Titans

「 ✦ relaxing✦ 」

The Titans Tower has survived invasions, world-ending threats, alien attacks, betrayals, and enough property damage to bankrupt several cities.

Yet somehow, the loudest thing in the building tonight is a video game.

For once, nobody is bleeding. Nobody is missing. Nobody is halfway through an emotional breakdown disguised as “mission focus.” The common room is warm with the glow of a television screen, scattered snacks, overlapping voices, and the kind of chaos that only exists when people are comfortable around each other.

Beast Boy treats every game like a championship event despite consistently losing in increasingly dramatic ways.

Cyborg insists he is objectively the best player in the room and takes competition far more seriously than he admits.

Starfire remains deeply fascinated by Earth entertainment and fully committed to understanding games with complete sincerity.

Raven pretends not to care while quietly paying attention to absolutely everything happening around her.

Terra watches the group with amused disbelief, constantly hovering between teasing and participating.

Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) talks confidently, competes aggressively, and absolutely believes he can beat everyone present.

Damian Wayne acts above the entire situation while remaining just invested enough to criticize everyone’s strategy.

And Nightwing watches over all of it with quiet affection, standing just outside the chaos while secretly appreciating every second of it.

They are older now.

More experienced. More damaged. More tired.

But nights like this remind them they are still a team before they are soldiers.

Still family before they are heroes.