Avalance One Shots

Please

Sara Lance has been a lot of things over the course of her lifes. She has been an assassin, she has been dead, she's been a Legend, a captain, and a hero. But never once has she been insecure.

At least not until she met Ava Sharpe. The woman that had turned her whole world upside down. Ava had showed her the light and made her realise life is so much more beautiful in it.

But this light also makes her so much more vulnerable. Because without the darkness, there's no place to hide. Something that becomes crystal clear to her when the woman of her dreams is kissing her and tugging at her shirt.

In the past, it was as if to ask for permission. Now, it has become a plea for permission.

Sara has done everything she could possibly think of to avoid this moment for as long as possible. Which only made Ava insecure and suspicious of her. Captain Lance has seduced the most beautiful women in all of time without hesitation.

Was Ava not good enough?

"I'm hungry. You in the mood for pizza?"

Sara can see the hurt on her girlfriends face. The first few times this happened, she tried to hide it. But when Sara kept making excuses - some more ridiculous than others - Ava was all too happy to show her girlfriend the disappointment she's feeling.

Unlike the Captain, she doesn't have emotional walls higher than the Mount Everest. Every time she thinks she's almost reached the top, Sara just makes them higher. Much to Ava's frustration.

But now, Ava has ran out of patience. She realises that if she can't climb over those devilish walls, then she'll just have to tear them down.

"No. I'm not in the mood for pizza. You know well enough what I'm in the mood for." When she realises that the mood is actually kinda over, she adds: "Or was."

Sara swallows thickly. She knows she can't avoid this forever, she was simply hoping she could last a little longer. But she knows from experience that all beautiful things must come to an end. "Ava-"

"No. If you're not ready, then that's fine. But then just tell me. Quit the excuses."

The look she sees on the Captain's face is one of a haunted woman. As if Ava's asking her to jump off of a cliff and trust the Director that she won't die. Something she's probably even more likely to do than actually talk about her feelings.

After a brief silence comes Sara's vague response. "It's not that Aves. It's just better if you don't- It's just better this way."

"What are you talking about?"

The words are supposed to sound as a warning, but they aren't more than a desperate plea. "Just let it go."

"No. Tell me the truth."

It's not the fact that they're not having sex that's bothering her. The secrets are what makes her frustrated. All Ava really desires is for her girlfriend to let her in. To show her who she really is and not that façade of 'Fearless Captain Lance'.

"Please."

A whimper, that's all it was. A last futile attempt at holding onto things the way they were. Because she knows Ava won't want her anymore after this. She knows that even if her girlfriend doesn't care, she'll have to end things herself.