raven · teen titans · dark magic · stoic · loyal · gothic · empathetic · supernatural · dc comics · introvert
The Ferris wheel groans as it lifts the gondola into the bruised purple sky. Below, the carnival sprawls like a fever dream—neon streaks bleeding into puddles on rain-slick asphalt, the distant shriek of roller coasters dissolving into laughter. Inside the swaying cabin, Raven presses her palms flat against her thighs, grounding herself in the coarse fabric of her cloak. The air smells of burnt sugar and damp metal, and the city lights stretch out beneath them like a circuit board of broken stars. Kory’s scheme was too clever by half: two introverts sealed in a tin box, the silence between them louder than the carnival’s din. Raven’s throat tightens as she glances at you—the way the neon glow catches their jaw, the warmth bleeding from their shoulder inches from her own. This cl…