#bc i LOVE that aspect of self-indulgent fic. sometimes........... color changing eyes........... are just Fun

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StephRae Weekend - Day Three: Eggplant vs Amethyst

this last one got a lil longer so under a cut it goes! also the most heavily dialogue based bc... well... it just kept going ;-;

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"It's darker for one thing," Raven explained, trying her best to keep her voice even. She stopped tugging at her girlfriend's curls, lest she accidentally pull her hair in annoyance. "Eggplant is closer to wine, or even to violet. Amethyst is closer to a more... traditional purple."

"Okay, wait, time-out," Steph held her hands up in a T-shape, almost shifting to sit upright from where her head rested in the Titan's lap. She seemed to think better of it, as she settled back down and continued her thought from there. "Let's go over that spectrum one more time. So there's varying shades of blue-"

"And my cloak is on the darker end. It's definitely navy."

"-Right, navy. But just shy of that, but before we get into purple territory, we have indigo-"

"Indigo isn't a color, love."

"Fuck you! It's a color! I didn't spend second grade learning to sing that Roy G. Bitch song for indigo to get ignored! It's a color!"

"Then how come everyone I've ever talked to about it always try to identify it as purple or blue?"

"... Y'know, now that I think about it... Indigo is relatable. Forget about the current bi-flag colors. Maybe the flag should just be one big swatch of indigo."

"What? So when people ask, 'Hey, is that flag purple or blue?' or 'Do you like boys or girls?', we can just say-"

"Yes," they echoed at the same time, chuckling tiredly.

"God... But back to my point-" Steph started again. "Indigo. Color status. Official-"

"Debatable."

"It's literally the color of your eyes, babe, but go off. ANYWAYS, then we have violet on the official spectrum. Used by Crayola and art students everywhere-"

"But purple is usually considerably lighter than violet in shade-"

"And see... that's where you lose me," Steph sighed, finally sitting up to look her girlfriend in the eyes. "I mean... it's purple. Purple should be... the catchall for all the colors on that side of the color wheel. It feels weird to give it a specific shade-" This time, Raven took her hand as she interrupted her, enclosing it in both of hers, eyes pleading as they made contact.

"Darling, it's important to me that you understand that it does have an assigned shade, though." Her tone held a deadly seriousness to it that suddenly had Stephanie laughing as she realized the ridiculousness of their argument.

"Okay, fine. I'll believe it... If you admit indigo is a color!" The look of horror that dawned on the Titan's face was nearly enough to make up for all of the frustration they had put themselves through. Raven made the move to playfully slap at the Robin's arm, which Steph redirected with some finesse as she began wrestling against the empath.

It ended as Steph gained the slight advantage, pinning the Titan underneath her and demanding her unconditional surrender as they each howled with laughter.