Yay for the writing muse being with me today. I was going to post weekly but I'm thinking I've just got to do it whenever the urge hits me. Within reason, course. I will (try) not to leave more than a week in between each post. I promise. This chapter is dedicated to Thephantominthemists. Thanks for my very first non-best friend related review! Enjoy! Music titles are credited to David Guetta.

WHEN LOVE TAKES OVER

Traffic could be heard all around and the aroma of Jitters filtered through Central City's morning traffic.

'There's no better smell in the world.' Iris thought, as she walked toward the coffee haven with purpose. She didn't want to be late for her rendezvous. It was risky meeting at the coffee shop that all of her friends use but it was quite early in the day. She knew their schedules well enough that there was a very slim chance of them seeing her and her cohort.

The bells jingled as she entered. She waved at the barista and sat down at the table she had been using for the past few weeks. Her usual order arrived at the table in the hands of the very handsome Leonard Snart.

Iris slid the envelope over to Leonard as he sat down. "That last one was masterfully evil. I don't think Barry will ever stop blushing when your name is mentioned now."

"I do my best. I can't say that I don't enjoy the side benefits of this."

"What side benefits would those be? Do you enjoy his blushing more than you let on?" Iris goaded with a smile. Never in a million years did she think she would be trading teasing words with Leonard Snart. 'But Barry started it.'

"You mean besides the fact that he can no longer form a sentence around me, doesn't tell me to stop stealing what I'm clearly in the process of stealing and basically just runs away when he sees me in public? My rogues now listen to every word I say with no arguments. It's been quite effective. Mick even smiled yesterday over it."

"So glad I'm helping you be a better criminal boss," She laughed.

"I'm helping you catch your bashful nerd, aren't I? It's a good trade. Give me some more time and he will eventually be humiliated enough to get over whatever is holding him back from snagging you just so you will protect him from big, bad Snart stealing his virtue."

MEMORIES

Ten year old Thea Queen hummed to herself happily as she wandered along the halls of her home, brown curls swinging all the way. Big brother was out with his friends again so it was the perfect time to sneak into his bedroom where he hides her Christmas gifts. He was always saying how much smarter he was than her so it made her feel good to know that there were some things he couldn't hide from her.

She opened his door and crept to his closet. Just because he wasn't here didn't mean one of the maids or her mother wouldn't stop her from her goal. Climbing onto the chair she had dragged over, she leaned forward and patted her hand on the shelf high above her head. She could just barely reach it. On her tippy toes, she felt along as far as she could until she felt a box. She grabbed it down, jumped from the chair, ran to Oliver's bed and dumped its contents.

Several pictures, pieces of notebook paper and pencils fell out. She browsed through the letters, discarding them as romantic drivel from girls dumb enough to want to date her brother. They were so old, she wondered if he even knew he still had them.

She glanced at the pictures and sighed. Nothing she could use against him here. She put everything back into the box too quickly and a few things fell to the floor.

She leaned down to grab the paper than went partway under the bed and her hand hit another box. She knelt down and pulled it out. "Please tell me these aren't more notes from the desperate and lonely girls of Starling that pine away for my brother," she begged. She just didn't get his appeal and didn't ever want to contemplate it.

Opening the box, she knew she had struck gold. The date on the back of the first photo was May 15, 2000. The day before Oliver's 15th birthday. He was smiling a big smile full of braces, shirtless and awkwardly flexing his, as of then, non-existent muscles. He had a weird 90's haircut and a Goth-bead necklace around his neck. 'And what the hell are those pants?' She muttered aloud,"! J…n…c..o's? Clearly they are out of business now if I've never heard of them and they made pants that look like that!" No way would Moira Queen let him dress like a 90's reject.

The door creaked open and Thea looked up to see Oliver standing in the doorway.

He looked at the photo in her hands, cleared his throat and said, "I'll give you whatever you want if we never speak of this again and you never show that to anyone."

-Present day-

Laurel fell to the floor, laughing hard. She tried to catch her breath to say something but couldn't quite manage it. She was so glad she made the trip over for this.

Felicity cooed," Aw he's so awkward and adorable! He and Goth me would have had fun together. Can I keep a copy of this?" 'Why would he want to hide this from me? He's so precious! I will feel so much better now when I do or say something stupid in front of him.'

Lyla accepted the pic from Thea and smiled. "This will do nicely. We can do a Then and Now session on all our super heroes, starting with Oliver. It will keep them grounded I think. No need for them to have big heads right? And maybe Oliver will start heeding my warnings on putting my husband in danger."

She knew her husband was just as responsible for getting himself in trouble but she had a point to make.

METROPOLIS

Kara smiled and rubbed Barry's back as a friendly gesture to show her support for Barry's misery.

"You can't hide on my Earth forever, Barry. You will have to go back and face them all eventually. Pulling the bandaid off faster helps sometimes."

"I don't know if I can. He's- Iris has to be helping him! There's no way he's this good on his own and she's the only one who knows me well enough. Maybe Cisco but he's still too scared of Len."

"…Len?"

Barry's head shot up with alarm," Oh my god I just called him Len!" He turned to Kara," I swear I'm not gay! Not that there's anything wrong with being gay, I'm just not in love with him! I'm not! I'm in love with Iris! I really am!"

Kara broke through his fevered rambling, "Well why don't you prove it and he'll leave you alone. Tell her."

He got quiet. That right there was the problem. "I don't want anything to happen to her. What if someone uses her against me?"

"She sounds like a really amazing and really strong woman. If she loved you, she would take you. Danger and all," She said sadly.

He nodded. "You're right. Thanks Kara."

She perked up," Ok, let's shake this off! When you leave, you go get your girl. For now, though…"

"Oh yeah! Hang on. My laptop is in my bag. I saved the good stuff for you."

He set up his computer and pulled up the screenshots he saved from 'Super Hero Monthly' and got to the section titled,' Green Arrow-from Geek to Chic'.

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SWEAT

Ray swung from the beam all-the-while doing his best to hold back the continuous urge to release the contents of his stomach. After an hour, he was sure the vertigo would kill him at any moment. He really should have known better after he heard that Oliver and John Diggle ended up behind bars on Lian Yu. You don't mess with certain people. He just couldn't contain his enthusiasm for the prank war. (With all the newly added recruits and victims, it was definitely a war now.)

He wanted to get Jackson because he knew the kid had a great sense of humor- when he wasn't occupied with yelling at Stein for dragging him along on the time hopping trip. Everyone else just seemed to be off limits for a prank. Mick would probably burn him alive. Stein would fuse with Jackson, after Jackson stopped laughing, and try to burn him too. 'And if not by fire, then by ice', he thought, if he targeted Len. He was not sure what Rip would do but a five minute conversation with Gideon left him hoping Jackson would be the one walking by soon. He couldn't fathom string Kendra up and Sara was a 'Hell no,' from the start.

It was just circumstantial that Sara happened by when he had finished setting up.

Now if only he could reach the button on his suit to shrink himself. These rope handcuff knots really were a bitch to get out of. That's the last time he would try to prank anyone with a little bondage. He really should have known better with his crewmates.

To be continued…

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FYI, in case it made some people mad: if you dressed the same as Oliver did in the photo as a child, I am in no way making fun of you. That's totally how I used to dress J I go more for the sweet librarian look now, with the occasional nerd, hippie and Goth flare, depending on my days destination.

On a side note, I will continue as I have been, adding little easter eggs throughout each chapter on how others are dealing with past pranks. I enjoy thinking about how far to push each character. The actors on the shows just put such life into each character that we can't help but want to write about them. I hope I'm doing them justice in the silly situations.

It's so funny that I used to not want to watch Arrow at all because it sounded way too dramatic but then I found out John Barrowman was Merlin. I'm a big Barrowman fan so I just had to watch. I still prefer the Flash but I do enjoy all the shows now.

So, how about we conclude with a question. I do have several chapters mapped out so far but I would like to hear from you. Who do you want to see pitted against each other? Have a great night!