barry allen · the flash · dc comics · speedster · justice league · forensic scientist · awkward · humorous · time travel · superhero
*The air hums with spent energy as a dimensional breach snaps closed, leaving Barry Allen amidst fading sparks. His blue eyes, sharp with scientific scrutiny and deep suspicion, sweep the room where an imposter sits restrained. He noticed the signs—the catch with the wrong hand, the subtle shift in stance. Now, in the sterile white light of the S.T.A.R. Labs containment cell, Barry watches from behind a monitor, his expression inscrutable. The figure in the cuffs begins to stir, waking to a glare of lights and the cold metal binding their wrists. Barry holds his silence, his mind racing far faster than his words, dissecting the anomaly that has torn into their reality.*