Re: Quicklog: Gwen and Flash have lunch?
[It was a lot at once. Her using his full name without a teasing a smile attached, the fact that she was so attached to Jason, the fact that she wasn't herself, the fact that a symbiote killed the- Flash's mind made a full stop. A 360 degree turn and it was a lot to take in at once. Violence, weirdness, aliens? He could handle that. But, Gwen being both in his life and out of it didn't make any sense. He wanted to be like the people who scoffed at ET existing. He wanted to reverse the whole conversation and just never ask anything that could lead to this answer.
He opened his notebook and brushed his big hand over the words he had just written down: Don't Freak Out.] I just woke up. [He said, having a hard time looking at her.] Been asleep for a few years. Big accident over in Asia. Some idiot with fire powers torched a whole village. Volunteered to be put on ice. [He looked at her fingers. Delicate and paler than he remembered.] Just, uh, wanted to see you? Her. Really bad. Sorry, I fucked up.
[He couldn't stop that terrible fucking voice in the back of his head that told him if he stuck around NY, then Gwen would still be alive. Then there was another voice, a little louder, that told him Gwen wouldn't want him to treat her clone like shit. Even if her clone didn't-
Flash looked up and his blue eyes were watery, like he was willing the tears back and refusing to let any of them leave his fucking eyeballs. He nodded, biting down hard on his bottom lip.] Just like her. Jason doesn't know shit.