“what do you mean you’re fine? you are not fine!” with those criminal husbands :3c
This kinda pulls on stuff we’ve talked about before w/ stuff about the crime husbands. Also got pretty angsty and Len is definitely not ok and won’t admit it. Set LoT time, because reasons.
“What do you mean you’re fine? You are not fine!” Mick yelled, slamming the door behind him and watching Len flinch at the sudden noise. Len’s expression was still terrifyingly blank, eyes still staring past Mick’s shoulder through the now-closed door at where the rest of the team had been watching them curiously.
“Lenny,” Mick said, quietly this time, taking a step further into the room and waiting for Len to focus on him.
Len’s gaze dropped to the floor instead, and Mick sighed, forcing himself to stay calm despite the quiet wheezing of Len’s breath, the bruises still coming up on the skin, and the cold familiarity of his expression. Mick had hoped he’d never see that look on Len again, the quiet fear as he folded into himself and tried to hide everything away.
Len’s eyes snapped back up to the door as someone knocked, and Mick growled as he opened the door sharply. “What,” Mick glared at the intruder, anger at Savage and the entire situation escaping in the easy target offered by anyone who wasn’t Len.
“Peanut gallery’s gone,” Sara said calmly, voice soft and clear but just loud enough to make sure Len could hear every word. “Hallway should be clear to the med bay, and if it’s not I’ve made it very clear that anyone hanging around gets a five hour training session personally overseen by yours truly.” The grin she shot Mick was wicked and dangerous, and reminded Mick of exactly why she was his second favorite on the team.
Sara stole a glance into the room past Mick before giving him a look and walking away. Mick closed the door carefully behind her before turning back to Len, unsurprised to see that he’d disappeared while Mick had been distracted.
Mick walked over to the edge of the bed and grabbed a blanket, tossing it at the hunched figure pressed into the corner of the room. Len twitched, catching the bundle of fabric instinctively and examining it with excessive intensity before frowning up at Mick. The confused frown shifted quickly to a scowl as he caught Mick’s smirking expression, but Len unfolded the blanket enough to curl it around him, so Mick counted it as a win.
It only took a few minutes before Len relaxed enough to let his legs sprawl across the floor, and Mick unconsciously mirrored the pose on the bed across from him. Mick gave him another few minutes before asking pointedly, “You gonna let me bandage you up now, or do you wanna bleed on your blanket some more?” and stared blankly back at Len’s glare.
“’s technically your blanket,” Len mumbled defiantly, shuffling to his feet with the blanket held carefully on his shoulders. Mick rolled his eyes, but still slipped under one of Len’s arms and guided him down to the medical area carefully, grateful that Sara’s threats had indeed kept the hallway clear.
Leonard Snart always thought he’d get bored of the domestic life too quickly to ever truly retire, but somehow providing a safe haven for at-risk kids and juggling married life is more than enough of a challenge for the former (alleged) criminal mastermind.
[link to the meme] [link to the ask] This got really serious and sad at points and I’m sorry? Also Lisa pops up a couple times bc she is the best sister and refuses to leave these two alone so enjoy
which one tags the other in pictures of cute animals
Len has a soft spot for fuzzy tiny animals; Mick takes advantage of this fact mercilessly.
which one injures themself while trying to impress the other
They’re too professional to do it on a job, but Len is constantly getting himself hurt it really stupid minor ways trying to do stuff for himself/Mick/prove he doesn’t need help to build a stupid cabinet.
which one carries the other on their shoulders when they get too tired to walk
Logistics aside, Mick has had to carry a sleeping Len to bed more than once when Len’s just worked himself right into unconsciousness. Mostly bc while he’d be willing to leave Len to sleep in peace [Len almost always wakes up and has a minor freak out when he realizes he’s being carried until Mick can calm him down], Lisa gets worried so it’s better in the long run if Len gets to an actual comfortable bed or couch.
which one puts pizza rolls in the shopping cart when the other isn’t looking
“shopping cart” lol Mick steals them bc Len forgets to eat/sometimes can’t function enough to make himself food and they’re simple enough that Len can and will make them on bad days if they’re there.
which one sends the other useless fun facts at 3 am
I mean they’re usually together at 3am, but Len’s awake and overthinking so Mick has to distract him with stuff that doesn’t matter in the long run but will hold his interest long enough to pull him out of the painful thoughts he’s usually stuck in.
which one feeds stray animals
Both but mostly Len bc he’s secretly a softie. Mick does it mostly bc it makes Len happy/cheers Lisa up to see a cute stray cat walk over and cuddle up to him.
which one sleeps in really weird positions
See the thing about Len is that he will work himself to exhaustion and then keep working until he literally can’t stop himself from falling asleep. [see above re: Mick carrying him to bed] He gets nightmares, and if he’s alone he usually curls up into the tightest ball he can manage but usually Lisa will wake him up before they get to their worst part and then offer reassurance that they’re both still safe bc they’ve grown up needing to check in with each other. If Mick’s there, though, Len can and will use him like a stuffed animal and is the clingiest person you have ever seen [Mick laughs at him affectionately but knows why and is always very careful not to actually mock him about it or make Len feel worse than he already does about it].
which one opens all the jars/bottles
Mick. Len really can’t handle broken glass so while he can and will open stuff for himself when alone, Mick usually just automatically takes it and opens it bc he can and it means Len doesn’t have to worry about accidentally breaking it and having a panic attack.
also wow sorry this got really serious for a couple questions, whoops, back to happy things:
which one spontaneously bursts into song for no reason
Lisa and the boys have to join in or risk disappointing her. Len also occasionally hums under his breath without really realizing and Mick loves it bc it means he’s calm and feels safe and comfortable enough to let his guard down.
which one buys the other really weird birthday cards
“buys” lol they usually just skip the cards and steal something for each other, the weirder but more personalized the better. Lisa takes it as her sisterly duty to give them both hilarious cards though.
EDIT: I posted this before I was done, so I’m gonna make another post for Sneatwave.
ok so Hartmon first:
which one tags the other in pictures of cute animals
[ok so I just realized I read this wrong for the GT one whoops] Cisco. Constantly. As much because it annoys Hartley as because they remind him of him.
which one injures themself while trying to impress the other
Cisco, though Hatley injures himself more in general it’s just never in an attempt to impress Cisco [at least not that he’ll admit].
which one carries the other on their shoulders when they get too tired to walk
It’s more like a piggy back ride, but Hartley’s too exhausted to dispute the difference when Cisco’s carrying him back to Star Labs for some peace and quiet.
which one puts pizza rolls in the shopping cart when the other isn’t looking
Cisco; Hartley is disgusted by his taste and tries to at least get him to buy better quality pizza rolls than the generic store brand.
which one sends the other useless fun facts at 3 am
Hartley, though it’s less useless fun facts and more random observations on time, alternate universes, and physics.
which one feeds stray animals
Hartley has an army of rats; Cisco will feed cats/dogs but draws the line at vermin [his choice of words].
which one sleeps in really weird positions
Hartley will fall asleep p much anywhere out of sheer exhaustion so it’s not uncommon to find him asleep on his desk; Cisco is a cuddler and a sprawler.
which one opens all the jars/bottles
So this one time Cisco got back to Star Labs one night bc he realized he’d forgotten to research and found Hartley using his sonic gloves to open [read: shatter] a jar. Cisco spent the next hour helping clean it up and making Hartley promise to just wait or call him next time if he’s really that desperate.
which one spontaneously bursts into song for no reason
Both!!! Hartley secretly loves showtunes and musical eps of any show he’s ever seen [and is always frustrated at missed potential]. It becomes a game, one of them starting a song and the other one having to figure out what it is and join in within the first few lines or they ‘lose.’ Barry occasionally joins in, and everyone stopped and stared when they did it in front of Stein bc damn he’s good wtf not fair.
which one buys the other really weird birthday cards
Cisco! It’s a personal challenge to get Hartley to burst out laughing at one, but so far he hasn’t succeeded. He has made him cry, though, the first time he got Hartley a birthday card he was so touched he couldn’t help it [and denied it forever afterwards] even if it was one of those obnoxious record your own singing ones that was rick-rolling him.
With Hartley’s hearing and sensitivity, I bet he takes a really long time to fall asleep bc there’s just so much stimulus it’s hard to block it out long enough to sleep. Otoh, once he can fall asleep he’s dead to the world until he wakes up on his own [occasionally from nightmares but more often only after the nightmare’s hit its worst point]...
He also chooses to postpone going to bed bc he knows it’ll take a long time to go to sleep so he might as well be “productive” and then the team ends up finding him asleep on his desk and someone has to get him onto a couch or something.
