[The Flash and Arrow] Buffy Waltz

☆、Back to ten years ago

When night fell, the neon lights of the city dyed the sky a deep purple.The stars twinkled like diamonds on a satin evening gown.

Barry walked on the bustling streets of Las Vegas with his hands in his trouser pockets, seemingly leisurely, but he had no intention of enjoying the dreamy night scene like a musical.Because his gaze was tightly grasped by a light that was brighter than the stars.

Across the street, there were three high school girls in denim jackets and plaid skirts, playing and chatting happily all the way, and their frank laughter seemed to be completely unaware that there is sadness in this world.But one of the girls smiled with a bit of anxiety, which seemed to be related to the few ACT and SAT test preparation materials she was holding in her hand.She subconsciously used her index finger knuckles to support the round glasses with gold wire rims on the bridge of her nose, and then tilted her head and scratched the back of her ears. Her two companions didn't notice the difference. Only Barry who was not far away knew that it was her plan to make up Small gestures when making excuses.

However, she didn't seem to have turned down the sisterhood party as she wished, because the three of them walked into the cold drink shop around the corner.

Barry stopped and watched for a moment, crossed the busy road, and pushed open the glass door of the cold drink shop.

The store is very lively, and there is a long line in front of the order counter, mostly students and young white-collar workers. Barry didn't bother to explore those sweet and sour drinks that only children like, so he sat casually in a seat where someone had just checked out, and the glass of colorful cold drinks on the table was still steaming.He hurriedly looked for the three girls with his eyes pretending to be nonchalant. They each ordered a glass of Gus soda and sat down on a row of sofas by the window.

The girl holding the ACT and SAT test preparation materials was staring at the bustling street with a straw in her mouth, half-hearted, as if she didn't listen to her companion's chats and jokes at all.

Barry looked at her secretly, with mixed feelings in his heart. Seeing that she seemed to turn her head to look around, Barry quickly turned sideways again, pretending to be chatting with the person next to her.After 1 minute, he found out from the corner of his eye that the other party didn't pay attention to this side at all, so he relaxed.He thought that no one would make him run like a derailed train anymore, because he had exhausted all his energy to meet her who was lost and regained.His forever loyal knight, his forever beloved girl, died in his arms three hours ago.So he did not hesitate to violate the rules again, and went retrograde in the pulse of time...

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Felicity woke up from the eyes full of neon street lights and brain full of mathematical formulas, because her two classmates and friends finally couldn't bear her distraction and forcibly dragged her thoughts back to the party.

"I said, my dear, have you noticed that the little brother diagonally opposite has been watching you secretly?"

"What?" Felicity was so surprised that his glasses almost slipped off, "Stop it, Kristin, tomorrow is the SAT test, let's go home early and rest..."

"Why are you a nerd worried about the SAT? In my opinion, we have to meet that kid, maybe he is really interested in you! Cheer up, Felicity, today is your lucky day!" Another classmate, Jessica, bumped her playfully. shoulder.

Felicity can't expect anyone to be interested in her weird nerd, the only thing she cares about is tomorrow's exam about her life path.If she gets satisfactory grades, she will be able to apply for the opportunity to study at MIT as she wished. If she fails, she will have to follow her mother to work as a waitress in a nightclub. She has no tuition to repeat, no chance to do it again, only desperate Bet once.

"Is it because he's too skinny?" Kristin teased and raised her arms, "After all, that's your type, we understand."

Felicity let out a chuckle, and then raised her head to look at the boy diagonally opposite.If so, he was as thin as a telephone pole, but he looked very energetic. While Felicity was thinking like this, the good-natured Jessica had already got up and walked towards the boy.She secretly sighed badly, only to see Jessica leading the boy over.

"Let me introduce you, this is Barry Allen. Barry, this is Kristin, and this," Jessica put her hand on Felicity's shoulder meaningfully, "Felicity Smoak, a future top student at MIT."

"Don't talk nonsense, Jessica!" Felicity scratched her head sheepishly.

"So what about you, Barry, what school are you from?" Kristin made a seat for Barry, seeming interested in this slightly cramped boy.

"Oh, I'm not a student, I work in the police department as a crime scene forensic expert."

"Oh my god!" The three girls present looked at each other in blank dismay.They all come from families at the bottom of the society and grew up in crime-ridden neighborhoods. They come into contact with all kinds of complicated people every day except bad classmates. The police will wear colored glasses to pay special attention to them.Now they actually got to know a police officer with integrity written all over his face, maybe he can become their backer in the future...

When Kristin and Jessica were thinking about it, Felicity couldn't help asking out of curiosity: "What professional diplomas do forensic experts need to obtain to be competent?"

Barry looked at her nervously, and explained with some sobs: "At least you must have a master's degree in chemistry and a professional title in trace inspection. But it is best to have a degree in biology, physics, criminal notarization, etc. I once met in Manhattan. I met a very powerful forensic expert, and he even got a forensic qualification certificate. Although he is a bad guy, he is indeed very capable..." Barry felt that he talked too much, so that it was a little ridiculous.

Felicity mused: "Interesting, but it doesn't seem to be suitable for me. I mean, I like to help others like forensic work, but I can't do it if I often deal with dead bodies and maintain a sunny attitude like you... ..."

"Aren't you good at computers, maybe it's good to develop in this area."

"How do you know I'm good at computers?" Felicity asked suspiciously, and even her two off-topic companions narrowed their eyes vigilantly.

A layer of cold sweat broke out on Barry's back, and he only hoped that he would be wise once in a while: "Your information book."

"What?" Felicity was confused.

"There is a professional programming book in your test preparation materials. If I am not mistaken, it should not be able to be mastered by ordinary people, so I think you should have a certain interest and talent in computers, right?"

A reasonable answer, and Felicity accepted it with a blink of an eye.

Before Barry could heave a sigh of relief, cheers erupted in the store.Ribbons, banners, speakers, slide screens...all of these things that were suddenly lifted out all of them heralded the start of the "Crossword Adventure" activity of this cold drink shop on Thursday night.

"Ah, I forgot that today is Thursday... let's go." Jessica rolled her eyes boredly, she had no interest in this kind of nerdy guessing game.

"The theme of tonight's 'Crossword Adventure' is the name and soul of a mathematical chemist!" the host shouted with a microphone.

Hearing the name, Jessica rolled her eyes even harder.

"Jess, why don't we try our luck," Kristin said uncharacteristically, "We have two great supporters tonight, maybe the 1000 yuan bonus is ours!"

Jessica looked at Felicity in glasses and Barry in cardigan, a little shaken.

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"That blank can be filled with 'Peltier'! How did I forget that he was both a chemist and studied medicine!" Felicity lamented with regret.

"In fact, chemistry and medicine have a lot in common. For example, my friend Dr. Snow is proficient in medicinal chemistry research. If she had been born 50 years earlier, I could have written her name just now." Barry felt that he had a rare sense of humor for a few seconds.

"Her?" Felicity murmured, recovering from the excitement of the crossword puzzle.

"Oh, she...yes, she's one of my colleagues, that's right, a colleague." Barry began to worry that his clumsy tongue would give away the truth. After all, he was facing Felicity Smoak, whose reasoning acuity crushed Holmes.

"Really." Felicity agreed without saying a word.

The two walked on the street with neon lights, and the silent air was filled with the sweet smell of cheese.

Jessica and Kristin, who were behind, received the bonus of the "Crossword Adventure" activity and quickly caught up.

"Why are you two walking so fast? Don't you want to share the bonus? Although it's only tied for No.1, it's worth a few hundred yuan, which is enough for me to buy a lot of nail polish!" Jessica said with a smile, putting her arm on Barry's shoulder.

"Speaking of which, Felicity won the third place in the single group before, but unfortunately, she has never been able to find a suitable partner to form a team with her. The prize money for the team group is much richer." Kristin counted the banknotes in her hand with satisfaction, while Keep mumbling, "Barry, we've never seen anyone keep up with the 'weird Miss Smoak' mind, and you're the first."

The speaker may not mean it, but the listener does. Felicity smiled embarrassedly, because as Kristin said, no boy has ever really liked the real her, and she seemed to feel a sense of belonging that she had never had before. Barry also stared at his shoes shyly, but said proudly in his heart: Of course.

It was late at night, and Kristin and Jessica rushed to the intersection to call a taxi, leaving Felicity and Barry to say goodbye.

"The necklace is beautiful." After a long while, Felicity stared at Barry's neck and sighed, "Did it come from my girlfriend?" As if after a night of inner struggle, she pretended to ask this sentence as if nothing had happened.

Barry touched the lightning-shaped F necklace hanging around his neck, and countless past events rushed through his mind like movie clips. Felicity once gave him this lucky thing of hers, and in the future Donald Allen will use it as the blueprint for the emblem of the Supervision Society.It was also because of this necklace that the Riddler Edward Nygma discovered his identity as The Flash when he was on duty in the Manhattan Police Department.He suddenly smiled relieved, as if everything had been answered.

"This is a lucky item." He took off the necklace and handed it to Felicity. "Here, I wish you good luck in your exam tomorrow! I believe that your future must be at MIT."

Felicity didn't have time to digest his series of reactions and the meaning of his words, and subconsciously took the necklace. Seeing that the other party seemed to turn around and leave, she blurted out the worry in her heart: "Will I have a chance to see you again?"

The night was getting dark, but nothing could cover the blush on the girl's cheeks at this moment, no matter how bright the stars were, nothing could cover the light in her eyes.

Barry watched her quietly, feeling as if he drank a whole bottle of vodka and got drunk in Las Vegas ten years ago. "I don't think we'll see each other again."

A drop of tears quietly turned into a star.

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☆, the most perfect timeline

When Barry returned to his original time point, he found that City E was as bright and orderly as ever, and there was no sign of the disaster at all.The sun is shining right now, the flower shop is still crowded with people, and the Future Technology Building is impressively hung with the name plate of the Trust Bank Building...

Something seems to be different. Barry panicked, and rushed to Star City impatiently and hesitantly.The decoration of Team Green Arrow's base suddenly changed to a baroque style, and Oliver was sitting in front of a large digital screen, fiddling with the keyboard on the holographic projection.

He never touched those things. Barry was secretly surprised, and he began to worry whether he had made another irreparable time slip.

Seeing that the visitor was silent for a while, Oliver, who was upset, couldn't hold back and opened his mouth first: "What's your business?"

Barry came back to his senses, and tentatively asked, "Is Felicity...in?" He didn't know what answer he wanted to hear from the other party - he didn't know Felicity at all?Then he succeeded in achieving his goal.But in his heart he couldn't accept the fact that she was erased from his life, so he hoped that Oliver could tell him that she was here, fine, as if she had never left.He hoped that she could live a good life in a place that he could see, even if he could only hear about her recent situation from a distance, or run hundreds of kilometers to see her, just like when she came to see him by train... …

"Okay, okay, I get it, Barry!" Oliver's forehead popped a vein, "You don't have to come and tell me twice a day, I'll be in Midtown the day after tomorrow."

What's the meaning? Barry didn't dare to speak out what was muttering in his heart.He wandered back to Midtown in a daze, eager to figure out what was going on at this moment.

Joe and Iris are not at home, but the house has been tidied up and looked brand new.The state-of-the-art laboratory is decorated with lights and festoons, and it seems that some activities are being prepared. Perhaps Cisco has started the idea of ​​an open laboratory tour day.But Barry is not sure about this speculation, after all, the last time he saw Cisco, he fell in a pool of blood, lost consciousness and all anger...

"Hey man! What are you doing there?"

Hearing the familiar banter, Barry turned his head and frowned and smiled, but the words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't utter a single word.

"No time to giggle, Barry." Cisco walked over with his eyes wide open, "Ronnie went shopping with Caitlin to buy a dress, and no one gave me a hand. Come and help me test the fireworks device. I swear, I am very creative The shape of the fireworks will definitely surprise you!"

"Ronnie?"

"Yes, our Firestorm Ronnie, he finally separated from Professor Stein." Cisco raised his eyebrows casually while fiddling with the objects in his hand, "When he reported to the police station two days ago, didn't you Have you seen him? Why the shock?"

Too much information was scrambling in Barry's mind: "What's the report?"

"He didn't want to waste his superpowers, and in order to make it easier for our laboratory to communicate with the police station, he applied for a part-time policeman and was assigned to perform tasks under Eddie. Are you too excited and lost your memory?" Cisco complained, "Speaking of Eddie , When you went to Star City to notify Oliver, the phone was still disconnected. He asked me to tell you when you came back. Joe and him will have shifts to make time for the day after tomorrow. We will only have a bachelor party tomorrow. It just so happens that Lisa and I I'm having trouble, I'm going back to that crime family of Snart, I can spend two days with you guys without getting drunk or going home..."

"Wait two seconds," Barry interrupted the other party's fast-talking self-talk, frowning into several deep lines, "Whose bachelor party?"

Cisco turned his head and looked at him blankly: "What do you mean by that? Of course it's yours!... Oh, yes, I suddenly remembered that your control freak fiancee is waiting for you in your office to discuss the details of the wedding. Yes, everyone is using me as a microphone, hey, Barry! Don't go, help me try the fireworks device first!..." The lightning flashed, and his last words were already shouting into the air.

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When Barry rushed to the lobby of the Midtown Police Station, a sudden brake stopped his footsteps with lightning.He stepped up the stairs slowly step by step, looking at the office close at hand, who would be sitting behind that door?Is it Iris?Or Petty?No matter who it is, he can't imagine how to end this unexpected wedding in time and space, it will be another disaster...

"How long are you going to stand there staring at me?"

The woman who was sitting at Barry's desk writing something did not look up, but she seemed to know that her fiancé was standing at the door in a daze.

Barry couldn't see what she looked like at this moment, because the glass window behind the desk shone with dazzling sunlight, immersing her in the shadow of the backlight, adding a touch of holiness and mystery.But at this moment, a flash of light on her chest made Barry squint his eyes, and when he took a closer look, he froze in place—that necklace that was passed around, in this way, Once again intertwined with his and her fate.

"Felicity..."

"Don't tell me, you didn't convince Oliver to come to Midtown to attend our wedding!" The woman suddenly raised her head with a disturbed expression.

"He and I……"

"Is he angry because I changed from a full-time position in the Green Arrow Security Team to a consultant? But there is no way, after all, I have decided to live in Midtown..." The woman rambled nervously, " Although I went to work in Star City as soon as I graduated from MIT, thinking about it, it has been almost ten years. If I hadn’t met you again in that case, I think I would never have left Star City... That night in Las Vegas, when you dragged me away and went back to Midtown, I swore in my heart that even if one day you plucked the stars from the sky and gave them to me, I would never talk to you again!... But no Thinking about it, I really met you again in Star City, and I fell into your trap again! Felicity Smoak, why are you so unlucky..."

"Calm down, Felicity." When he said this, Barry had already walked in front of her, across a desk, looking at her beautiful appearance as before, the corners of his mouth raised slightly inadvertently and said, "Oliver promised to come. "

"Really?" Felicity frowned, put down the pen in her hand and stood up.

Barry glanced down at a pile of cards on the table with the names Barry Allen and Felicity Smoak written on them—their invitations to their wedding ceremony.For the first time, he deeply felt that these two names are so beautiful when put together.

Felicity took Barry's black dress from the coat rack, pulled out a bunch of macaron-colored balloons from the nearby shopping bag, and walked towards Barry with a smile.

She was wearing a red off-the-shoulder sweater, her blond hair was still tied behind her head, and the cluster of balloons seemed to turn into blooming flowers or dancing bubbles beside her... Barry was so fascinated by it, he couldn't stand again As soon as he moved, he felt that he had stepped into a fairy tale garden. The moment she took his arm, the deserted ferris wheel began to spin again.

"I went to the hospital for an examination this morning, and the doctor said the twins are healthy." Felicity took Barry's arm and was about to leave the office. "Have you decided what to name them? It's almost four months, show your 'speed' , Mister Flash."

Barry was taken aback, then squeezed Felicity's hand and said, "Donald and Amars are pretty good names, what do you think?" He hoped that this time, he and Felicity could be by their children's side.

"Well, it's okay." Felicity put his index finger on his lips, thoughtfully, "By the way, I chose "Best Day of My Life" as the dance song for the wedding, isn't it good?"

"Oh, I love this song! It will definitely be the best day of my life, even better than the day I became the Flash!" Barry smiled brightly, then frowned and asked, "Honey, I just saw you writing an invitation to that guy, are you really going to invite him? I don't think it's a good idea..."

Felicity gave him a blank look: "I know you two hate each other, and if you don't take a little time every week to ridicule each other, you won't feel at ease. I'm doing it for your own good, and you're the only one to ridicule him on the wedding day..."

"I doubt it."

The two left hand in hand, their voices chatting about trivial matters gradually drifting away.The sun shines on the empty office, adding a touch of peace.The wedding invitations lying quietly on the table glowed with a layer of soft light, and on one of them, the name of the Allen couple's best friend——Leonard Snart, was outlined in beautiful handwriting.

-THAN-

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The author has something to say: I started writing this fan intermittently two years ago, and I accidentally wrote 10,000+ words. I really didn’t plan to set a main line at the beginning, I just wanted to write some sweet love episodes, but the result deviated from the The original intention is too far away, and it is a very special experience to write a science fiction field that I am not familiar with at all.

Although this story is finished, it is not over. As long as Barry and Felicity have a cute rivalry or stalk in the play, I will continue to update the extra chapter later.

Thanks to the more than 100 readers who have collected this fan, there will be a later date. ^_^