Disclaimer: We (Void of Anguish and myself) do not own Teen Titans. All rights to respective owners. We just did this as a fun project.
All rights to respective owners for the song. Again, we used it to show words the characters want to say, but it is not really being said in dialogue. Songs in order: Alone Together by Fall Out Boy, Dead Inside by Muse, Demolition Lovers by My Chemical Romance, Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood, and Don't Save Me by Haim.
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Chapter 7: Throwback Confessions
As the steel door slid closed down the hall, Roy examined the disk before placing it in his stereo.
Sighing, he pressed play and collapsed on his bed once more as the first song on the playlist filled the depressed atmosphere.
As the high pitched voice sang, Roy felt that bittersweet emotion with every word that spewed out.
-I'm outside the door, invite me in
So we can go back and play pretend
I'm on deck, yeah, I'm up next
Tonight I'm high as a private jet
'Cause I don't know where you're going
But do you got room for one more troubled soul?
I don't know where I'm going…
The words bleed together, Roy no longer paying attention. He only heard the seemingly happy tune.
Only listening half heartedly, he stared out of his window. Watching the sun slowly descend, most of the ball of gas was still out.
-Your lips feel warm to the touch
You can bring me back to life
On the outside you're ablaze and alive
But you're dead inside
Feel me now
Hold me please
I need you to see who I am
Open up to me
Stop hiding from me
It's hurting babe
Only you can stop the pain
Wait was Garth… insulting him or….? Roy felt like this was some sort of breakup song.
Furrowing his brows in confusion, trying to listen to the last of it. Not long after that song finished the next one came on.
Looking at the back if the disc cover was the playlist, the song tags was now playing was called Demolition Lovers.
-Hand in mine, into your icy blues
And then I'd say to you we could take to the highway
With this trunk of ammunition too
I'd end my days with you in a hail of bullets
I'm trying, I'm trying
To let you know just how much you mean to me
And after all the things we put each other through
Was.. Garth really willing… Did he dare tell the the exiled boy about his past addiction? Would he be disgusted with Roy enough to quit the Titans?
-'Cause it's too cold
For you here and now
So let me hold
Both your hands in the holes of my sweater
And if I may just take your breath away
I don't mind if there's not much to say
Sometimes the silence guides our minds
The room was becoming steadily colder, almost claustrophobic. It gripped his throat, cutting off all his senses, it dazed him.
-If you can't hold on
Then baby, baby don't save me now
(If your love isn't strong)
Baby, don't save me now
No, no
And if I have to beg for your love
(Again, and again and again)
Tell me, tell me
Oh, will it ever be enough?
Yes, Garth it was enough! You already have my love!
Roy cursed under his breath.
The pain Garth had was a result of his own insecurity.
-Flash Back-
It was the time before he met Garth.
He had just turned 14. The three of them, Dick, Wally and himself had run away.
Dick was nursing a bullet wound, and Wally felt betrayed by his uncle. While Roy wasn't exactly dandy, he certainly didn't want Oliver with him like Wally and Dick did with their mentors.
Looking at them made him feel much older. Sure Dick was the first 'sidekick' but he was only just a kid.
A 10 year old running around with a bullet wound, a 12 year old with a murderous glare at every blonde male and of course himself a 14 year old freakin' ex-drug addict.
It was already hard to get a hotel room, but a job. It was difficult, since no one would ever hire a 14 year old.
After weeks of searching however, he got a job at the Jump City Music shop. The same week he saw Garth.
But as the oldest, it was his job to look after his younger companions. They're all he has now and he's all they have. If they were going to survive this, they need a place to crash. The money they stole from their guardians could only go so far.
They don't know now but some day they'll know his past.
See you in the next chapter!