Prompt 6: Teammates

The Teen Titans were co-workers. They fought when they had to fight, maintained cover when necessary, and though sometimes it could be difficult, they kept their personal conflicts off the field. Well, for the most part. They had special combination attacks, functioned harmoniously, like clockwork, and heaven help the soul who doubted that Robin had them training any less than four hours a day.

The Teen Titans were friends. Raven gave in to Starfire's shopping whims and Starfire spent hours reading up on the art of meditation in hopes of sparing Raven the need to explain every little detail. Cyborg was there to listen and help when Robin got so stressed out that he needed to beat something with a heavy, blunt object, when Raven had a particularly bad headache, or when Beast Boy couldn't figure out how to get to the next level of Super Earthworm 2.

The Teen Titans were their own worst enemies. Living together sometimes meant personalities clashing, interests colliding, and any number of food fights due to a difference in eating choices. Worse than the common argument, they knew each other well, too well, and one of the most frightfully obvious ideals about them was that they knew each other's weaknesses; they knew how to strike where it hurt. Robin had used it against them once. There was no denying that it could happen again. And in addition to being the tofu advocate for the team, Beast Boy was also the resident prankster, which at the wrong moment could drive anyone's blood pressure up a notch. There was nothing more dangerous than the Titans at war with one another.

The Teen Titans were family. Not by blood, but it was the closest thing any of them had to a normal, functioning family unit. They took turns making meals and washing dishes. They fought over who got to use the shower first. Starfire was always there to provide a hug when a hug was required. And when a day of crime fighting was all said and done, they'd sit down in the living room together and watch a movie (although the selection in itself was always a reason for argument, as with most families).

The Teen Titans were teammates. They laughed together, cried together, celebrated together, fought together, fell together, conquered together. Though they were five incredibly different individuals, they lived together as one. Occasionally a conflicted one, granted, a single entity regardless. And that in itself was above and beyond anything that any of them had ever hoped for.

We are.
-We Are/Ana-