What's wrong with us when happy hurts

I get it, give me a little credit it takes more than I have

Notes:

Okay, so I don't know much about the Flash so I'm kind of not going into too much stuff there.
So, Legends is a bit tricky, take Sara away and the whole Team dynamic falls apart. I spent ages wondering who I could put on the Waverider in her stead that makes sense and could lead them in a similar fashion as she does. Just assume everything has happened more or less the same as on the show. I do not have the time or patience to rewrite all of Legends lol, plus it has little to no effect on the story. I hope you like and agree with my choice.

Btw: I never thought there'd actually be a moment I'd ever be grateful about the fact that Sara always gets sidelined during the crossovers... but I really am now lmao!
Makes it easier for me to rewrite the episode without her in it.

I think this is the longest chapter I've written so far...

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Chapter 24

I get it, give me a little credit it takes more than I have, pick fights with the past, I always lose, don't you know? That's no way to live

Oliver

Clarity was a funny thing.

He reached complete clarity when it came to his life, standing in the S.T.A.R. Labs hangar in his leathers, Sara wrapped around him, their unborn daughter in-between their bodies, as close as she could possibly be to both of her parents, in front of everyone.

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He and Sara were having Laurel and Thea over for lunch. They had decided to get together with their sisters on a more regular basis to rebuild the relationships, well mostly Sara and Laurel's but still, it was nice to reconnect with Speedy. And Laurel, too.

It had actually been one of Dinah's suggestions before she had left for Central City two weeks ago. She had brought up the fact that there were a lot of old, unaddressed issues between the two of them and Laurel, and that maybe it was about time to address and talk about them.

She was not wrong.

But it was something Sara had told him she wanted to do first, so that Laurel would get her version of events before she would get his. Sara was convinced that Laurel would end up less angry at him if she talked to her first.

He wasn't so sure about that, but he respected her wishes and was more than willing to wait to have that particular conversation with Laurel.

Sara had yet to bring it up with her sister, though.

They both thought easing into it might be the best approach and spending some time together and reconnecting a little beforehand might be a good idea. This is how their weekly lunches with just their sisters and a weekly dinner with Laurel and Thea and Quentin came to be.

He and Sara had also been talking a lot about Dinah's second suggestion that talking to a psychiatrist might be something that could help them. She had brought that up more or less right before she had left for Central City and told them to take their time and think about it. That they could let her know if they decided to give it a try and she would put them in contact with her friend Sharon Finkel, who she thought would be a good fit for them.

Not that talking about their feelings and pasts came naturally to either of them, which was why they would insist on going together or not at all. There was no way of knowing what reactions that sharing their demons with a stranger might bring. This way at least they could calm each other down if need be.