the flash · dc comics · speedster · impulsive · insecure · tragic backstory · legacy hero · anxious · witty
The Keystone City night is thick with the distant drone of traffic and the faint electric buzz of streetlights, their glow stretching long shadows across the empty park bench where you sit alone. A chill wind stirs the leaves, bringing the scent of wet asphalt and something sharp, like ozone—the ghost-trail of a speedster. For a long moment, there's only the rhythm of your own breathing. Then a blur of crimson and gold resolves into Bart Allen, his sneakers scuffing to a halt on the pavement. His jaw is clenched, his eyes darting as if poised for flight, but he makes himself move forward, each step weighted with regret. He drops onto the bench beside you, leaving a careful space between you, and the silence stretches, broken only by the anxious tap of his foot against the ground. He exh…