scarletstreak: (010)
Barry Allen | The Flash ([personal profile] scarletstreak) wrote2016-03-28 08:21 pm
Entry tags:

Open RP Post



text | tfln | prose | action | picture | music | quotes | otherwordly | starters | dealer's choice
bloggings: (can i ride again??)

iris is a meta too idk

[personal profile] bloggings 2016-03-29 03:13 am (UTC)(link)

bloggings: (Default)

[personal profile] bloggings 2016-04-01 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
[The first time it happened, the first time burst from her like a shield it was because some creep was giving her a hard time, wanted her number and wouldn't take no for an answer and when she turned to leave and he moved to grab her arm and stop her-- he burned. She burned with him her light and he was probably lucky to leave with some scars and some messed up vision for a few days because the next time she did it?

Someone died. A man died because he had a gun and he was robbing a bank teller and Iris was in the wrong place at the wrong time (becoming the story of her life) and when he swung the gun towards her, he didn't last long enough to even aim it. There wasn't even anything left of him for the police to deal with besides a pile of dust, scorch marks and several eye witnesses where the only thing they witnessed was a bright light like a star exploding right before there.

She'd puked in the alley after. She killed someone for the first time ever and yes, he was a bad man and he was going to hurt people but that didn't explain why it felt so good to let the light flare off her fingers. Why she didn't feel special, she felt invincible when she opened her fist and the stars lay in her palm.

Barry does it. Barry uses his speed to save people. She uses her light to punish the ones who live in the darkness.]


I seem to remember asking you that same question.

[Her fists are tight at her side, ready to let the light flare if he comes any closer. But he didn't come speeding towards her, and he's taken off the mask. It's Barry, not the Flash in front of her. But she doesn't feel like Iris anymore. She doesn't know who or what she is right now.]

To protect you.
bloggings: (i didnt put underwear on today did i)

[personal profile] bloggings 2016-04-05 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
[That's the punchline because she's scared too. What if she lets the stars take over completely and there's no Iris West left at all. What if Iris West is already gone and this is all she is. Someone people are scared of. Someone who kills. Someone who likes it.]

You can't.

[Iris tenses when he steps closer but she keeps a tight grip on her light. For now.]

You should go. Before I hurt you too.
bloggings: (did not agree to this)

[personal profile] bloggings 2016-04-06 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Iris is laughing because she's pretty sure if she doesn't, she'll cry. What's happening to her, it is amazing. Amazing and terrible and terrifying and wonderful and empowering and lonely. It's not like Barry's speed. The worst he could do by accident is knock someone over. She's killed people.

She might kill her family. Her friends. Her best friend.]


I can't always control it. And when I can-- You get a rush from saving people right? I get the same rush from punishing the ones that get away. You can't help with that.
bloggings: (did not agree to this)

[personal profile] bloggings 2016-04-21 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[She knows it's scary. It terrifies her. She shouldn't like but she does. And how is she supposed to help people with starlight? It's not like she can zip around the city like some people and pull cats from trees and stop muggers with what she does. Those trees burn and the muggers disappear when she shows up.]

Stop, Barry--! [Iris doesn't have full control of her powers yet. It's tied to her emotions and she's angry and scared of hurting him so when he gets too close, her fist flexes at her side and there's a flash of blinding light. He's fast, he can dodge it if he tries.]
supergirling: (pic#)

[personal profile] supergirling 2016-04-02 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
Right?

[Part of Kara feels bad for being here—a bright smile stretched across her face, a box of delicious doughnuts resting on her lap—because she'd promised to help Barry get home, hadn't she? Told him if he helped her (or rather, Supergirl) take down Livewire and Silver Banshee, she and her friends would do everything in their power to get him back home. So there's a little guilt. The reminder that she should be keeping to her word, not temporarily breaking it by extending the stay of Barry Allen's time on her Earth.

That said, it's not like Barry declined her invitation of doughnuts and a drive in movie. No, he accepted with that wide smile of his. So maybe there's no need for her to feel bad or guilty. After all, if there's no immediate rush for him to leave tonight, then she should stop worrying about keeping him from Central City and the heroics he performs as both Barry Allen CSI and the Flash, and start enjoying what time she has left with him. Because he has to go home eventually. It's something Kara has accepted, even if she wishes he could stay.

It would've been nice to have another hero around, someone capable of the impossible, a friend who understands what it's like to lead dual lives and the separate responsibilities and pressures that come with them. Yes, she has her cousin, Kal–El, but Kal (or Clark or Superman, depending on the time and place) isn't around as much as Kara would like him to be. But then, at the same time, when faced with a problem or dealing with a struggle, Kara prefers not to go flying to her cousin, for as much as she'd sometimes like to, she still feels the need to establish herself without being defined by Superman.

Now isn't the time for those thoughts, though. Now is the time for digging into the best doughnuts in National City and spending time with Barry. At Barry's question, Kara touches the side of her glasses, adjusting the way they sit on her face. It's more of subconscious thing than anything.]


Uh, no. No, I don't. This is actually my first time coming here.
trigeminalheadache: (202-006)

[personal profile] trigeminalheadache 2016-05-28 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Caitlin had been mortified after the night of too much drinking and karaoke, and she'd been so sure Barry wouldn't have wanted to hang out with her again. She'd been so drunk, worse than she'd done before, and he'd been so good to her. He'd humored her with the singing and held her hair while she puked, stayed with her until she fell asleep. She wouldn't have blamed him if he didn't want anything to do with her. Instead, he'd gently teased her, and she felt terrible for doubting him.

They'd been out a few more times after that, and she'd started to feel... hopeful. After Ronnie, she was sure she wouldn't feel like this again, that she couldn't feel like this again. She was a bit more cheerful that day, a bit more like she'd felt before the explosion. She lingers in the Cortex, entering the last bits of data from the readings on his suit. It's not anything she has to do tonight, but it gives her an excuse to be the last one around.

She turns in her chair, smiling at him.
]

I'm... I'm okay, Barry. Really. How are you doing?
trigeminalheadache: (213-014)

[personal profile] trigeminalheadache 2016-05-29 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ He called her out on her tell, once, that she bites her lip when something's bothering her. She may not have him down so pat yet, but she's catching on. That look, she's seen it before, when he's trying to organize his thoughts. When he's thinking too hard about it.

It's entirely endearing.

She can't say she's expecting this, though. She isn't expecting to hear him say that he's been thinking about the same thing she has. And now he's putting it into words, in his way, of course. The rambling alone makes her smile grow wider. She should interrupt him, save him from the way his words keep spilling out. But then she might not hear any more of those compliments that bring a little color to her cheeks.

There's a lull, and that's when she'll take her chance. She moves closer to him, rolling in her chair until she can put her hands over his, until she can draw them away from his hips.
] Barry. I don't want to tell you off. I — I didn't expect this either, I didn't think I could like someone like this again. Like I like you. You've given back so much to this city. As the Flash and as Barry Allen, CSI. You help make this place feel alive again. And you have the biggest heart of anyone I know.

[ She squeezes his hands gently. ] So yeah, maybe it isn't a good time, but... I think it is.
trigeminalheadache: (214-026)

[personal profile] trigeminalheadache 2016-05-29 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ It doesn't take much to encourage her out of her chair. Truth be told, he didn't need to say anything, didn't need to tug on their joined hands. She would have gotten to her feet without prompting. Caitlin wants to put her arms around him, which would be a touch awkward given him standing and her being seated.

But him asking, him pulling gently at her hands, it makes this even better. They'd both said the right words, and neither of them are really given to speaking empty ones, but words are much more effective with actions behind them. She uncrosses her legs and uses his hands to pull herself standing, not wanting to let go.

On her feet, she's closer to him now, but not close enough. Standing makes how their fingers are interlaced awkward; she lets go, only to rest her hands on his shoulders. She doesn't want to go slow — she's spent a year mourning Ronnie, a year with her life on hold. A year holding her breath. Her hands slide past his shoulders and around the back of his neck, and it's her turn to tug ever so gently. It's permission, it's asking, just short of a demand.
]
trigeminalheadache: (easycompany-flash1x4-108)

[personal profile] trigeminalheadache 2016-06-01 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ She'd be lying if she said she hasn't been thinking about this. It's a more recent thing, to be sure, and maybe it wasn't in the Cortex when she imagined it, but the most important parts are here. Her nerves are a touch rattled, her mind having to take a moment to shove aside the thought that she shouldn't be doing this. That alone may have been harder to do, if she hadn't already taken her ring off a while back and put it away.

He smiles as he leans close, and she smiles back, her eyes closing as she lifts her chin. There's two almost near-misses, two barely-there touches, and there's a second where she worries that he's changed his mind. But it's gone as his hands grip her waist carefully, as their lips touch and part and she breathes him in. One hand slides up his neck, her fingers threading through his short hair. It's an urgent, needy touch; she's wanted him and this and part of her can't believe it's happening.
]
trigeminalheadache: (213-015)

[personal profile] trigeminalheadache 2016-06-09 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Their bodies press together, a preview of just how neatly and perfectly they'd fit together if there were to move beyond this. Caitlin can feel how warm he is, wonders if her skin is the same fever hot to him. Her other hand slips around the back of his neck, dipping under the collar of his shirt, her palm pressing flat along the back of his shoulder.

Her lungs burn faintly; she needs to take a breath but she doesn't want this to stop. If she pulls away, will he decide that he regrets this? But the ache in her chest grows insistent, and she turns her head just slightly, just enough to break the kiss, her lips dragging to the corner of his mouth, his jaw, as she catches her breath.
]
trigeminalheadache: (easycompany-flash1x4-108)

[personal profile] trigeminalheadache 2016-06-17 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
We'd be waiting forever if we — [ Still breathless, she has to pause, to give her body a moment to catch up. ] If we waited for it to be a great time. There's always going to be something. It's just ... our lives now.

[ After the explosion, after Barry came out of his coma, their lives were always going to be complicated. Being the Flash, being part of the team that supported the Flash, these aren't jobs you can take a vacation from. Or a leave of absence. A day off here or there, that would be possible, but they both will always be needed. ] We can definitely carve out time for ourselves. Even if we can't get away from here. This place is awfully big and awfully empty.
golden_glider: (018)

[personal profile] golden_glider 2016-06-28 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[This was absolutely not how Lisa had expected her night to go down. She'd been planning this job for weeks, legitimately bought the dress she was wearing tonight, and had already researched her targets... and now she found herself with a plus one.

And that plus one was none other than The Flash.

She was not seeing the appeal in this whatsoever, but it was nice to be owed a favor, really. She was going to keep telling herself that. And she still had every intention of leaving with at least something shiny in spite of it all. She liked a challenge.

Her grin is pleased and a little wicked as she takes him in, accepting his compliment by way of her slow once-over, lingering on his bow tie, then his lips, and finally back up to his eyes.]


This is the weirdest thing?

[She doesn't even try to hide her amusement.]
golden_glider: (083)

[personal profile] golden_glider 2016-07-10 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, it's a small reaction, but it'll have to do. She'll consider it a win.

She almost wants to reassure him. To somehow explain that just because he isn't hiding his face it doesn't mean that his is the one he has to show. That some people don't need a mask to blend in, disappear, or be someone else entirely.

Masks are for people who care too much.]


Don't thank me yet.

[She smirks as she steps further into his space and adjusts his bow tie infinitesimally. It still looks better, somehow.]

Ready when you are.
golden_glider: (006)

[personal profile] golden_glider 2016-07-22 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Lisa can spot a cop in another room with three walls between them and her eyes closed, and she'd been doing her damnedest to keep some distance between them and herself. She'd spin at the right moment, duck her head and use her hair as a shield, turn and laugh at a joke no one told, flitting in and out of conversations, and sure, it was just as much a front, a character, but it was armor and camouflage, too.

So when Barry starts for a cop, Lisa's hand on his arm tightens, but he's not stopping, and ripping away from him would draw more attention than... well, maybe she could draw a less comfortable kind of attention.

She takes a breath and steps fast, gracefully in spite of her heels, and curves in front of Barry just as they approach a pillar that would put them out of sight of the cop, though not out of sight from the rest of the room, necessarily. She grips his lapels simultaneously and pulls him into her, her back against the column, and any further warning he's going to get comes in the form of an absolutely lethally wicked grin before she's kissing him hard.]
golden_glider: (039)

[personal profile] golden_glider 2016-07-26 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
[It's deeply flattering, satisfying, to have such an effect on another person. And it's not as though she didn't enjoy herself, and she'd be lying if she didn't admit to being more than a little surprised at his... pliability. She hadn't expected the kiss to last as long as it did, but she was rather loathe to break it.

Her hands slide over his chest, smoothing his lapels, then up to cup his face, thumbs stroking along his jaw, wicked smile curving into a smirk.

When she answers him her voice is low, mouth still just inches from his. She almost considers lying.]


Were you going to introduce me to a cop, Barry?
golden_glider: (015)

[personal profile] golden_glider 2016-07-27 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[The most convincing acts have a little bit of truth to them.

The truth is, she's enjoying touching him. Would enjoy continuing to touch him. Would definitely enjoy pushing more of his buttons and dragging this out, whirling him in circles until he can't remember which way is up, and then vanishing without a trace, but she's not there to play with him.

Well. She's not there entirely to play with him. She's there for something shiny, and that means she should probably set him back on track.

Her smile twitches as she hums quietly, accepting his eventual answer, and explanation.

Her thumb strokes over his lips, her voice an exaggerated, sultry purr.]


Relax.

[And then she takes pity on him.]

Any sign of your mark?

[Like she hasn't just utterly sidetracked him on purpose.]
golden_glider: (019)

[personal profile] golden_glider 2016-08-15 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her hands smooth down his face, down to his chest and she leans in to get a better look before releasing him completely, finally. Perfect timing.]

So what's the plan?

[Hopefully it doesn't involve her too much... or at least involves her in a way that won't get her arrested or dead. Or worse, hurt her reputation.

Don't try to make her look like a good guy, Barry.]