So yeah, I ended up writing this thing today on the suggestion of michaelsc0fields (saralxnces on tumblr). I couldn't help but to it, especially after an AO3 comment on Tales of the Crook and the Assassin asked for something similar. Soooo here you have it.

(And I am totally doing a chapter later titled The Secret Origin of Leonard Snart)

"So we heard that the Canary was spotted on the scene of a bust on a fence," Leonard said as Sara entered the lair. "The Dodger was supposedly on the scene too."

"He was, but he got away," Sara grumbled, thinking about how she had been so close to getting him. If it hadn't been for that damn collar he tossed her way, she would have had him. "I really want to catch this guy now before he skips town."

"Maybe try luring him out into the open?" Sin suggested. "He seems like the guy who can't turn down a bright and shiny object."

"The kid's right," Leonard agreed, earning a pointed look from Sin. "If we find what he likes, then maybe we can draw him out."

"So let's look for a connection," Sara said, stepping around Oliver to sit down at the computer. "Just gotta get into the police database and find the reports of his thefts."

"Allow me," Leonard moved over to the computer. "Haven't done this in a while, but I can get in there quick and easy."

Before Sara could question the how, he had the reports pulled up. Sara looked over his shoulder down at the screen. All the pilfered jewels appeared to be from the same time period. It seemed the Dodger did have a type after all.

"So we just need to find something from that era to lure him out," Sin said. "Anyone happen to know of a random jewel from the Obsta-whatsit period that we can use to bait him?"

"I might," Oliver stepped forward, pulling up another web page on the monitor. "Starling City Cancer Society is having a fundraising auction tomorrow night. We can lure him out into the open there."

"And how do you plan on doing that?" Leonard asked. "I highly doubt a jewel thief is going to be fooled by a fake."

"There's a chance I can get my family to put up the real deal," Oliver replied. "I might not be the most popular family after not taking over the company when they wanted me too, but I could be able to persuade my family."

"Do they even have a jewel like that?"

"Family as rich as the Queens," Sara shot a grin Oliver's way. "They can buy one if they don't."

The next night, the four met up at the benefit. Oliver had indeed been successful in getting his family to donate a brooch from the Ominous Era, so the plan was looking to be a go. Leonard had met up with him before the event opened so they could place a GPS tracker in the brooch. If the Dodger did show up and nab it, they could track it to see where he was going.

He and Oliver crossed paths again inside the benefit with Sara and Sin. The latter looked uncomfortable in the black dress she was wearing, like she wanted nothing more than to be back in jeans and her leather jacket. Sara, on the other hand, seemed more relaxed in her own dress.

"Any idea what we'll do with the Dodger if we catch him here?" Leonard asked. "Or if he runs and we need to go after him."

"Running in heels is manageable," Sara shrugged. "Or I can kick them off. Besides, I have seven knives on me."

Leonard turned toward her, frowning at her outfit. "How were you able to fit them all in your dress?"

"Not as hard as it looks," she said before heading off to go search for the Dodger.

Five minutes after he had met with the others, he saw the red dot that symbolized the jewel's tracker was no longer stationary. It was moving in his direction now. Looking up, he could see a man heading his way. Leonard caught sight of the brooch in the man's hand. Without hesitation, he stepped into the man's path and grabbed his arm before he could pass by.

"Not so fast," he hissed into the Dodger's ear. "That brooch isn't up for grabs. If you want it, then you're going to have to bid just like everybody else."

The jewel thief sneered at him. "I'd thought I'd actually just take it, and avoid the trouble."

"Sara," he said, walking quickly toward her. "We've got a problem."

Sara whirled around. Her eyes widened at the sight of the bomb collar around his neck. "Oh no."

Sin appeared by her side, looking spooked. "Okay, that's bad."

"You think?" he deadpanned as Sara grabbed his arm and pulled him after her. They passed by Oliver, who followed after them into a side room. Sin shut the door behind them once they were all inside what they now realized was an office.

"Sara, he's getting away," Leonard told her as Oliver began to look around the room for something. "If you want him, then you need to go now."

Sara nodded after a moment of hesitation. "Where did he leave?"

Leonard peered down at his phone. "South exit."

"On it," she said quickly, heading for the door before turning around. "We'll get you out of this, Leonard."

With that, she was gone. Oliver approached him, a safety pin in hand. Sin was watching the phone with him, activating the comm system so they could keep in contact with Sara. As Oliver pried off a small cover on the collar, Leonard saw his brow furrow.

"You can't disable it, can you?"

Oliver shook his head. "I've disabled bombs before, but they were nothing like this. I do know someone who can, but I don't know where she is right now."

"So get out of here," he snapped. "If I'm going up, then I'm not taking you with me."

Sin crossed her arms. "Not happening."

"You're a part of this team now, Snart," Oliver agreed. "No one gets left behind. Besides, I have faith that Sara is going to find a way to get you out."

One motorcycle chase later, the Dodger was crawling out of the wreck of his car. Sara disembarked the motorbike she's "borrowed", keeping her helmet on. She hoped that Leonard and Sin and Oliver were okay right now. As she approached the Dodger, he saw her and scrambled the rest of the way out of his car and onto his feet. In his hand, Sara spotted a small remote, probably controlling the collar on Leonard's neck.

"Don't do anything stupid," he warned, making sure she could see the controller. "I crossed paths with a man who didn't seem to want the brooch stolen. Touch a hair on my head, and his will be gone. Quite a choice you have now, don't you?"

Sara gritted her teeth. This thief was threatening to kill Leonard. If she didn't do something, he would murder her friend and coworker. This was not going to fly with her.

"Not happening," she snarled, letting one of her knives fly into his arm right where she wanted it. "I've just severed your amnion nerve. Even if you tried, you would never be able to push that button."

The Dodger looked up at her in horror as she stepped up to him and plucked the remote from his hand. Looking down, she saw two buttons, one green and one red. The latter one was flashing. Hoping that she hadn't just doomed Leonard to death, she pressed the green one.

A relieved sigh came through her comm. Sara let out one too when she heard Leonard and Sin tell her that he was safe. With safety guaranteed for her friends, she returned her attention to the Dodger. He was trying to plead his life, claiming that they were the same, stealing from the rich and all. It was only a distraction though, as she watched a rod slip out of his sleeve. Before he could hit her with it, Sara turned it back on him. There was a sharp buzzing sound before he slumped unconscious to the ground.

"I am nothing like you," she uttered before returning to the motorcycle.

"Hey."

Leonard looked up from where he was sitting on the empty stool in the nightclub Sara partially owned. She was walking towards him, probably having just come from the lair underneath. Her dress was gone, replaced with a shirt and jeans. A duffle was slung over her shoulder, which she put onto the floor as she took a seat on the stool next to him.

"You held up really good tonight, you know that?" she told him. "Most people would probably have freaked out, but you didn't. You stayed cool and calm."

"It wasn't too hard," he shrugged. "Although if things did go wrong, I wish Sin and Oliver hadn't been in the room too. If I was going to die, it might have been better to minimalize casualities."

Sara shook her head. "That wasn't going to happen. We've all been looking out for each other since this began. I understand why you would want them to get out, and that you're kind of a lone wolf who looks after himself. But now you have other people who have your back too."

"I didn't peg you to get so touchy-feely."

Sara smirked and stood up. "Seriously though, you staying cool under that collar was good. I've noticed you're actually pretty cool under pressure in general."

Leonard nodded. He wanted to tell her that he had been forced into that way to protect himself. But as close as he was to Sara, now was not the time to tell her about his past. Maybe one day he could tell her what had made him the way he was. She had already broken down some of his walls anyway.

"I'm going to head home and get some sleep," she said, slipping off the stool. "See you at work, Captain Cold."

Leonard lifted his head when she said that. "Captain what?"

Sara shrugged. "You needed a codename."

"Do Oliver and Sin have ones too?"

"Sin is her codename," Sara laughed. "I'm trying to think of one for Oliver. It'll come to me eventually."

"So should I be honored to get a nickname before Queen?"

"Hey, if you have a suggestion for a codename for him, I'll be happy to hear it," Sara said as she pulled out her keys and headed for the door. "See you later."

"Goodnight, Sara."

So there you are. Another little snippet.

What scene should I try for next?