How long had he felt this way? Was it just the fact that she had been gone fore twenty years? Or had he loved her since before that?
"Star, I'm sorry for never having told you before," Nightwing continued, answering her question. "I guess I always took your presence for granted. That will never happen again."
"Oh, Robin," she whispered, burying her face in his chest. "I have loved you, also. I wish that I had never jumped into that time porthole! I wish I could go back and make things right! I wish that you would never have lived this loneliness before!"
Nightwing held her tight, being transported to another time and place where everything was right. He wished that everything hadn't gone this way so that he could have held her like this before. But now was as good a time as any. So he held her tighter and looked down at her. He brought his hand up under her chin and made her look at him. He saw the tears falling down her face, and he gently brushed them away.
Then he did what he should have done long ago. He brought his lips over hers and kissed her as if she would disappear again at any moment. This time he would be sure not to let her go.
(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^) A/N: *Wipes tear away* I just love kiss scenes, don't you? *Sniff* Did I do a good job with it? You have got to tell me! And please, I beg you, do NOT, I repeat, do NOT send me flames saying, "This didn't happen in the episode!" I very well know that most of these occurrences didn't happen. It's why it's called a fanfic. And I'm sorry for getting the name of Warp wrong. I watched it only once, okay? But thank you - all of you - who corrected me on that.