Sara had been thinking a lot after her conversation with Zari. The captain's relationships didn't go well. They had been harsh, rushed and often mixed with different interests. She wasn't actually sure that love had been a main component. It was there, but buried under nasty toxic stuff.

Sara admitted long ago that she probably was too damaged to know how to love. And she was okay with that, until now. I am not a normal person. I don't do real relationships. Ava wants a normal relationship with a person who knows how to love… but then why does she want me? Maybe she thinks love is worth the risk, like Zari said… Well, Sara Lance takes risks too.

Sara left the empty mug on the table and walked to her room. She sat on the bed and grabbed her phone.

[23:03] Sara: Hey Ava, I was thinking about our conversation earlier. Can I interest you to dinner tomorrow?

Even though Sara Lance had gone through many nerve wrecking situations in her recent adventures, she had never experienced the anxiety she felt right now. Sara couldn't stop looking at her phone screen, hoping with everything she had, to get a positive answer from Ava. If it didn't happen soon, Sara was certain she would forget how to breathe.

Ava smiled widely at the unexpected text, and allowed herself a moment of joy before breathing deeply and replying.

[23:15] Ava: Of course, I'll be there. :)

Sara's courage doubled as her heart raced.

[23:16] Sara: Not here. I know a fancy restaurant in Star City, I can get a reservation.

After some thought and evaluation of the captain's words, Ava decided to take her chances.

[23:18] Ava: Are you asking me on a date, miss Lance?

She held her breath waiting for the answer.

Sara smiled widely, she was amused by her own flush of emotions running through her body. She had never felt this way before.

[23:18] Sara: Yes. Would you like to go on a date with me, miss Sharpe?

Ava threw her fists in the air and squealed with excitement.

[23:19] Ava: Yes Sara, it would be nice.

[23:20] Sara: :) Yasss! Okay, talk the details tomorrow?

[23:21] Ava: Talk tomorrow. Goodnight!

[23:21] Sara: Goodnight Ava.

Both women went to sleep very happy, wishing tomorrow would come faster.

The next day, they texted to arrange time and place for the date.

Meanwhile Ray, Amaya and Rory were trying to figure out which was the sixth totem Mallus was scared of. They decided to go to Detroit and ask an expert.

"We need to tell Sara we gotta go to Detroit." Ray said.

"No. She's off to Star City. She's been texting some guy, they're going on a date." Mick said.

"How do you know? Have you been looking at her phone?"

"I look at everyone's phone. Helps me pass the time."

"Well… who's she going on a date with?"

"Obviously it's Ava." Amaya said.

"Oh that's hot." Mick said.

"What's hot?" Sara asked, overhearing the last bit of conversation while walking into the parlor.

"Um... the fire totem!" Ray blurted out. He asked Sara what she thought about going to Detroit.

"Right now?" Sara was trying very hard to hide her anxiety and act like not a big deal was happening. "Um, I might sit this one out… because I have to do… business back home." She nodded. Well done, Sara. Stay cool.

"I bet you do." Mick said with a smirk.

Sara said goodbye and headed toward the dressing room. First, she instructed Gideon to avoid asking questions. Then she asked Gideon to fabricate fancy clothes for her. Gideon did as instructed, giving her a stunning red long sleeves romper. Once Sara was ready, she sneaked into the jumpship without being seen by the others, and set course towards Star City 2018.

Sara got to the restaurant a bit early. A friend of her dad's ran the place so it had been very easy to make a reservation in such short notice. She asked for a drink and waited. Her nerves were out of control, she took deep breaths trying to calm down. You're already here. You're Sara Lance, you don't chicken out.

After one of those deep breaths Sara heard steps behind her and turned to see who it was. When she saw Ava standing near her, everything else faded away.

"Hi." Ava said shyly. She was wearing a blue dress and her beautiful blond hair was down. She had been feeling very anxious about this date, but the moment she saw Sara sitting at the table everything else disappeared. Ava smiled brightly.

"Wow." Sara said. She smiled and stood up from the chair to walk Closer to Ava. "You look-"

"Weird." Ava interrupted. "I look weird, right?"

"I was gonna say beautiful, but…"

"Thank you. So do you." Ava took a look at Sara's complete outfit. "It's… wow." She chuckled nervously.

Sara turned around and walked towards the chair she wanted to offer Ava. Ava was trying to do the same for her.

"Do you wanna-" they motioned for the chair at the same time. They smiled at their matched chivalry and sat down.

"Madam?" The waiter asked.

"You know, I'll just have whatever she's having, please." Ava said pointing at Sara's drink.

"Vodka martini extra dirty, stirred." Sara said.

"Stirred, not shaken?" Ava asked once the waiter walked away.

"Shaken is for lightweights who like their booze watered down."

"And James Bond."

"James Bond never had to fight a horde of Vikings or help me escape a demon realm."

"True." Ava said, with a cute little laugh.

"How is work?" Sara asked.

"Work is..." Ava started. "Ugh, this is awful." They laughed. "You know what? Let's just try to be normal. For one night. No Legends, no Bureau. What do you think?"

The waiter brought Ava's drink at that very moment so she broke eye contact with Sara, missing the flash of insecurities running through her.

"I feel like relationships are complicated enough without time-traveling supervillains. Don't you?" Ava said after thanking the waiter.

"Okay." Sara agreed. "So, here's to being two regular women on a completely normal first date." Sara raised her glass.

"Completely normal." Ava said, clinking their glasses together.

While Ava's anxiety seemed under control, Sara's wasn't.

After their first drink and light conversation about the city, they switched to a different table, more comfortable for dinner. They ordered the food and asked for a second drink while waiting.

"And did you have lots of friends while growing up here?" Ava asked.

"I had some friends, but most of the time it was just Laurel and I. I was always the rebel and she was always the good one. Why do you look like you already know this? Did you Google me?"

"No. I may have read your file. Back when you were a fugitive from the Bureau… Look, I know this sounds stalkery but in my defense, I did not see this coming."

Sara was amused by Ava's confession. Of course she already knew that. She's cute when she's nervous. Sara thought.

"Well, what do you wanna know?" She asked.

Ava leaned on the table. "Okay. You always seem so composed and cool. But you can't be all cool all the time. What's… the most embarrassed you've ever been?"

Sara did an amusing gesture combing her eyebrows, pretending to be even cooler than Ava ever thought. Then she said, "That's an easy one. First time I had a weapon in my hand."

"Lian Yu?"

"Nope. Starling City Elementary. I was Peter Pan in the school play. I got up on the stage in the first scene and I just totally froze. I couldn't remember any of my lines, it was like my mind just went blank."

Ava had been listening to Sara's little story with her mouth open. She couldn't believe the intrepid captain was once a scared little girl in a school play. Then she laughed. "What did you do?" She asked.

The date was going great, both of them were relaxed and enjoying the moment. It felt good.

Suddenly, before Sara could reply, her phone buzzed. She ignored it.

"Well, I broke onto a tap dance, of course. And then I ran off stage crying."

"You can dance?" Of course that was a priceless piece of information. It was usually very hard for her to find someone she liked who could dance. Ava loved dancing.

Again, before Sara could answer her phone buzzed again.

"Go ahead, you can check it." Ava said.

"I'm sure it's nothing. I'll just…" Sara looked for her phone in her bag. "It's a voicemail. I'm just gonna listen."

"It's okay."

Please be nothing important, please be nothing important. Sara pressed the phone to her ear and listened to Gideon's voice. "It wasn't my idea… but the team has taken the Waverider down a joyride to the Bahamas 1717, in a futile attempt to locate the missing earth totem. Just thought you should know."

Dammit, Legends! I can't leave you on your own for a single night. Sara thought. She put her phone away.

"Everything okay?"

"Yeah, totally fine. Normal, in fact." Sara took a sip of her drink and smiled.

The waiter brought their plates and they started to eat.

"So, how about you? When was the first time you used a weapon?"

"Well… it was my fifteenth birthday. I went to play paintball with my friends and at one point I am cornered. My heart is pounding, my palms are sweating, and I know that I only have a few bullets left in my pocket."

"So what did you do?"

"I grabbed a guy and used him as a human shield." Ava said ashamed. Sara smiled at her. "And from that point on, no one would ever play paintball with me ever again."

"Well, sounds like a hell of a fifteenth birthday party." They both laughed, but suddenly Ava saw Gary coming in the restaurant, and she almost choked with her food.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm gonna go to the restroom really quickly. I'm sorry." Ava said, still coughing. She walked towards Gary.

Sara saw them, but didn't have much time to wonder what was going on... because she looked out the window and saw something that looked like her ship falling from the sky.

"We're gonna need the check." She said. Then she used her comms to whisper to the Legends. "Please tell me that the Waverider did not just crash into Star City." She was furious.

"Star City. Is that where we are?" Zari asked.

"You gotta be kidding me."

Ray tried to see the bright side of the disaster but it was not working.

"So Sara… how's the date going?" Nate asked.

"It's over." Sara sighed. The anger was turning into frustration. She was feeling upset. Deep down, she knew something like this was going to happen.

Meanwhile, Ava was very mad at Gary for interrupting her perfect date with Sara.

"What the hell are you doing here?" She said.

"Please don't be mad. You weren't answering your phone."

"This better be a life or death emergency, Gary." Her arms were crossed and her eyes were fire.

"Worse… a speedster took my time courier. And then pants'd me."

"And then wh-" Ava shook her head. She asked if he checked that the headquarters are secured.

Gary said everything was okay, except for one item missing from storage… a long brown coat that used to belong to Rip Hunter.

Ava's expression showed concern. Finally a lead on Rip. She sighed.

"You look great, by the way."

"Shut up Gary. Remember we talked about personal space. Come on." Ava went back to the table followed by Gary. She felt a punch in the stomach when she saw Sara was gone. She had left some cash on the table. Ava froze for a few seconds, but then took a grip of her emotions switching to Agent mode.

"Okay, we need to find Rip. He's got a time courier, which means he can be anywhere, anytime, causing a whole mess of problems."

Ava left some cash on the table as well, and sighed. She was feeling very upset. How could Sara leave like that? Without saying goodbye. It hurt. Weren't we having a great time together? And also Rip, you really had to come back tonight? Really!?

"When I left you were headed to Detroit." Sara said, walking into the bridge of the Waverider.

Ray and Nate told her that Mick and Amaya are marooned in 1717, Damien Darhk has the fire totem and Blackbeard has the earth totem.

"Thank God you're back. You look great. The engine room is a disaster, we're not going anywhere." Zari said walking towards them.

"I don't know what looks more ridiculous. You guys in your pirate ridges or me in this stupid dress." Sara lamented. She was done pretending. The situation couldn't be worse, and it hurt.

"Definitely them." Zari said.

"Hey, I know it looks like a mess." Nate said. "But we really wanted you to have a nice night out."

"Yeah if you really like that mean Time Bureau lady, you shouldn't give up on her." Ray added.

"Look, I'm not giving up on anything. Other than maybe the idea that I'll ever have a normal life." An uncomfortable silence followed. Sara decided to fill it in turning Captain mode on. "Zari, get the ship back in fighting shape 'cause until then, Rory and Amaya are on their own."

While Sara was changing into casual clothing, Nate found another anachronism in 1717 and it turned out to be Damien Darhk. Zari needed to hurry up with the reparations of the Waverider.

Without any warning, Ava stepped out of a portal into the ship. She was wearing her Time Bureau uniform and her hair was tied up. She didn't look happy.

Sara turned around. "Ava! Hey!" She was smiling nonchalantly, even though the pitch of her voice showed she was nervous.

"Don't 'Hi Ava' me, you stood me up, jerk!"

Sara sighed.

Ray and Nate took cover behind the control panel, leaving the women in confrontation.

"I gotta hand it to you, miss Lance. You take the phrase 'Dine and dash' to a whole new level." Ava said, walking closer to Sara.

"Look, the Waverider fell out of the sky. My team needed help." Sara said.

Ava faked a laugh. "Why does that not surprise me?"

"You know, this was never gonna work out."

"Really? Because I'm a mature person who actually can communicate?" Ava walked past Sara brushing their shoulders together as a sign of anger.

Sara turned around to face her. "Oh really! Such a communicator. Like when you said you were going to the bathroom?"

"What are you talking about?" Ava asked, now the anger giving space to the shame.

"You think I didn't see Gary?" Sara walked closer to Ava.

"Oh my- Rip broke into the Time Bureau. I was coming back to the table to tell you."

Sara covered her face with her hands and raised her voice, "You know? This is pointless."

"Yeah it is."

"We should have never tried to be normal. I'm not normal, alright? I'm never gonna be normal, and I'm not gonna be normal for anyone!"

"I don't want you to be normal!" Ava said.

"You don't?"

"Hell no."

Blue eyes searched blue eyes, looking for for the lie. But it wasn't there. Sara found pure honesty in Ava's eyes.

That connection brought them closer until it was too much. Sara and Ava leaned into the feeling. One hand held the other woman closer and the other cupped her cheek softly, while sharing a passionate first kiss.

While they were arguing, Ray and Nate took the Time Courier to open a portal to Bahamas 1717. The portal was still open. When Ava had to reluctantly break the kiss for air, she saw it, and also saw some pirates walking in the ship.

"What?" Sara asked.

"No, the kiss, it was great… just." Ava stuttered. She turned Sara around so she could see the pirates too.

"We claim this ship and you two women as ours!" Blackbeard said.

"Come on." Ava muttered.

Sara got her composure back and grabbed two long wooden sticks they could use as weapons. "Let's do this."

Ava and Sara fought side by side against the pirates. It only took them a couple of minutes to incapacitate them all and corner their captain with the sticks on his throat. The rest of the team was back in the ship soon enough, with the Earth Totem.

"Rum floats were a very good idea." Ava said some time later in the galley.

"Only seems fair since we missed dessert." Sara said. She poured both of them a drink.

They cheered and took a sip.

"Hey look, I'm sorry." Sara said. "About bailing on you earlier. I should have been honest with you about what was going on with my team."

"No, no, no, no. I never should have put the kibosh on talking show."

"You're right. It's your fault." Sara said.

Ava wasn't expecting that answer. She smiled and shook her head looking down. "You… oh man!"

She's adorable. Sara thought, smiling too.

"Besides," Ava added. "I'd rather fight pirates with you any day than sit in some stupid restaurant."

Sara leaned on the table. "Well in that case… I was thinking Genghis Khan for our second date?"

Ava leaned on the table too, "Done." She said. "But only if I can call you Peter Pan."

"Don't."

"Miss… Miss P…" Ava tried, but Sara put her finger on her lips.

"Don't!"

Both women laughed softly. There was a very good feeling in the air.

"Okay." Ava said looking around. "So do you have a room on this ship, or?"

Sara was gratefully surprised by that question. "Let's go find out." She said with a smirk. Ava bit her lip and followed the captain.

Sara guided Ava towards her room. The hallways were empty, the rest of the Legends were minding their own business.

Once they got to the room Sara motioned for Ava to step inside and closed the door behind them.

The Agent looked around, taking in everything she could. A bedroom can say a lot about a person.

Everything was tidy. The bed took most of the space in the room. Sara had some books and little decorations that seemed to be cared for. There was also a tv and a few old items that seemed purchased during her time travels.

"Like what you see?" Sara asked. She was standing by the door.

Ava turned around to face the Captain. She took a step forward. "Yeah I do." Ava whispered. Her eyes were locked with Sara's. She put both hands on the door, trapping Sara between her arms.

Their faces were inches apart. Memories of previous encounters flashed by. The memories felt old and distant, so much had changed since the first time they met.

Sara smirked and arched her eyebrows, "Can we kiss already?"

Ava didn't wait for a second invitation. She pressed her body against Sara's, against the door. Her hands ran through Sara's hair while their lips crashed together.

The Captain's right hand caressed Ava's neck while her left hand rested on her waist.

The passionate kiss soon became a different one. The pace slowed down, allowing both women to breathe and smile. The extra oxygen in their brains helped their hands explore different touches and caresses.

Biting Ava's lip softly, Sara turned them around and guided Ava towards the bed. She took off the Agent's blazer and gently pushed her to fall on the bed. Both women took a moment to just look at each other. This didn't feel like any other "one night stand" for Sara. This was something else. She caressed a strand of hair away from Ava's face and they smiled. One second later, their lips craved for each other once again. Sara, who was on top of Ava, leaned over to kiss her deeply yet gently. This novel intensity made Ava feel like she was dreaming.

Suddenly her Time Courier started buzzing. She reluctantly broke the kiss to gaze at it.

"Ugh. What now?" She said.

"Duty calls?" Sara asked. Her eyes showed understanding. She really wanted Ava to stay with her, her kisses were addictive. But she also learnt something, they were both important women in their jobs. And their jobs were important parts of their lives. They would need to find a balance not to leave any part of their lives out.

Sara sat up and Ava followed. They were still keeping as much physical contact as possible.

"It's an emergency call, all Agents should head to HQ." Ava sighed, running her hand through her hair.

"Hey, it's okay."

"Can I kiss you again, Miss Pe-"

Sara shut Ava up with a kiss in between smiles.

"Now go." She said, unwillingly breaking the kiss.

Ava stood up and put on her blazer. She untied her hair and tried to comb it a little.

"See you tomorrow?" Sara asked.

"See you tomorrow, Sara."

And with that, Ava disappeared through a portal.