Title: In Your Dreams

Author: Blair Lebeau, SocialButterfli

Summary: The memory of her is still clear in his mind. He'll never forget how his heart stopped when she turned her back to him and flew away, never to return. But when they find each other again, will their destined love finally become reality? Or can they only be together in his dreams? RobStar

Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans, but if anyone wants to buy it for me, feel free!

It must be true that home is where the heart is, because I had never been so happy to see a gigantic T in my life. Not to mention the fact that the beautiful girl who owns my heart just happens to live there too.

Everyone else fell asleep immediately, because saving the world is exhausting work. I know I would have practically in a coma if it weren't for the thoughts that were racing through my brain. That, and the agonizing pain coming from my side. After all, it's impossible to just immediately recover magically from a mortal wound and painkillers sure as hell weren't doing anything. I would need enough tranquilizer to put out an elephant to help me, but I didn't think that was that was a good idea.

I couldn't stop thinking about Starfire. The way she looked at me, the way she felt in my arms, the way she felt on my lips . . . I wondered if she would be angry if I woke her up. She needed her sleep, yes, but I needed her more.

It seemed like she was thinking the same thing, because the next thing I knew, there was a knock on my door; the timid, gentle knock that I knew belonged to my Starfire. She was here, needing me too. And knowing that in itself was enough for me.

My door slid open, and she slipped in wordlessly. Her delicate steps barely made a sound as she came toward me. I turned on my side so I could see her, and her smile looked nervous and worried.

"I hope I did not wake you," she whispered, standing before me in a self-conscious manner. "But I . . . I could not sleep. And I hoped that this would be okay, yes? That you would not mind?" I smiled graciously and opened my arms to welcome her into them. She laid down beside me tentatively, but when I pulled her close to me, she relaxed because she knew she belonged there. However, I could still tell that something was wrong.

"Is everything alright?" I whispered into her hair. She pulled away, and for a second I was scared that I had asked the wrong question, but it was only so she could turn to face me. I looked into her sparkling green eyes and knew something was troubling her.

"I was just wondering . . ." Her voice was quiet and unsure, and she was having difficulty meeting my gaze. She played with a strand of her ruby red hair.

"Yes?" I prompted.

"Well, if we happened to come across a villain who, say, committed the murder of someone, what would we do?" I was surprised by her question. Why was she asking?

"Well, uh, we would take them out, of course," I said, shrugging. "Take them to jail and let the authorities deal with them and they would be punished accordingly. It's our job. Why do you ask?" She was turned completely away from me now, and I began to panic when I saw that she was shaking. "Star? What's wrong?" She turned to me with tears in her eyes.

"Oh, Robin," she sobbed, and buried her head in my chest as I held her to me. "I do not wish to go to jail. I do not ever want to leave you." Jail? What was she talking about? And then it dawned on me.

"Star, is this about Kendrick?" I asked. I could feel her nod against me and a surge of compassion hit me. I'm also ashamed to admit that I felt a tiny–minuscule, really–hint of pride that Ryand'r hadn't comforted her so well after all, and now she was coming to me. Take that, Ryan.

I mean, me? Jealous? Never.

Oh God. Cyborg was right. I am sick.

Starfire pulled away from me. I was reluctant to let her go, but I knew she needed to explain. So I sat back and waited. After a minute of examining her fingernails, Starfire finally looked up at me and my heart broke upon seeing her desperation.

"I killed him, Robin," she said in a shaky, quiet voice. "You said yourself that if a . . ."

"It's different. You're not a villain."

"And that makes it okay to take a life?" I wasn't going to deny that she had a point, but that didn't mean that she was right. Because if I had been in her position, I would have done the same thing. And what she did wasn't wrong.

"Star, beautiful," I said tenderly, cupping her face. "Kendrick did horrible things to people, and no person like that should be allowed to live." I could tell by the way she had stopped crying and was leaning closer to me that I was saying the right things and that she was starting to calm down.

And then I blew it.

"Besides, after what he did to Galfore, Kendrick deserved to die. A life for a life." Starfire's eyes widened in fear.

"A life for a life?" she asked, quivering. "But . . . if he was the cause of Galfore's . . ." There was a quick intake of breath for her here, because I don't think she had come to terms with the fact that her beloved . . . er . . . nanny had been killed.

"Star, don't do this," I said, closing my eyes, but it was too late.

"If he caused Galfore's demise, and I caused his, then should not someone cause mine?"

"No!" I reached out for her, but she turned away from me again, and I retreated. A silence fell over us. A silence only she could break.

After what I felt was an eternity, she spoke, but still wouldn't look at me.

"Before I met you, before I came here, to Earth, my sister, Blackfire, and I were . . . stolen away from Tamaran. We . . . we were taken by a cruel alien race, the Psions, and used as . . . we were . . . used as . . ." She was shaking almost violently, and it was starting to scare me. I knew this was difficult for her, and I didn't want her to bring back those memories.

"Starfire, you don't have to . . ."

"No." She looked up. Her tone of voice surprised me; it was almost hard. "I want to."

I leaned back against the headboard, and made a silent invitation for her to join me. She did so, easing back into my arms where she belonged, her head against my chest, but she was still tense. And so she continued her story.

"We were scientific experiments," she said, softly. "The Psions used us to test the power of sunlight and what it did to living forms. They chose my sister and I because on Tamaran we use the sun as the source of power for flight." She swallowed, hard, searching for the words–and the strength–to continue.

"They . . . it was . . . I will not explain the . . ." She paused, and seemed to give up on finding the exact words. "It hurt. I cannot even begin to describe the . . . the pain. It got to the point where I did not believe I would survive. Blackfire and I gave up hope; our parents did not come to retrieve us. I did not know the reason why then, but now I do. It was Kendrick, he sold us out, gave us to the Psions, and he convinced our parents that it was a lost cause, that we were gone."

"That bastard!" I called out, I couldn't help it. Starfire seemed startled, and I knew I had probably ruined the moment, but I felt like I was on fire. The loathing I felt for Kendrick couldn't even be described. If he wasn't already dead, I would have killed him myself. Except it would have been far slower and much more painful.

"Robin," Starfire said soothingly, her hand intertwining with mine. "I do not understand what you said, but your angry tone suggests that it was not pleasant. Please, do not be upset. That is over now."

"But it still happened," I growled, forming a fist with my free hand.

"Robin . . ." she pleaded, and I digressed. This was her time. After a moment of silence to reassure her that I wouldn't further interrupt, she continued.

"Blackfire and I escaped, finally," Starfire said. "Perhaps that it why it was so hard for me when her intentions became less than noble. We have always had a special bond because of those hard times we endured together." I could see the wistful look in her eyes, but it only lingered for a moment. She shook it off quickly and smiled up at me. "Then we came here, to Earth, where we hoped it was safe. But it was not enough for her, so she took off to explore the galaxy, and I met you."

Our gazes locked, and I searched my mind for some response that would convey what I was feeling. I was happy because she was with me, I was angered because of Kendrick, I was sorry for what she had to go through . . . but nothing I came up with seemed right. So finally, I settled on closing the gap between our lips, which she didn't seem to mind. We slid down underneath the covers, holding each other and kissing, until our high emotional states wore off and saving-the-world exhaustion caught up with us. She nestled against me and I held her tight as we both drifted off to sleep, needing nothing else but each other to make it through the night.

Early morning light filtered into my bedroom and woke me. I felt fully rested and ready for whatever the day would bring, which was probably more saving the world in a minor sense. Just because the Teen Titans saved the world once, didn't mean that there wasn't other sources of evil stirring up trouble. I looked down at the angel resting beside me and gently extricated my arms from around her, trying not to disturb her. Luckily, she was a heavy sleeper and wasn't woken.

I felt like going for a walk because I wanted some time to myself before the rest of the team got up, and it was such a beautiful morning, so I made my way to the door. As I opened the door and stepped outside, a folded piece of paper fluttered to the ground. It was addressed to me, I was surprised to notice, and I picked it up and unfolded it carefully. The handwriting was familiar, but I couldn't place it.

As I read it, a cold feeling of dread began to spread through my body as a chill went down my spine.

Robin,

I'm curious to know how things turned out. And I don't mean saving the world. I'll be in touch.

B.

Next to the B., there was a crude drawing of a bat.

"Oh, God," I muttered, rubbing my face with my hand. "He remembers?"

"Robin?" I quickly crumpled the note up as I whirled around to face a tired Starfire.

"Uh, hey there, Star," I said, nervously.

"Why are you out here?" she inquired.

"I, uh, just wanted to get some fresh air," I explained. She looked as if she were going to ask another question, so I decided to head her off by moving forward and sweeping her into my arms.

"Good morning, beautiful," I said before kissing her.

I hope it was just my imagination, but I could have sworn that as Starfire and I kissed early that morning in front of Titans Tower, I heard the low, amused chuckle of Bruce Wayne mingling with the wind.

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And with that, ladies and gentlemen, "In Your Dreams" has come to a close! However, don't start crying yet, because I've already started working on my next fic, "Evil", which should be up soon enough.

Also, just to clear up any doubts if there are any, nothing except kissing went on between Robin and Starfire in bed, guys, so get your minds out of the gutter, okay? Star was upset and Robin was there to comfort her and they fell asleep together. Nothing else. Although I'm sure I didn't have to write this because none of you were thinking that, riiiight?

How cute was TROQ? I loved Starfire's ending lines and the underlying racism lesson. Overall, I think it was just about the best Starfire episode I've ever seen, even though it wasn't RobStar. However, Stranded is supposed to be RobStar, so everyone look forward to that!

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