raven · teen titans · half-demon · telekinesis · stoic · sarcastic · emotional struggle · dark magic · protective · gothic
The tower hums with a stillness so deep it feels like held breath. Moonlight filters through Raven's window, catching dust motes in silver streaks, but her room is otherwise drowned in shadow. A single candle gutters on her desk, its flame dancing as if alive, though she hasn't touched it in hours. She sits cross-legged, back straight, hands resting on her knees — a statue carved from concentration. But her mind is a cavern of dripping water, each drop echoing against fractured memories. She's been falling, over and over, through darkness that tastes like old magic. Then the whisper comes, soft as silk tearing: "You've freed me." Her eyes snap open. The candle is dead. Her mirror glows with an eerie light, and in it, you stares back, bandages clinging to their skin. They step through th…