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Made for Femslash February 2021 and square G2 “Fight then make up” on my Flarrowverse Shipyard bingocard.
Iris and Sara are sparring partners who become close friends. They simply get on well, and when the opportunity comes up they become roommates. Sara’s more experienced and can be quite tough on Iris, but Iris wants to become the best she can be so welcomes it. Over time, as they start to reach a more equal level, it’s more common their fights include a bit of trash talk and trying to psych-out the opponent.
Things seem to be going well, until Sara’s sister visits and Sara is oddly quiet in the weeks after. Iris has no clue what she’s done wrong, or what Laurel has said that’s got to Sara, and her attempts to bring it up just result in Sara putting more space between them.
One day, when they unwisely bring that outside frustration into the ring, their anger bleeds over into harsher and harsher words flung at the other. Eventually, they’re both out of breath, left standing at a distance but still on guard. Only then Sara says the words that catch Iris completely off guard and take all the fight out of her: ‘I love you’.
Also rebloggable on tumblr here.