A/N: Well, here they are folks, the last four grains of sand! Thanks so much to all who read and to those of you who were kind enough to leave feedback! I hope you've enjoyed reading them as much as I've enjoyed writing them.
Special thanks to the divine miss Em (emaniahilel) for taking a look at this last set for me. Thank you, Lovely! You have my endless gratitude!
Well, without further ado, I present the end. Read and enjoy!
Picture
He found her on the roof, lost somewhere between the moonlight and the crumpled newspaper at her feet. She was beautiful. Tragic. Raw in the face of true emotion.
"What are you doing here, Roy?" she whispered.
"Cyborg called," he replied quietly.
"Did he tell that you I'm a murderer?"
"It was an accident, Raven."
Her gaze wandered to the picture below the headlines, one dark and baleful eye staring back from the confines of the page.
"Was it?"
He took her in his arms, letting icy tears seep into his skin. It was the only answer he could offer.
Snow
He smiled affectionately, and it was warm and serene, despite the bitter chill she felt settle deep into his chest.
"You're scared," he said softly—knowingly.
"No, Roy—" but the half-hearted denial froze on her lips under the weight of his gaze.
"You think you don't deserve this…us," he continued, fingers ghosting the shadows of her face, burning her through like the snow.
"You're scared. And it's okay, Raven. Really. Because I'm not giving up on you. I'll hold on for the both of us."
"Why?" she breathed.
He sighed and tilted her head. "You're worth hanging on to."
Home
There was something infinitely lonely about the moment before dawn. The flutter of birds ceased, shadows deepened upon the black, and the space between heartbeats stretched on into nothing.
It was in this worldly synchronous breath that Raven wandered, lost; forgot what it was to be anything other than the hollow surrounding her.
Then the sun stretched its golden fingers across the sky, and he stirred, bringing life flittering back in through the gray. And when he unconsciously drew her closer and breathed into her hair, the night drifted away with its ghosts.
And she smiled, remembering.
She was home.
Forever
Raven sighed and eased onto the hood of the T-Car, looking out over the city below, into the deepening twilight. "So, you wanna tell me why we've stolen Cyborg's car and driven into nowhere?"
The sky exploded into brilliant showers of color and spark as though in response, and he smiled at the pleasant turn of her mouth.
"Just thought we could forget the world for awhile."
She nestled into his side, content to watch the fireworks paint the night and smiled, knowing it was all either of them could offer.
It wasn't forever, but for now, it was enough.
Well, I hope it was worth the wait! I'm going to be posting outtakes from these in my writing journal in the next couple of days, for those of you interested. I feel like many of these could have really benefitted from just a few more words and a little fleshing out here and there. You can get to it by visiting my profile page and clicking on the homepage link.
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