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Heterochromia: Case Two

{Fanfiction: DC. Characters used are from Lyght series/Forbidden Desire}

Prompt: "Soul mate AU where everybody is born with heterochromia- your right eye is your natural color but your left is that of your soul mate's."

Case Two: Wally West often felt that he would be searching for a needle in a haystack. Or more like a piece of hay in a haystack! He studied that brown eye of his for as long as he could remember. He tried to picture who it belonged to; he knew that whoever it was, he would probably be obsessed at gazing into her eyes. It was certainly a gorgeous shade of brown.

The problem was that brown eyes were common. He was going to have a hard time finding his soul mate. Aside from accidentally becoming the Flash, it was the only other thing he had to look forward to in his life. Wally was glad that the man who made it possible somewhat fell in love with his aunt and took him in; one less stressful thing in his life.

Unlike the other guys in school, he didn't date haphazardly. He figured that he had enough on his mind moonlighting as a superhero. Wally didn't want to waste anyone's time, particularly his, when it came to dating. His mission was to find his soul mate. It didn't help that he now had a thing for brown-eyed women!

Once in college, he decided to seriously look for his brown-eyed soul mate. After so many encounters, Wally figured that it was best to just follow his heart. There was a saying that became common during those days: just because they are your soul mate, doesn't mean it was meant to be. He thought at first that it was derived from the ones who didn't want to search extensively for their soul mate; Wally had heard stories of those who went to the extreme, traveling all over the world to find their special someone. He argued with himself that being the Flash, it would be easy for him to search and be back in time for dinner. For some reason, he wanted it to come naturally.

When he met Linda Park, he was too excited that she had brown eyes. He quickly reminded himself that was a problem: both of her eyes were brown. He saw that she was upset when his brown eye didn't change to green but stayed with him, determined to make things work out. The two were happy with one another throughout college and were set to actually marry afterwards. The problem was she had no clue he was the Flash. Wally knew he had to tell her, especially if they were going to spend the rest of their lives together. Once he did, it set off a surprise bomb. Wally expected her to be upset but never imagined outright fury. During the argument, she brought up the fact that his eye didn't change and that "it was for the best" to break up.

Years later, he hadn't thought about finding his soul mate. He was actually having fun being one of the Justice League's founding members, bonding with the other superheroes and heroines in the faction. His "normal" job was pleasing to him as well; Central City's police department mechanic. Between saving the world and repairing cop cars, Wally had no time to think about whoever his soul mate was. Besides, he had grown rather fond of his green/brown eyes!

Before long, the Justice League was expanding, adding new members. One in particular was very interesting to him. Part of him had his hopes up when he first laid eyes on her; she had beautiful light brown skin with eyes to match. Then he realized that both of her eyes were the same color; she had already found her soul mate. His attention went to her ability and looked forward to training... and racing the white-haired woman.

He vaguely remembered the other founding members talking about Tabitha's friend, who was some sort of doctor. He knew that she was set to speak with them, to voice her opinion on Tabitha's character. He thought of it as a silly part of the process; Tabitha was recommended for membership... by a fellow founding member. To question Batman's taste in someone's character seemed like a fight waiting to happen!

But, rules were rules, he guessed. And he nearly forgot all about the visit until he was roaming the hallways of the massive space center, Watchtower. He was actually on his way to Tabitha's temporary room; he wanted a rematch of the race she challenged him to. When he turned the corner, his thoughts of the rematch disappeared. A few feet in front of him was the Martian Manhunter. Even though the Martian was nearly seven feet tall, his attention went to the woman who accompanied him. He couldn't see her face but his eyes went towards the figure that was displayed through her clothes. Her business skirt hugged her in the right places as she walked casually, her heels clacking against the floor. Those simple black heels made him notice her legs even more; shapely and toned. Barbie doll legs, Wally almost cooed in his mind. Whoever the woman was, she was a shade darker than their potential newest member. The woman's dreads were done in a tight bun, exposing her neck as well as the hint of a tattoo. He had no idea that he was still walking until he realized that he was within arm's length of the two. They stopped at his destination, in front of Tabitha's door.

He was frozen in his spot for some reason. Wally could've continued to walk past the two or in the other direction. But something told him to stay there. He had a legitimate reason. However, another part of him needed to see this woman's face. She stiffened slightly as the Martian knocked on the door and turned to look at Wally. His heart dipped into his stomach before coming back and fluttered madly. It was said that the color change was immediate, that if you blinked, there was a possibility that you would miss it. But, you knew when it happened. Being the Flash, he was able to process normal time as fast or as slow as he wanted. He chose to view this as slow as possible. His jaw dropped as he studied the brilliant green eye of hers and his skin flushed once it started to change. He knew that she saw it happen as she gasped; he was a hundred percent certain that his once brown eye transformed to his natural green.

He hadn't been concerned about finding his soul mate in a long time. And, in a matter of a few minutes, on a random day, she was in front of him. She looked like a librarian with her oval-shaped wire glasses. If she was, he thought, she was the most eccentric one he'd ever seen. Her arms were covered with various tattoos and there were two on each leg. An ornate silver snake coiled around her left ear, the snake's head dipping towards her concha. He blushed harder once he realized that she wasn't bad-looking at all.

He realized that this was the doctor everyone was talking about; Tabitha's friend. Without thinking, he finally smiled at her and removed his mask. It made sense to him; if this was his soul mate and he was hers, she needed to know who he really was. Wally had made the mistake with Linda, waiting to reveal his superhero identity. He wasn't going to make the same mistake twice.

His face reddened when he saw the look of approval on her face. It was all that he needed as warmth washed over him. Just as he stuck his hand out and opened his mouth, his heart dropped once more. This time, it stayed in the pit of his stomach as his eyes darted from her now fully brown eyes to the silver bands on her left hand. His soul mate... was already married.