Prompt 5: Friends
Set just after 'Masks'.

Robin had always prided himself in knowing that his team was his family; a family of best friends. The Justice League was the ultimate team, it was often said, and the Teen Titans were the ultimate family. But right now, Robin wasn't sure the latter still applied.

One mistake. One stupid mistake and everything he'd built with the Titans; all the trust and the love and the friendship was gone. He couldn't believe he'd been so stupid, sacrificing everything for a lost cause. Of course Slade would know. Slade was no idiot. Slade was Slade. And yet Robin had assumed him to be less than his reputation and lost not only his pride but his family in the process.

They'd all taken turns yelling at him in their own ways. Cyborg was furious that Robin hadn't thought to consult the team, who could've helped more than hurt because that's what friends were for. Starfire had unintentionally sliced him with quiet words of disappointment. Raven had called him every long synonym for 'stupid' she could think of without consulting her thesaurus and, once he had looked up all the words she had used, Beast Boy had let out a hearty 'Yeah, what she said!' in agreement.

Robin didn't blame them for being angry, though. He would've been beyond pissed if he'd been in their positions. They were right; he wasn't just overly-involved in Slade's case. He was obsessed. It was pretty much safe to think in his mind that Robin was friendless from then on, and that thought made him feel more lost than before.

Which is why the knock on his bedroom door at half past eight had come as such a surprise.

It was Cyborg.

"I brought you some pizza," the robotic man said, handing Robin a plate with three slices of pepperoni. The Boy Wonder looked down at the food being offered to him. Pepperoni was his favorite.

"…Why?" The question was out of his mouth before he could stop it.

Cyborg raised his human eyebrow, "Because you were too busy brooding to come down for dinner, and if you don't eat you'll starve?"

"You care whether or not I starve?"

"Uh…yeah?" The taller boy pushed the plate into Robin's hands. "It's what friends do, man. They care."

"I still have friends?"

"You screwed up. It happens to all of us. Sure you screwed up worse than most people usually do, and yeah we're pissed, but you're still Robin. Our friend. We'll get over it." Robin watched as Cyborg attempted a smile. "Hurry up and eat the pizza before you miss movie night and we have to watch another lame flick BB picks out. You know how he gets."

Suddenly Robin remembered who Cyborg was as he slowly reached forward to receive the plate and take a bite of pizza; the tin man with a heart. And at that moment he knew what he should've known all along. Despite his mistakes, everything was going to be okay. He still had friends and that was all that seemed to matter.

Where are you gonna be when the sky falls down?
-When It All Goes Wrong Again/Everclear-