I should have took you dancing
A little candlelight romancing with roses
"Hey Barry." Leonard Snart murmured as he stood on the grass, a bunch of red roses in hand. "It's me. I...guess you knew that already. It's our anniversary today. I didn't really want to come here, but...my heart won out."
But I was high up on a barstool
Yeah, I was such a blind fool, now I know it
"I decided to change it up after our last anniversary disaster. Brought you some roses. Not my style, but red always looked good with you, Scarlet." He shook his head. "You know I didn't mean to come home drunk like that. I was just...angry. As you said, anger can make you blind to things. I was so blind to you."
You won't believe how much I've changed since you left
It took losing you for me to find myself
"I've got something to say Barry. I don't think you want to hear it, but try to listen to me, please…" Snart sighed, taking a breath in. "I know it's been a while, but I've been busy. Cleaning myself up. Trying to fix a lot of stuff that I broke. Shocker, huh? I bet Iris tells you a lot about it. Oliver too, probably. He's a good guy under all that muscle like you said. He offered me a place on his team and I think I might take it. I know he swings by more often than I do, but I hope to change that. Your public grave is swamped by the way."
Oh, I wish that you could see me, steady hands without the whiskey
You'd be so proud
Got that job down at the factory, a brand new suit for Sunday
And I'm in church now
It's been one year since I sat behind a bar
"It's been a year since I was behind a bar, Barry. I know to you it mustn't be that long, but it has. It was hard at first, without the alcohol, but I pushed through. I can fire Mick's flamethrower and my cold gun unaided now. I don't miss 9 times out of 10." He cleared his throat, shuffling his feet. "I also reused the suit I was going to use for our wedding. Lisa and Cisco got me into their local church. They said to say hi by the way. They'd make the trip up from Keystone, but with Lisa due any day now with baby number 4 and 3 kids under 10 years old, they have their hands full."
I went by the junkyard, and they've still got our car
"God, Barry." Leonard dropped to his knees, roses slipping out of his grasp and into the ground. "We shouldn't have gone out that night. We should have had dinner at home. This shouldn't have happened. I should have…" He clutched at his own arms, trying not to remember what happened that night.
I still see you on your knees, begging me not to drive
But I took away the keys and made you climb inside
"Lenny…" Barry whined as they got in the car. "Why couldn't we have just walked to the restaurant? It's not that far from our apartment. You've had wine as well, you shouldn't be driving"
"Scarlet, you know it's pssing down rain, right? I don't have super speed like you do. I didn't want to be caught in the downpour and come out looking like a drowned cat." Leonard backed out of the carpark he'd parked in and started back towards his and Barry's apartment, stopping at a red light. "I've only had a sip or two, I'll be fine." Barry was about to protest when a car came speeding through the intersection, cleaning up several other cars beside them before hitting Leonard's car on his side, making them skid across the water slicked road like a puck on ice.
Leonard, being trapped and having hit his head on the steering wheel causing a concussion and a large cut on his forehead, could only watch as Barry checked to see if he was okay and babbling about 'saving other people' before zooming out to help. Suddenly, there was shaking and without warning, a big boom came from the pile up, smoke and flames billowing from the wreckage. Before Len could call out for Barry, a yellow streak of lighting being chased by a red streak went past, the blowout causing him to mercifully black out.
When Leonard woke up in hospital, Lisa was there, round with her second child, Manuel. When he asked where Barry was, she started balling her eyes out. Leonard started to rip out his IV's, hell bent on finding Barry when he was held down. After what seemed like an eternity, he learned what happened. Barry had disappeared completely. There was no trace of the Flash anywhere in the last two weeks that Leonard had been out for. Barry was gone.
And I'd take your place in this field of stone if I only had the power
Look what it took for me to finally bring you flowers
Lord, I'd take your place in this field of stone if I only had the power
Look what it took for me to finally bring you flowers
"Listen to me, Barry." Leonard choked out, fingers tracing the stone engraving of 'Bartholomew ' Barry' Allen, 1989 - 2024. He was the light in a time of complete darkness. Loved by Joe, Henry, Iris, Wally and Leonard. ' before he got up, dusting his knees of with a small sound in the back of his throat, keeping his tears at bay. He would cry when he got home, he didn't want to here. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I took you out that night. I should have listened to you when you wanted to stay home. I should of not pushed you just because I wanted to treat you for our anniversary."
Yeah, look what it took for me to finally bring you flowers
"I just...I want you to come home." Leonard shook, a tear streaking down his normally composed cheek. "Please, please just come back home. We need you. I need you. Come back home." Leonard begged the stone before turning away, moving to make his way out of the cemetery, the pain too much for him to bear right now.
He just kept hoping Barry would come home soon. However long it took him...he was always late after all.
