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It was easy to get time off to take the jumpship. Batting her eyelashes at Ava always worked wonders for Zari.
Though getting Spooner to let her paint on their face was harder. It took Zari at least 3 times batting her eyelashes. Last time it took 4 so she's counting it as a small victory.
It worked eventually and Zari got to paint the Asexual flag with makeup on their cheeks. She had opted to go with the Lesbian flag on her own cheeks.
It had been a minute since Spooner had come out to her and a while since they had been back on the waverider. Zari had also described pronouns, gender expression in between then and now and now Spooner was trying different pronouns. When it was just them and Zari alone at least.
One day though Zari had suggested they go to pride together. Spooner seemed unsure at first but a week later after some liquid courage they had agreed.
Zari had let Spooner choose where they wanted to spend their first pride, Zari voted for nyc personally but it wasn't about her, so. Spooner had chosen Texas in the early 2020's. Them saying something about Texas always being home no matter what time period. Zari didn't understand anything about Texas and didn't want to but she did understand how important being yourself where you grew up was.
“Are you ready?”
“No.” Spooner replies, an uneasy sigh escaping their lips as they shift uncomfortably in the jumpship seat.
Zari isn't sure what to say because neither of them will go until they're both ready. So she reaches for their hand and is surprised at how they instantly relax in her grip.
She isn't sure how long they just sit there just holding hands but eventually Spooner speaks in a voice more calmer than earlier.
“Okay. Let's do this.”
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The heat was harsh but it didn't dampen their time.
They went around buying different foods from booths. Buying little trinkets for them to keep in their rooms.
A beautiful darkskin woman wrapped in a lesbian flag telling them that they're a cute couple. Both of them spitting out half hearted denial from both of them that they weren't together.
By the end of the day they both ended up slightly delirious from the heat. Their skin slightly warm from the sun. Wide smiles on their faces as they wipe the makeup off back on the waverider.
Neither of them comment much when the rest of the legends ask where they went.
The trinkets they brought during pride were stashed under Spooner's chair until they felt ready to come out to the others. But the one little key chain that Zari had got them of a frog wearing a cowboy painted with the asexual flag colors, they kept tucked in their pajama pants that night as they slept.