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Raven was not a morning person.

Raven was also not an evening person, contrary to popular belief. Suffice to say, Raven was not someone you woke up or kept up for no reason. So when she was kept up the previous night by the Hive kids and the next morning the whole tower was on alert because there were rumors Slade was up to something?

You got a very tired, very grumpy half-demon wandering around the tower, unwilling to return to her room, where the siren call of her bed was just a bit too tempting.

But luckily, there was something she could do to keep herself awake. Robin made coffee. Coffee strong enough to wake their neighbors across the bay.

So she stumbled her away towards the kitchen, slowly. Oh so slowly.

As she got nearer she could hear Cyborg's voice and Robin's reply.

"… can't be healthy."

"What? Really now, that coming from you? Dark as night, sure, but also sweet as sin and hot as hell. Don't forget that."

She brought a hand up over her mouth, partially covering the dusky blush that had settled there. Her mind was in turmoil and if she didn't do something soon…

Stop. Think about this before you react.

Okay. He could be talking about Star- no. "Dark as Night"? Unless it was Cyborg…

As much as Beastboy may joke about that, citing Robin's history with Batman, no. Just no. Which basically left her.

…"Sweet as sin and hot as hell"?

Her blush intensified.

The tower started rumbling.

Beds fell over, windows cracked, plates and cups broke against the floor. The floor itself seemed to ripple and pulse, before settling down.

Then the alarms started.

Robin glanced at Cyborg. "I want a status report in 10. If this was natural or some Meta or a plot, I don't know. You're gonna find out for me."

Robin skilfully ignored the slightly reproachful look Cyborg gave him. He brought the cup he had so painstakingly protected during the quake up to his face and inhaled. The strong aroma of WayneTech's signature GOOD MORNING WORLD ™ coffee greeted him.

He took a sip.

Sighed in satisfaction.

That's the stuff.

AN: So yeah, random plot bunnies, HO!

I know a guy who drinks his (instant) coffee with twice the needed coffee, 5 sugar and no milk in the mornings. And he's kinda a DC nerd. So he once joked about how Batman probably drinks something like this (he's wrong, btw. Batman doesn't drink coffee… he drinks Recaff, gifted by someone on a VERY big chair. :D If you get that reference, have a cookie).

Which then metamorphosed into this story. Don't know how.

Also the phrases "I make coffee strong enough to wake the neighbors" and "black as night, sweet as sin and hot as hell" are written on the wall of a coffee shop near my faculty and I just had to put them in somewhere, so yeah…

Coffee…

Read, enjoy and review.

~GrinGrin

Written: 17/08/2014

Posted: 17/08/2014