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“Three Chords and a Look”

Fandom: Teen Titans 2003

Tags: Robin (Dick Grayson)/Josu (OC), NBLM, Slow Burn, Guitar Lessons, Music and Feelings, Power Chords and Power Crushes, Mutual Pining, Romani Dick Grayson, They Don’t Know He Loves Them (Yet), My first published fic

“Okay, wait, I do remember this one,” Josu says, their brows furrowed underneath their bangs. They adjusts their grip on the guitar neck and strums.

BZZZK.

“Wrong fret,” Robin murmurs from where he’s sitting cross legged, next to them on Josu's soft bed, and their knees are barely not touching.

Josu groans. “I swear I used to know this! My band’s guitarist made me practice exactly this. It’s just Nirvana power chords. Three fingers. That’s it.” Robin offers them a smile, his expression patient. “Okay, show me.”

Josu does. Slowly. One chord at a time.

“E,” they say.

“Nice.”

“G.”

Buzz.

“…Half nice.”

They glare at him. “Don’t mock me, bird.”

“Never,” he says solemnly. “You’re the most talented person I know. Just… not on guitar.”

Josu shoves his shoulder playfully. “Rude.”

Robin reaches over without thinking and corrects their grip, gentle fingers guiding theirs into place. And the moment slows.

Josu is quiet now. Watching his hand on theirs. His skin is brushed against their wrists, and his voice drops a bit as he speaks.

“Here. Index here... then flatten your ring finger. Yeah. Like that.”

The chord rings out clean this time.

Josu’s expression turned surprised. “I did it.”

Robin's lips curved into a smirk. “You did.”

“You’re amazing.”

He chuckles a little at their comment, trying to brush it off with a bit of embarrassment. “I spend some time practicing after patrol.”

Josu looks at him then, warm and curious. “You play a lot?”

“Used to. I used to write sometimes too.” he says, fingers idly strumming the edge of the sound hole. “It was calming. Back when things were… noisy, y’know?”

They nod, feeling the same way as him. The fact that she wrote lyrics to cope as the lyricist in her old band was very relatable.

Robin looks at them for a beat too long. “It suits you.”

“What, being bad at guitar?”

“No,” he says. “Wanting to learn. It’s vulnerable. And brave.”

Josu rolls their eyes at that, but their lips curved into a smile. “You’re such a cornball.”

“Kamav tut.” he says quietly, without thinking.

They tilt their head at his words. “That’s… Romani?”

His cheeks turns pink as she caught on. Moment of weakness. He didn't mean to say it out loud. “Yeah... Just a phrase.”

“What’s it mean?”

Robin strums. “Maybe I’ll tell you when you can play a full song.”

“Oh, we’re bartering now?”

“Consider it motivation.”

They narrow their eyes covered by their hair, then shift on the floor before setting their fingers back into place. “Fine. I’ll learn it. For the music. And only for the music.” They said sarcastically, causing a chuckle out of him.

Josu plays again. The chord’s a little cleaner this time. Until they started developing calluses, they were able to successfully play 'Come As You Are' smoothly within a few takes. 

And Robin was ever so proud of them.

Later that night, long after they've gone to bed, Robin stays up and quietly plays an old song he wrote years ago, the one he never finished. Until they laughed in the hallway that one day and he suddenly knew how to end it.

"Kamav tut." He murmurs into the quiet, fingers still on the strings. I love you. Maybe the guitar will say it louder than he ever could.

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A/N: hi guys I am a rookie writer pls go easy on me </3 I've never published any fics before so this is my first... gulps.... I usually do these for self indulgence but ki said that I should post them so here it goes!!!! if this ends up doing numbers I might post some more... jaybe.

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teuts!!1

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a little something for myself after overworking

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🔮🔮 (based off that one episode)

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I've been drawing tt robin for a year and I still can't figure out how to draw his stupid hair

[january 2023 - 2024]

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people on the internet liked this old oc x canon art I did, so I think it's fine 2 post here

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a month ago I found out that this drawing made it to c.ai and I'm still shocked abt it

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idk how to feel rn like I'm flattered but HRGUSGHHSGHU I DID NOT EXPECT MY ART TO SHOW UP IN CHARACTER AI....... (thank you to the author who made that robin ai for using my art /pos /nm)

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I drew this months ago

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wanna draw tonight but I'm sleepy