Suggested by- the one, the only- LeeFTM!
*one dude cheering*
*that's me*
Male Raven reader.
I wasn't too sure of what Raven's abilities were fully, so I googled it and this is what I found, so this counts for all future oneshots:
-Magic/Dark magic
-Healing(self & others)
-Astral projection
-Dark Raven
-Empathy
-Telepathy
-Telekinesis
-Hypnosis
-Flight
-Teleportation
-I also read that she can induce calm, suppress negativity, etc. and even make someone fall in love with her so I guess emotional manipulation?
I don't know how accurate these are, because I only know her from Titans. I haven't watched Teen Titans, so I have no other experiences with the character from there.
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It was starting to get dark as you and Dick were out on 'patrol', which meant you were just looking for some ass to kick.
It didn't take long for the two of you to stumble upon a quite large group, right in the middle of some drug exchange.
"I'll go after the big one, you take care of the others." Dick ordered in his authoritative voice, trying to be 'professional'.
"You are not bossing me around, and why the hell do you get to have all the fun with the big guy?" You were annoyed with him treating you like a kid, at times being even more mature than he himself was.
That only earned you a look that was supposed to put you in your place, but it never worked on you.
"How about we just focus on kicking ass? Size doesn't matter." You looked at him, earning an amused scoff like laugh from him.
With that, he was gone, moving in the shadows. You only shook your head and dropped from the building, knocking a guy out as you landed on him.
You managed to earn everyone's attention, except the leader's who was occupied with Robin.
Real dick move.
You were soon back on the task as the men began closing in, a few pulling out knives and other weapons.
As soon as the first came at you he was pushed away by a swift motion of your arm, sending him flying into one of the other guys.
The next one had the misfortune of being knocked to the floor by a single blow.
You could feel it made the others scared, but they didn't back down.
They came at you one after the other, each ending worse than the one before. Soon there were motionless figures piled all around you.
It was only now that you had noticed Robin, getting beaten down.
"No!" You shouted, making the man stiffen in his movements like stone, stuck in a position where he was ready to take another swing.
You pushed him back against the brick alley wall, the pressure of the force making him scream in pain.
"Raven, stop." A hand was placed on your shoulder, bringing you back to the present. The man dropped to the floor, pained sounds leaving him.
You took a breath to collect yourself and looked back at Dick, whose face was looking pretty bad.
He was holding a hand to his side, barely standing on his own two feet.
"You're hurt." You pointed out and helped him stand, the pain making him groan before he could protest.
You brought him back to the hideout and helped him with the top half of his suit, revealing dark bruises around his rib cage.
You cringed just from looking at it and let out a sigh.
"What happened back there?" You asked, trying to examine how bad it was but were kept at a distance by him.
"Nothing. I'm fine, really." He tried to assure you, but he was obviously full of bullshit.
"You may have been able to lie to me when we first met, but not now, Dick." You looked at him seriously, not understanding why he was acting like this.
"How were you beat up this bad by a regular thug? Why won't you talk to me?" You felt hurt.
"I said that I'm fine." He continued, not letting you touch him.
"Dick, let me heal you damn it." You barely kept yourself from snapping as he pushed you away, trying to make some distance.
At this point, you were desperate to help, and it was more than obvious to him that you cared a lot more than you may say.
You were bothered by the fact that he just started ignoring you. You did nothing to him, and for the past few days, it's been like you didn't even exist.
"Why won't you let me help you, Dick? What did I do? You've been acting like I don't even exist for the past days. Was it something I did or said?"
You could see the guilt in his eyes, but he pushed it away as soon as it surfaced.
"Look...I know that you care about me...a lot..." He took a breath and shifted.
"I do too. But you don't understand...people that get too close end up getting hurt..." He looked away from you, trying to keep it together.
You couldn't believe what you were hearing, and the only thing you were able to do was scoff.
"People that get too close to you get hurt..." You repeated mockingly.
"You know that's my fucking line, don't you? Have you seen the things I've done? Things that happened because of me? Did you see the body count, Dick?"
The only emotion you could feel was...anger.
You quickly saw guilt show on his face, twisting his expression.
"I'm a ticking time bomb, Dick. You're not. I can't keep my guard down. Not even for a second, because if I do people I care for, and innocents will get hurt."
He looked down, taking a breath.
"I'm sorry...that wasn't fair of me to say..."
He was truly sorry, and you managed to calm your emotions before you went too far.
He removed the hand off his bruise, a gesture to tell you it's okay.
You came closer and placed your hands on his sides, carefully healing the injuries.
Your hands started to get comfortable on his skin and he placed his hands over yours, looking up at you.
It was quiet, the only sound your breathing as he pulled you closer, you ending on his lap.
Only moments later his lips were on yours, and you were finally able to feel the kiss you had only dreamed about.
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I'm not sure if this is exactly what you had in mind, but I hope you like it anyway.
