Thallen and things said too quietly? :)
Some canon-compliant angst:
"Ever since the beginning, there's been three people in this relationship. You, me, and Barry."
He'd said the quiet part out loud, and it stunned Iris, he could tell. But Iris was fierce and devoted, and she refused to bow to what-could-be.
Barry loving Iris—that was no secret to anyone but Iris. But Iris loving Barry...
Well. Maybe Iris was right. Maybe he was just seeing things.
(Or maybe the way Iris's smile brightened around Barry meant something. Maybe that unease coiling in Eddie's gut...it should be acted on, Eddie knew. Any boyfriend would act if he thought his girlfriend was in love with someone else.)
The thing was, Eddie couldn't even really hate Barry. Aside from Barry being supportive of them...he was also just very kind. Shy, sure, and some might take it as standoffishness, but...Eddie had been the weird nerdy kid before. He knew better.
He was also...well. Eddie tried not to think about how Barry's smile lit up his whole face, how adorable he looked with his eyes crinkled up at the edges.
(That smile was rarely for him anyway. It was for Iris. That was the whole crux of the problem.)
Anyway. The point was, Barry was too kind and hands—charming to dislike. Eddie couldn't bring himself to. So instead...somehow, he and Barry became friends.
It was a double-edged torment. Barry's affections toward Iris became clearer every time they got together, and Iris clearly felt...at least somewhat the same way, and Eddie...
Well. Eddie's heart was being torn in two directions, but he was fine. Really. He could manage.
"Ever since the beginning, there's been three people in this relationship. You, me, and Barry."
"Eddie!" Iris screamed, then so did Barry, rushing over to him, shaking him desperately.
Eddie choked out what last words he could: "That's all I've ever wanted to be. Your hero."
He said it with a smile to Iris...but as he turns his eyes to Barry...
But their gazes didn't connect. Barry would never know...Eddie wanted to be his hero too. It was only fair, after all—even a hero needed a hero.
You're my hero, Barry Allen. And I love you. And...now you'll never know.
It was a good thing, perhaps, that dead men couldn't cry.
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Flash (TV 2014)
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Barry Allen/Eddie Thawne, Eddie Thawne & Malcolm Thawne, Barry Allen & Malcolm Thawne
Characters: Eddie Thawne, Barry Allen, Malcolm Thawne
Additional Tags: Fluff, Friendship, Friends to Lovers, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Pre-Canon, Sneaky Malcolm being sneaky, Oblivious Eddie Thawne, Background Malcolm/Laura
Series: Part 13 of flufftober 2023
Summary: Eddie has a bad day so Malcolm offers to order takeaway for them and Barry, who's going to join them later, and Eddie returns and has a rant about things - only to find that it's Barry and not Malcolm in the apartment. With Malcolm apparently ditching them for his girlfriend, Eddie decides to get to know the other man.
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Flash (TV 2014)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Barry Allen/Linda Park/Patty Spivot/Iris West/Eddie Thawne, Barry Allen/Patty Spivot, Patty Spivot/Iris West, Patty Spivot/Eddie Thawne, Linda Park/Patty Spivot, Barry Allen/Iris West, Barry Allen/Eddie Thawne, Barry Allen/Linda Park, Eddie Thawne/Iris West, Barry Allen/Eddie Thawne/Iris West
Characters: Patty Spivot, Iris West, Barry Allen, Eddie Thawne, Linda Park
Additional Tags: Polyamory, Multiamory March, Multiamory March 2024, Fluff and Angst, Misunderstandings, Prompt Fic, Idiots in Love, Long-Distance Relationship, Fluff and Humor, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Short & Sweet, Established Relationship, I'm Bad At Tagging
Series: Part 77 of take me to your best friend’s house (I loved you then and I love you now)
Summary:
Patty is... hurt. This is supposed to be about her.
Or, the one where Barry, Iris, Eddie, and Linda visit Patty to celebrate her graduation. Prompt: Misunderstanding.
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“those bastards.” / “if i ever get my hands on them…” for Thallen please!
This one ended up much longer than I expected, because finding an endpoint was tricky 😂 under the cut for length:
Eddie thought finding out Barry’s identity would make things easier. He’d be fully on the loop, he wouldn’t worry so much about the guy he’d come to…
To…love? It was true that he and Iris, although they’d come close, had never actually started dating, but…still, to think of Barry that way…
Still, it wasn’t so off-putting. It was more just that Eddie was…nervous, really. He’d loved Iris, but Iris hadn’t seen him the same way. Not that she needed to, Eddie treasured her friendship dearly, but it meant Eddie didn’t entertain the thought of having any more of a chance with someone like Barry Allen, who had taken some time to come around to him.
Things had gotten better over time…and Barry telling him that he was the Flash was a culmination of their friendship that Eddie was deeply touched by. But contrary to his belief, it didn’t make things easier.
In fact, it made things harder—because on top of worrying about his growing feelings for Barry, he now had to keep Barry’s identity a secret from the others on the force (except Joe, apparently), and Iris…and he had to share the resounding worry of every close friend of a superhero.
And his first experience with that…was when Barry showed up on his doorstep, bleeding from a wound on his head, his cowl down, and muttering in a daze, “You were…closest…”
“Who did this to you?” Eddie demanded, holding him by the shoulders as he guided him inside. “If I ever get my hands on them—”
“No! No…” Barry grabbed his hand, wincing as his head throbbed against. “Just…just help me.”
“Caitlin…?”
“Too…far.” Barry winced. “Hurts…”
“I’ll call her. Just…you just sit here, okay? Let me just grab something for your head.”
Barry nodded, settling on Eddie’s sofa and holding a hand to his head to stem the bleeding. Eddie, meanwhile, bustled into the kitchen to grab some ice, and tried very, very hard not to think about how right it felt, to have Barry show up on his doorstep when injured and settle on his couch like this.
As he went, he called Caitlin, explaining the situation.
“Did you check him for a concussion?”
“Ah…” Eddie winced. “No. Forgot that part.”
Caitlin sighed. “Well, do that, and let me know.”
So Eddie rushed back to Barry, handing him the ice pack to press against his head. “Hey Bar? Can you tell me what happened?”
“Yeah…yeah, I can.” Barry winced, though he thankfully looked a bit more clearheaded than before. “I went after Captain Boomerang on my own—don’t look at me like that, I didn’t name him—and a rogue boomerang hit me when I wasn’t paying attention. Eddie?” Barry squeezed his hand. “Come on, don’t look at me like that. I’m fine.”
“Fine? You’re bleeding! You’re, like, half-dazed, or…or something—“
“Less than before. Still a little dazed, but…further from a concussion than before. Which is what you and Cait are worried about, right?” He smiled softly. “But…do me a favor? Don’t go running after him trying to play hero. That’s my job.”
“It’s mine,” Eddie insisted. “I’m the police officer here.”
“And I’m the Flash,” Barry grinned.
Yeah, Eddie thought, dazed at the sight of Barry’s bright smile. That you are, Bar.
Barry tilted his head. “What’s that look for?”
“What?” Eddie blushed. “Nothing. I was just…you must need something else.”
Barry shook his head, still studying him with a curious smile. “Nope, nothing like that. But I do have a theory.”
“Oh? And what theory would that be?”
“Well…maybe I’ve gone a little loopy after all, but…if you’ll let me, I want to try something. Stop me, by the way,” he added, “if this gets weird or anything.”
“Okay…but what do you…?” But the closer Barry got, the closer in Eddie leaned too…until there was nothing else for it: Eddie closed the gap between them, and Barry reciprocated in kind.
They burst apart only seconds later, when Eddie asked, “But…Iris…?”
“Somewhere along the way these past few months,” Barry said softly, “I realized…I wasn’t in love with Iris anymore. I was in love with her very kind, very handsome blond best friend.”
Eddie blushed. “Well…you’re not so bad yourself, Flash.”
Barry smiled, leaning in to kiss him again, and Eddie met him in the middle.
When they finally came up for air, Eddie quickly excused himself to call Caitlin.
“No signs of a concussion?” Caitlin sighed. “Well…he still needs to be monitored overnight and the next day, just in case. I could be there in 30 minutes and take him. Or you could let him stay overnight with you and bring him to STAR tomorrow. Whichever you want.”
Eddie glanced at Barry, who was now lying down on the sofa, half-asleep already, and looking…peaceful. So peaceful. It would be cruel, he thought, to wake him now.
(And he knew he’d hardly be able to sleep unless he knew for sure that Barry was alright.)
“He can stay here,” Eddie said. “I don’t mind. I’ll bring him to STAR Labs tomorrow.”
“Thanks, Eddie.”
“Sure thing. Have a good night, Caitlin.”
“You too.”
And as he hung up…Eddie looked over at Barry, who had completely succumbed to sleep now, and smoothed a hand over his forehead, smoothing the stress-formed wrinkles that had formed there.
There was so much about Barry that Eddie still didn’t know…so many questions he still had.
He knew about Barry’s mom. About his dad. About the accelerator that gave him powers. But…it was one thing to know something and another thing to know it.
He didn’t know the extent of Barry’s struggles. They were friends, but…not close ones. And Eddie found himself wishing that he could.
I wish I could take all this from you. I wish you never had to know the kind of pain you do.
He couldn’t, he knew. It was a fruitless thing, to try taking pain away from someone. It couldn’t be done—pain could be healed from, but not removed.
If Eddie was lucky, perhaps he could be part of that healing one day. But at the very least, he’d settle for being someone Barry loved and trusted.
That kiss was certainly a magical beginning, in any case.
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