Would You Love Me Less? > Arrow / Flash x Reader

Chapter 13

The past month was wonderful. Everyone was very welcoming about me and Barry becoming official. Well, almost everybody.... Dr.Wells was the only person who didn't support the relationship; sometimes it felt like we were still keeping the secret from him.

I was now on my way to attend Barry's Christmas dinner that he threw every year with family and friends at Joe's house. It was weird celebrating Christmas again... I never celebrated since before I was taken.

Me and Barry have been pretty casual with our new relationship; occasionally we would kiss and even make out, but mostly we went out on dates and just had fun together.

No, that wasn't a complaint; I wanted to take things slowly.

I knocked on the door to be greeted by Joe, Barry's stand-in father. "Y/N!"

Barry immediately snapped his focus to the door when he heard my name.

"I am so glad you could make it." Joe welcomed. "Of course."

I took the only available seat, which was across from Barry and beside Caitlin. Luckily, I knew her so it wasn't all that uncomfortable. Iris walked in the room and noticed me, "Y/N! You made it!" Iris cheered.

And then I noticed it again- the same thing I noticed the day I met Barry.... the way he looked at Iris when she entered the room and how he would linger on her words when she spoke.

I know that he couldn't help it, but I equally couldn't help but feel a knot of jealousy turn in my stomach. I noticed it before, but it never really bothered me until that day. Regardless, she was with Eddie.... 'Nothing to worry about.' I hoped.

Attending to that party actually turned out to be a great idea since I finally had the opportunity to catch up with everyone from over the past month, and even longer for some of them. "Did anyone save room for dessert?" Joe asked loudly from the kitchen after everyone ate his delicious dinner. Joe walked into view holding a peach cobbler. "I did!" Barry cheered, rushing over to help carry the dish.

"Not me. I am stuffed!" Caitlin threw her hands up. Just as Barry sat the dish down, Joe got a call on his pager from the police station, as did Eddie. "I hate to cut the evening short, but duty calls." Joe announced. Everyone in the room, except Iris, sprung up to our feet at exactly the same time. "Yeah, I should probably see if they'll need... forensics." Barry fibbed, being the first one who left the house after Joe and Eddie. "We should probably get going, too." Caitlin said in an apologetic tone; she took me and Cisco to the car.

"So what is it?" I asked curiously when we got in the car. "Sounded like an armed bank robbery to me." Cisco informed me.

All three of us arrived at S.T.A.R. Labs; I decided to practice while the team did their thing. Honestly, I made sure to spend most of my wake hours in that room every day for that past month. I figured if I kept up my strength and shot targets, I would be able to justify my skills eventually.

Barry zipped into the room after almost 10 minutes. Startled, I jumped and completely missed my shot; this sent Barry into a whirl of laughter. "Can I help you?" I giggled. I gently laid my bow to rest on the table, then ripped the Velcro from my gloves and arm guard.

"Mmm... I don't know. I'm feeling pretty unstoppable after that bank robbery call." He boasted. He took off his mask as he walked over to me.

It wasn't fair how attractive he was in that suit. "Is that so, Flash?" I teased, leaning against the table with my body faced to him.

Barry returned the smirk on my face and removed his gloves one by one, "It sure is, Miss Smoak." He stood in close range to my body, looking down at me from the height difference.

I was tired of taking this slow. Tired of pretending we didnt both crave this.

His lips were so close, but felt so agonizingly far from mine. "If you're so unstoppable, then what's stopping you right now, Fla-" He cut off my last words when he slammed his lips hungrily against mine, taking little to no time for either one of us to breathe.

Things were moving fast, but I didn't have any objections to it. Usually, it didn't get too far past this. Barry easily removed my sweater, and it made me wonder how on earth he was planning to take his suit off.

He lifted me by my hips and placed me on the table with my legs wrapped around him. He allowed his lips to trail down my neck to give me time to breathe. I hated that he could see my scars, but I reminded myself that he was focused on something else right then.

Per usual, Barry's body vibrated again, forcing him to pull away. 'At least we got further this time, right?'

He slammed his fist on the table with a "Dammit!" And frustratedly paced back and forth. "Hey, hey.... Barry." I held out a hand for him to come back. "You can push through it. If I'm being honest, it feels nice when you do it." I assured.

Barry took a deep breath then came back to his previous position standing between my legs. "Maybe we should slow it down a bit..." Barry whispered before he gently pressed his lips back onto mine.

His hands trailed behind me to unhook my bra. 'Yeah, he's not going to slow down.'

I could feel my body being pulled closer to his until I felt my pelvis meets his. Barry's body vibrated once more, but he only hesitated that time instead of pulling away. "I hate to spoil it, but I have no idea how to get this off of you." I said against his lips. I tugged helplessly on his suit emblem.

A voice joined the conversation, "And I hate to spoil it for the both of you, but I am going to do it anyway."

The two of us quickly pulled away and Barry helped by speed-dressing everything he removed from me. "Dr. Wells!" I squeaked while I slid off the table.

"Allen, could I speak to you for a moment?" Wells more or less asked, rolling towards the exit. I offered a sympathetic look before Barry reluctantly followed.

Minutes later, Barry returned. "How bad was it this time?" I asked. He sighed and placed both of my hands in his hands, "Oh, you know... You're a distraction and I should be focused on getting my speed up."

"So... What are we going to do?" I asked shyly. "I don't know what to tell him, Y/N... He hasn't been able to stop us before so why does he think this time is any different?" Barry used my hands to pull me closer for a hug. He placed his chin on top of my head, "Shouldn't it be enough that we're happy?" He asked.

'Happy.... Am I truly happy or is this, as Echo said, just a glimpse of an oasis in the desert?'

I nodded in approval anyways and grabbed my bow after releasing from his embrace, "I guess I'll get back to it. I'll see you later, Barry."