notes: Written for Day 20 of the Busy Writer Challenge: "Rat doctor"
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This plan should go off without a hitch, Snart is sure of that. He has gathered a small crew – just as he likes it best. Apart from Lisa and Mick, there’s Kyle Nimbus, whose newly acquired powers as a living gas bomb should come in handy, and tech-genius Hartley Rathaway. He has intentionally abstained from recruiting any more of these so-called metahumans than absolutely necessary – it’s too much of a gamble to trust them to actually have a hold of their powers, so he’d rather rely on seasoned people.
Which, admittedly, Hartley is not, but he seems capable enough. Snart has put him to the test when the young man had tracked him down, outright demanding that he put him on a job. There was something about his audacity that intrigued Snart – he recognized that fire, that spite behind Hartley‘s eyes. Knew that urge to prove himself. And, of course, he knew just exactly what had caused it. The news around his parents disowning him only escaped a few.
And Hartley has proven himself. Not that Snart has let him go in on any big jobs yet, but he was quick to come up with solutions, not afraid to speak his mind and all in all dutiful about doing what he’s told.
Which is why it is both a surprise and expected when he interrupts Snart as he explains their newest heist.
“Absolutely not”, Hartley cuts in, his voice sharp as if to not allow any pushback.
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*Flails* You ship Hartley/Len too? You’re right, it’s certainly a rarepair… (I think the ship name is snartaway? Not sure, I know I’ve seen that used a few times.)
I ship them ridiculously. I ship them as certain rare things are to be shipped, in secret, between the shadow and the soul. I ship them as the pair that never blooms but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers; I ship them without knowing how, or when, or from where.
(...and I apologize so hard to Pablo Neruda right now.)
I’ve seen snartaway used, and I do occasionally go looking for the tag, but it just sounds very jarring to me and I have not yet managed to start thinking of them that way.
(Mind, I’m fairly sure that coldhart sounds like an old My Little Pony villain, so I am not suggesting it’s objectively better.)
Also @bisexualleonardsnart suggested cold music at one point.
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Day 14: Hartley/Len - Snowed In
“Well, this is ironic,” Hartley stated, drily. He was leaning against the wall of his and Len's safe-house, scowling as he looked out the window.
Len just grunted, he was trying to get the fireplace to work. They'd decided that they both needed time away from the rest of the Rogues (aka Lisa got sick of them and wanted them out) so they'd gone to their shared safe-house on the outskirts of the city. Of course, this is when the blizzard started which meant that they were snowed in.
“I mean, Captain Cold getting snowed in is practically gold,” Hartley muttered, scathingly.
“You're making puns because you're mad aren't you?” Len sighed, turning to look at his.... boyfriend? Well, whatever they were, Len did not sign up for this.
“Well done, Sherlock,” Hartley growled, the effect was ruined by him pulling his jacket tighter around himself.
Len frowned, noticing Hartley's shivering and said, “Put the parka on.”
“Come again?” Hartley squeaked.
“Put the parka on before you freeze,” Len repeated, patiently. He threw the parka at Hartley before turning back to the fireplace.
Hartley flushed but did as he was told, not even bothering to take his jacket off; he sighed at the warmth and moved over to the couch, to curl up, Len snorted, amused but he didn't say anything. After finally lighting the fire, Len sat down beside Hartley, keeping a respectable distance, allowing Hartley to come closer if he wished to. Hartley narrowed his eyes, realizing what Len was doing, he huffed and curled himself into a tighter ball, determined to not let Len win.
Len smirked and just stared at the fire, he knew he'd win, one way or another, he shifted so his body was angled towards Hartley. This had Hartley huffing again and shifting so his body was facing the opposite way to Len, two could play at this game. Len rolled his eyes and made a point to stare at Hartley this time, making sure that Hartley could feel the weight of his gaze.
“Stop it!” Hartley yelled, finally. He turned so he was facing Len, who just smiled even though Hartley was glaring.
“Stop what?” Len asked, innocently.
“Being you!” Hartley accused, crossing his arms over his chest.
“If I didn't know any better, I'd say your resolve was slipping,” Len teased, smug that he'd won.
“Ugh!” Hartley scowled and fell back into the couch, glaring up at the ceiling. Len was silent while watching Hartley, an idea came to him making him smirk.
“I'm cold.” Len said.
Hartley looked up then and raised a questioning eyebrow and replied, “So?”
“Warm me up.”
“I'm not-” Hartley began but Len's laugh cut him off.
Len smiled, genuinely this time and opened his arms for Hartley. Taking the hint, Hartley crawled over and curled up against Len's chest, with Len's arms automatically wrapping around him.
“This isn't so bad, huh?” Len murmured into Hartley's hair after Hartley let out a happy sigh.
“I guess not,” Hartley muttered (childishly but Len counted it as a win).
Len smiled and pulled Hartley tighter against him. Might as well make the most of being snowed in.
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(Ray probably gets worried abt what would happen one day if their generation did reproduce.) Cisco is high key scared of Len killing him if Cisco and his partners were to reproduce. Cisco, Caitlin, and Ray form a "Science bros who are dating scary Rogues who have a scary big bro" even if Len is just a surrogate big brother to Mark and Shawna. There is so much fear there. Hartley probably rolls his eyes because his boyfriend is threatening everyone and it's p hott.
Hartley also enjoys the fact that Cisco is terrified (seriously tho he’s petty like that). I think the only people who should be absolutely terrified of having kids is Barry and Wally having one baby is hard enough to take care, adding speedster abilities on top and you have a nightmare in the making. (I feel bad for Linda).
The best part is he probably walked in on something vanilla like light making out whereas everyone has walked in on him doing MUCH worse to Hartley.
Lisa never wanted to see her brother like that. Shawna and Mark teased Hartley for days (they weren’t going to tease Len. They value their lives too much), Hartley’s just really smug about it. Stein just wonders how he got stuck with Len and Mick on his team since they bring their Rogues with them more often than not. (Kendra and Sara find the entire thing hilarious.)
