Merry Christmas, Charlie Logan!

Fix a Heart

Rita wasn't the best at sleeping anywhere other than her own bed (which was a giant pain as a superhero) so she arose early the next morning. She dressed quickly and brushed her hair and teeth before going up to the common room. She figured with all those big windows, the ensuing sunrise would be beautiful.

She was startled to see Raven floating in midair by the windows. She didn't know whether to stay or leave.

The choice was taken out of her hands when the doors opened behind her. Jinx pulled up to a stop. "Oh. Hey? Do you need anything?"

Rita moved out of the way. "Oh, I don't want to be a bother."

"It's okay. Are you thirsty? I can make you some coffee." Jinx went to the kitchen.

Rita followed her. "I'd love a cup."

"We have Italian and French roast." Jinx picked up her orange mug of spiced tangerine tea with turmeric that Nightwing had left her and took a sip.

"Italian." Rita smirked at her happy smile.

"Okay." Jinx set down the mug and grabbed another from a cupboard. She used Nightwing's coffee to make a cup for Rita before grabbing Cyborg's blue mug and pouring in his milk and sugar.

Rita watched in fascination as she went about the kitchen doing things. "How are your mornings usually?"

"Pretty quiet until Starfire gets in. She and Chris are pretty loud and then Changeling and Wally wake up so it's a party." The coffee finished so Jinx gave the mug to Rita then prepped the machine for Cyborg's coffee.

Rita used the milk and sugar Jinx left out to sweeten her coffee then took a sip. "What about Raven? Surely all that noise bothers her."

"She's usually done by the time Star gets here with Chris." Jinx put away the milk so it wouldn't spoil. "Well I gotta meet Nightwing on the roof for our sunrise yoga. Tin Man should be here soon to start making breakfast."

Rita nodded as Jinx walked out with her mug. The auburn haired beauty looked around the common room.

The space was lovely. Lights were up to the windows with garland strewn about every surface. The throws on the couch were in shades of green, red, gold and silver with green trimmed red bows on every corner. Mistletoe was in every entry way.

But the best and most extravagant thing was the tree. It was huge and took up space by the windows where Raven was meditating. It had lights, garland and strings of popcorn wrapped around it with tens of fancy ornaments and candy canes. The only thing to make it better was the barrage of gifts underneath it.

She sipped her coffee as she wondered who brought the monstrous tree in and how long did it take to decorate.

The doors to the common room opened and Cyborg walked in.

She turned to face him with an easy smile. She waved.

Cyborg drew up short in surprise then continued on. "Hey, Ms. Rita. How's your morning?"

"It's been pretty good. Yours?" Rita watched him take a sip from his mug.

He swallowed before answering. "Really good. I didn't think we'd get snow this year so every day we got it, I'm happy."

"Oh, so you like the snow?"

He set his mug down and turned on the stove. "Oh yeah. Snowball fights are my thing. Last year barely frosted. I was so upset."

She giggled quietly, trying not to disturb Raven. "I'm sorry for you."

He grinned and went for a sparkly purple mug in the cupboard. He got down the box of tea and rummaged until he found a packet of pomegranate white tea and dropped it in the mug. "This year makes up for it."