Threads and Spider Webs

Or

Connections

Starfire-Robin

There were many moments where Starfire felt in awe of the young man, he was strong, compassionate, outstandingly handsome and loyal. But there were also moments where she could not help but feel like slapping her head, he was stubborn, dense and less rational than a potato at times. But she loved him and one does what one can.

Starfire-Raven

Starfire appreciated Raven and often felt that without the other girl she would be lost in the cultures of Earth, which was odd considering that Raven wasn't from Earth either…One day she pointed this out and to her surprise Raven looked up from her book and blinked several times very quickly "I hadn't ever thought about that."

Star smiled "Perhaps we can enjoy experiencing these other cultures together?" she nearly hugged Raven when the other girl nodded.

Starfire-Cyborg

It was well known that Cyborg treated both girls as his little sisters, Raven needed protection from those who didn't understand her and Starfire from those who would take advantage of her. It was a new experience for her. Blackfire was a complicated knot of emotions and her own brother was younger than her and had disappeared many years ago. A family like this was something she had never really experienced, they were tattered but it was nice, and while Robin seemed to embody work Cyborg was family and fun.

Starfire-Beast Boy

Out of every creature she had ever seen Beast Boy was the oddest. He tried his hardest to never be upset and honestly tried. Usually he failed and it ended poorly for him but he never gave up. There were many days where she thought that he would just fold and not try again, but he always stood up. It was impressive considering how frail humans were compared to her own people. It was very hard to reconcile that when he finally gained the form of her people and yet could not fly.

Robin-Starfire

It was an odd turn around. When Starfire held his hand he felt like he was the one who could fly from happiness. No matter what it was as long as she was happy and with him things would be alright. Soon he learned that the type of contact had different…expiration dates. Holding hands would leave him fuzzy for a few minutes, a kiss on the cheek and he was off his game for an hour. A few make out sessions would leave him totally like a puddle of melted butter for a day. And well, the big one? He would have been more relaxed but the first time he wound up in the med bay because she had forgotten how easily human pelvises crack…

Robin-Raven

Robin stared as he watched Raven playing video games and Beast Boy look on silently with an indulgent smile as she ripped some snake thing through a guy's chest. "Raven…you're playing video games?"

She paused before she looked at him and it took her several moments to process what he said "Um, yeah. It's got a good story of a guy who gets his powers from evil and wonders if he should use them for revenge. Now if you'll excuse me I'm almost at the boss."

Robin turned away stunned as Beast Boy reminded her "Now remember that you've got that new execution move…"

Robin-Cyborg

Cyborg didn't often butt heads all out with Robin, but when he did there was something one of them was missing. When it did happen it caused huge rifts to open up on the team as each member would side with who they thought was right and it often lead to one person gaining the other three's support. Usually it was caused when Robin was pushing too hard or was ignoring the obvious to fuel his own theories. Those were the times that hurt the worst because he would be standing there alone with Cyborg staring at him with disapproval and Starfire beside him looking sick with worry.

Robin-Beast Boy

Beast Boy and Robin had the most complicated relationship on the team. One would think that it would be simple because Beast Boy himself was simple. It couldn't have been further from the truth, both parts. It took a very long time for the team to uncover that Beast Boy was complex enough to remind Robin of Batman and that wasn't something he was comfortable with. In all honesty it was rarer to find them at peace with each other. Part of it was their views, Robin always expected them working while Beast Boy understood the value of recovery.

Raven-Starfire

Raven was never interested in social interactions and not so much on what was going in in celebrity world. Starfire, however, loved it. With how often they spent time together it often came up and Raven, willing or not, would know about the latest scandal and who was dating who and why so and so got a divorce. She never really saw the relevance-she had far too much to worry about in her own life. After awhile listening to her chatter ceased to be irritating and became endearing.

Raven-Robin

There was a large part of the population that believed that Raven and Robin were in love. Word quickly spread in the tower and that particular week was hell. Starfire had ran away crying before either of them had a chance to say that it wasn't true. Cyborg didn't believe it but he did keep an eye on them. Beast Boy seemed to go mute at it, for several weeks he didn't say anything and would often be found hiding from everyone thinking. His actions were also very hostile to everyone. It took months for everything to get back to normal, they had to physically pin Star down and explain things to her, they managed to get Cy as a captive audience by waiting until he was on his charger. Though she hated to do it the only way to explain things was for Raven to crawl into his dreams and speak to him.

Raven-Cyborg

Besides Beast Boy they were the closest on the team to each other. Raven appreciated this more than he would admit since she knew how prickly she was. Many people likened it to hugging a cactus, which was appropriate since Cyborg really couldn't care less since he was mostly made of metal. That was the seen side of their relationship, the other was how often Raven bent to accommodate and reassure him. He was metal but was not a monster. He was large but not intimidating. He wasn't her brother but he was family. There were many days that they spent in the garage helping each other through whatever logical, moral or emotional knot they were involved in.

Raven-Beast Boy

The one most honest with her emotions was Rage. Beast Boy was a near endless source of irritation, but only because he could not afford to stop and think. After she broke into his mind during the debacle about her and Robin she realized that he forced himself to be impulsive because of what his memories did to him when he did stop. She often wondered how he functioned until she found the pills. The prescriptions were high. As in illegally so. When she had helped him through it Rage never once said anything about the boy, it was almost like her emotion was mad for him. Rage was changing. She was now mad at the world that made him sad. Angry at those who marked him with scars. Wrathful to everything that hurt him. Rage was the first to fall in love with him.

Cyborg-Starfire

One of his best memories to date was him treating Robin. He couldn't stop laughing as Robin explained why he had a cracked pelvis. The entire time Starfire looked like the cat that got the cream. Chuckling he got the Boy Wonder fixed up and laying in his own bed before he went back to the medical bay and asked the still smirking Starfire "Really? You cracked his pelvis?"

She giggled innocently "You said make things memorable!" he could only respond by pinching the bridge of his nose and trying not to laugh.

Cyborg-Robin

Cyborg took his job as second in command very seriously. It didn't look like it but he quickly realized, as in first week, that his job was also to take care of Robin who would often overwork himself. At first he tried talking Robin into sleeping, eating, or whatever it was but that quickly fell through. Later he started drugging Robin, often sleep meds or when Star asked a few drops of…special medicine. About half a year after Robin and Starfire got married and she got pregnant he had a new and devious threat that always got a reaction. And the simplicity was something of awe. Just as Star to tell him.

Cyborg-Raven

Raven and Cyborg had a very unique understanding. They were the only two who could talk about not being accepted, Robin and Starfire were and Beast Bow wasn't so much 'not accepted' as 'ostracized' and 'hated'. This link was something that helped them forge their bonds. But in many ways that was also the bond that he helped her with more than any other-Raven never knew what was expected of a normal person, the life that Cyborg led before his accident. She went to him first for everything except when it concerned someone else's opinion or specialty.

Cyborg-Beast Boy

Being best friends don't mean you understand them all of the time…or even a fraction of the time. He quickly found this out as he was laughing his butt off, literally rolling on the floor with B who was wiping the tears away from his face as fast as he could but still couldn't halt the deluge. Before them lay the greatest prank that anyone could have ever pulled off. Move over Liberace, here comes Robin! The sparkling pink mask was scrunched in irritation but any threatening posture was decidedly whisked away by the baby blue lenses with neon purple hearts, in Cy's opinion it looked like a rainbow threw up on Robin.

As the two of them settled down for their eight weeks of extra chores Cyborg looked over to see Raven and Starfire laughing he turned to the changeling and said "So worth it." rubbing his chin he continued "But how did you do all that to his close while he was still in them?"

Beast Boy-Starfire

Beast Boy often wondered what would have happened if Blackfire could have flown. Would they still have met the alien princess or would they not even formed the Titans to begin with? The possibilities stormed through his mind like too many ants with no trail to follow. His mind started to move in parallels to that which he was force to live, would she have still been made a slave, wouldshe havebeensoldofftoanotherempire,wouldshehavebeentakenaway,WHATWOULDHAVEHAPPENEDTOHERFAMILY? the possibilities swirled around faster and faster and his lungs couldn't get any breath and the world started to swirl and he was about to black out when-

"Friend Beast Boy? Are you alright?" the tears in his eyes gave his answer and she sat beside him quietly.

Beast Boy-Robin

Robin and Beast Boy glared at each other across the table, Cyborg sat on one side while the girls the other. The green man's cheek was deeply bruised from just under his eye all the way to his jaw and from his ear to his lips. Robin had punched him for disobeying orders even though Beast Boy had gotten them all free and completed the mission, the parallels to the Doom Patrol were staggering. Starfire was pointing out to the leader how stupid he had to be to punch the other and soon the properly chastised man sighed "Alright, Beast Boy. I was wrong. Go ahead and punch me."

The others looked sufficiently pleased before Beast Boy growled "If I was going to punch you it would be as a Kodiak bear." and he walked off.

Beast Boy-Raven

Beast Boy smiled as Raven was snuggled into his chest sleeping soundly. The road to this place had been hard and longer than he'd ever care to admit but here it was. His wife was sleeping against him and in her belly his twin daughters. He sighed and allowed his mind to drift, slowly and cautiously as she had taught him, then his mind could wander into even the darkest recesses of his soul with no fear. But no matter what came he knew this, Raven would be an excellent mother and she trusted him to help take care of and love their babies. That's all that mattered.

Beast Boy-Cyborg

Beast Boy was in the form of a cat…currently annoying his best friend by sitting on the hood of the T-car as it sat in the sun. The rest of the team was off enjoying the park, but Cyborg had planned to drop them off and go somewhere else, which was not happing on the green man's watch "Come on B, I wanna go get-" he was cut off by a loud purr "Dude! I seriously don't need this right now." the cat stared at him for several long moments before Cy shrunk back and sighed "Aight, I'll go play…" and he walked off morosely.

The cat smiled and laid back down on the perfectly heated metal for a nap, his final thought before dreams took him were Yep, can't really argue with a full grown tiger.