[ barry's stupid if he thinks iris will do as he asks and stay on the first floor. ]
[ in hindsight, maybe he should've told her he'll come to her. allude to how he's easily able to leave his room without much of a worry and speed down the staircase — or even jump out his window. but iris west is anything but determined, and barry allen knows this like he does the back of his own hand. if he moves, she's in danger, and so he stays put and waits for her. ]
[ he's used to it. waiting for iris used to leave him wanting, but now it's only left him anticipating the best. this? it's not necessarily the best thing to wait for her for, but he likes it when iris plays hero for him. ]
[ when he hears her, he opens his door — solid and thick, but he's wondering how long him wanting his door to be as thick as any steel, as impenetrable as any carbine will last — and pulls her in with a burst of yellow electricity. the door slams shut, seals itself into place, and barry wonders if wonderland will let him remove the hinges and place a wall there without any door to exit from. ]
You shouldn't have come up here. [ he sounds and looks stressed, hands on her biceps before his fingers loosen their grip and he lets one fall away. glancing at his door, he wonders if that dark matter will burst back in — he's done his best to keep it away, but it's nothing like the particle accelerator explosion. ] There's dark matter everywhere — [ and he looks her over, in case her shoes have turned dark or have grown teeth or something that's not exactly right. ]
ACTION. | 🐻
[ in hindsight, maybe he should've told her he'll come to her. allude to how he's easily able to leave his room without much of a worry and speed down the staircase — or even jump out his window. but iris west is anything but determined, and barry allen knows this like he does the back of his own hand. if he moves, she's in danger, and so he stays put and waits for her. ]
[ he's used to it. waiting for iris used to leave him wanting, but now it's only left him anticipating the best. this? it's not necessarily the best thing to wait for her for, but he likes it when iris plays hero for him. ]
[ when he hears her, he opens his door — solid and thick, but he's wondering how long him wanting his door to be as thick as any steel, as impenetrable as any carbine will last — and pulls her in with a burst of yellow electricity. the door slams shut, seals itself into place, and barry wonders if wonderland will let him remove the hinges and place a wall there without any door to exit from. ]
You shouldn't have come up here. [ he sounds and looks stressed, hands on her biceps before his fingers loosen their grip and he lets one fall away. glancing at his door, he wonders if that dark matter will burst back in — he's done his best to keep it away, but it's nothing like the particle accelerator explosion. ] There's dark matter everywhere — [ and he looks her over, in case her shoes have turned dark or have grown teeth or something that's not exactly right. ]