Title: Flirting With Danger, Flirting With The Devil
Author: an-alternate-world
Rating: T
Characters/Pairing: Blaine Anderson/Sebastian Smythe/Barry Allen (aka: 'Nightflashtian')
Word Count: 420
Summary: [Six Hands, Three Hearts 'verse] A series of Seblarry/Nightflashtian drabbles prompted via Tumblr set within a larger verse.
Warnings/Spoilers: None for this drabble.
Disclaimer: I am in no way associated with Glee, FOX, Ryan Murphy, The Flash, The CW, DC Comics or anything else related to the universe.
Author's Note: These drabbles are ONLY posted in the order in which they are written and published, NOT chronologically.
sternenkind prompted a fic which included the sentence: "Ever wonder if the world would be better off without you?"
They've been going through Sebastian's case files for the past hour waiting for Barry to get home, Blaine taking careful notes of important facts for the first prosecution witnesses to articulate while Sebastian prepares his opening address. There's a quiet hum of activity, a gentle to-and-fro, as they pass papers and brush hands, exchange secretive smiles and the occasional kiss. It's calm and peaceful, shared moments that get stolen too often.
By people like Barry tumbling through the door like a human tornado, his hair unruly and his cheeks flushed.
Blaine's faster at flattening his hands against the papers to stop them flying away and getting mixed up while Sebastian rises to his feet and skims his fingertips along the back of Blaine's neck and shoulders.
"We were wondering when you'd be home," Sebastian says as Blaine tidies the piles and ensures they can't be dispersed by one of Barry's whooshes of air displacement. "I assume you're hungry?"
"Yeah, I-" Barry's words stutter and his eyes are on the floor when Blaine looks to him. He looks…defeated, perhaps. Small and lost and afraid and desperately, desperately sad.
"Hey…" He scoots out from beneath Sebastian's hand and crosses the room, hands bunching into Barry's sweater and trying to find his eyes. "What's wrong?"
"Just…" Barry's lips press together, his cheeks expanding with the sigh he's trying to hold back, and Blaine can feel Sebastian moving closer. Barry's pain is written across his slumped shoulders and the miserable crinkle of his brow. "Do you ever wonder if the world would be better off without you… ?"
Blaine slips his arms around Barry's waist, pressing his cheek into the broad chest and listening to the racing heartbeat, the tremble is breathing. Barry's hands grip at the back of his shirt, his face hiding against Blaine's shoulder and he clings tighter, feeling Sebastian's body press behind him.
"You can't save everyone, bro," Sebastian murmurs while Blaine nuzzles a kiss to Barry's neck. He already knows Barry's starting to cry. "You do the best you can but you can't save everyone. The world still needs you."
"And Seb and I would never be better off without our own scarlet superhero," Blaine whispers into Barry's ear, hugging him tight while sobs shudder against him. "We need you too."
There's a muffled whimper against him as Barry tries to hold in his pain while the tears keep falling. Both he and Sebastian attempt to hush Barry and continue soothing him with all the reassurances that they can.
~FIN~