#dickxkory

For @robxstar 's RobStar Week 2021. Based on Day 3's prompt "Snowfall". Previously did “Ikebana”, posted on my tumblr page. (I have a blog post for that one on the writing process too, along with some general thoughts on this wonderful pairing - hopefully will have one for this story soon as well!) ^_^ Below is the first part of the story. Read the full story at the link below. Hope you like it and enjoy the read!

Later,

~Rena

-RxS-

Pretty

"Is it not just so pretty?"

He wasn't sure why those words of hers echoed in his mind as the cold rushed into him like an injection straight into his veins. Gotta keep going though. She was right there... if only ‘there’ wasn't so much farther away then he meant for it to be.

It had been a quiet evening, if not cold. It was unusual weather for Jumpe City. Sure, it was winter, but... the bay was freezing over. That rarely happened. Still, the weather man had stated that the overcast sky would be just that, overcast. Nothing more, nothing less. A continuation of the weather for the past week and a half. It was a phenomenon that made sure that the already fallen snow would only melt a tiny bit, then freeze again each night, over and over again, until it was more like blocks of ice than fluffy snow drifts. A harsh cold.

Pushing his shoulder blades back towards his spine, Robin stretched from his position over his desk. Time for a break probably... Getting up, he walked towards the main room where he expected to find the others. Inside, Cyborg was working on rewiring… something in the walls, while Beast Boy was busy flipping channels. Robin looked between the two before directing his inquiry to Cyborg.

"Where are the girls?"

Instead of Cyborg though, Beast Boy answered, "Raven's busy meditating in her room. Been at it for three hours."

Robin considered the length of time for a moment. He'd been at his desk for five... not that it was a competition, but it wasn't like it was anything to scoff at.

"Ignore 'im," Cyborg said, cutting a wire, "He's just mad 'cause she yelled at him for trying to get her come out after hour number two."

"It's not healthy!" Beast Boy yelled, not looking away from the screen, "I mean, I get she's got to meditate and clear her head and whatever, but... she can do it out here."

"You know she can't do that! You'll distract her one way or another," Cyborg told him.

Beast Boy's eyes narrowed and his pointed ears lowered slightly. He knew Cyborg was right. If she was outside, she'd say the TV he was watching was too loud and if he put it on mute with subtitles, he'd inevitably get bored, see her levitating alone and get some idea in his head that would prompt him to surprise her for the ‘lolz’. But Robin also knew - he knew that Beast Boy was concerned about Raven, didn't like it when she shut herself off from everyone like she was some kind of disease. That's why he didn't think it was healthy. He shrugged it off though. Not much he could do about it if he was being honest with himself anyway.

"And Star?" He asked Cyborg, who appeared to be finishing up. 

"On the roof," Cyborg told him, shutting the grate and standing up before walking over to the kitchen to wash his hands off from the dust and grime.

Robin said nothing and moved towards the door.

"You don’t need any help, do you?" He called over his shoulder.

"Naw, I’m good, that was the last one," Cyborg called back.

"Alright, thanks, Cy!" Robin told him, exiting as if to go back to his room, though that wasn’t really his destination. 

Wandering the halls towards the rooftop entrance, his metal rimmed shoes echoed in the empty halls as he didn't bother to dull the impact. Finally, he made it to the door, climbed up the steps, and grabbed the doorknob at the top to reveal the roof of Titans Tower.

And there she was.

There was Starfire, sitting right on the ledge, looking out at the horizon, a blank expression on her face as the wind gently stroked her hair back and up with it every now and then. 

It was his break. He could use it, spend it, with anyone.

But he couldn’t deny the warmth he immediately felt upon seeing her there, nor could he deny that he knew the best way to spend his break time would be to spend it with her.

-RxS-

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“Kory, I….” He is not quite sure how to finish that sentence, so he pauses, blue eyes diverting onto the floor, looking anywhere but at her. Dick chews on his lip, the wrinkle between his brows deepening.

“…I am sorry. I don’t know what else to say.” he hopelessly admits. “I would have never done that on purpose. You know I love you.”

Kory had kept it in for so long, but she felt like it was something she needed to get off her chest. She loved Dick more than anything, but there were sometimes where he made her feel so insecure about her place on the Titans. Like he should be the one leading them again, not her. 

dick and kory (nightwing and starfire) mood board. ☺️💗