lady_sarai

Title: The Smell of Smoke
Author: lady_sarai
Fandom/Continuity: DCU, Teen Titans v.1
Length: ~1,900 words
Characters: Roy Harper, Dick Grayson; cameos by Donna, Wally and Garth
Warnings: Potentially disturbing references to dead bodies
Disclaimer: I so own nothing.
Author's Note: Thanks to zoe_chan for letting me flail and corrupt her share the Roy love, and for hand-holding and encouraging. ♥

Summary: It took six fire departments and the Teen Titans to contain that fire, and now Roy can’t get rid of the smell of smoke.

A short Author’s Note at the end. Also archived at my website.

"We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered." -Tom Stoppard

( Roy focuses on the water pouring down the drain and decidedly does *not* think about the people he and Robin *didn’t* save. He just can't get rid of that *smell.* )

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