Everyone knew the story of the Allen Twins. When Barry and Sebastian Allen were 11, their dad drove a knife through his wife's heart.
Barry, who witnessed the whole thing, refused to believe it was their dad who killed her, saying it was a Man in Yellow Lightning who did it.
Sebastian, however, was at a friends house that night, and didn't see what happened. He believed in what the cops said, and was mandated by court to custody of the Smythes, Vivienne and Jean, who have been looking to adopt for two years. They seemed like the perfect parents for Sebastian.
Barry had been taken into the custody of Joe West, single father of Iris West, Barry's best friend and secret love. Where Iris believed Barry, Joe, as well as everyone else, thought he was crazy. He sent Barry to therapists from Central to Gotham City, to try to "relieve him from his PTSD."
Now, 5 years later, the boys only see each other twice a year, and not once have either brought up their mother's murder.
Sebastian just moved back from Paris to Westerville, Ohio to attend the Dalton Academy school for Boys. Westerville was only about an hour and a half fromCentral, so once he was settled into Dalton, Sebastian decided to take a surprise visit to Central City to see Barry
At the same time, Barry was just getting over his now ex girlfriend Becky Cooper. Turns out she asked him out on a dare, by the one and only Tony Woodward. Barry got his fair shares of "I told you so's" from Iris (after she made Becky's face a new shade of blue, of course).
He was sitting on the couch, wallowing in his self pity while Iris was out and Joe was at work when there was a knock on the door. Barry didn't think they were expecting anyone, so as he looked through the door, the person he saw was literally the last person he expected to see.
"Sebastian! What are you doing here?" Barry asked? "Not that I don't want to see you, I mean I do, but I didn't expect to see you for another four months and-"
"Relax, Barry, I know what you mean. I just moved out to Westerville, and I had some free time, so I decided to come see how my little brother is doing, that's all," Sebastian said, cutting Barry off. He looked at Barry up and down.
"Which is not so good, appearantly," he mumbled. Barry looked like he'd been through Hell, and smelled like he hasn't showered in 3 days..
"Yea, before we do anything, you are going to take a shower, get some new clothes on, and explain to me what's going on." He demanded. Barry groaned at that.
"Barry..." Sebastian growled.
"Fine." Barry grumbled before turning away.
About 10 minutes later, Barry was downstairs, showered with fresh clothes on.
"Much better," Sebastian commented. "So, what's going on? Why did I come here to you smelling like garbage?"
Barry sighed. "My first girlfriend, or my ex now, only dated me for a dare. We were together for four months Seb. FOUR! You'd think it was real after that long, but no, apperantly not." Barry looked down, his heart heavy yet again.
Sebastian reached in and hugged him, something he would ONLY do for Barry. No one else, except maybe his parents.
After about a minute of them just sitting there, Barry recomposed himself, and looked up. "See, that's why I prefer men," Sebastian said. Barry raised an eyebrow, and Sebastian realized he hasn't come out to Barry yet.
"Shit, um, are you cool with that?" He asked. Barry nodded, smiling. "You're my brother, Bas, of course I am."
Sebastian let out a sigh of relief. He honestly didn't know what he would do if Barry wasn't ok with him being gay.
"Anyway, we got of to a really cheesy start, Let's pretend the last five minutes didn't happen," Barry said, laughing. Sebastian laughed with him. "Yea, that was really cheesy. Alright, starting over."
Sebastian took a deep breath. "Barry, hey! It's been a while, wanna go grab some lunch?" He asked, offering his arm. Barry linked his with it and smiled.
"Sure, Bas," he said before they walked out the door. Today was really looking up for Barry.
