Unhidden (Barry Allen Is Sebastian Smythe), The Sequel to Hidden Away Until Now

19| A Broken Heart Is All That's Left

First published: august 4, 2021

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Since the break up between Oliver and Barry, they'd each stayed in their respective cities. Barry barely acknowledged Oliver's existence, and he shut down whenever the archer was mentioned. His temper was quick and fiery to anger. He seemed to spend more time as the Flash and as a CSI, barely talking to his team in the progress.

Sebastian had wanted to walk to punch Oliver straight in the face, but Barry had overruled him.

Barry decided that there was really only one thing for him to do right now: Ohio. He packed up a bag, and sped away to Lima, hoping to get some support from his friends.

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Oliver was more broken than all of the years on Lian Yu, and everything else that's he's endured. He'd never actually had a relationship that had meant something to him, someone he truly cared for on such a different level, destroyed.

He was spending way more time as the Arrow, and less as Oliver Queen. But either way, he still felt shattered. Felicity and Diggle hadn't tried to get him to talk, as they knew that Oliver would just shut down even more. His constant patrols of the city were annoying.

If he wasn't patrolling, he was training in the cave. And had Diggle or Felicity forced him to go home, he'd go for a run, trying to stay away from his room as much as possible. When he slept, he slept in a guest room. If he needed clothes, he was quick about it, so he wouldn't start thinking about Barry. The photo that held the two of them so close to each other was still on the night stand, haunting Oliver whenever his eyes laid upon it by accident.

Too much reminded him of Barry and Sebastian, and it seemed to shatter him more. His meetings with Nyssa and Talia now were short, as Oliver could barely stand to talk about the speedster before needing to hit something.

Felicity had observed him with worry, but there was some mistrust left there. And he knew that was because he didn't tell her about what he was doing. She didn't have to say it, Oliver knew.

He was realizing now how much he'd truly hurt the people he cared about, and how badly he'd fractured his relationship with his speedster ex.   Would he ever be partners with the speedster again? He had no clue, it depended on Barry entirely.

But he was always there, ready to help Barry if he needed it.

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The stage of William McKinley high school's auditorium sat empty, except for the band kids who played the instruments.

Barry could feel his hands shaking as he walked down one of the aisles of the auditorium. He clenched his hands tightly, and gave Sebastian partial control. Together, they decided to sit and wait for the others to come.

Kurt, Blaine, Rachel, Jesse, Santana, Brittany, the warblers. He'd asked them all for comfort today, and they agreed to help him.

They were always there for him.

The next thing the two personalities knew was that they were being wrapped in a gigantic group hug. Sebastian gave way and smirked a little bit. Barry retreated, leaving Sebastian in control for the time being.

Kurt touched Sebastian's face gently. "Are you alright, Bas?" He asked, and the warblers nodded along, looking at their captain carefully.

Sebastian tilted his head side to side. "Honestly, I don't really know right now, guys. But if you'd feel the need to sign or something, cause that always seems to help, go ahead."

Rachel gave him a grin. "Oh, we prepared numbers for you, in case you wanted us to sing, but," she said, looking at the group. "We can't be anything less than perfect."