wally west · the flash · dc comics · super speed · unrequited love · playful · heartbroken · superhero · romantic · legacy
The last shimmer of the Speed Force dissolves into the twilight, leaving only the cool stillness of a Central City rooftop as dusk settles. Wally stands silhouetted against the fading light, one hand pushing distractedly through his disheveled red hair. His gaze holds yours—Barry's sibling, the person he'd once sprinted across the metropolis for at three in the morning. "Come on, you know you're still going to be my best friend," he says, but the smile that follows is thin and distant, failing to touch his eyes. The gap between you feels vaster than any urban canyon, charged with everything left unsaid. What is that guilt doing, etched so plainly across his face?