Title: Winter Coats

Series: Winter Tidings

Author: Jmaria

Rating: PG

Pairing: FfA # 254 Xander / Starfire (from Teen Titans)

A/N: My mind is very weird. I apologize in advance. . .

Winter Coats

The cold wind whipped and howled around the pair of teenage slayers and superheroes. Xander Harris stood at the end of the group, and as he waited for the girl chatting with Dawn, the wind blew his coat's hood over his head. He tried in vain to push it back down, but the wind kept blowing it back into place. Finally, he just gave up.

There are problems with just giving up, however. The hood covered his eyes, and he had to tilt his head back to see from his good eye. The second they were in the building, shaped like a big T, Xander laughed good-naturedly.

"I guess my head is smaller than the people these coats were made for." He chuckled. "That or it shrunk since I lost my eye."

The redheaded girl who had been talking with Dawn gave a horrified gasp. She stared at Xander.

"Your head has shrunk, Xander."

"No, Starfire -" He started to say.

"Yes, your head is hideously smaller than everyone else's."

"It was - "

"Robin's head is not as hideously small nor are Cyborg or Beast Boy's."

"Maybe it's a Sunnydale thing." Dawn giggled. "Is my head smaller than Raven's, Starfire?"

"No. It seems to just affect the Sunnydale males. Andrew's might be, Mr. Giles' is not." The alien girl seemed to ponder this for a moment. "He is not from Sunnydale."

"The Hellmouth must have been checking it's own evilness by shrinking all the baby boys heads at birth." Dawn replied

"It can do that?" Starfire asked in awe.

"No, it's not." Xander interrupted whatever Dawn was about to say.

"Actually, it was evil. It might just do that." Dawn smiled.

"His hideously shrunken head frightens me." Starfire flew off to catch up with the rest of the girls.

"Thanks Dawn, now all the girls will be measuring my head."

"No problem, Xan." Dawn smiled brightly.

"Crazy glowing green girls." He muttered, smiling as green bird fluttered past him. "Hey, Beast Boy, wanna help me with something?"