For Those We Love
Chapter 2: Stars and Planets
"When we have someone we love beside us we find it easier to make it out of danger and make it back to them" -Barry Allen
Oliver Queen
Being a mayor was tougher than he liked. The meetings, the rallies, the laws, and the people who either hated your guts or like you enough to follow anything you said grated on him, especially when he now had to consider himself a single Father. Not to mention the comatose sister, crippled friend and difficult ex-girlfriend he had to deal with.
Walking into his office he set down the stack of papers he was carrying concerning the recent anti and pro vigilante debates raging throughout the internet and public forums throughout the city and resolved to make his weekly call to STAR Labs to see whether Cisco had figured out how to get Barry Allen, someone he considered a brother and best friend, out of the Speed Force.
He was disrupted from doing so by his assistant entering the room. Mary, who, while effective and professional, was considered by many around City Hall to be quite rude.
"Mr. Mayor, someone out here says that he is your personal friend and would like to speak to you. He's quite insistent on meeting you, no matter how many times I've told him that he needs an appointment. I've got security on the line but he insists you'll allow him to see you sir."
Looking over her shoulder he had to stop his jaw from dropping as he saw a smiling Barry Allen looking at him sheepishly.
"It's alright Mary I know him very well. Please let him come in." He dismissed her with a short nod.
The two old friends greeted each other and pulled each other into a hug.
"When did you get out of the Speed Force Barry?!" Oliver asked, happy that maybe there was some good news in his life right now.
"Yesterday actually. You know Cisco. Once he gets his mind to it he was never going to stop until he got me out." Barry grinned, although it was a little subdued. "I actually came to see you and see if we could catch up. Maybe over Lunch?"
"Sure." Oliver quickly replied before realizing what he just promised. "Hold on I'm having lunch with William today. Maybe I can ask him. I'm sure he'd love to meet you."
"Oh yeah sure I'd love to meet your son! I'm sure we could bond over the dead mom thing kinda well." Barry replied jokingly before stopping himself. "That wasn't the right thing to say I'm sorry."
"Oh? You heard about what happened with his mom?" Oliver questioned.
"Yeah uhh… I think either Cisco or Caitlyn told me." He admitted, although Oliver could tell something wrong with the way Barry said it. Was he lying? But about what?
He had mused on this on the car ride to his house to pick up William from Raisa yet he had gotten distracted talking to Barry, his friend's natural ability to inspire hope and cheerfulness never failed to put a smile on Oliver's face.
Now after picking up his son it seems he and Barry had gotten along really well.
"Well yeah I helped out your dad while I was here in Star, still Starling back then, and because of that I was late to the opening of the Particle Accelerator. The explosion happened while I was in my lab in the Police Headquarters and I got struck by lightning because of it." Barry explained to the young boy who was eating it all up with awe.
As they entered the Big Belly Burger he made sure to get a good table for 3 near the back exit that let him have a good view of the room. Surprisingly enough even before he gestured to the table, Barry had already been leading William towards it.
'Looks like Barry has taken those lessons to heart' He thought before sitting down to enjoy a nice meal with two of the most important men in his life.
He helped Barry tell stories about their adventures together and generally entertain his son before the food came. He was debating in his head whether to tell Barry to reveal his identity or not when William asked a question.
"So who are you then? I know Dad's the Green Arrow but what about you?" William asked.
Barry just smiled and said "Why don't you pull out those action figures in your pocket to play with?"
As William pulled out the Green Arrow and The Flash action figures he had bought, Barry picked up the Flash toy and said "My name is Barry Allen and I'm the fastest man alive." Before moving the toy around the table as if it was running around.
William's face was scrunched up in deep thought for a few moments and it made Oliver smile. Then he made a face of realization and looked at Barry in awe, now knowing that he was meeting his favorite superhero ever.
"Oh my God you're the F-" William shouted out before his mouth was covered by Barry's hand. Both adults took a quick look around the room to see if anyone had been paying attention to what William had just been saying, which thankfully no one was, when the waitress came by to give them their food.
"One Big Belly Burger for you Mr. Mayor. One Child Belly Burger for the young cutie right here." She said placing the two burgers in front of Oliver and his son. "If you hold on I'll get that Mega-Big Belly Buster for you sir!" the young blonde said before leaving to get Barry's order.
"Did you really have to get the biggest thing on the menu Bar?" Oliver asked, amused at his friend's antics.
"Eh it was either that or 10 Big Belly Burgers Ollie." He replied cheekily. "You see William, since I'm so fast, my body's metabolism is much faster and therefore I have to eat around 5 times more food than the average person to stay awake." He turned to William to explain, who had just nodded in understanding.
When the waitress returned, she had brought the biggest burger he'd ever seen, probably enough to feed a family of 4 for an entire day. 'or Barry or Kara' Oliver mused, knowing his superfriends (why did Felicity have to call them that?) both had a penchant for big appetites. "Here ya go" she said with a smile.
What the waitress did next was more peculiar. After putting down the food she leaned forward to write something down on the napkin and giving it to Barry with a wink, before walking away.
"Mr. Allen, I think that girl likes you." William said sheepishly, his face red.
Barry chuckled before replying. "I think she does Will." Reading the napkin, Barry's eyebrows rose, as if he was reading something more interesting than a cute girl's number, before they shot down and Barry returned to his normal self, pocketing the napkin in his jacket.
"I'm just going to the bathroom for a bit. Make sure no one eats my food." Barry joked, standing and making his way to the washroom.
'Weird' Oliver thought. Looking around on a hunch he also noticed the waitress who had given Barry the napkin was gone too. Had Barry worn his engagement ring? Oliver could swear he hadn't seen it. But Barry wasn't the type of person to take up a random girl on an offer of sex right?
After a few minutes he told William he would just check on Barry and to wait for him.
Walking towards the bathroom, he knocked and realized quickly that it was empty. He made his way to the back exit, stopping before he could be seen by anyone in the alley.
"-searching for more of them alright? I'll do some running around on my end too, maybe tomorrow or something. This was a bit too conspicuous for my liking Boston." Oliver picked up Barry's hushed voice.
"We'll use a code then. Ever been to Cape Town in South Africa?" the girl, their waitress earlier, said before pausing, presumably to let Barry nod his head. "Alright if someone asks if you remember your trip to Cape Town then that's me." Silence again. Then he heard footsteps making their way towards him.
As silently as possible he made his way back to the table.
"Hey sorry the toilet wouldn't flush" Barry said with a smile as he sat back down.
Looking over back at the waitress she stopped and held her head, seemingly dizzy, then shrugged it off and went back to work. Was she an agent of some government acronym Barry knew? The feeling that Barry was hiding something grew in Oliver's gut and he was a lot less enthusiastic during the rest of the lunch.
"Are we gonna go to the hospital dad?" William asked, breaking Oliver out of his thoughts. "We normally go after lunch to visit my aunt Thea!" William said enthusiastically. "Wanna come?"
Barry agreed and somehow, he found himself in Starling General just a few minutes later leading his son and his friend, a friend who he was sure was keeping something from him, into Thea's hospital room where she lay comatose.
"Mind if we talk in another room Barry?" Oliver asked his friend, hoping that if this was an imposter or something that it would help keep William out of danger. "Privately."
"Yeah sure." The man who looked like Barry Allen said, before they both made their way to the empty room adjacent to Thea's.
"Who was that? Back at the restaurant." Oliver said outright. He wasn't going for subtlety in this situation, rather going for the direct approach. "I overheard you guys outside".
Barry tensed for a few moments before relaxing. "How much did you hear?"
"Just the tail-end of the conversation. Enough to know she wasn't a waitress. Or at least whoever was controlling her." He had gone through the evidence in his head enough times to gauge that the most likely conclusion was that a meta-human was involved, or perhaps magic. "Answer the question."
"Boston Brand. He's a ghost who uses his powers of possession to help people and stop crimes." Barry responded with a straight face. Which was weird because he had to be joking.
"A ghost?" Oliver blurted out communicating effectively communicating his confusion. "A fucking ghost Barry?"
"Yes, a ghost." Barry said amused. "It's part of the reason why I came here to talk to you. I've been thinking of starting something and he's helping me to do it. Something organized."
"What do you mean?"
"Something organized regarding people like us Ollie. Heroes. Superpowered or not. Magical or non-Magical. Just heroes who can work together to help save people."
"What would we call it? The Superteam? The Hero Squad?" Oliver joked before turning serious. "Barry… our crimes are different from yours. Star City is a darker place than-"
"Don't give me that bullshit Ollie!" Barry interrupted him. "I've killed people before. I've watched people die. Yes, maybe we deal with different sorts of crimes but that doesn't mean the darkness doesn't set in just because I deal with meta-humans more often that regular scumbags. I've been through hell, and so have you. But more importantly you have to look at the benefits. I know you tried calling the Legends and I a few months ago when you were about to go to Lian Yu and we were both busy but what about Kara? She could have easily saved everyone on your team and Lian Yu wouldn't be a charred piece of ash right now. What about Mari McCabe or John Constantine? What about the Green Lantern or Nightwing? Working together with other heroes means we get to face things we can't face alone, and getting out of situations with more lives saved than lives lost Oliver."
"My problems aren't the problems of other people Barry!" Oliver replied. He didn't recognize the names of the last two.
"No but they can be! IF we all work together. If we promise to help each other in times of need! We're heroes Ollie! We all choose to go out there and risk our lives to save people. Maybe that needs to extend to each other as well. What if a world-ending event takes place in Siberia or somewhere in Africa? Because as long as it's not in Starling, Central, or wherever we decide to hang our bows, masks, or whatever then it's not our problem, right? Who protects Keystone if something like the Siege or the Undertaking decides to happen there? Who protects Washington D.C.? Ollie we could have a chance to do something great here. To create something bigger than ourselves! Please consider it." Barry ended his speech before walking back to Thea's room.
'Maybe he's right. But it'd need someone who can inspire people to lead it. And I know the perfect person.' Oliver smiled as he mulled it over. It's never been something that he'd thought of before but right now maybe that speech he gave to Barry when he woke up from the coma all those years ago was paying off.
"You can be something more Barry. You can inspire people"
He'd never forgot his first talk with Barry, one that led to many more talks and many more adventures. Whether he agreed with Barry or not he knew that he would back him on the course of action he chose if he truly thought it correct, and he knew Barry would do the same for him.
He walked back to Thea's room and saw Barry standing over her bed with a contemplative look in his eyes.
"What're you thinking about Bar?"
"Whether I should do what I'm about to do or not." Barry Replied before placing his hands on Thea and closing his eyes, as if to concentrate.
'What's he doing?' Oliver thought as he saw Barry start to vibrate intensely.
His arms started vibrating even faster, shaking even Thea now, who vibrated at the same frequency.
This went on for about 30 seconds, but to Oliver it might as well have been 30 minutes of watching his best friend and his sister vibrate at speeds faster than sound.
When they stopped vibrating Barry collapsed a little and Oliver rushed to catch him, passing his awestruck son who had frozen at the sight of his favorite hero using his powers right in front of him.
"Barry what did you do?!" Oliver ask him as he caught him, propping him up and looking at his sister carefully.
"Decided… to give you… an early Christmas present." Barry said, out of breath.
That's when Thea Queen started to stir. Her heart rate on the EKG rose and normalized and her eyes opened.
Oliver only stood wide-eyed at what had just happened. His sister was awake. And it was all Barry Allen's doing.
Barry Allen
Barry got the hapless security guard out of the way of the incoming bullets before grabbing the two gunmen, disarming them, and putting them in the security guard's handcuffs, attached to some heavy piping. Running off he slowed down enough so the civilians could see his lightning trail.
'Visiting Ollie was fun.' Barry mused as he ran around helping the citizens for a few minutes before leaving towards Central. He had left the Queen family to talk to each other and reacquaint themselves. It took about a second before he arrived in STAR Labs to wait for a big alert or something else to come up. While he was being proactive, he knew there were some small things he had to handle too. Plus, Joe was still smoothing things over with Singh, who knew he was the Flash but Joe didn't know Singh knew, so he couldn't do CSI things right now. Joe was a little mad at Barry too, considering what his daughter had told him about his adopted son and hoe he had broken up with her.
He was broken from his thoughts by a familiar blonde smoking man in a trench coat walk into the cortex. John Constantine was in town.
"John Constantine." Barry said with a smile. While he knew this man wasn't the same as his fellow Leaguer and decent friend that he had gotten to know in the future but he was close at least.
"And you're the Flash." He said stopping a few feet in front of the speedster.
"And still you got to Central pretty fast from wherever you were, even if you aren't the Flash. Probably from somewhere on the East Coast. Synchronicity Wave?" Barry asked
"How did you know about the synchronicity wave Red?" Constantine asked, puzzled. Travelling on the Synchronicity wave allowed him to bypass both parts of the Speed Equation, Space and Time, and it brought him either wherever he needed to be or wherever Fate wanted him. Only the Laughing Magician, a title currently held by him and him alone, could access it.
"The name's Barry Allen." was the reply. Then Barry tossed the small wooden container that his Constantine had given him, the one with the nail of Christ.
"Christ… and I mean that literally. These things are rare as all hell. And there's directions to another one?" Constantine said, opening the box and inspecting the things inside.
"It's from the future you." Barry said before he dove into explaining the situation and how Constantine had sent Barry and Boston back to this time.
"And this Justice League Dark… we handled the supernatural and occult things the regular League couldn't handle?" Constantine asked after absorbing everything that Barry had talked about. After seeing the nod Constantine straightened. "So you want me to meet up with Boston and try recruiting other Dark members while you try getting the main League off the ground? I could probably do that. I owe you for the nails after all. This whole teamwork thing might be fun, plus I'm sure Deadman could tell some tales about our adventures in the future."
"Yeah you guys got into some crazy stuff." Barry replied, knowing that Constantine had barely filled in reports to the League computer, so he probably didn't even know half of what the Justice League Dark had gotten up to.
After his conversation with the warlock, Barry went back to work creating some of the tools he'd need in his quest to change the future. He had already made around 5 JL communicators, more streamlined and tidier versions of the ones he had made before which he had powered by his facsimile of a Kryptonian betahedron which would make sure the thing could last maybe a few million years give or take a decade. He put the small invisible earpiece he had been working on into his right ear.
"Hello Gideon."
"Hello Creator. I am working at full functionality."
The smaller, more mobile and discrete Gideon had always been an idea of his, especially when he had spread the AI to handle every League HQ, safehouse, and base back in the future, but Darkseid had attacked before he had gotten the chance.
"How much is in the account Gideon?"
"30 Billion, 243 Million, 652 Thousand, 35 Dollars and 52 cents."
Barry laughed a little. He had gone back in time around 2 decades and, using a mobile Gideon, hacked a bank account into existence and left the AI to manage it and its investments. It was his idea to create such a thing in order to bankroll whatever he needed to build some early League equipment and facilities.
Running off to the building he knew to be the Hall of Justice, but right now was just an abandoned old STAR Labs warehouse. Gideon had gotten equipment delivered here a few days before he had arrived, and he now had to assemble the foremost earth-based Headquarters the Justice League had ever had. Even Watchtower, while a more effective HQ and Command Post, had never really felt like a home, unlike the Hall of Justice or maybe the League's Lian Yu compound.
It took him about 3 hours but by the end the warehouse, while looking refurbished but still unused on the outside, had the inner workings that ARGUS or the DEO would be jealous of, let alone something like the Pentagon. He had excavated an underground parking garage with dozens of different bikes, cars, SUVS, and even a few jets which could fly out of the openable doorway in the ceiling. The main building housed bedrooms, a dining area, and multiple training rooms. IN the center, on a raised dais, was the table of the League Council, where the League's leaders could meet in private. There was also a room for Fallen Heroes, one he hoped he would never have to add something to. There were computer screens around the transport pad, which reminded him to create the Zap Tunnels so that everyone could teleport where they needed to.
Now that he had gotten some work done, he made the decision to visit a good friend.
Vibrating on the frequency that he knew was Earth-38's he ran and saw the portal open in front of him, the portal that would lead him to one of the loves of his life.
To Kara.
Kara Zor-El
Kara Zor-El, Head of the Noble and Ancient Houses of El and Ze, last daughter of Krypton, Champion of Earth and Hero of National City was not having a good day.
The cause might be related to the Cadmus soldiers currently shooting her with Kryptonite bullets, although it might also be because of the Cadmus Soldiers attacking the DEO. Or maybe it was the multiple flying cyborg super soldiers Cadmus had created flying around attacking her.
To sum it up. Fuck Cadmus.
"Supergirl there's a breach from another world opening up near your location!" the voice of a DEO agent alerted her. She knew Alex was probably leading the defense of the DEO while J'onn was with her taking one the super soldiers but she still worried about her sister.
Turning she saw a red and gold streak come from the blue portal that had opened up. 'Barry!' Kara thought. Before turning around to dodge some more kryptonite bullets.
"Hey there guys. Need some help?" Barry said in their comms. "Don't mind me, Just hacked into your comms system." She saw the speedster run around tackling the soldiers on the ground to the floor, disarmed and unconscious.
"Just get the ground forces off us so we can focus on these fliers!" Kara gritted out before punching through the nearest one, killing it.
"What, no please?" was Barry's cheeky reply. He continued taking out the Cadmus ground soldiers before running off to reverse-engineer some Radiation Blockers.
Kara had gotten some from the remains of Fort Ross in that future timeline but right now he needed to make some himself. Working quickly with materials from multiple electronics stores he created the radiation blocker and set it to the wavelength he knew Kryptonite would be. Running back into the fray he tossed the blocker to Kara. "Catch Supergirl!"
Catching it quickly, the Girl of Steel was unable to dodge away from a kryptonite blade from one of the cyborgs. Bracing herself to get stabbed she was shocked as she felt… nothing. Opening her eyes she saw that the blade had broken, as if it was regular steel against her skin.
"The radiation blocker will make sure you're protected from Kryptonite" Barry's voice came from her comms.
Smiling she made quick work of the super soldiers before checking for anymore hostiles.
"Supergirl this is Alex. Your speedy friend helped take these guys out. The DEO is secure."
She sighed in relief and flew to the DEO as fast as she could.
Going straight into a bear hug she grabbed the Fastest Man Alive. "Thanks Barry!" Kara said. "You really saved us."
"Actually, we didn't need your help. It was all under control." Alex chimed in, looking annoyed at how easy human contact with this guy was for Kara.
"Ah look I just help out whenever I can. Comes with the uniform." Barry quipped. "It's been a while Kara! You wanna hang out tonight or something?"
"Yeah sure! Potstickers and Musicals at my place?" She asked. After the whole Mon-El situation she hadn't done much with friends except Alex.
Speaking of Winn, he chose that moment to appear. "Hey Barry! You're back."
She smiled as she watched the two nerds greet each other.
"Hey watch this." Barry said before the Flash suit he was wearing started to dissolve away, leaving the clothes underneath it.
"Woah! What was that?" Winn asked excitedly, and it seems most of the DEO agents had gotten wide-eyed as well.
"I used the Speed Force to create the suit around me. Cool huh?" Barry smiled.
She let Winn and Barry catch up for a bit, hearing the discussion shift to Matter-Energy conversion and kinetic energy before making an excuse and flying back to the office. She had an article to write about the whole Cadmus soldiers on the streets of National City situation. Putting her new radiation blocker in her pocket she sat down at her desk and typed out an article in a few minutes using her superspeed. At which point Barry Allen had shown up. "Hey Kara. How are things here at Catco? And your family? How's Mon-El?"
"Same old I guess. James is the boss now since Kat's gone to work at the White House. Eliza and Alexa are fine and… Barry… Mon-El is gone." She launched into an explanation of what had happened.
"Oh but I'm ok with how it ended. I saved the Earth. Don't let that baggage get in the way of catching up. How's Earth 1?" She asked happy to see her old friend and, if she was being honest, her one-time crush. "How's Iris?"
"Oh." Barry looked away a little. "Well Ollie's doing ok, I just got back from the Speed force and I heard the Legends are doing fine. And about Iris… well we broke up."
Kara couldn't hide her surprise if she tried. Barry and Iris? They seemed like the perfect couple! Well she was a little weirded out when someone told her they were adopted siblings. She could never look at Alex that way, although she had thought about it a few times and there was that one time where they almost… you know what never mind.
"Oh my gosh. What happened?"
"The relationship was never gonna work out. We're too much like brother and sister and I couldn't let it go on if I had that feeling we were going to drift apart because of it anyway. She… somewhat disagreed but I've gotten over her." He said.
Kara didn't catch the blush on his face as he stared into her eyes, or the elevated heart rate. Or perhaps she willfully ignored it. She and Barry were just friends after all. They could never get together right?
"Well you're a guy of good judgement Barry. I'm sure you did the right thing. Now why don't you get over to the Chinese place and get some pot stickers for later while I turn in this article." Kara said smiling.
Barry parted from her with a smile before he disappeared.
Kara blinked. Barry had gotten fast. Faster than maybe even she could sense. It seemed he'd also been able to turn his lightning on and off at will, or perhaps been able to go so fast that the lightning blur that came from his speed became invisible.
Dropping off the article she had written with Snapper Carr, she made her way down to the lobby of the building using Cat Grant's former private elevator.
As the elevator doors opened she saw her sister, agent Alex Danvers, waiting for her in the CatCo lobby.
"Hey Alex! Anything you need from me or… Supergirl?" She asked, her voice hushing to a whisper.
"No… no. Just curious. I've heard you talk about this Allen guy to me before and I know you had a little bit of a crush on him after you first met. Is what you're doing later… a date or something?" She asked, a little awkwardly.
"What! No! No this is just a… friends catching up type of thing! A date? Why would you think this is a date? This isn't a date Alex. You're just talking crazy." Kara rambled a little, blushing as she did so.
Alex narrowed her eyes. "Uh huh. Listen I don't like that you're so close to this guy. After Mon-El… I think that you need some time away from guys right now. You guys might end up doing something you don't mean to Kara. I don't trust the guy."
"Alex, he saved the situation today. A lot more DEO agents would be dead if he hadn't shown up. He helped me and J'onn out as well. What's your problem with him?" Kara asked, defending Barry.
"He seems like a nice enough guy but maybe you should hang out with other people with you? Me and Winn and maybe J'onn. It'll be fun." She said, although to Kara it felt pretty unconvincing.
"You're worried something will happen? Barry is one of the best guys I know. He'd never do something untoward to me." Kara grumbled before storming off.
'Maybe I should make her worried', Kara thought making a note to buy something for the night.
She opened the door to her apartment and saw Barry standing there with boxes full of pot stickers. She smiled and raised what she brought.
"High Strength alcohol fit for aliens and, probably, speedsters too." She smiled.
Then she relaxed as the night went on with them drinking alcohol, eating pot stickers and singing classic musical songs throughout the night.
She had sent a picture of them holding up the booze to Alex, who would definitely freak because of it, before snuggling beside Barry on her couch. She could feel his warmth but more interestingly she could sense how fast his cells were moving on a molecular level. It was incredibly intoxicating to feel just how fast his entire organic structure was.
Looking into his eyes she saw him staring at her and she blushed.
"Barry. You ever think we'll find love?" She blurted out without thinking.
"Yes. I do. I think that after all we do for people, all the people we save and crimes we stop, that someone, something, whether it be God or the Universe or Fate, owes us some happiness. But at the same time, we have to choose to find it, and when we do, we have to choose to grasp it and hold it tight. Just like we chose to be heroes. We have to choose to bring Love, to bring Hope into our lives." Barry said immediately.
They looked at each other and she leaned in to kiss him. He didn't.
"Kara… We've been drinking." He pointed out the obvious.
"Barry… That shit I brought has barely affected you. Don't pretend you haven't been acting tipsy just to make me feel better." She retorted.
"Yeah but… you. If we do this I want to it to be real. With our full faculties and in our right minds… Kara I'm not the best person. I mean Flashpoint-"
"Flashpoint doesn't matter Barry. You made a selfish decision, a mistake. Everyone gets those once in a while. You had to suffer Barry, you stayed in that world you created and then decided yourself to change it back. You decided every waking moment of wrongness that you yourself brought on had to be made right. You can travel to other worlds Barry. You could have stayed here or on Earth-2 or Rao knows where but you chose to stay and make things right. That makes you a hero Barry. That makes you someone worth caring for." She almost said "loving" instead of "caring for" but she held her tongue there. "I've… wanted to do this with you for some time now. That first time we met I felt a chemistry I never got to have with James or anyone else. I think so highly of you, a hero who decided to become one after a freak accident while I had my powers since I was just a little kid and never risked it until my sister was in danger. Maybe the only other person I've felt so highly about was Cat. Barry I want to do this. Please."
"Well most drunk people wouldn't be able to make a speech like that so I guess we can try it." he smiled. He didn't say that Cat Grant was the one person who almost broke up the trio of Barry, Oliver and Kara in that future considering the crazy mommy issues Kara had with Cat that had resulted in a year-long sexual relationship or that Kara had made a similar speech to him before in that other timeline, when he had been having issues with his self-esteem after the fight with Amazo. He didn't say any of that. Instead he leaned in and kissed her.
And all felt right in the world. Well… almost. It felt like something was missing. Or perhaps someone.
Author's Notes:
Barry mentions Flashpoint because it's the biggest recent thing for this Barry to bring up that Kara could actually understand. It's not like he could mention any of the mistakes he's made in the future.
Some might say we got to the Karry part of the Karivarry pairing is too fast and I say f off I like it that way. Both are pretty emotionally raw right now and I think it's a good enough reason to say Kara could go for it. Now some might say Barry should have told oliver how he feels but I and Barry both know Oliver will need some time, first to get over his relationship with Felicity and next to actually think about getting into such a relationship in the first place. I never said it would be Karivarry right out the gate but expect Oliver's musings on the relationship and Barry talking to Kara about opening it up to include Ollie.
I hope you're ok with my usage of Boston Brand as an important character. I'm hoping to include some magic storylines that will utilize both JLD and our favorite Arrowverse characters sometime in the future.
Next Chapter will include out favorite time travelling super heroes and also some visits to the prospective members of the JL
Edit: Changed the "You know I have a son?" part because I completely forgot Barry was the one that figured out that Ollie has a son during a crossover.
