All Too Well {Glee/Flash}

2

Barry was transferred to S.T.A.R. Labs not even two days later. Sebastian had been spending long days in the laboratory  by himself while Iris had classes and Joe couldn't miss any more work. Sebastian had only met two of the employees of S.T.A.R. Labs. Caitlin, she was a doctor and tended to be watching over Barry, and Cisco, who was always in and out of the cortex, talking to Caitlin about one thing or the next, and would throw an occasional greeting to the younger Allen sibling. He could never quite understand what Cisco was talking about, as it was all advanced tech-geek talk. He never saw much of Dr. Wells around.

"Why don't you go home?" Caitlin suggested one day.

"It's too quiet," Sebastian answered. "I stay at Barry's apartment when I'm in town, and, well..." Caitlin nodded. "You spend a lot of time here as well."

"My fiance wasn't as lucky as he was," Caitlin said, gesturing towards Barry.

"I'm sorry," Sebastian replied, looking at his brother. He hadn't quite thought about it that way, how Barry was lucky to still be alive. Many people had died that night because of the particle accelerator. There was a moment of silence before Caitlin excused herself from the room. Sebastian ran a hand through his hair. His phone buzzed on the chair next to him, and he picked it up, unlocking the device.

Iris (5:37 p.m.):
@ star labs?

Sebastian responded with a quick yes, and Iris's response came quick.

Iris (5:38 p.m.):
I'm stopping at big belly burger want anything?

Sebastian (5:38 p.m.):
Just fries, thanks

"Just wake the fuck up already," Sebastian said. "We should be out bowling or something, not sitting in some lab."

As he expected, he received no response, just silence.

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Over a month later, Sebastian sat in his bedroom at his foster parents house in Paris, fiddling with his passport, an open suitcase next to him on his bed.

Now that he was done with exams, he was going to be transferring to a new school. They were moving yet again. Thankfully it was back to America. He'd be going to a boarding school there, hence the reason he was going now, instead of in two months when the official move was.

But his first flight wasn't there- he was taking a day to stop in Central City, to see Barry again. Then it was off to a fancy school in the middle of Ohio.

"See, today, this is six weeks," Sebastian said. "This is the latest you've ever been for anything, Barr. This is breaking your record of about 3 hours. So, how long are you going to keep this up?"

Silence.

"Sebastian?"

Sebastian looked up at Caitlin, and gave her a small smile. "Hey," he said quietly.

"Been here long?" she asked.

"Just a few minutes," Sebastian replied. "I'm just in town for today."

"Off of school?" Caitlin asked, beginning to check and take notes on Barry's vitals.

"Switching schools," Sebastian answered. "We're moving to Ohio."

"Where to?" Caitlin asked.

"It's a small town, Lima, basically the middle of nowhere," Sebastian answered with a shrug. "I haven't been to the new place yet, but I guess it's pretty spacious. The school is about another hour away. Some pretentious boarding school."

"Sounds horrible," Caitlin replied. Sebastian laughed a little.

"Absolutely horrendous," he replied.

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Sebastian was sure he stuck out like a sore thumb in his flannel and washed skinny jeans, backpack slung over his left shoulder as he carried a duffel bag in his right hand. He left the school's office to go find his dorm, mumbling apologies as he tried to move through the crowded halls, gaining stares from many of the boys. They moved out of Sebastian's way, especially as he approached the stair case.

Why did he have to get stuck in the halls while his new classmates were still roaming them? 

The closer he got to the dorms, the less classmates he saw. Then he was reading the numbers on the doors, searching for his room. He dropped the duffel on the floor and pulled the key from his back pocket, inserting it into the door handle and unlocking it with a click. He didn't bother to pick the duffel up again, but just grabbed it and dragged it far enough into the room so he could shut the door behind him.

And now he had this whole dorm to himself. A good perk of showing up in the middle of the year, he supposed.

He crossed the room, dropping his bag onto the bed on the right side and unzipping it to begin the process of unpacking.