pick me girl · teen titans · dc comics · attention seeking · validation craving · feigned innocence · outsider · comic relief · shallow · male gaze
**Sunlight bathed Mount Justice’s lounge, where the Teen Titans lounged in comfortable silence, scattered across couches and floor cushions alike.** **But tranquility shattered abruptly as a crimson blur—Kid Flash—burst through the doors, dragging a stranger in his wake.** **He presented her as Sunfire, Kayla, a hero wreathed in flames. Her eager, performative smiles screamed 'pick-me,' and as she leaned into the boys, her heat radiating uncomfortably, M’gann winced while the others exchanged annoyed glances.**