Nearing the end of this story! And when I do finish this will officially be the first multichapter fanfic I've ever completed because I'm an absolute trash human LOL. Anyone who wants to challenge me to also do an epilogue for this story please go right ahead. I think after this there will be one more chapter!
Song is "Where's Your Heart Gone" – Golden Youth
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DISCLAIMER: I own none of the things already owned by other people.
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Raven sat across from her maroon counterpart, palms pressed together, chin gently resting on top. She was staring her down like they were in a contract negotiation. Pragma was leaning back comfortably in her chair. She took a delicate sip of her drink, the light of the oil lamp catching the deep blue of her mug. Her smile welcomed Raven's cold gaze like a condescending neighbour.
"So, you said before… you think he likes us back?"
Pragma glanced around her house, bursting with little mementos of all the time and effort Beast Boy has showered on her over the years. All the photos in the silver frames were of the two them, moments from when they were young bleeding into the more recent. Their first hug, the first movie he dragged her to, the day at the botanical garden. Her slapping a wig off his head so he'd finally stop speaking in a British accent. All the times on the rocks in front of the tower, them asleep in the back of T-car together on one of the Titan's first road trips. Pictures of their perfect Saturday mornings. Faintly in the background Raven could hear a song playing.
In the morning time, when I see your eyes
Be my ocean faith, no one can replace you
"Oh no why would I think that." Seems even her more radical counterparts are still sarcastic.
"Look Raven, why exactly are you here? From what I can tell we're in your mind space not his. Not exactly the best place to try and analyze someone else's emotions." Okay, didn't realize this emotion was… kind of a bitch.
Raven let out a sigh, bringing her hands up to cover her face. She really didn't know why she was here, just that she was trying to find something to make what she was about to do undeniably the best course of action, the only course of action.
"I just…"
"Look I know every excuse and every reservation holding you back…considering I am you."
Raven met her gaze head on.
"But do you really think the two of you are going to just live the rest of your lives like this? As if your relationship can be preserved in an amber, turned into a fossil?"
Raven was starting to understand why her frankness could at times be in a word…exasperating.
"I mean honestly sweetheart; you're sitting across from the psychical manifestation of your love for him…"
Light is creeping in, both our legs are hid
Want that day to come with the morning sun
"Alright I get it." Raven rolled her eyes so she could avert her gaze and leaned back in the chair.
"Don't you want more?"
Where's your heart gone? What's your head done?
Keep your love close to you
Where's your heart gone? What's your head won?
Keep your love close to you
Raven slowly blinked twice before sitting back up to stare across the table one more time. She had been so worried about losing what they had now, the thought of that else it could turn in hadn't really crossed her mind. To be frank, the way they were together already gave her a sense of contentment she'd been told she would never have. But this idea of more? Buried the past few days under images of his empty room and quiet Saturday mornings. Black and white; silence and frost. Bleak was the word to describe how she was imagining her days without him, but what would it be like to actually be with him. Her mind shifted over to technicolour as a different set of images started to play out.
I feel that hands rolling when I touch your skin
You may not want me to, I still belong to you
She shivered thinking about more nights drifting off to sleep together, more mornings waking up in his arms. Stealing his sweaters, holding his hand. His hands…she started to blush thinking about what they would feel like in her own, running through her hair, his fingers gripping into her, tracing along her hip and then gently caressing down her leg…
There's so much I've told you and all that I've shown you
There's so much love in you
There's so much I've told you and all that've shown you
There's so much of home in you
"I have to go."
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Beast Boy was smirking as he left his room, having just grabbed the gifts he'd been saving for Rita and the rest of the Doom Patrol. Hopefully they would be a good way to soften the blow. But as he was sprinting down the hall, getting ready to jump out a window and into the sky, his hand reached into his pocket to find his infamous coin. He twirled it between his fingers, taking a minute to stop and really think. As it turns out, it wasn't just the coin he sometimes torments Raven with, but one of the last pieces of his parents that he had. This was the coin his Dad had given his Mom on their first date, a story his Dad had liked to tell him over and over again.
Metal, especially coins, hold energy. All the love your mom and I have for each other and for you are here in this lira. See, a long time ago your mother and I were just students, and we both were at this whole new school in Italy. Your mom was very nervous about a big presentation, so I offered to go for a walk with her. She was so beautiful, just like how she is now. Suddenly, I found this coin on the ground right in front of a little café. Anyways, because your Dad is the smoothest and most debonair gentleman out there, I suggested we go in for a coffee and some cake. At the end I slipped the coin into her hand, told her it was for luck…and the rest is history!
Beast Boy could still picture his Dad winking at him, as if it was only yesterday that they were all together in Africa. Under the blanket of stars, listening to the sounds of the jungle. He squeezed his hand, holding onto the idea that all that love was still there vibrating in the little silver coin. His eyes lit up for a second when he caught a glimpse of an extra gift box sitting on his desk.
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Sorry short chapter but expect another update soon!
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