So this is a collection of my one shots of my favourite supervillian couple, and their adventures with their band of rogues. Mainly set throughout the happenings of the flash but may include times set through Legends of tomorrow. All one shots will be rated accordingly at the beginning of the chapter.
When they first met: When Mick first set eyes on Len, he knew he had to do anything to protect him. That's exactly what he did.
Rating: T
-20 years ago-
14 year old Mick was sat in the dark corner of the Juvie yard, just minding his own business, when he saw a load of others run by. Basically no-one came to these parts when he was there. Everyone feared him because he was the arsonist.
"Watch it kid." Mick growled, when one almost tripped over him.
"S-sorry. I'll go." The kid replied, and as he turned to go, Mick grabbed him by the back of his collar.
"Not so fast. What's going on?" Mick demanded, as more ran by.
"There's a fight. One of the people is that Snart kid. It's like six against one, the kid's toast. He's getting what's coming to him though." The lad explained before Mick released his grip and he ran off. Snart had only been there a couple of days and already he's getting himself into a load of shit. Mick remembers him coming on that transport bus. Tiny kid, looks about 10 when he's really 14. Looks absolutely terrified of everything. Father's an ex cop. A terrible cop, dodgy as fuck. No wonder the kids getting into bother. Those who have parents that are part of the authorities, whatever part, never seem to last long. Something always happens, and usually the guards do something about it... But not his time. They're just standing around acting like they're not seeing anything.
"Right. I guess it's up to me.." Mick mumbled to himself before getting up and walking towards the crowd. Pushing his way to the front. He did get some glares, but then those glares turned into looks of fear when they realised who it was. "OI." Mick shouted once he reached the front. The kid that almost knocked into him was right. There was six of them, all at least twice the size of Snart. The kid was practically dead now anyway, poor lad. "What do you think you're doing?"
"Go away, Rory. This doesn't concern you." One said, he thinks it's the leader. The biggest one of the lot.
"I will burn the lot of you if you don't leave him alone. You've beat him up, he's practically dead right now anyway. He can't help it what his father did for a career." Mick said.
"No, but he can control what comes out of his mouth. Every other word that comes out is a pile of shit." Another one said and Mick shrugged.
"If you take away the leader, you're all just a bunch of dumbasses. You'll all fall like dominoes. Not knowing what to do with your lives." Snart said, looking up at the six.
"Who are you calling dumbasses? Your the one on the ground fighting for your life, smart ass." The leader said.
"Go on. Take it. Do your worse." Snart said with a smirk. Mick just stared at him as if he was crazy.
"Gladly." The leader said again and pulled out a shiv out. Whilst he kid wanted to die, Mick just couldn't watch it happen. He doesn't know why, he just did.
"I mean it, stop it right now or I will burn you all to the point where you'll wish you were dead." Mick threatened.
"With what exactly?" Another one of the goons said and Mick just smirked and pulled a lighter out of his pocket.
"Anymore smart ass remarks?" Mick asked as the gang took a step back. Rumour has hit he burnt a fully grown mans face once. Had to be in hospital for months.
"N-no. We didn't realise he was a mate of yours. W-w-we'll leave him alone, we swear!" The leader said before all six of them ran off. After that the crowd soon disappeared leaving Mick and Leonard by themselves.
"Can you stand?" Mick said, breaking the silence, looking down at him. Sighing as he tried and failed to stand up, Mick picked him up and carried him inside to his room. Gave him a quick examination.
"You don't say a lot." Mick then said, breaking the silence again.
"Don't have anything to say." Leonard said, "I'm Leonard by the way. Leonard Snart. Call me Len though. I hate my name." He added with a slight chuckle.
"Some fucker must hate you to name you Leonard." Mick commented and Len looked down on the ground. "Oh. You're one of them?"
"One of who?" Len asked, generally curious.
"One of those that gets abused at home. That's why you told them to kill you. You don't want to go back." Mick explained and Len sighed before nodding.
"It's my dad.. My mom left when my sister was only a couple of months old. I begged her to stay with us. Of course then I didn't know why she wanted to.. I do now. He probably hit her and now she's gone.. He takes out on me. Well, it took a while, the abuse didn't start until I was 11, about a year after my mom left. He'd force me to join him on his criminal escapades... Why am I telling you all this?" Len said, looking away from Mick.
"It's okay.. In your own time. I'll be here when you're ready. I like you kid." Mick said, tending to Len's cuts.
"Thanks, but you're not exactly my type." Len replied with a slight chuckle.
"That mouth of yours is going to get you into trouble one day." Mick responded, also with a chuckle.
"So people keep telling me." Len pointed out, maintaining his chuckle.
"I don't think anything's broken. You just have a lot of bruises, which is quite al- oh." Mick said, before realising not all the bruises would have been from the gang. It would be far too soon for those bruises to come up.
"I bruise easily anyway. No surprise there." Len commented.
"Ah. we need each other." Mick said and Len looked at him confused. "I'm not sure why I need you, but you need me. You'll die in here and I won't let that happen. I'll protect you. I'll figure out why I need you in time."
"I'm nothing special. Let me die in here." Len said, shrugging his shoulders.
"You have a little sister, correct?" Mick asked and Len nodded. "Well, fight for her. Get out of here, alive, and rescue her from your father." Mick said and Len rolled his eyes.
"Don't you think I tried that? I had it all thought out. But he found out, and now I'm here and she's there by herself with him. She's only 4! She can't defend herself." Len cried out before tearing up and Mick just wrapped him in his arms and did his best to comfort him. Mick wasn't the emotional, touchy feely type of person. So when this boy in front of him just bust out crying he just tried his hardest to make him feel better. It was that moment he promised to himself to protect this person in his arms. He didn't know why he just felt protective of him, he just did.
One things for sure, he would never leave him alone.
-present day-
Mick kept his promise to himself for all this time. They've been partners now for over two decades. He never left his side in Juvi, and sure, they had their ups and downs and their arguments. But they always found their way back to each other. So that's why, on this day, they got married in front of their, well, band of rogues and a couple of others. As fucked up their lives are, they're happy with each other, and while they might not make sense to some people, they make sense to each other, and that's all that matters.
