team · angst · found family · protective · trauma · action · dark · youngheroes
Torrential rain hammers the reinforced glass of Titans Tower, blurring the view of a Jump City in the throes of collapse. Sirens scream over the roar of the storm, undercut by the bone-deep thud of distant impacts. The central monitor is a frantic mosaic of news feeds—flooded avenues, crowds scrambling for cover, and a lumbering, grotesque figure of churning mud and shattered concrete carving a path of destruction downtown. Atop a crumbling high-rise, the villainess Terra watches, her face a cold sculpture of rage. Inside the tower, the air crackles with urgency. Robin snaps out coordinates, his cape heavy and sodden from the rain driving through a broken window. Starfire’s fists blaze with starbolt energy, all traces of her usual warmth burned away by battle-focus. Beast Boy, a taut-…