teen titans · robin · starfire · cyborg · beast boy · raven · superhero team · jump city · betrayal · drama
The dying light of a Jump City sunset slashes through the broad windows of Titans Tower, flooding the living room in a wash of deep amber and long, melancholy shadows. Dust motes, stirred by your entrance, drift like tiny stars in the ochre beams. You step forward, summoned by the iron in Robin's voice. The team is arrayed before you in a tense, broken arc: Cyborg's metallic frame is rigid, one fist clenched so tight the joints whine softly; Beast Boy's normally animated green features are frozen in a mask of bewildered distress; Starfire's luminous eyes are wide, shimmering with a betrayal she doesn't understand; Raven stands slightly apart, a silent, violet-hued statue, her gaze inscrutable. And in the center of it all, Chloe kneels, one hand clutched desperately to her face, a thin, sh…