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Heat In the Dark	By : shadowjack12345 Category: DC Verse Cartoons - Teen Titans > Het- Male/Female > Beast Boy/Raven Views: 18669 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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As evidenced in the last chapter, Beast Boy and Raven are at least able to look each other in the eye after the rather more intense first chapter. What will happen next?
Beast Boy sat on the couch, focused on two things: the controller in his hand and the TV screen in front of him. Cyborg sat by his side, equally focused. This particular game was co-operative so there was no taunting or trash-talking, especially at this crucial stage... the final battle. The two onscreen avatars battled their infernal enemy with expert timing and perfect teamwork that would have impressed even Nightwing. Their enemy fell and the two young heroes exhaled and sat back to bask in the glorious happy ending. Without looking away, the two friends bumped fists in victory. They hade done it all before, of course but the satisfaction never wore off. As the credits began to roll, conversation started.
"So B," Cyborg began. "How come you're wasting time with me instead of your girlfriend?" The jibe was light and friendly and Beast Boy barely reacted, only answering the question honestly.
"She's out. She took Star and went shopping for something, she wouldn't say what. I used up all my lives, too." Cyborg looked quizzically at Beast Boy's reply.
"Lives? I don't get it..." Cyborg said. Beast Boy chuckled, slightly embarrassed.
"I'm... not so great at subtlety. So when Raven is just teasing me or honestly doesn't want to tell me something... well, we came up with the lives. I'm allowed to ask the same question three times and if she still hasn't answered, then she won't and I have to give up. It works for me, I guess." Beast Boy let loose a self-deprecating laugh, which Cyborg accompanied with his own warm chuckle. The pair descended into a comfortable silence, staring at the credits but not really paying attention. Cyborg's human eye flicked toward his friend a few times, considering something. After reaching a decision, he opened his mouth to speak again.
"I called Sarah last night," he said simply. Beast Boy arched an eyebrow at his friend but made an effort to seem nonchalant.
"Sarah Simms? Your Sarah?" he asked. Cyborg nodded mutely. Beast Boy waited for him to speak. It took a long moment.
"My Sarah... I stopped thinking of her like that years ago. That's what I told myself anyway." He paused again. Beast Boy spoke up.
"You never said why you split up in the first place. I figured you'd spill when you wanted to but..."
"I never wanted to... We split because... because I couldn't offer her much." Beast Boy frowned and started to speak. "It's okay man... What I meant is that I couldn't see a future. Never mind family, I couldn't even feel it when I held her hand. But now..."
"What did she say?" Beast Boy asked, eyes wide. For a second he was worried when Cyborg's face stayed stonily neutral. Then a wide grin slowly appeared.
"She told me upfront that there had been someone else since then... but he's gone now. She didn't seem to wanna talk about it so it wasn't on good terms, I bet. She's... she's meeting me for coffee tonight." Cyborg's smile had only widened and become more excited. Beast Boy had learned of his 'self-improvement' project. With that and the bracelet from Raven that allowed him to feel... well he knew Cyborg wasn't only thinking of holding hands if he and Sarah were together again. He hoped it was easier for them than it was turning out to be for him and Raven. There was one more question raised by Cyborg's earlier comment, however...
"You've though about a family, Cy?" Beast Boy asked, hoping it wasn't too sore a subject. Cyborg's satisfied smirk allayed his concerns.
"Yeah, sort of. It was obvious early on that it wasn't an option for me after... all this. Or so I thought..." he teased. Beast Boy's curiosity was piqued and he waited for Cyborg to continue. "I had a eureka moment when I got the bracelet and I started thinking about all this stuff again. Sex cells essentially have half my DNA, right? The chromosome pairs split up and each sperm gets one set of chromosomes, so they con combine with the chromosomes in the female egg and..." At this point, Cyborg saw Beast Boy's eyes glazing over and sighed. "I think I can use the DNA in what cells I have left to artificially grow a sperm cell. So, in theory, I could be a father one day. If I decide to." Beast Boy raised his hand for a high five, which Cyborg gratefully accepted.
"Dude!" Beast Boy started. "You're a freakin' genius! I bet this could help other people, too!" Cyborg nodded shyly.
"Yeah, I've been talking to STAR Labs, they've always got the best tech. This method could work a lot better for some people than current fertility treatments or IVF. Wait and see, I guess."
"Man... I hope you've made room for your Nobel Prize!" Beast Boy laughed, then he moved to shut down the gamestation, the credits having finished. The silence returned as he worked, broken again by Cyborg.
"Have you thought about that sort of thing, BB?" At Cyborg's question, Beast Boy snapped upright, surprise on his face. He looked at Cyborg... then out the window... then back at Cyborg.
"Well...no. Not really. Not yet. Raven and I-"
"I don't want to know, man!" Cyborg interrupted. "The thing is, BB... you and Raven are, individually, very unusual beings. A half-demon girl and a boy who alters his DNA with a thought? You're both unique and, medically speaking, very... complex. The two of you together multiplies that complexity. I'm not saying you need to think about family life or whatever but, if you like... I can maybe run some tests."
"... I'll need to speak to Rae about it but... I think that's a good idea, Cy." The metallic hero nodded in agreement.
"Okay. I should tell you now that there's a good chance I won't be able to do this work alone. I might need to involve STAR Labs, maybe a gynaecologist for Raven... maybe Doctor Mid-Nite from the JSA - he has more experience than anyone with metahuman medicine."
"Sure, Cy... that makes sense." Cyborg left the room, still muttering to himself about tests and doctors. Beast Boy stood still, staring at nothing. His relationship with Raven has been necessarily slow. They had each proclaimed their love for the other and were getting closer and closer to consummating it. He knew, deep in his heart that he wanted no-one but Raven... so why hadn't he envisaged their future? Even now he struggled to see it. Someone like Nightwing could conceivably retire from superheroism: just take off the mask and don't put it back on. But the rest of the team... well take him. Retire as Beast Boy? He was Beast Boy (though he was considering a name change as he got older). Green skin and the powers... he would never be normal, even if he wanted to be. Raven was Raven. Cyborg was Cyborg. Starfire was Starfire. He couldn't even see himself doing any other job. With two superhero parents, was it even possible to raise a family? He supposed the tower might be one of the safest places a child, or anyone, could be. His head was hurting now, feeling the wight of the ideas it held. He realised that, even if he had never used the word, he did indeed want to marry Raven... some day. And the idea didn't frighten him. That was how he knew it was what he wanted. He wasn't sure how Raven felt about marriage, at least in the traditional sense. Maybe he could find out about Azerathi customs from somewhere, there might be hints on what he could do. He shook his head and smirked at himself. There was no rush...
"Calm down, Garfield. Fools rush in... and get smushed by startled Ravens." His ruminations were interrupted by the alarm. The monitor flickered on to show Raven's face. Cyborg ran in to the room, closely followed by Nightwing,
"Raven," Nightwing asked, in full leader mode. "What's your status." Raven seemed more... inconvenienced than anything.
"Believe it or not, Starfire and I have somehow got into a fight with a giant robot. When did our lives become a cartoon?" Beast Boy stifled a laugh and, after some more information was exchanged, set off in the T-Car with the others to join Raven and Starfire. He still attempted to picture a life with Raven. His smile never left his face for the entire journey.
Okay then, there we go. I wanted to shine a light on Cyborg's personal life, seeing as I turned it upside-down in 'A Friend In Need'. Thoughts about what he might do sparked this idea about Beast Boy and Raven planning or least imagining their future. They've already committed to each other but now I want them to really think about what that means. Obviously, there will be a little giant robot action in the next chapter... I think I've got the end of this story worked out. Now I just need to work out the best route to get there! Laters.
P.S. If that bit about Beast Boy's thoughts seems a little erratic, then I've done it right :)
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