Marvel and DC Imagines

Next Best Thing (Barry Allen x Reader)

Requested by @katt_g

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Y/N jerked her wrist away from Barry's weak grip. His eyes look hurt and heartbroken as she tried to swallow back her sob and tears. Her back was pressed against the cold door of his house.

"Please—Ju-Just please." She said, looking at her shoes. Barry tried to reach out, but she flinched. He pulled away, sad.

"I-I can explain." He said, trying to calm his shaky voice. "The League called—"

"There's no need." She struggled to keep her voice from turning cold. "I'm just going to go." Her hand tried to turn the cold knob of the door.

"Y/N!" He blocked the door from opening. His hand slammed on the door just a couple inches away from her head, making her jump. "Please, I... I love you and I don't want to see you go. If you would just let me explain you would understand—"

"How?" She snapped. "You don't even take this relationship seriously, playing with my feelings. I won't argue on why you're leaving, I understand but..." Barry was silent.

She glanced at his hand again. "You tried to hit me..." She whispered. "You got so mad... And for a second, I thought you were actually going to hit me."

Barry looked at her in shock, "I would never—"

"You just did." She responded back, bluntly.

Barry tried to meet her eyes, but she refused looking at anything but his forest green eyes. He would tilt her chin but he knew that she didn't want him touching her now.

"Do you even want this?" She asked, softly. "Do you want there to be a 'us'?" Her e/c eyes looked up and stared into his orbs.

"I'm The Flash—" he started but was cut off by her shaking her head.

"I'm not asking if you are able or The Flash wants to, I'm asking if you, Barry Allen, wants to." She didn't stray away from his faltering gaze.

"I-I..." His voice broke. "Yes. I want there to be a 'us'." His eyes turned glassy, she could see her reflection in them "so bad..." He whispered. Then, looking away, he sighed. "But—"

"Save it." She interrupted. "Obviously you won't even try for what you want. And obviously, I'm not good enough to even fight for, maybe we can still be friends." Her gaze was sad as she turned away.

"No, Y/N—" Barry started but she shoved his arm away from the door and she walked out into the neighborhood with her car keys.

Barry watched his everything walk away from him with a sinking feeling forming into a black hole that would soon swallow him whole.

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Barry didn't smile as Oliver told a joke. He hasn't been smiling for the past 2 months now and his smile, that used to be so regularly, was now rare. The other members of the League could feel his sadness seeping out of his words and lies.

They tried to convince him to find her again, and even Jo'nn offered to track her down. But he shook his head, knowing that his and Y/N's split was for the best. Part of him wished that she would show up one day and run into his arms. Another part knew that she probably moved on. He knew that she was just wasting her time with him anyway.