Skipping Stones

Beast Boy liked skipping rocks. It was just one of those little things he did. When he was sad or angry or just wanted to think, the little shape shifter would go and sit on the shore and stare out over the water, throwing the stones and count how many times they skipped and rippled. All the others knew of this habit, but none said anything about it to the changeling. Cyborg might make a joke to Robin about how they might not have much of a beach after awhile, but beyond that they let their smallest member have his space.

Sometimes Raven would go out and watch him as he tossed rock after rock. She liked to guess at how he was feeling that day without the use of her powers, instead using her observations to tell her all she wanted to know. She noted how those green ears would twitch at every little sound, but he wouldn't pay any attention to it when he was thinking. Or they would turn down when he was sad, the rocks being tossed in the water instead of actually being skipped. When he was angry, Beast Boy would throw the rocks as far as he could, getting more skips out of the smooth pebbles. Raven watched it all, hiding in the shadows, silent as the darkness she clothed herself in.

And then, at the end of the day when Beast Boy finally turned to go inside, she would stay outside and wait for him to disappear into the tower. Raven would look out over the water and listen to the waves as the stars twinkled above her. She would float out over the lapping ocean and retrieve all the little pebbles she could from where they had been thrown away, carefully placing them around Beast Boy's favorite spot, making sure that it wouldn't be obvious that she had placed them there on purpose. She worked for hours until she was satisfied there were enough for her little shapeshifter when he would return.

A/N: So I wrote this a long time ago, just a little reflection piece that I'm a sucker for. It's a stand alone right now, but maybe if you guys like it and give me some ideas I could do some more? Idk... Anyway, hope you liked this! If you like this type of thing, you should totally go check out Jack Mirembe's work called Mechanics, which was what inspired this in the first place.