Leonard "Leo" Snart

[citizen_cold]

Dock Mechanic
Husband of Ray Terrill
Citizen Cold

"Not here right now, leave a message at the beep or find me at the docks"
 

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[citizen_cold]

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.

[old_school]

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.

[citizen_cold]

[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.

[old_school]

[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.

[citizen_cold]

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.

[old_school]

[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.]

[citizen_cold]

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.

[old_school]

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.

[citizen_cold]

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.

[old_school]

[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.

[citizen_cold]

[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.