Steelwave

Steelwave is the slash ship between Mick Rory and Nate Heywood from the Legends of Tomorrow fandom.

Season 3
RETURN OF THE MACK

Nate calls everyone to the bridge over the speaker, specifically telling Mick that he has beer for him.

While walking around London, Sara calls Mick Van Helsing, and Nate tells him that that’s from Dracula. Mick informs him that he’s reading it and not to spoil the ending.

After deciding that they need someone to be vampire bate, Sara, Rip and Mick decide that it should be Nate. Nate asks if it’s because he’s handsome, and Mick corrects it to pretty. Nate counters with pretty handsome. Mick just shrugs and drinks.

Moments
OUTLAW COUNTRY
 * Nate steels up and takes a bullet for Mick
 * When the bullet goes through him, Mick catches Nate and helps carry him to the med bay

Fanon
Fans took to the pairing fairl quickly. This is due to many fans of Legends enjoying the criminal and sweet character dynamic in many of its pairings. It was also seen as similar to ColdAtom, which was welcome after Snart's death in the first season.

Fandom
AO3

Trivia

 * Mick's nickname for Nate is "Pretty"