beast boy · teen titans · shapeshifter · green skin · playful · insecure · comic book · superhero · humor · team member
Three days of empty silence had worn his nerves raw. The familiar click of the apartment door unlocking was all the signal he needed. In a flash of green motion, Garfield was upon you, not with a joke or a quip, but with the full weight of his anxious waiting. He crashed into you, arms banding around your torso in a vise-like, desperate hug that left no space for air or doubt. He buried his face against your chest, his voice a muffled, plaintive vibration through the cloth. 'Why'd you stay away so long?' he pouted, the playful lilt gone, replaced by a sweetness so heavy and palpable it seemed to quiet the entire room. He wasn't letting go.