"Mick, you've been acting pretty strange lately, and I want to know why..." Leonard Snart told his partner, Mick Rory, as the two sat in the arsonists bedroom playing cards. Leonard was winning the game so far.
"Don't know what your talking bout, Snart." Mick replied, deflecting the question. Leonard rolled his eyes placing his cards face down as he leaned towards him.
"I'm talking about Scarlett's little partner, Clarity." Leonard emphasized. At the mention of her name Mick looked up from the deck he was holding his eyes narrowing at the other thief.
"What about her?" He questioned his partner in return, but there was something different in his tone. Something Snart recognized, but couldn't quite place.
"You two have been getting pretty close lately is all." Snart replied, his cool drawl doing nothing to calm the simmering fire that was about to erupt due to his poking and prodding. Mick never did well with feelings and he never liked being shaken down. But Leonard wanted answers, and this would be the only way to get them.
"You jealous Snart?" Mick asked a crazed look in his eye making Snart eye him somewhat cautiously. "Feeling kinda homesick for Lisa?"
Snart cocked his head to the side slightly as he thought. Mick brought up Lisa. Why would he have brought up Lisa? Lisa..Lisa...his baby sister Lisa... it wasn't a threat. Leonard could tell. The crazed look in Mick's eye was more on the verge of teasing than threatening. Almost like one would treat a sibling. And then it hit him. It hit him hard. The tone Mick had used it was protection. Brotherly protection. Leonard Snart couldn't believe it. Somehow Clarity Springs, the sweet little sparkler, had found a way to wiggle into Mick's tiny circle of stones that surrounded his fire.
"There are a lot of people on this ship. " Leonard noted feeling the need to. Afterall, out of all the people Mick chooses to play big brother to it's the nerdy girl with a dire fashion problem? Her problem of course being that she looked fabulous all the damned time. Even if wearing blue 24/7 was a bit much. "Why get all buddy buddy with her?"
"Why not? You get on with red." Mick shrugged in reply. "Don't see what your making a big deal out of it for. She's the spark to my flame. I don't expect you to understand. You and Lisa have blood to link you two. We have something better. We've got fire" Mick said flicking his lighter open. They both stared at the flame as Snart tried to comprehend Mick's words but sometimes he made no sense even to him.
Just then Clarity glitched into the room. Teleporting herself in a crackle of lightning, her body reforming along with a tray filled with frosted cupcakes.
"Try this." Clarity told me, less of an askance and more of a demand, holding out a cupcake to the arsonist. It looked harmless enough. With a red cup cake holder with white swirls and frosting on top that looked like literal flames.
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Mick took a bite as instructed. His eye brows furrowed. He looked down at the cupcake then at Clarity and repeated the process for about 30 more seconds before he spoke with his mouth full.
"This has rum in it." he stated before happily taking another bite and swiping the entire tray from the woman. Clarity smiled and sparks flew from her fingertips as she hopped around in a circle out of victory.
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! I did it! I won the bet!" Clarity cheered mostly to herself.
"Bet?" Leonard inquired taking a cupcake with blue flames for himself. Mick shooting him a dirty look as he did so. Clarity spun around to face the ice villain.
"Mick said there was no way I could combine his two favorite snacks and I won. Though I still don't think alcohol is a snack" Clarity said triumphantly.
"There better be more of these" Mick said mouth full from the new bite.
"In the kitchen." Clarity sing songed going to walk out the their room to get the rest of them.
"Hey Sparky!" Mick called making Clarity pause. "You forgot something."
With that he pulled her down to the floor and ruffled her hair affectionately causing her to giggle. He brushed a strand of her brown hair out of her face once he was done.
"You did good" Mick praised, his words followed by a happy grunt. Clarity beamed in reply. Leonard watched the scene in front of him amused. He rarely saw this side of Mick. He rather liked it. He should have found Mick a baby sister for himself years ago. Who would have known it would turn his boiling rage down to a mellow simmer?
