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Title: Only Half the Rainbow
Fandom: CW's The Flash & Legends of Tomorrow
Author: Batsutousai
Rating: Mature
Pairings: Mick Rory/Leonard Snart, Barry Allen/Mick Rory, Barry Allen/Iris West, Barry Allen/Mick Rory/Leonard Snart
Warnings: Soulmate AU, canon character death, grief, PTSD, alcohol dependency, verbal abuse, canon-typical violence, slow burn, happy ending
Summary: The thing no one ever tells you about being the hero, is that you always lose something when you're saving the day. And, some days, when you finally make it home, it turns out you've lost the only thing that ever mattered.

A/N: About the time I was writing the scene where Mick realized he could save Len, I decided I needed to write this scene. (Originally, Len was going to jump through the Speed Force on his own, because he knew there was a chance he'd get an eleventh hour rescue. But I ended up deciding Barry needed to grab him because, well, the Speed Force is a giant brat.)

FYI, this is, like...SUPER short. Because it's just a scene.

( Epilogue )

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Title: Only Half the Rainbow
Fandom: CW's The Flash & Legends of Tomorrow
Author: Batsutousai
Rating: Mature
Pairings: Mick Rory/Leonard Snart, Barry Allen/Mick Rory, Barry Allen/Iris West, Barry Allen/Mick Rory/Leonard Snart
Warnings: Soulmate AU, canon character death, grief, PTSD, alcohol dependency, verbal abuse, canon-typical violence, slow burn, happy ending
Summary: The thing no one ever tells you about being the hero, is that you always lose something when you're saving the day. And, some days, when you finally make it home, it turns out you've lost the only thing that ever mattered.

A/N: Okay, I'll be honest, I was vaguely disappointed in the lack of name-calling in the reviews last chapter. (My beta had some words for Mick.)
Oh well.

( Chapter Three )

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Title: Only Half the Rainbow
Fandom: CW's The Flash & Legends of Tomorrow
Author: Batsutousai
Rating: Mature
Pairings: Mick Rory/Leonard Snart, Barry Allen/Mick Rory, Barry Allen/Iris West, Barry Allen/Mick Rory/Leonard Snart
Warnings: Soulmate AU, canon character death, grief, PTSD, alcohol dependency, verbal abuse, canon-typical violence, slow burn, happy ending
Summary: The thing no one ever tells you about being the hero, is that you always lose something when you're saving the day. And, some days, when you finally make it home, it turns out you've lost the only thing that ever mattered.

Disclaim Her: Not mine.

A/N: My original intention for this soulmate AU – I also have another one I'll get around to eventually – was, uh, way less angsty than this one. My muse (as muses tend to do) insisted this plot was a far better one. I may yet fire him. *eye roll*

This fic touches briefly on pre-canon, when Mick and Len met in juvie, before jumping to the end of both season 2 of The Flash and season 1 of Legends of Tomorrow, while ignoring the lead-ups to the next seasons. Basically, Len and Henry are both dead, and both Mick and Barry are grieving. They do not always handle this well. (Who am I kidding? They're both complete and utter messes and it'll be a miracle if they don't bring an end to their universe in the process. XD)
Because it's canon, yes, Barry has feelings for Iris, and that comes up a few times. However, ultimately, they don't have a relationship.

Mick and Barry are both in a shitty place when they meet up. They do a lot of blaming themselves (and Mick says, at one point, that Len's death is Barry's fault, to his face, just to hurt him), and violence occurs on at least one occasion between them. Please read responsibly.

A thousand thanks and much love to StillNotGinger10, who kindly agreed to play beta when I sprung this monster on her at the last minute.

You can also read this at Archive of Our Own or LiveJournal. A really shitty cover I made can be found on tumblr.

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