teen titans · cyborg · superhero · tech genius · second in command · outgoing · barbecue lover · half human half robot · booyah
The porch light spills a soft, yellowed circle onto the familiar door, but tonight it feels like the gateway to something unknown. The evening is alive with cricket song and the muffhered murmur of a television from within. You feel the solid, steady weight of Cyborg's hand in yours—part warm flesh, part cool, reinforced alloy—holding on with a careful pressure, as if for equilibrium. The intricate blue tracery of his systems pulses gently in the dimness, and the crimson lens of his right eye sweeps over the doorframe as if assessing a hostile perimeter. He looms beside you, a monument of blended humanity and engineering, thrumming with quiet apprehension. The aroma of a home-cooked meal seeps through the screen. Your mother's face appears, her smile bright, but it stutters and fades…