Was rewatching Teen Titans and had a plot bunny with two of my favorite characters; Raven and Crowley. Decided to write it and post it anyway because I live in a free country.
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans or Supernatural
To say a knock on the Teen Titan's door was unusual is an understatement.
They are on an island in the ocean at least a half an hour boat ride away from the mainland and, unless it is the T-Car, an hour drive if said car can drive on water.
So yeah, they rarely get at home visits.
Four of the five Titans walked cautiously towards the door. Robin had in communicator in his hand in case he had to call Raven from her room if the visitor was hostile.
Cyborg glanced back at his friends, earning nods saying they were ready, before turning back to the door and opening it.
"Great, you finally answered. I'm here to talk to one of you."
The four Titans paused at the man before them.
He had a Scottish accent and was in a fancy suit, he looked at them with a bored expression. Like four odd looking teens ready to fight him was a common occurrence. "Well? Where's your demon bird? Do I have to make an appointment or something?"
"Are you talking about...Raven?" Beast Boy asked, slipping out of his fighting stance.
"Yes, yes, I would just appear in Birdie's room but last time I did that I was almost ejected from this meatsuit and I rather like this one," The man rolled his eyes.
Robin raised an eyebrow and brought his communicator close to his face. "Um, Raven, you have a visitor."
"Who is it?"
"Um, what's your name?" Cyborg awkwardly asked the man.
"Say it's the King of Hell."
"He says he's the King of Hell," Robin spoke back into the device.
There was the sound of Raven hanging up and two seconds later a black raven appeared in front of the man, the magic disappeared to reveal a very disgruntled Raven.
"What are you doing here, Crowley?" She asked, crossing her arms.
"'Ello to you too, Darling," The man, Crowley, smirked. "I always get such a lovely welcome from you, I truly enjoy our time together."
Raven rolled her eyes and turned to the Titans. "This is Crowley, he's a demon and actually the King of Hell."
"What is this 'Hell' you speak of?" Starfire curiously asked.
"I'll explain later, Star," Robin whispered to her.
"Dude! So you, like, rule over Hell?!"
"My second favorite job," Crowley waved Beast Boy's question off.
"What are you doing here?" Raven asked again, this time more firmly.
"I have information you might be interested in."
The demoness frowned, if Crowley had to come talk to her personally, it must be important… "We can talk in my room, just keep all of your alcohol away from my books."
"Now, Birdie, when have I ever put your precious books in danger?"
Raven rolled her eyes, she summoned the shadow raven to cover her and Crowley and teleported to her room.
"Well...that was...interesting," Cyborg commented as his eyes followed Raven's magic as it phased into the tower.
"Who knew Raven was friends with the King of Hell," Beast Boy muttered.
"We'll have to ask her about it later," Robin crossed his arms. "He didn't seem dangerous, but Raven did say he is a demon."
"I still wish to know what this "Hell" is that you all speak of."
It was two hours later when Raven came into the common room and started to make a cup of tea.
"How'd the meeting go?" Robin started, watching her from the counter stools, feeling that was a good question to start.
The demoness shrugged as she poured the steaming water into a mug with a tea bag already in it. "As good as a meeting with Crowley can go, which is normally decent."
"How come you've never mentioned Crowley before?"
"It was never important. All he does is tell me about any supernatural happenings going on in Jump or gossip about what's happening around Hell, tell me if Hunters are in town."
"Supernatural happenings in Jump? Hunters?" Robin straightened up.
Raven's violet eyes met her leader's eyes, they held an intense storm that everyone in the room could feel. "I'm stopping you right there, Robin. Do not get involved in that world, I will not let you do that to yourself."
Robin held his hands up in surrender as their three other teammates slowly crept up behind him to be close to the conversation. "I just want to know if your safety is on the line."
The demoness probed their mindlink to sense if he was genuine before relaxing. She could feel that he was just concerned about her and their team.
"If there are supernatural happenings in town then that normally brings Hunters, humans that hunt and kill anything supernatural if they hear about it," She takes a sip of her tea. "If Hunters are in town I'm in danger of them finding out I'm half demon and deciding they want to kill me."
"Wait, wait, wait," Cyborg spoke up. "These Hunters would just straight up decide to kill you? Not even think about how you're a superhero?"
Raven shrugged. "They're a one track mind bunch. I'm half demon and that's enough for them to try and kill me. They have special weapons and enchanted objects and all that, nasty stuff that would make death really unpleasant."
"How do we keep these Hunters away, friend Raven?" Starfire asked, concerned about these humans that could hurt and even kill her friend. But they are also humans and she doesn't really want to hurt them, but if she must…
"Crowley's demons do a good job of keeping other supernatural creatures out of Jump, so Hunters are less likely to come by. Those who do don't stay long enough to figure out what I am," The demoness calmly eased her friends. "Plus I'm safe as long as I'm around you guys. Hunters don't mess with aliens, science, or other humans."
"How do we know if something is supernatural or just our usual type of villains?" Robin asked, quick to business.
"I'll tell you," Raven took another sip of her tea. "Then I'll tell Crowley and he'll take care of it. We won't be involved and I'm going to keep it that way. People drop like flies in that world and I would rather not lose you guys that way."
"Why? Do you think we can't handle it?" Beast Boy asked, hopping onto the counter.
"The world of the supernatural chews it's inhabitants up and spits them out, if you're lucky it kills you early," The demoness growled, eyes briefly flashing red before she calmed down, taking another sip of her tea. "I'd rather not see it corrupt you guys."
Raven leaned against a dirty wall, breathing deeply as she bled slowly onto her cloak, ruining it until her Father sends her back to her room and she can get a new one and burn this one.
"I always enjoy our sessions, Birdie," Crowley piped up cheerfully as he cleaned blood off his knives and other torture devices. "I always save my best blades for you."
"Yeah, thanks for the mental scarring, really appreciate it," Raven bitterly drawled. "Torture, just what I wanted."
The demon barked a laugh and set down his tools. "You know, I like you, Birdie. I feel like we could be business partners."
"Yeah, right."
Crowley walked over and crouched down in front of Raven, his voice dropped to a whisper. "Look, Birdie, I have plans, big plans. They involve me sitting on the throne that your Daddy dearest is currently on."
Her panting was loud, but she made eye contact with the demon. "Yeah, what about it?"
"I'll make you a deal. I help you get out of Hell and into a city that I control, few supernatural happenings and even fewer Hunters. In exchange you support my rise to King of Hell."
Raven tilted her head. "No ten years?"
"No ten years."
"I want to add to the deal," She narrowed her eyes. "You keep me informed about what's happening in Hell and the supernatural world, I don't care how I just want to know."
"You always like to spice things up for a girl," Crowley smirked. "I always feel more generous after a good torture session. Deal."
"Do we really have to kiss?"
"You want to seal the deal, right?"
Raven sighed and did her best to sit up, leaning in as her lips met Crowley's. The kiss lasted two seconds before she quickly pulled back, a glare on her face.
"Raven!"
At Trigon's loud bellow down the hall, Crowley quickly stood up and moved back to his tools. "Have your stuff ready by our nest session, hope you like Jump City."
In the show, it isn't really explained why Raven is on Earth. I mean, if my destiny was to destroy the Earth I would stay as far away from Earth as I could. I recently rewatched the Justice League vs Teen Titans movie and Teen Titans: Judas Contract, and in those movies Trigon kidnapped Raven and brought her to Hell for a while. So I had an idea.
This story's backstory:
So Raven was kidnapped from Azarath by Trigon and taken to Hell, where she was tortured (by Crowley) as a way for Trigon to try and corrupt her and appeal to her demon side (ha, it didn't work...just gave Raven trauma, oops). In this Trigon is like Lucifer's more demonic side that acts on it's own, which is why he is on the throne and he needs a portal to get to Earth and take it over. Crowley helped her escape because Trigon's daugther's support basically hands him the throne on a silver platter when Trigon dies.
Crowley basically controls Jump City because only his loyalist and himself do deals in that city, he scared any other demons away from it and made deals with other supernatural creatures to keep it mostly supernatural free for Raven. They make little side deals like if Crowley needs something enchanted or if Raven needs a certain book and other stuff like that, they have a tally system to keep track of their favors.
They have monthly coffee/tea meetings so Crowley can gossip and give information and Raven can get out or rant about that week's villain. Crowley talks shit about the Winchesters and Cas lol.
They have a partnership/friendship, Crowley insists they are best friends.
"We have a bond. Torture just has a way of bringing people together."
"No."
The other Titans: *Can't decide between murder in Raven's honor or shock*
Raven is not a nephilim nor an Antichrist, she's just whatever DC decided to classify her.