CHAPTER 15: FROZEN HEART
Hi! I'm back! Sorry for the long wait!
***Warning: explicit sexual content***
Trigger Warning: Dubious consent.
Barry saw the King stop silently in the middle of their room. Winter suddenly threw his ears back scared and started growling at Len. Barry lifted his gaze slowly and saw the silver radiance of the King's sword in the dark.
"Len?"
He didn't even have the time to think or react properly when he saw Len swiftly raise his unsheathed sword to hit the floor setting his frozen hell break loose. The King's actions had caught him completely off guard. Everything happened so fast. The enhanced cold wave illuminated the entire room with a powerful blue and white flare. Barry quickly turned to his left side to cover Winter with his own body to protect the small cub from the attack. The speedster closed his eyes shut and felt the strong wave of cold hit him and his skin started to burn painfully. Barry screamed but his intake of cold air burned his lungs and throat and sent him into a rough coughing fit. His body ached badly.
The room was trembling and he could hear the cold cracking of the ice on the walls around them. The royal bedchamber was suddenly covered in a strong layer of ice. Barry forced his half frozen eyelids open to try to take a glimpse at the King but he was hidden in the shadows. Everything was so dark…the fireplace and the chandeliers were all frozen. The only source of light that remained in the room was the dim glow of the Winter King's sword.
"L-Len what's g-going on…?" Barry asked in between erratic breaths and saw his breath turn slowly in to white vapor like a small cloud. He was shivering badly. "Why did Len use the cold wave against him? It made no sense…" Suddenly a thought flickered through his hazy mind. "Maybe he did something wrong?" Barry swiftly felt a twist in his gut and a tight spot in his was so confused and hurt and the worst part was the King's silence… it was unnerving. Barry tried to change his position on the bed but pain exploded in his arms and back. He tried to support his weight on his left elbow and right hand to lift himself a little from the bed and he felt Winter shivering below him. His little black nose was really cold. Barry inspected quickly the wolf for any injury and luckily the wolf's tail was the only part covered in thin layer of frost. Barry felt the cub struggling below him seeking for more warmth. Warmth he couldn't deliver because his body was completely cold.
"L-Len?" Barry murmured slowly trying to hide his fear and confusion. He lifted his gaze and saw that there was a faint frozen field that was blocking his powers thanks to Cisco's enhancements to the sword. "Len t-this is too c-cold…could you please…t-turn off the cold field?"
"Get up!" – Len ordered. His voice was dry and full of hate and wrath.
Barry tensed. "Why the hell was Len so angry at him?
"L- Len….what's wrong? Y-You are s-scaring me…." Barry's voice sounded pained. He was feeling utterly lost. He moved slowly noticing that there was a thin layer of frost covering also his body. Barry regretted instantly wearing the stupid thin red silk nightshirt. The Prince lowered his gaze and saw that the skin on his legs and arms was turning slightly red; it was the first stage of frostnip.
"Get the fuck up Bartholomew!"
Barry winced trying to use his powers to get a little warm and to shake the ice off but he just couldn't. He was so damn numb. The room was too cold for him and the cold air was making it hard to breathe.
"L -Len…I…I can't move…" he stuttered closing his eyes struggling to take a breath. He was shivering so hard that his teeth were chattering.
"Don't fucking lie to me Barry!" the King roared angry.
"I - I can't…move" Barry whispered scared feeling the strong force field caused by Len's powers increase. "I'm…sorry Len…I-I really can't…"
The King remained silent and released his grip on the sword and Barry's eyes widened noticing that the field was still up. Cisco seriously enhanced the sword.
"So fucking weak Scarlet…it's hard to believe that Thawne and Zoom had so much trouble getting you to have you like this… so defenseless."
Barry shuddered with the mention of the names of his enemies. Len noticed the Prince's fear reflected in his features and the King released a soulless laugh that echoed in the frozen room. Barry felt a cold shiver run down his spine. It was a terrifying and cruel sound.
"I've been so stupid!" – The King murmured feeling the strong power of the cold field surrounding him. Barry kept silent trembling non-stop. He didn't understand what was happening. Maybe his mind was frozen too because he couldn't feel anything besides cold and confusion.
"They were right…"
"W-who? W-what the hell are you t-talking about?" Barry murmured confused shuddering hard.
"You just want my Kingdom… you came here to try to control me, you want to use me..."
Barry's hazel eyes widened and his stomach dropped. "W-What!?...L-Len you are wrong."
"You want to rule my Realm."
"W-what?!" – The Prince whispered offended. "Where the hell did that come from?"
Barry's heart started to tighten painfully. "That's your theory Len! After all we have been through that's really your theory of what I want?!"
"Absolutely. I hope you are satisfied with your lies Scarlet…but this ends here." Len replied. His voice was icy and dangerous.
Barry couldn't believe what he was hearing. He felt his heart sink. He honestly thought Len knew that he really loved him. That he fell in love since the moment he opened his eyes in the Winter Realm and saw for the first time Len's captivating deep blue eyes.
"Len you are wrong…so w-wrong…" he said in a soft and calm voice in to the cold darkness hoping his fiancé would believe in him.
"Don't you dare to say I am wrong Barry! You are full of lies!" - Len growled with rage.
The Winter King moved towards the Prince's side of the bed and saw that Barry was shaking and coated in frost. He could see the wounded skin of his arms reddening and the prince's soft hair was speckled with small particles of ice. Len grabbed Barry's right arm roughly and turned the prince to face him completely. Barry let out a strangled yell from the pain of the sudden movement. He was now resting on his back panting on the royal bed at Len's mercy and Winter started growling mad at his side. The speedster's face was pale and his lips were turning a light blue. Barry stared lifelessly at the icy blue eyes that held a terrifying coldness he had never seen before. Winter growled at the King and Len raised his right hand, fingertips covered in ice ready to summon his cold blast against their wolf.
"LEN NO!"
Barry yelled moving his arm as fast as the cold field allowed him to and pushed the King as hard as he could and the ice scarcely missed his target and hit the fancy oak headboard of the four-poster bed. Barry heard the ice and wood crack and froze instantly. Winter moved away from Barry scared and jumped out of the bed to hide under the divan while cowering. The King approached the young speedster.
"You dare to stop me!?"
"L-Len are you crazy!?...W-What's wrong with you!? You… almost hurt W-winter!" Barry said angry. Hazel eyes full of pain and betrayal. This couldn't be Len. This wasn't Len. He refused to believe that this was the man he loved.
The King paused and glanced at Barry with a frown. "Nothing is wrong with me…You think you can just come along and get to have whatever you want Bartholomew? What gives you the right to come and claim my throne? THIS IS MY FUCKING REALM!"
"No… Len that's not what I want…" said Barry feeling miserable. "You know that is a lie!"
"Stop lying to me!" Len yelled startling the young speedster. "I heard them talking… all the rumors…you think you are so sly…"
The King stared at Barry's exposed body, long legs reddening evidently hurt by the ice wave.
"You even dress like a fucking whore!" - he said mockingly glaring at the Prince who shifted uncomfortable and embarrassed. Len's words had hit him deeper than he could ever imagine, piercing straight to his heart. He was just trying to look nice for him… Barry tried to move his shivering hands to the end of his red nightshirt to cover his knees and legs but the King stopped him. Len's smile widened, forming a half smirk.
"You must be so desperate to dress like that...Do you want me to fuck you that badly Scarlet?"
Barry shuddered and closed his eyes. He normally loved how Scarlet sounded on Len's lips but now it felt like the King was mocking him. It sounded so wrong. His heart was beating so quickly it hurt. The King climbed over the bed on top of Barry's legs and the prince shuddered. "Tell me Bartholomew…?!" The King continued thrilled. "It's that it!? Is that what you really want?"
Barry's eyes widened and he started gasping. He was feeling so scared again. He hated feeling restrained. Len knew it. His breaths started coming in gaps and Barry felt like he was going to black out. He was breathless. "Why was Len doing this? What the hell was going on?" Barry lifted his gaze and saw The King's handsome face twisted in anger and lust. "Breathe…this isn't Thawne, this is Len…Len isn't going to hurt me…don't panic… don't panic…deep breaths…"
"You want to tempt me with your body? …You want me to do your bidding?"
Barry felt his warm tears trail down his face. "No…Len I -I…."
"Say the truth… say that you want to control me! You want to be King!"
"Y-You know that's not true! W-What the h-hell happened to you?" - Barry asked trying to sound angry but his voice sounded broken and weak…"T-This isn't you…"
Len hit the headboard of the bed with his fist and the loud sound startled the young speedster. The ice shattered and fell on to the bed.
"Tell me Scarlet …how would you know that? …You don't know me! You don't know who I am…. You never did and never will." The King said and Barry swallowed hard feeling like fading.
"You will never be like Mick…you will never replace him."
Len's words were like a knife to the gut, hot and piercing.
"I- I…know…you still don't love…" Barry murmured hurt glancing to the side. "Y-you know I-I'm not trying to replace him…I just want to be with you."
"NO! You want my power and my army! There's a difference Barry!"
Barry shook his head. Len was being stubborn, there was no reasoning behind his words …he didn't make any sense… something was awfully wrong…this wasn't the Len he knew and fell in love with. This wasn't the man he loved. "Could it be an impostor? Maybe someone pretending?"
"Len…I don't know why you are so mad with me… but I know you have risked your life to help people, your realm, your sister….to help me!" Barry said raising his trembling hands to grab the King's face in his hands tenderly. Len's face was so cold. The King flinched away from Barry's touch and the Prince stopped hurt with the King's reaction. He didn't know what to do. This was obviously Len… but it wasn't. "How could that be possible?" he thought confused. "L-Len someone who helps other doesn't suddenly turn around and start hurting people. Not like this…you are not this…you are better…there is so much good in you."
Barry needed to reach under the crazy rage and frenzy that was clouding the King.
"You don't know me Bartholomew!
Barry's heart halted at the sight of Len's merciless gaze.
"But I…do" - he whispered silently.
"No you don't and you need to understand that now! So let me enlighten you!"
The King grabbed Barry's wrists roughly and moved them against the bed headboard and froze them in to place. Barry yelled feeling the ice enclosing his hands. It burned like hell and he couldn't move. Barry panted with his back resting over the fluffy white pillows. This was a nightmare. This couldn't be real… this couldn't be Len…this had to be some kind of weird, fucked up, dream… He could hear Joe's voice warning him. "You want to go to the Winter Realm to marry the coldhearted Winter King… a man who could easily kill you…Are you insane Barry? …At what cost Barry, your life? You know Snart is dangerous man!" Barry closed his eyes. "What the hell went so wrong?"
"Please Len…don't do this…"Barry said trying to phase from the ice without results. "Shit, shit…shit" he thought. There was no escape. With the cold field working in the room he couldn't use his speed properly and everyone was on the other wing of the castle. "Why are castles so damn big?" Anyways…the only ones who could save him right now were Caitlin that could get in the cold field without harming herself or Firestorm. Len probably told his guards to go away and leave them alone…unless…Barry shivered with the thought… unless the King killed his own guards in his rage frenzy before entering the room. The King was on top of Barry with his right hand over Barry's chest, pushing him down in the bed.
"L-Len you are h-hurting me…" Barry said wondering how his safe haven turned in to a freezing hell... wondering how Len turned in to Thawne.
"S-Stop this please! Y-You need to c-calm down…"
"I'm calm Scarlet…" Len replied clearly in rage. "When I am not calm, you'll fucking know!"
"Len you are not okay!" the Prince said glancing to his cold blue eyes.
"Stop calling me that! …I feel fine!"
"You are not! You clearly are not! Please talk to-…"
Len clapped his cold hand over Barry's mouth silencing him and Barry closed his eyes. He could feel Len's fingertips freezing the skin on the sides of his face. It burned. Barry wanted to yell feeling how Len was marking his face.
"Shut up! I don't want to hear your lies again…"
Barry's tears were falling down his cheeks he could feel his heart beating hard. He was scared.
"I will remind you who is the one with power to defeat a speedster…I killed Thawne, I killed the Mist and the whole fucking Santini family…. and I could easily turn you in to a cold dead corpse if you don't do what I want…"– The King said grinning leaning to whisper to Barry's ear. Len's warm breath sent shivers down his spine. "You will do what I command Barry! You are mine."
Barry let out a low groan that was muffled by Len's hand.
"I hope you enjoy this…whore."
Len released Barry's mouth. "I want to hear you scream!"
"L-Len please s-stop….this isn't you…this-"
Barry lifted his gaze and noticed Len's irises flash an eerie red and suddenly everything made sense. Len was under some sort of magic. He remembered Caitlin talking about a man who wields the power to control the rage… the man had caused a ruckus in a marketplace in Central City four moons ago. He remembered going to the Market but when he arrived the man was long gone and the people was slowly turning back to normal... "What was his name? Fuck…focus…it had something to do with the control of emotions…light… shit why didn't he pay more attention to Wells, Caitlin and Cisco?! It was something with lig-"
Len grabbed Barry's chin and forced the speedster to look at him.
"L-Len you are b-being controlled! S-snap out of it!"
The King glared at the Prince and smiled. It was a scary sneer.
"You are afraid of me Scarlet..."the King said excited. "You will answer only to me and you will obey me until your last breath…" Len said releasing Barry's chin and moved his hands down to lift roughly Barry's red silk nightshirt up to his restrained wrists over his head. Barry now was completely naked and at the King's mercy. Barry shuddered hard feeling the cold merciless air on all of his body. If he weren't freezing to death he will probably be blushing madly under Len's intense gaze.
"L-Len you don't w-want to do this… I know you c-can hear me! Y-you can fight it!"
"Stop talking or I will gag you!"
"D-don't… do this… you can fight Bivolo's power!"
"Don't tell me what to do!"
"Len stop!"
"You need to learn your place!"
The King grabbed Barry's neck and tightened his grip, eyes iridescent red full of anger.
"….please…."
Barry closed his eyes feeling the strong grip of Len's hands on his neck… he was going to die in Len's hands…strangled by the man he loved. Barry moved slightly trying to shake Len off him, but it was useless… tears started streaming down his face.
"Besides…" the King said leaning forward between Barry's parted legs. "I actually want to do this…Scarlet…You are going to be mine… over and over again until you can no longer scream anymore."
Barry's eyes widened scared…that didn't sound like Len at all…it sounded more like… Thawne… he gasped when Len released his throat suddenly and Barry let out a soft hiss of pain. He coughed. He wanted to talk but he couldn't found his voice. The prince closed his eyes resigned with his fate.
The Winter King was feeling rage, hate, lust all at the same time, it was an unstoppable frenzy. He felt trapped in his own mind...he was going insane trying to fight it. Something was messing with his head. His heart was beating fast and his head was hurting badly. He couldn't stop Lord James words playing on his head… "I wish I could bend that young prince in half over the throne and taint him…" Len traced a cold finger on Barry's chest and Barry shivered. "Tight ass, soft lips, beautiful green hazel eyes… long legs..." Len felt his anger boiling against Lord James. He wanted to kill. "The Prince was his… only his and he was going to prove it!"
Barry was having a hard time breathing and his throat was hurting badly. He was going numb feeling his inner core temperature slowly dropping. He was so tired… he needed to sleep. His breath was now too cold to be seen. He needed to escape, to get away from this nightmare but he was feeling too weak. His mind was reeling slowly. If Len manages to injure him seriously being controlled by the magic…he would feel mortified later and Zoom will achieve what he wants. He needed to think how to stop Bivolo's power but his mind was so fuzzy probably from the lack of air. "What was it? Caitlin mentioned it was…something with light… color…sky… clouds…prism… rainbows! Rainbow Rider! Roy Bivolo was the name of Zoom's follower! He incite extreme anger and the victim turns bloodthirsty and destructive…Oh shit!"
Barry's eyes shot open reflecting fear with the idea of Len in a murderous rage.
"Stop! Len I know you can hear me! Stop this! Please! I know this is part of Zoom's plan… Roy Bivolo is controlling you! He controls emotions! You can fight it!…I know you can!" Barry repeated almost pleading to his handsome fiancé to snap out of it and to fight the spell.
Len ignored the Prince and traced his cold hand over Barry's exposed navel.
"L-Len wake the f-fuck up!" Barry groaned trying to move his legs to make Len get off him but he couldn't even lift them. Winter was howling scared in a corner of the room, next to the frozen fireplace. Everything was so dark.
"Come on Len! …please…I love you…I love you!"
The King stopped his hands. Len was breathing hard and completely aroused watching Barry's naked body. Barry could easily feel Len's bulge against his naked skin. The speedster's eyes drifted slowly to Len's eyes.
"I l-love you Len…I know...y-you won't hurt me..."
Len grabbed his own forehead with his right hand… there was so much anger and pain, and regret. Everything hurt. He couldn't control himself. All was red. He knew he was hurting Barry but he couldn't stop. He was out of control. He couldn't stop the thoughtless words. The venom. There was so much hate consuming him…so much sadness and grief bottled up. His heart ached and he couldn't think straight. Deep blue eyes suddenly met hazel green eyes.
"S-Scarlet… I don't want to hurt you…r-run…"
Barry denied with his head glancing up to his frozen hands. "Len I can't move…"
"I… I… can't c-control…so much rage, lust, hate…"
"You won't hurt me … I love you…I love so much…"
Len nodded and saw the tears on Barry's eyes and he felt so guilty, he was hurting the man he loved. He needed to fight Bivolo's power. He could feel the rage and anger boiling inside of him. Consuming him. He groaned clenching with his fists the blankets on the bed at either of Barry's sides. He was turning in to a monster and he couldn't stop it. There were voices. Everything was red. Constant pain. Suffering. Rage. He could see Barry's face under him hoping he would win the internal fight. He didn't want to disappoint Barry but he could feel his conscience slipping away. The void of rage was enveloping his mind swirling in to darkness. He closed his eyes and cold tears fell over Barry's face.
"Len?"
The King's eyes opened and flashed red again.
"If you think you can control me Scarlet… you are wrong."
"Shit…" Barry murmured feeling Len's cold hands roaming over his tights and the King separated Barry's long legs more and moved closer in between them. Barry was feeling so exposed right now, naked with his legs spread wide open and he started to panic. "Fuck… fuck how was he supposed to stop Len?... how could he reverse the effect of Bivolo's magic? It was something to do with colors… but what colors? Shit…Ugh he needed Cait and Cisco. He couldn't remember…he nghhh…ahhh…"
Len grabbed Barry's length and started stroking it up and down. Barry but his lip, he was getting quickly aroused despise the cold environment and Len's coarse touch. A part of him was feeling really…really scared of the powerful and violent King controlled by Bivolo's rage but the other part of him was lustfully out of control and loved Len's touch. He loved and wanted Len so much. It wasn't fair. He closed his eyes and arched his back. "Fuck! This isn't happening!" Len's hands were getting rougher and gripped him tighter and stroked fast. Barry felt flush in his cheeks and tears in his eyes. Barry clenched his jaw. He wanted Len but not like this. He wanted Len to be fully aware during their intimacy. "What were the stupid colors?! Len just needed to see the right colors and this would stop… Ughhh… Nghh.." Len suddenly slowed his strokes on Barry's cock. He was stroking slow… so slow it was even torturous. He couldn't think anymore.
"Len" he moaned.
Barry was fully erect and he closed his eyes mortified. He was breathless. His legs were shivering from the pleasure and pain. The prince sobbed feeling weak. At least he was starting to slowly feel warm…warm…Barry opened his eyes full of awareness. "Warm…he was getting warm." Barry saw that the cold field was starting to fade quickly…the sword wasn't glowing anymore and Len was distracted…in a couple of minutes he would be able to use his speed. The King suddenly decided to penetrate a finger in Barry's tight hole and Barry cried feeling the coldness of the intrusion. "Ahhh fuck… did Len just coated his fingers with cold water?"
"Look at me!" - said the King grabbing Barry's chin. Barry closed his eyes and with parted lips panted as the finger twirled around inside his ass roughly. The feeling was uncomfortable.
"Do you like it Scarlet? Do you like it rough?"
Barry looked at Len horrified and his breath hitched feeling a second finger entering him forcefully and the King thrust them partially in and out of Barry continuously. The speedster was panting so hard. Barry couldn't even think straight. He tried to hide his face at the side of one of his tied arms. He groaned at the pain of being stretched with fingers cold like snow.
"L-Len…s-stop…"
The king inserted a third finger making Barry moan loud and his spine arched as his muscles began to shudder. This was getting out of hand. He was so scared but he was feeling so much pleasure. He wanted Len. His real Len back…
"L-Len aghh… please…"
"I can't wait to fuck you!" The King laughed. "You are so loud Scarlet! How long do you think you can last?"
The King's statement was replied by startled cries of pleasure. Barry could feel his tears falling and he was losing all of his control. Len's cold hand returned to Barry's length and picked up the pace, tight, pumping harder, faster. It was too much. Barry dropped his head back as he moaned; he was feeling so much pleasure that he started vibrating. Len's field of vision was suddenly full of yellow lightning and the red blur of the red silk nightshirt. Everything suddenly was yellow and red. Barry was going to cum, his mind was going blank. The King hit Barry's prostate with his fingers hard and then withdraw them. Barry moaned Len's name loud seeing white and he bucked his hips as he finally came hard over himself, shivering at accelerated speed, vibrating and creating yellow sparks of lightning all around his body. His powers were returning slowly.
Spots of yellow lightning and red blurs blinded the King. Len closed his eyes feeling an awful migraine struck. He could feel the darkness lifting and the haze and rage dissipating. His head hurt so much. His eyes felt like burning and there was an excruciating throb in his head. He could hear Barry panting under him and he could sense that he was painfully hard.
"Barry?"
Barry huffed out a long breath and his hazel eyes began to flicker open.
"L-Len…" he said catching his breath. "A-are you okay?!"
"This is going to be a special kind of hangover…" The King said finally opening his eyes and felt his heart sink. He observed in shock his young fiancé naked on the bed with his hands bounded by ice, covered in a thin layer of frost and cum. "What the hell had he done?"
"Scarlet…" he said moving quickly to unbind the prince's hands by breaking gently the ice. Barry noticed that the King's hands were trembling badly.
"Len…" Barry said swallowing hard. "I'm okay… This is not your fault."
"Fuck…I'm so sorry Barry…"
Barry tried to move but his body was really sore. His arms ached from the position and angle over his head. He slowly shifted to a seating position and Len backed away from Barry with regret washing over him like a tidal wave. He was going to be sick.
"What the hell have I done?...Barry are you okay?"
"Len I'm okay… you scared me but you didn't hurt me. I'm okay…"
Len closed his eyes feeling sick. "H-how?!...What the hell happened?"
"It was Bivolo's powers you were under his influence…we call him Prism or Rainbow Raider… he can manipulate emotions, he is one of Zoom loyal followers. I knew about him, because he caused a chaos four moons ago in the marketplace of Central Kingdom but he escaped."
Leonard nodded. "I remember a man. He entered in to my studio…we talked and then I saw red and I was so angry…I couldn't control myself." The King remembered Bivolo's words and shivered. "Zoom is coming to take what is his. He is willing to pardon your life, the life of Princess Lisa and your Kingdom if you to cancel the wedding and give him Prince Bartholomew Allen. You have a week…think about it."
"Well I'm glad you are back…" - Barry confessed feeling his tension go away. "I'm sorry I couldn't remember the colors to stop Bivolo's power sooner. I'm guessing that the colors were red and yellow…so I think I'm glad I used this stupid red silk robe, at least it was useful in the end."
The King nodded letting the entire information sink in. He lifted his gaze and the image made his heart ache. He had injured Barry. The prince's hands, legs and arms were red and shivering from first level of frostnip, his face had his fingertips branded to his cheeks as well as his throat and the prince was naked… he had abused him. Len felt his cold tears fall silently. He couldn't breath. He had promised his fiancé to protect him from Zoom and he used the cold field against him and almost killed him. He was worst than Eobard Thawne and Hunter Zolomon. He shivered with the thought. Len glanced at the room and it was a mess. Everything was covered with ice and the floor was full of puddles. Winter was hiding in a corner shivering afraid. He closed his eyes. He had almost killed Barry and Winter. Len stood up and walked to the divan and seated there mortified with his actions.
"Barry… I'm so sorry…" said Len in a broken voice. "I'm so sorry."
"Len stop! It wasn't your fault. I would never blame your for this…It was Bivolo and Zoom."
Barry quickly cleaned himself with the bed sheets and with his shivering hands he slowly covered his body with the red nightshirt and slowly tried to get off the bed.
"Barry you shouldn't move… you are hurt." The King said concerned.
"I'm not…" Barry walked on his bare foot towards the divan and kneeled on the pristine icy floor in front of his fiancé.
"Len… I love you…and nothing can change that. No matter how many times Zoom wants to break us apart I won't let him. I won't lie to you I was really scared… I wasn't expecting to be attacked by you…but I know that it wasn't you. And I knew you weren't Thawne. I know that you don't love me yet…but I know you care for me and that you don't want to hurt me. That's enough for me. I am happy with you. I'm not scared anymore because I'm with you."
The King's blue eyes met Barry's green eyes. There was so much pain and love in them.
Len took a deep breath. His head was hurting badly. Barry just said he loved him and he couldn't even reply him. He should feel happy for the fact that Barry loved him, but it just made him feel worse…more guilty. Len wanted to reach out and touch Barry to comfort him but he didn't deserve Barry's love or trust after his actions.
Len exhaled feeling his world collapse. "I promised to protect you Scarlet…and I failed…I almost killed you and…I –I'm a monster…. I am even worse than Thawne…than Lord Jesse."
"No Len! No!… you are not like Eobard at all…you were being controlled."
Deep down Len already knew that but he couldn't help to feel shame. "Nothing I can say can make this be alright Barry! I abused you! I hurt you and I almost killed you."
Barry felt his tears falling.
The King frowned remembering Thawne's words. "If you think…that this story has a happy ending Leonard…you haven't been paying attention…" Maybe Thawne was right. Maybe dreams come slow and they shatter fast. He couldn't see a way to fix this. Everything was starting to fall apart.
Barry sighed in the darkness watching Len's face reflect guilt and pain. "Stop! Len this is exactly what Zoom wants! He wants us to argue…to separate us… to make us call off the wedding…don't let him win." Barry pleaded taking Len's face in his shaking hands. "Don't blame yourself… we are going to catch Bivolo and Zoom and we will make them pay… but don't take the blame for this…I know you didn't meant anything that you said or did…."
Len broke the eye contact. "But what if I did Barry?"
"W-what?" Barry asked completely caught off guard.
"What if this is who I really am Barry?"
"I know you are not like that…and I know you don't believe it either."
There was a small awkward silence between them and Barry noticed that Len was hiding something. "Talk to me Len… please…"
Len shook his head. He couldn't do this. "I'm sorry Barry I can't deal with this right now…I just can't see you…" he murmured quickly feeling the guilt drowning him, he was feeling so sick, he needed to escape from Barry's tender touch. He was so broken up inside. He didn't deserve Barry. He was a monster.
"Len! Don't do this…don't run away from me… please don't turn your back on me…" Barry said weakly. His throat was still hurting.
"I'm sorry Barry." He didn't have the strength to face the speedster. He needed to walk away from the nightmare. He stood up angry with himself and started walking to the frozen door without turning back. His heart was shattering but he didn't want to see his young fiancé feeling hurt and lost because of him. He didn't want to see Barry's warm tears falling freely to the icy water on the floor. He couldn't see Barry at all…maybe Zoom had won. The damage was done and there was no way to turn back time. Maybe for Barry's sake this should be the end. He was leaving and he could hear Barry begging him no to go, the Prince whispered between sobs his name two or three times in a row, but he couldn't go back. Len opened the huge icy wooden door that creaked loudly and with a heavy heart he exited the room.
Winter slowly ran to the Prince's side but the speedster didn't move. Barry stayed motionless on the ground, in the dark icy room, with his arms crossed around his cold body trying to warm up his frozen heart.
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