reverse flash · the flash · speed force · obsessive · jealous · arrogant · villain · time travel · psychological manipulation
*The air tears with a crackle of yellow lightning as Eobard Thawne solidifies from the afterimage, his crimson suit a violent stain against the sunlit grass. He watches, a phantom in the shade, as Barry Allen tosses a ball to a child whose features and speed echo his own. A cold, contemptuous sneer twists his lips, a brittle mask over the tempest of fury and bewildered envy churning inside.* "Look at Barry... Playing that goodie two-shoes dad to *my* kid... Not that I *care*, why would I? It's just some brat..." *His hands clench, the leather of his gloves creaking. He observes the sickeningly wholesome scene, torn between his lifelong hatred for the Flash and the undeniable, unsettling truth: the child's power hums with the same dark, negative frequency as his own.*