tcnetwork | Leonard "Leo" Snart

Need the access codes to the Waverider. We're taking a little trip.

[Leo sends the codes.]

Are we driving the team or is this another mission?

[When lives are on the line, Leo is all business. And if you think he isn't going with you Snart you are sadly mistaken. He isn't about to just sit home and wait for someone to decide his future. Plus Gideon might not let strangers pilot her.]

I made some upgrades to Gideon and the ship in general.

[To be fair, he's hardly a stranger to her. But whatever. Backup is backup.]

Getting the team to Erebus, standing by if and when things decide to go sideways.

[Leo isn't about to let Ray go running off without him. Last time he did that well his husband wound up in a camp. He still senses a trap in all this and it would ease his mind to at least be on standby if it does go south.]

Got it. The codes I gave you has a wake up key imbedded in it. Gideon will prime the ship once you use it.

Soon as the council decides to move this little search party along, I'll get the ship primed and let you know.

Good. I'm going to be in the lab working on my cold gun once I talk to Ray. Just send me a ping when they are ready.

I need to talk to you.

Saloon. 6pm.

Noted...I'll be there right after my shift...Len

[A name this time.
Color Leonard impressed.]

I'm sure you'll be on time.

Rear table, left corner of the place.

Got it. Not picky about my beer, not much of a drinker really. My Earth didn't have access for us plebs. Order what you want and I'll drink it.

[Yeah it's a big step, but Leo isn't going to make a huge deal about it because he doesn't want to think of his reasons why he doesn't use it.]

[It's a step all right. One Leonard doesn't fully understand, but a step is a step and he'll take it for what it is.] I'll find us something.

[And at six sharp he's sitting at the table, two beers waiting. A local brew if he had to guess and not that bad. Mick would have loved it.]

[Leo strides in not long after and heads to the back to join Len at the table. He slide into a chair with ease and pops the cap off his beer taking a long swallow. Just because he doesn't drink much, doesn't mean he doesn't enjoy it when he does and this is decent. Mickey would have loved it too. Once he's had a drink he turns to this twin with a smile.]

What's up Len?

[He's been thoughtfully drumming his fingers on the table as he waits, planning out his words as best he can.

So Leonard waits for him to sit down and take a swallow.] There's something I need to ask you. Something that will likely be.. personal.

[He splays his fingers on the table.] I think it's safe to say that you and I have some shared commonalities. Similar things in our respective pasts.

[Leo gives a tight nod, something that to anyone from Earth 1 who wasn't Ray would instantly peg as out of character for the normally cheerful and accommodating Leo. He doesn't like personal questions for various reasons, but he's willing to give Len answers if he wants them.]

You wouldn't be wrong...there are...some things that may be the same. Not many but some.

[He waits quietly for the question, which he is certain is going to lead to more. Questions always do.]

[Leonard knows it's asking a lot, inquiring about his past. It's why he's chosen neutral ground and a time when the saloon isn't that busy.] My father was an abusive and manipulative bastard, kept me under his thumb for most of my life until I killed him for putting a bomb in my sister. You come from a world of Nazi bastards, can't imagine that was what you'd call a picnic.

[He taps a finger on the table, again searching for the right words, for the advice that he needs.]

So why risk it going wrong? Why marry him? [Help him understand, Leo. Help him figure this out once and for all.]

It wasn't.

[Leo could answer Len's questions a dozen different ways. I love him. I need him. He's all I have. But there is only one answer he can give]

He saved me.

[He sips from his beer before continuing]

Don't misunderstand it's more than that. I adore him more than I can put into words. When he got dumped onto Earth X it was because our Ray got tossed through a portal and ended up dying right in front of him passing his powers on. Did Ray freak out...no. He just learned how to use them and starting helping people. He's stronger than he looks.

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I understand. [And he really does understand. Nora has saved him in more ways than he count. He loves her, completely and irrevocably and there are times when it still terrifies him.]

So you took the risk.
Married him even though this place could take either of you at any time.

[Leo nodded]

People on my Earth they don't live very long. Hell I'm a senior citizen by Earth X standards. So we figured why waste any time waiting when we could seal the deal right now.

[He smiles slightly]

I know if we go home we might not remember what we did, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't do it.

[Leonard Snart is a man who will stride fearlessly into almost any situation. Take control, make the plan, then wing it when the plan goes skidding off the rails. He picks up his beer and tips it back for a swallow, takes a moment to think.] You have more faith than I do, I think.

I only have that faith because Ray Terrill gave it to me Len.

[This is said low and soft with a gentle sadness.]

I was...low when I got put on the team to rescue him from the leadership. We didn't even know it wasn't our Ray at the time just that they had him and the disk he'd been sent with. I went in ready to die. Then fate laughed in my face and said not today asshole.

[A small, wistful smile as he nods.] I get that.
She saves me every day.

But anything good in my life, anything that ever meant anything to me, has always been ripped away. [Losing Nora for those two days alone had been a crushing experience and that was long before they had fallen together.]

You don't think I still don't worry about that every day? I do. I'm terrified that I'll turn around and everything I've gotten here will float away and I'll be alone.

But you can either be afraid or you can jump in with both feet and hope for the best.

Hope. [His expression shutters a bit and he drops his gaze to the table. Amazing how one little word could so fundamentally define the difference between them.

Leo still has the capacity to hope.
Leonard isn't certain that he does. Does he take another step with Nora? Or does he remain afraid?]

That's a big word.

Yeah it is. A huge heavy word I'd stopped believing in after Mickey died. Why hope for anything when those in power could rip it away from you?

[Leo takes a long drink from his beer.]

Then the Freedom Fighters sent me to break what they though was their Ray out of trouble. I was ready to get snarled at by what the stories told me was a complete hardass only to find a goofy confused puppy of a hero in his place.

[Leo snorts]

Lets just say it wasn't love at first sight for either of us.

[Another thing that they seem to share - they found love in a very unexpected place.

Leo just happened to embrace it a little faster.

A faint smile as he tips back his own drink.] And yet somehow you made it work with him.

[Leo chuckles]

It took work.....I did everything I could to growl and snap and shove him away. It's the reason his nickname for me is Lion. I didn't want love, I didn't need him. But Ray he saw the hurt in me, the loss and he fought for me. He didn't give up on me and slowly over time he reminded me that not everyone is out to hurt me. He and Nora they are a lot alike there.

I wouldn't be here without him plain and simple.

[ a message from the MYSTERIOUS DEVICE that allegedly had turned it's self off. ]

Yn amlwg
Bob dydd mae fy nghof yn tyfu
Ni fyddech chi'n credu
Mae eich bywyd yn ddiystyr
Rydych chi fel pryfed yn unig
Marwolaeth yw eich unig obaith

Leonard "Leo" Snart

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