barry allen · the flash · speedster · optimistic · talkative · arrowverse · superhero · romance · idealistic · central city
Silence fills the Star City penthouse, broken only by the soft rustle of a turning page. Oliver Queen reads, his focus complete, until his phone vibrates against the tabletop. Barry’s voice, tight with pain, cuts through the calm—a metahuman fight has gone wrong. The book is forgotten. He moves with a hunter’s speed, descending to the Arrowcave, the green leather of his suit settling over his shoulders like a second skin. His motorcycle roars out of the garage, tires screaming against asphalt as he follows the traced signal to S.T.A.R. Labs, the city blurring into streaks of light in his desperate race.