Alex sat off to the side watching Kara talking with Iris. While she herself tied to mingle with people and get to know the heroes that her sister helped last year the feeling of being at a wedding was bittersweet especially given she had called off her own engagement just weeks ago. Alex just stood lost in her thoughts with what was her seventh glass of champagne when someone caught her attention.

'Having fun?' A gruff gravelly sounding voice dripping with sarcasm called out.

Alex turned to her left and saw a bald brawny man in a jacket and jeans holding a beer approach her while smiling lasciviously.

'I don't mean to impose but you don't seem like the wedding type if you're sulking off to the side here.' The man said as he sipped his beer.

'Well if we're being honest you don't either if you're dressed like that.' Alex replied snidely to which the man smiled almost approvingly.

'A girl with fire I like that.' The man complimented as he leaned against the wall.

'I'm flattered but you're not my type.' Alex retorted.

'Well you don't know that.' The man inquired playfully.

'Yeah I do my types are girls.' Alex said.

'Fair enough.' The man noted respectfully before taking another drink, a brief moment paused before he spoke up again.

'Did she leave you or did you leave her?'

'What?' Alex asked at the question that seem to come out of nowhere.

'It doesn't take a genius to know the only reason you'd be keeping your distance is if you'd have your own issues about nuptials.'

The question surprised Alex especially coming from a stranger. She was still a bit raw from the memory of it and on any other day she would clam up about the subject and tell this guy to get lost. However due to the champagne loosening her up and the fact she didn't want to offend any of Kara's friends with rude behavior she decided to give him the benefit of the doubt and talk.

'We just reached an impasse, I wanted something that she didn't.' Alex explained.

'Ah I see. Reminds me of this guy I knew.' The man chuckled amusingly.

'And this guy was-'

'Not what you think!' the man defensively cut off in a tone that startled Alex who raised her hand in equal defense.

'But he was important to me.' The man continued in a softer tone. 'He and I were tight for years I would have died for him as he would for me, he actually did in fact.' Alex threw a look of shock at the casual mention.

'Point is we hooked up with a crew each with our own different reasons and for a while I thought he was an idiot for the goals he wanted. But after he was gone I realized it wasn't just our partnership that was important but what he left behind was too.'

'What was that?' Alex asked curiously.

'His memory his example and the fact him just being there helped make me a better man. I learned to care about the crew I run with even if they are idiots most of the time. Which for someone like me is hard to admit.'

Alex's gazed stared off trying to make sense of the man's insightful if a little rough worded advice.

'Look I don't know you, but I'm pretty sure despite how it ended you can't say that your would-have-been-wife didn't do the same for you even if she's not in your life anymore.' The man inquired somewhat genuinely.

Alex though for a moment maybe this guy did have a point even though they went their separate ways Alex knew she became a better woman simply just for having Maggie in her life.

'Maybe you have a point.' Alex smiled slightly before raising her champagne glass.

'To those who made us better.' Alex said.

'To those we lost.' The man replied as he clinked his beer bottle with her glass before the two of them took a deep swing of their respective booze.

'By the way I'm Mick.' the man introduced extending his hand.

'Alex…Danvers.' Alex said as she grasped his hand in a handshake.

'Wait Danvers? As in-' Mick began before a familiar peppy voice caught their attention.

'ALEX!' The two then turned their attention to the glasses wearing blonde that approached them.

'Hey Sis.' Alex acknowledged her sister.

'What's up Skirt, been a while.' Mick greeted with a friendly smile.

'I see you've met Mick.' Kara noticed as she began to quickly usher her sister away 'Let's talk it over at the bar at the other end of the room.'

'Skirt?' Alex asked.

'Pray to Rao he doesn't give you a nickname.' Kara answered mortifyingly.

After Joe's heartfelt speech to the bride and groom Kara found herself talking with Wally West and for the sake of small talk found herself asking how the young speedster's first year as a Superhero went.

'Really you fought alien starfish?' Kara asked as she tried to process the story.

'You don't sound so surprised.' Wally mentioned.

'We have those on my Earth too, my cousin was actually possessed by one and to this day keeps it in his fortress.' Kara explained before she could go into detail the loud abrupt voice of Felicity Smoak caught the attention of everyone in the building.

'OLIVER, I DON'T WANT TO MARRY YOU!' echoed though Jitters as everyone turned in the couple's direction.

Kara and the rest of the patrons watched as a heart-broken disappointed expression formed on Oliver's face as Felicity walked out the door.

Oliver sat at the small table for who knows how long reflecting on the events that just occurred. In hindsight maybe, he shouldn't have pushed it so much but after talking with Barry this morning about it he thought it would have been an opportune time to give a proposal to Felicity.

'Hey.' A voice called him back to his senses he watched as he saw Kara standing above him before taking a seat across from him.

'Hey.' Oliver courtly replied.

'You want to talk about it?' she asked.

'I just….' Oliver began trying to find the words and mostly because of how he treated Kara last year he wasn't she wanted to listen to him whine about his dilemma. But seeing the concerned look she was giving Oliver decided to at least humor her, Kara did after all save his life last year and he felt he could at least owe her that.

'Lately these last few months have been the most stable for me in who knows how long.' Oliver found himself admitting. 'My work was the Mayor, as the Green Arrow, even things I didn't think were possible like things with Felicity and now as a dad.'

'Yeah Felicity mentioned you had a son, congrats by the way.' Kara chimed in.

'Thanks. Anyways after talking with Barry earlier I got the confidence to give a proposal to Felicity. Looking back on it now I realized that I was doing it more for me and not realizing her thoughts on it…I don't know I guess with everything going great lately I just thought….'

'That you could have everything?' Kara gathered with such understanding given her past experience with Mon-El last year she was filled with that same hopeful idea. The explanation earned her a look of surprise from the forlorn Mayor of Star City. 'That you felt after every horrible thing you went through you finally though the world was finally giving you a small semblance of happiness and you thought anything was possible?'

'Yeah pretty much.' Oliver confirmed as he sipped from his champagne glass.

'I thought the same thing for a while last year but I realized that it was just a pipedream. Last couple of months for me were…difficult.' Kara briefly said as she looked away to stare at the crowd of patrons to where Barry and Iris were talking. 'But I'm beginning to realize that as an alien I'm not supposed to have human things, like companionship. Which may be for the best if it means I'm spared heartbreak, loss and grief.' Kara internally reflected about recent events for her and was so convinced about her beliefs that it took the sound of Oliver's next three words to get her attention.

'You're an idiot.'

Kara looked back in shock at Oliver's harsh declaration.

'I'm sorry Kara but saying you don't deserve good things because you're not human? Look five years ago when I started doing this, I went after criminals in the most brutal ways possible, most crooks that faced me back then went to the morgue instead of jail, I once skinned a man alive just to get information and I kept at it until he stopped screaming. The things I did back then were the furthest human.' Kara was surprised at Oliver's sudden reveal but nevertheless continued to hear him out.

'Kara, you're someone who came to help us against the Dominators last year not because you owed Barry but because you genuinely wanted to help save a planet in crisis and asked for nothing in return. You're someone who saved my life even though I was an ass to you when we first met. You're someone who despite what you can do and what you've lost still go out there everyday protecting people when your life could have easily have gone the other way. You may have been born on a different planet, Kara, but you're as human as they come.' Kara shifted in her seat for a moment processing what Oliver was saying how an actual human like him praised an alien like her of having such human qualities made Kara feel the happiest she felt in a while.

'Oliver…. thanks.' Kara thanked with wholehearted gratitude.

'What are friends for.' Oliver smiled in return.

He may be a pervy, brutal, borderline-psychotic semi-reformed criminal who delights in violence and setting things on fire but Mick is actually more insightful than people give him credit.