SQ: This chapter is rated M for mature - there are major sexytimes in this one, readers, you have been warned. Enjoy!

[Chapter 21: Arhaie Love]

When Raven's tears finally ceased, the Teen Titans had a small ceremony for Orion. They cleaned up Raven's room, the boys trying hard not to touch Raven's personal items but finding it difficult since everything was personal.

A few days passed in silence, in mourning. The others let Raven be, which Raven was grateful, all except Starfire. Which Raven was also grateful.

That night Hoarfrost was killed, that night Orion died, burned in Raven's mind and would be forever remembered. The pure affection Raven felt was unlike any other. Her tears were proof of that. But Raven's tears did not extend to Starfire.

No, they dried because of Starfire.

Raven couldn't begin to grasp her love for Starfire, and the power of Starfire's love in return.

Starfire's arhaie love.

Love so deep it made Raven able to break past Hoarfrost's spell.

So deep it called Raven's darkness to it.

Called and welcomed it.

But Raven's powers still pushed against her skin. Less so from the love of her friends. Less so from being this close to Starfire so often. Less so, but still, not enough.

One afternoon, as they secluded themselves from the others in Starfire's bedroom – Raven reading in the sunshine, Starfire twirling in some ancient alien dance – Raven finally realized what her power wanted.

Starfire.

It wanted Starfire, whole and forever. The arhaie love unbroken and unleashed. And Raven wanted that, too.

But how would she ask Starfire for something like that?

Raven stood and moved to her love's side, grabbing Starfire's hand in her own. One hand rested on Starfire's waist, pulling her close. And at that moment, Raven knew she didn't have to ask. If gazes could set fire, Starfire's would burn Raven in a heartbeat.

Raven guided Starfire to the bed and pushed her down onto it. She took a breath, wanting to be sure. "Starfire, is this what you want?"

Starfire wrapped her hands around Raven's neck, teasing her hair, tracing the line of her chin, gently touching her mouth. "Yes, my Raven, this is what I want."

Raven kissed her. Softly, at first, then harder. Raven wanted to take this slow. But Starfire returned the gesture by wrapping her fingers in Raven's hair, by caressing Raven's breast, by pushing her leg between Raven's.

Raven pulled back, gasping by such immediate contact. She searched Starfire's eyes.

Starfire smiled. "You are not the only one longing for this, my arhaie."

Raven's lips tugged upward. She glanced at the door, flicking some darkness towards it. The lock clicked. "That's good to know. But–"

Starfire rested a hand between Raven's breasts. Her heartbeat pounded, surely Starfire could feel it. If she did, Starfire didn't mention it. Instead, she said, "And if anything is too much, I will let you know."

Raven nodded, intending on answering but Starfire cut her off with a kiss. One so deep, so long, it left Raven weak.

"But let me be the first to tell you, my Raven, not much scares me."

Raven considered this a challenge. "Oh really? Well, that's good to know, too."

She slowly undressed Starfire, not with hands but with her powers. Her darkness coiled around the straps of Starfire's shirt and slipped it off. The skirt slid off, too. Raven hardly noticed the pink bra, the yellow undies, the darker socks. Her darkness pulled them off as well, so fast Starfire laughed.

"That tickles," she whispered.

A smile grew on Raven's lips. Starfire was beautiful. More beautiful than anything Raven had ever seen. More beautiful than anything on this world or any other world. Her skin glimmered. Her breasts, small but perfectly oval in a way that human women would envy – Raven considered that it must be an alien's gift. Her muscles gleamed, tight across her stomach. A bright red bush hid the gem between her legs.

Raven let out a breath. "You're stunning, Starfire. Completely beautiful."

"Perhaps in your eyes," Starfire whispered. "But I would like to see your beauty as well."

And before Raven could stop her, Starfire had pinned her down and started on Raven's cloak, unpinning it from round Raven's neck. Raven shimmied off of it. Starfire's hands drifted down Raven's form, slipping the dark shirt off, unhooking the pants and letting them fall. But Raven barely noticed it. All her senses narrowed in on how Starfire's hands felt on her skin.

The slight burn it left behind.

Heat crossed her cheeks but Raven didn't care. Starfire ran a hand down Raven's leg – just her leg and nothing else – and Raven moaned. Shuddered. An ache coiled inside her. She closed her eyes.

Starfire laughed again, a soft tinkling. "We will do you, first, my love, since your power wants me so."

Raven opened them and looked down. Starfire had to know. Her voice came out deep, rough. "Not my power. Me. I want you, Starfire."

"I know." Starfire gestured to the darkness wrapping around her legs, her stomach, her chest, the tendrils that caressed her breasts, that pushed back a lock of her hair, that stroked her thigh. She gasped as it dove into the hidden place between her legs.

Raven's eyes widened. She called her darkness back. Heat burned on her ears now. She hadn't even know her powers had been doing that. How the hell? But it was exactly what she wanted to do to Starfire. Her powers just did it for her. "Sorry," she mumbled.

Starfire climbed up to her and rested a hand to Raven's cheek. "I know you want me. But I want you more."

Pressing Raven's hands down with both of her own, Starfire captured Raven's left nipple and swirled it. Even with that simple touch, Raven bucked. Pleasure dove between her legs, aching for release.

This would not last long.

Starfire removed one hand and cupped Raven's other breast, squeezing. Raven cried out. The ache deepened.

Starfire dipped lower, running the fingers of both her hands down Raven's side. Raven trembled, shoving her hands into the sheets of Starfire's bed, if only to stop them from shoving Starfire down faster.

But Starfire took her time. She kissed circles down Raven's belly, around the bottom curves of her breasts, over her legs, and finally on the inside of Raven's thighs.

Raven spread her legs, giving Starfire clear access to her need. And still Starfire took it slowly, slower than Raven would've liked at least.

She dipped her mouth close to Raven's folds, teasing her lips open, breathing warmth onto her. Then she licked, long and sensuous, down and up Raven's folds. Raven moaned, pleasure rippling through her body. Starfire dove in, her tongue teasing places Raven never dreamed of, never thought of, never knew about even. Raven bucked, but Starfire held her down.

Finally Starfire focused on Raven's clit. Sucking it into her mouth, Starfire worked her over. Swirling over it with her tongue. Pressing then releasing. Raven screamed. She couldn't help it. Her body twisted away. Twisted back. The beautify agony of it all coiled tighter in her.

"Starfire," Raven yelled.

Starfire pulled away but replaced her mouth with three fingers, pushing in deeper and deeper, withdrawing then shoving inside once more. Beckoning her closer. Closer. Closer! Beckoning her to come. Raven moaned again, pleasure crashing over her body in waves, great terrible lovely waves. She threw her head sideways, then back, arching into Starfire.

Breathing ragged, her muscles contracted around Starfire, then released, sending trembles down Raven's body, one solid burst of pleasure that drew Raven's loudest noise.

And suddenly Starfire was kissing her. Starfire's body pressed completely on top of her, soft flesh molding to Raven's, breasts sinking into Raven's chest, hands wrapped around her neck and into her hair, leg pushing against Raven's wetness, eyes locked onto Raven's. In all of this, even without Starfire's beckoning fingers inside her, Raven came again. Sweet pleasure, sweet love, rippling down her core.

It ended, slowly, as it started. Starfire pulled back, leaving Raven heaving for breath but happier than she had been in months, years even.

But Raven needed more. Not more from Starfire, more of Starfire.

Darkness spread from Raven's body, ebbing into the room, washing out all light. Starfire's eyes blazed.

Raven shifted positions, propping herself up onto one arm and pulled Starfire beneath her. Raven turned the darkness into tendrils. The tendrils drifted toward Starfire, holding her down onto the bed, holding her captive, but gently.

"Is this okay?" Raven looked at Starfire, spread eagle, waiting for her.

Starfire nodded, then smiled.

Raven ran her hands down Starfire's sides, caressing her breasts and thighs. Starfire's soft skin slicekened under Raven's hands. She sucked one of Starfire's nipples into her mouth, enjoying the sudden gasp from her love. She willed one of her dark tendrils over Starfire's thigh, snaking around to the inner portion and twisting into the red hair found there. Starfire moaned.

But not enough.

Popping the nipple from her mouth, Raven focused on the other, all the while willing her tendrils closer and closer to Starfire's folds. Starfire arched. Raven withdrew, slightly. Starfire whimpered, but Raven smiled. Starfire had given her a challenge, after all.

Raven drifted her hands down Starfire's sides, feather light. She bit Starfire's nipple then pulled back, kissing her lips instead. Her hands came back up and captured Starfire's breasts. But she willed her dark tendrils closer to Starfire's folds, gently prying them open and flicking Starfire's clit. Star's eyes opened, widened.

Raven deepened the kiss, pushing her tongue past Starfire's lips. She pressed her leg between Starfire's and rubbed, up and down, up and down. Still her tendrils teased Starfire, swirling around, pinching ever so softly, pressing slightly into Starfire's folds. Starfire moaned, eyes fluttering shut, body rocking to Raven's dark time.

Raven withdrew. Completely. She eyed Starfire, the heaves and trembles of her body. How Starfire struggled against her bonds.

Starfire locked eyes. "Ra- Raven."

Raven nodded. She slipped between Starfire's legs, smelling the wild woman scent, tasting it, pressing her tongue deeper into Starfire, finding her spot and caressing it. Wrapping her darkness around Starfire's breasts. She withdrew her mouth, and pressed her fingers inside Starfire's wetness. Deeper. Gently rocking with Starfire's time. Her darkness rushed inside Starfire, too.

Starfire screamed. Moaned. Writhed. Then, with a look of pure ecstasy resting in a smile on her lips, she came. Hot wetness into Raven's hand. Raven kept her fingers insdie Starfire until the trembles ceased, then pulled them out and rested her head on Starfire's shoulder. Raven's magic disappeared, freeing Starfire.

In response, Starfire wrapped her arms around Raven and kissed her forehead. Raven smiled at the rapid heartbeat beneath her ear, the ragged breath on her hair, the slickened skin. The way Starfire looked at her when they locked eyes.

Raven reached up to touch Starfire's cheek. "I love you, Starfire."

Starfire leaned into the caress, then kissed Raven's palm. "I love you too, Raven."

And with that knowledge, finally, Raven's powers calmed down for good.

[The End]

SQ: This story is complete! I hope you liked the end. If you like this story, go read Fetch Her Heart – a crossover featuring Elsa from Frozen and Astrid from How To Train Your Dragon. There will be sexytimes in that story, too. Until next time!