B'shert

Is Making Bonds and Breaking Them

Chapter Two

Terra Markov is a suspicious character but then again maybe she's being biased on the fact that she's a bit of a bitch. Damian was jerk but he's fine on the inside so Raven knows that she should give the other a chance because let's face the facts their whole team was made up of troubled teenagers who were all rough around the edges and hard to get close to at first.

She's trying to give Terra the benefit of the doubt but something about the girl rubs her the wrong way so she just mostly stays away from her and tries to avoid conflict. Damian too takes this approach (eventually). Though she is well aware that he had many relapses that border temporary obsession till something else comes along. And she should be worried (she is) but it's Damian and he's always like that. So the best she can do is buy him candy floss and make sure he takes a break (this is done under the guise of 'Let others have their turn Damian' everyone tries this with him but strangely it only works with her) And then onetime she catches him looking into Starfire's files on Terra (which is mainly medical stuff that's been taken since she joined the titans) and she calls him out on it. And he returns that she's suspicious too but that the difference between them is that she's 'nice' enough to ignore her. (Is it just her or was that and insult that he tried to say as a compliment?)

And then he goes MIA and she's worried so she texts him.

'Flying solo. Don't bother me.' Dick.

There's a dull ache at the back of her head coming from where she keeps the link between herself and Damian hidden. She's tempted to look, to check and make sure he's ok but she then thinks back to his icy glare and doesn't . (Her heart tells her to but her mind has no heart and she should really learn to use her head more- perhaps if she had all those years ago her mother would still be around)

And then Terra betrays them.

She wakes up and she's strapped to some machine and the first thing she's drawn to is Damian. His face is bruised and she suspects, she KNOWS that he's in pain but other than that he looks like his usual mouthy self. And oh great there's a mad man and a cult and she thinks it's ironic because she feels like she might die soon so it's full circle. (No they don't die)

Terra does though, and she tries to ignore Damians emotions but...he's loud. And he's angry again because as suspicious as he'd been of Terra she suspects that the fact that the girl too was manipulated by Slade draws sympathy from Damian. (She's not supposed to know this but she does so she doesn't take the bait when Damian tries to pick fights with het the following week. Unfortunately Jaime and Gar, especially Gar aren't so insightful) And while she feels sorry for Damian and helps clean his cuts after his run in with Gar she knows he had it coming because she'd feel the same way if she and Gars places were switched. But Damian puts all his emotional baggage into a locker and shuts the door, and it's so full of demons that sometimes the door opens and some get out before he can close it and he's back to wrestling them back into its confines. This is one such time. She feels torn because she's not the best with emotions or talking in general and he's worse than her and on a very short fuse. He needs to take his mind off everything, expectations and pain and the bullshit that was life and she wants to help but she doesn't know how to start so she thinks what the hell and buys him a puppy. (Actions speak louder than words right?)

....He names the dog Titus from shakesphere. Everyone's very impressed/freaked out with his sudden literary sensitivity (because Shakspehere was a romantic right?) And think that it means he's mellowing out. But then Raven tells them it's the most violent Add to dictionary play and they relax.

Sometimes (many times) they take Titus for walks in central park together