This is a really strange pairing but please stick with it. They're two of my faves and they both need someone who'll treat them right.
There's more to this- like, a lot more. There's a whole storyline in the works- so if you want to read it, please comment!
If anyone is wondering about my Hunger Games AU, it'll be up soon. Maybe. It's going to be multi-chapter so it may take a little longer to upload.
Anyway...
Lydia meets Barry when she's twenty-two.
She's visiting Stiles in his new city where he's just got a job at the local Police Department. It's a lovely city, with a flowering park and lots of soaring glass buildings that make Lydia feel small in a good way. There's this small coffee shop that Stiles had introduced her to on her first day visiting and it's when she's returning to it alone that she sees him.
He's intensely cute, is her first reaction, with brown fluffy hair, a massive smile on his face, and a awkward body that kind of reminds her of Stiles. He's talking to a really pretty girl who has dark hair and skin and eyes and glossy lips and is wearing a cute outfit. She obviously works in the shop, from her apron, and Lydia is instantly jealous.
She approaches the bar and orders from a guy, who begins making her coffee. A couple of seconds in, however, and the really pretty girl takes over. The cute guy who was talking to her follows her like a lost puppy, with massive heart eyes, and Lydia immediately picks up the unrequited-love thing going on.
"Hey," the girl greets as she forces a lid on Lydia's coffee. "I haven't seen you around before."
"Oh, I'm just visiting," Lydia smiles as she hands over her money and takes her cup. "My friend, Stiles, works with the police here."
"Wait, Stiles?" the guy interrupts suddenly, eyeing her with a new interest.
"Barry works with the police too," the girl explains, an apology in her voice as she glares at Barry for his interruption.
Barry, Lydia thinks with a smile. It matches his cute face and awkward mannerisms.
"I've worked with Stiles," Barry says. "He's really cool."
Lydia's smile turns into more of a grimace as she says, "Don't let him here you say that or his head will get even bigger," she jokes, and Barry laughs. It is the cutest thing she has ever heard and Lydia hates herself for feeling this sappy about another guy.
"I'd better go," she says suddenly, checking her watch. "My train leaves soon. It was nice meeting you..."
"Iris," the girl offers. Barry also tells her his name again, and she introduces herself as Lydia, before turning, waving and leaving the shop with a massive grin on her face.