[ keeping thawne alive is torturous for not only thawne, but for barry as well. killing the man who is responsible for the unkind death of his mother and the following destruction of his family should be easy. how many times has he imagined over the years defeating the man in yellow? even as a kid, he'd imagined himself as the numerous fictional heroes he held in high esteem, delivering the final blow to the one person no one believed was real. ]
[ now that he has him, barry doesn't know what to do with him. sometimes he can hear his dad telling him to be merciful, and there are other moments where he can hear nora's screams deafening the loud buzzing of kinetic energy. he sees eddie in him at times, by the shade of his hair, even the cut of his jaw. ]
[ sometimes barry wonders if keeping him locked up is better than what he believes thawne deserves. ]
[ bringing him a meal from big belly burger is a kindness barry cannot refuse to give thawne. he is still a man, albeit one that should no longer exist. he has cravings, needs, feelings — buying him a large big belly burger meal is his way of killing his enemy with kindness. ]
[ that's what he's doing — being kind, the one thing eobard thawne cannot do. ]
[ standing outside of the warehouse, he stares at it for a long moment. he could leave, back way now and let thawne rot in there. he can enjoy this life with mom and dad, even though it's not quite full. or he could do as he should, do what's true to his character, and open that first door and then the damn door of his cage and feed his enemy another bag of curly fries. ]
[ following the routine he has established, he lets out a calming breath, steels himself by taking a handful of curly fries from thawne's meal, and steps inside. the door's louder than it has any right to be, and his footsteps echo in the quiet warehouse. ]
[ late — that's what barry allen's got a knack for. and not speaking; his face is steel when he walks in, tongue purposefully lead. there's so much he wishes to say to thawne, but he doesn't want to give him the platform to preach. ]
we missed out on three months of fighting over curly fries and the lack of toy thawne gets
[ now that he has him, barry doesn't know what to do with him. sometimes he can hear his dad telling him to be merciful, and there are other moments where he can hear nora's screams deafening the loud buzzing of kinetic energy. he sees eddie in him at times, by the shade of his hair, even the cut of his jaw. ]
[ sometimes barry wonders if keeping him locked up is better than what he believes thawne deserves. ]
[ bringing him a meal from big belly burger is a kindness barry cannot refuse to give thawne. he is still a man, albeit one that should no longer exist. he has cravings, needs, feelings — buying him a large big belly burger meal is his way of killing his enemy with kindness. ]
[ that's what he's doing — being kind, the one thing eobard thawne cannot do. ]
[ standing outside of the warehouse, he stares at it for a long moment. he could leave, back way now and let thawne rot in there. he can enjoy this life with mom and dad, even though it's not quite full. or he could do as he should, do what's true to his character, and open that first door and then the damn door of his cage and feed his enemy another bag of curly fries. ]
[ following the routine he has established, he lets out a calming breath, steels himself by taking a handful of curly fries from thawne's meal, and steps inside. the door's louder than it has any right to be, and his footsteps echo in the quiet warehouse. ]
[ late — that's what barry allen's got a knack for. and not speaking; his face is steel when he walks in, tongue purposefully lead. there's so much he wishes to say to thawne, but he doesn't want to give him the platform to preach. ]