#blacksiren

Being Laurel and Sara’s sister meant that you had grown up with Ollie, Thea and Tommy. That also meant that you had been a part of OTA since the beginning.

When Sara died, you were broken but when Laurel died...you were lost. She was everything to you and you knew that she wanted her legacy to continue so you had made it your personal mission to find someone to carry that mantle.

You and Curtis ended up learning about a woman in Hub City.

Though there were a few teething problems, specifically her killing a person, Dinah finally came around and decided to join the team.

You became very close with Dinah.

She was so wary not to do or say the wrong thing about being the Black Canary because she didn’t want to hurt you.

After the explosion on Lian Yu, you both confessed your feelings to each other. Hunkering down in a flightless plane with debris falling all around you has a habit of bringing up last words and hidden feelings.

You were both good together. You rarely fought, leaving that to the bad people you sought after instead.

The only time your relationship had been tested was when after Laurel had killed Vince.

Though E2 Laurel was not your Laurel, she was still Laurel Lance nonetheless. An idea not shared by your girlfriend.

When she had tried to kill Laurel, you had both decided to end the relationship. You were both on opposite sides so there’d have been no way it would have worked.

You guys became closer again when Laurel and your father had been kidnapped by Diaz. You were frantically running around, trying to do something to help find them but every lead you had was a dead end.

Dinah finally took you aside and placed her hands on your shoulders.

“We will find them. I promise you. You have to believe in your heart that they will come back to you.”

“Heart. Oh my god, Dad has a pacemaker. We can track him. You’re the best, Dee.”

You had kissed her then pulled back and began to apologise.

She had smiled, placed a soft kiss on your cheek and brought you in for quick hug.

“Don’t apologise. I’ve missed you.”

Though you’d found Quentin and Laurel, your father had been shot and later died in hospital.

You had broken down in Dinah’s arms who tried to do her best to comfort you. She had removed herself from you when Sara came over to hug you as you both mourned the loss of your father.

When Dinah had her throat slashed and ended up in the hospital, you spent every waking moment by her bedside, refusing to leave in fear that you’d lose another person you loved.

After Dinah found out she had lost her Canary Cry, she went into a downward spiral but you reassured her of her worth and told her how strong she was without her Cry.

When Crisis happened, you had both been running around trying to find a way to save Oliver but to no avail.

After the world was restarted, Jonn had restored your memories alongside everyone else’s and you all mourned Oliver together.

After the funeral, you remembered waking up to find Dinah no longer beside you.

You immediately went to Laurel but the two of you could find no record of her. Scared that something terrible had happened, you hailed the waverider and asked for Sara’s help.

After a month or two, Sara finally found a trace of Dinah in 2040 and immediately told you and Laurel.

You had both gone to the future and found Dinah in a bar. You had never seen her this happy before. Of course when she was with you, she was happy, but aside from you, she was entirely surrounded by darkness.

She was singing as she played the piano. And as usual, you were enchanted by her voice.

Dinah had only sang to you a couple of times. Once when you started dating and a few more times when you were mourning your father. She had realised that her voice soothed you and allowed you to focus on something other than the pain.

When she had finished, you had clapped alongside everyone else and then you both reunited with a tight hug and a passionate kiss.

She had explained how she had gotten to the future and you both decided to help Laurel with her side mission of recruiting Mia.

After successfully saving Bianca Bertinelli, Laurel decided to give you some alone time so you could talk to Dinah.

You sat with her in her apartment and had a few drinks that led to a drunken kiss and then more...

You were both laying in her bed, your head against her chest, playing with her curly hair.

“What are we going to do, Dinah?”

“I don’t know, baby. But I like my life here. It’s a fresh start for me. No one here knows who I am and I like that. I can finally be rid of all the mistakes I made.”

“Am I one of them?” You had whispered.

“No, definitely not. You’re one of the few good things in my life. Being here has been good but something was missing. And that something was you, Y/N Lance. I want to ask you something...”

You had never seen Dinah so scared as she was in this moment so you began to worry as your mind wandered to all possibilities.

“Dinah, what is it?”

“I know you’ve got everyone back home again, like Quentin and Tommy but I was wondering if you would stay here with me?”

“Dinah Drake, I love you and I can’t believe you thought otherwise.”

“Is that a yes?”

“Of course, it’s a yes, you doofus!”

You both kissed and laughed. It was the first night, in a long time, where you had both slept soundly. Dangers no longer lurking in the background.

After you both decided to stay in 2040, you found yourself living a much brighter life. Whilst Dinah regularly sang at her bar (and you being heads over heels for her every time she did), you worked as a bartender at her bar.

The both of you also built up the Canary network (with some help from E2 Laurel) and you couldn’t help but feel you were making your sister proud.

You stared at the newest recruits in the bunker, looked over at Dinah who gave you a nod of approval.