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Because one day I will play an OC with Chloe Bennet's face. Or Daisy. We just don't know. ANYWAY - we will comment with characters and requests. Surprises are a-okay. Shenanigans shall ensue.

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[demonstrate]

[ huh. ]

Brawny, too.

[ what? she's just saying. ]

[supertardiness]

[There's a bit of a glance at that because he feels like he should be offended on some level, but at the same time he's not really sure why.]

Yeah, well, he used to be a Viking.

[Because that's normal around here.]

[demonstrate]

A Viking.

[ yeah, that explains it. iris gives one last lingering look before she focuses on barry again. lanky, precious definitely-not-a-viking barry. ] Sounds like you've been leading an adventurous life here. [ if there's an ache at the back of her throat, she ignores it. ]

Are you happy?

[supertardiness]

He smirks a bit at that as he leans forward to match her. "You realize that without Cisco here to make me my high-cal protein bars, I'm surprised I haven't eaten Chicago out of house and home yet? I'm either using my speed to fight rift monsters, or eating."

[supertardiness]

[He pauses for a moment before shrugging.]

Yeah. I mean, the first six months or so sucked because I was on my own, but once Felicity found me and brought me in, it got better. I had a purpose again, you know.

[demonstrate]

You remember Felicity?

[ she's really trying not to take this personally, veil. ]

[supertardiness]

[He nods slowly, slightly embarrassed.]

Yeah. Sorry.

[Not that it's his fault, but he feels like he should apologize.]

[demonstrate]

Her grin widens when he mirrors her stance and leans forward, catching sight of that cute smile. You're so cute, Barry. A frown sets in shortly after. Without Cisco, without Caitlin, without Wells ... "How have you been okay? There has to be an equivalent here to those protein bars, right? This place is crazy."

[demonstrate]

[ she smiles a little and shakes her head. ]

You always do that. You put the whole weight of the world on your shoulders, even if it isn't yours to take. [ this is the veil's fault, not barry's. iris just has to trust that despite the lack of memories, barry will be barry and iris will be iris, and ... they'll find their way to each other somehow. ]

[supertardiness]

He gives a small shrug. "I eat a lot of fast food. It's not the healthiest option, but it does the trick. And I've been working on trying to reverse engineer it, but ... I'm not Cisco. If I ever do figure it out, it's going to take me a while. Mostly I'm just being careful and trying not to work myself into hypoglycemia."

[supertardiness]

[He gives another awkward shrug as he turns to face her more.]

I don't know. I just feel bad, you know. I don't intentionally go around forgetting people, especially people that important.

[demonstrate]

[ she smiles at him. it's a smile reserved for barry, not that he'd know it. ]

Well. [ she kicks at a pebble. ] What do you want to know?

[demonstrate]

"Good. If you ever did work yourself into hypoglycemia, I think Caitlin would find a way in here to yell at you," Iris says, though the fondness in her voice is unmistakable as she squeezes his hand. "After I'm done with you."

Of course.

[supertardiness]

[Even if he doesn't know the significance, there's something he feels when he sees it. Something in his chest clenches because as much as the Veil may take away the memories of something, some things go deeper than that.

Some are harder to erase.]

Tell me about you? What do you do, what's your dad like ... all that?

[He figures it might be a better place to start than "tell me about us."]

[supertardiness]

Of course. And that makes him laugh, in a bittersweet sort of way. He misses Caitlin and Cisco fiercely, in a way that makes him regret he was so stupid to think he could just fix things the way he wanted them and that the speedforce wouldn't catch up with him somehow.

"If there's anything Caitlin would defy the laws of time and space for, it's definitely to yell at me."