jesus christ BARTHOLOMEW (628 words) by Thette / @bold-sartorial-statement for @amunetblack (whose AO3 username I don’t know) and @sproutwings
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Flash (TV 2014)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Barry Allen/Leonard Snart, Barry Allen & Iris West
Characters: Barry Allen, Leonard Snart, Iris West, Joe West
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Pre-Canon, Alternate Universe - College/University, Accidental Voyeurism, POV Outsider, POV Iris West, Crack, no seriously absolute crack, Age Difference, Coitus Interruptus, Embarrassment, sexual embarrassment
Series: Part 5 of My Coldflash Bingo, Part 16 of Strange little ficlets
Summary:
"jesus christ BARTHOLOMEW!" Iris blurted out, when she opened the door to Barry's room, and the way she said it left no ambiguity whatsoever about exactly where she used capital letters and not. She slammed her hand over her eyes, trying desperately to avoid seeing her best friend's skinny, white butt.
Notes: From Tumblr:
"amunetblack: jesus christ BARTHOLOMEW
bold-sartorial-statement: I have no idea what this is a reaction to, and I don’t even want to know, because this is a Big Mood
sproutwings: I mentally read that in Iris’s voice and my brain helpfully provided a picture of the exact expression she’d wear.
bold-sartorial-statement: #excellent addition #the flash #now i kind of want to write the fic."
...so I did! It's for the Coldflash bingo square "College AU." Contains sexual embarrassment (Iris walks in on Len and Barry having sex in Barry's childhood room).
NSFW fic in full under the cut
"jesus christ BARTHOLOMEW!" Iris blurted out, when she opened the door to Barry's room, and the way she said it left no ambiguity whatsoever about exactly where she used capital letters and not. She slammed her hand over her eyes, trying desperately to avoid seeing her best friend's skinny, white butt.
It was kind of hard to avoid, seeing as somebody was riding a big, hard cock. Right there, in his childhood bedroom. On top of Grandma Esther's blue and purple quilt.
"Fuck, Iris, can you learn to knock for once in your life?" His voice was high-pitched and squeaky, and she could hear them scrambling for cover. She peeked between her fingers, and Barry had covered his bits with a pillow. The unknown guy was still mostly naked, though. And hot. And old.
She cocked her hips, leaned against the doorway, and crossed her arms, making no secret of how she studied the man in Barry's bed. Strong, tattooed arms; broad chest under a black tank top; condom slipping off his wilting erection; skinny, bare legs. Her eyes were drawn back to his face again, and his short, black hair with streaks of silver. "Didn't exactly expect you to be getting it on with Mr Silver Fox, here," she replied.
Barry blushed and stammered, more than usual, which only invited Iris to bring out her best teasing. She sauntered into the room, sat down on the edge of the bed with her legs crossed, and smiled. Barry always said she had an evil smile.
"I see that Barry is getting the full college twink experience. I hope you're rich, at least."
He laughed, stretching out his hand for her to shake. She looked at him, looked at Barry, then back again, and shook her head.
"I'm not touching that. God only knows where it's been."
"Fair enough," Silver Fox said, looking at his hands with embarrassment. "I'm Len, nice to meet you, though I can imagine a more pleasant situation to meet Barry's family."
"Oh," she said, her voice a deceptive silky lilt, "you ain't seen nothing yet. Did Barry tell you that Dad is a cop?"
It would have been fun, the way he blanched, if it didn't make her worried. She took a closer look at his tattoos. A spider web in pale blue spread across his upper arm. Prison tattoo.
Downstairs, the door slammed. "Hey kids, help me out with the groceries!" Joe shouted.
"We'll be down in a minute!" Iris yelled in reply. She turned back to the unlucky lovers. Len's eyes were wide, and his breathing was shallow. She whispered urgently. "Barry, get dressed and help Joe as quick as you can. Len, you can get down to the porch roof from my window. Careful, though, it's tin."
They didn't move. "What are you waiting for? Go, go, go!" She shooed them away, dragging Len to her room. He was still half naked, jeans in hand.
"I owe you one, Iris," he said, giving her a kiss on the cheek.
She grinned. "You've given me a lifetime of teasing material already. Now, get out, Bad Boy Len!"
Making as much noise as possible, she stomped down the stairs. "Hi, Dad! Whatcha get for us?"
"Sheesh, Iris, why are you such an elephant today, stomping around like you're wrecking the place? We're making chicken pot pie, and you're on veggie duty. Go on, help me put these groceries away. And where's Barry? You'd think he'd have time to help, if classes are as easy as he says they are."
Iris tuned out her father's grumpy complaints. In the distance, she heard a motorcycle starting. Barry sure didn't do things by halves. When he wanted a bad boy, he made sure he got one.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 2/7
Fandom: The Flash (TV 2014)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Barry Allen/Leonard Snart
Characters: Barry Allen, Leonard Snart, Caitlin Snow, Cisco Ramon, Joe West
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Alternate Universe - Human, Established Relationship, Secret Relationship, Sports, College Football, Track Star Barry Allen, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Depression, Injury Recovery, Hurt Barry Allen, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Domestic Fluff, Anxiety Attacks
Series: Part 1 of Respice, Adspice, Prospice
Summary:
If you had asked Barry a year ago where he thought he’d be now, he would’ve had it all mapped out. Fourth year of his undergrad, finishing up his degree with a thesis that was no doubt consuming his every waking thought. Fresh off his co-op at the most innovative lab in the country, he would’ve said something about the countless job offers he’d be fielding for when he finally graduated, or maybe about taking the track team to championships for the fourth year in a row and coming back with another gold medal to hang on his wall.
Instead, he’s sitting in the bleachers of the stadium watching his boyfriend score another touchdown, waiting for the game to finish so Len can pretend he doesn’t know him and Barry can pretend he wouldn’t give anything to have just a piece of this — the turf under his sneakers, the burn behind his ribs, the rush of competition.
After an injury leaves Barry unable to run track anymore, he struggles to stay in control of his life, including his relationship with not-out football player Len.
Chapter 2 is up! I’m counting this as my ‘College AU’ square for the Coldflash Bingo from @coldflashweeks.
Petrichor (2739 words) by Thette / @bold-sartorial-statement and SophiaCatherine / @sophiainspace
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Flash (TV 2014), DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Barry Allen/Leonard Snart
Characters: Barry Allen, Leonard Snart, Original Female Character(s), Caitlin Snow
Additional Tags: Magical Accidents, Scents & Smells, Leonard Snart Lives, leonard snart on team flash, Implied Sexual Content, Reluctant Hero Leonard Snart, Fluff, Flirting, Star Wars References
Series: Part 6 of My Coldflash Bingo
Summary: Len gets whammied by a witch during a team up with the Flash. (Of course, she's one of Constantine's old pals, that British bastard.) The only thing that changed is that his sense of smell got so much better.
...and Barry smells absolutely delicious!
Notes: Written for Thette’s Coldflash Bingo, for the square Magical Accidents, and for SophiaCatherine’s @dctvbingo , for the square Magical Mishaps. This is a true collaboration.
(Moodboard image description and image sources behind the "Keep reading” at the bottom of this post.)
Silver in the Cold (1769 words) by Thette / @bold-sartorial-statement for @peppersandcats
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Flash (TV 2014), DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Barry Allen/Leonard Snart
Characters: Barry Allen, Leonard Snart, Sara Lance
Additional Tags: hints of sara lance/iris west, hints of ray palmer/mick rory, Illustrations, Alternate Universe - Hollywood, Golden Age Hollywood, Stalking, iris stalks len to find out more about him, No Smut, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Alternate Universe - Movie Star, Implied/Referenced Prostitution, Flirting, alternate universe - joe did not raise barry, Gay Barry Allen, Gay Leonard Snart, implied/referenced period typical racism, implied/referenced hays code homophobia
Summary:
Len hated publicity, but it was a part of the contract. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and tried for his best character smirk, before turning to the fan beside him.
"Barry, was it?" Len extended his hand, and Barry shook it, a bit too vigorously. He also didn't let go after the customary shakes, which was interesting. Len stroked Barry's pulse point with his index and middle finger, feeling the heartbeat speed up and watching Barry's eyes go wide.
Green. No, hazel. His eyes were a beautiful hazel, with brown specks around the dilating pupils.
Len let his eyes travel from Barry's face, down his body and up again. That face was now blushing a lovely scarlet. He still hadn't said a word, or made a move to let go. Len tilted his head, waiting. It took Barry five seconds to react.
"Yes! Yes, I'm Barry. Barry Allen. I've been looking forward to meeting you, Mr Snart."
"Always nice to meet a fan," Len said, letting go of Barry's hand, and dragging his fingertips across his palm. "And please, call me Len. We're going to spend a lot of time together today."
(In which Leonard Snart plays the villain on the silver screen, and Barry Allen is the lucky fan who wins a day on set.)
Notes: Written for the Coldflash Bingo Collection, for the prompt “Movie Star AU.”
(Image description: a bingo card, with black crosses over three squares, and a red cross over the square “Movie Star AU.” End image description.)
Warnings: Takes place in the mid-1930ies. Minor reference to period typical racism, where Joe was not allowed to raise Barry. Len refers to Barry as an "invert," which is period typical and was used both derogatory and as an intra-community term. Reference to period typical homophobia, in the form of the Hays code. Minor reference to Barry's history of survival prostitution.
Image credit and description: All images are in black and white, with moderate blur and desaturation. Top row: Cropped screenshot from Infantino Street (The Flash 3x22), a closeup of Leonard Snart's smirking face in three quarter profile to the right. The shot is from behind Barry Allen's shoulders, and his silhouette is to the left in the picture. They're standing very close. Image source: Home of the Nutty
Second row, left: Photo of a pile of handwritten letters, overlaid with the text "Always nice to meet a fan" in white letters with black borders. Image source: Photo by Ylanite Koppens, public domain
Second row, middle: Vintage Victorian style film slide camera engraving. Original from the British Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel, CC BY 2.0
Second row, right: Photo of Wentworth Miller from the chest up, in three quarter profile, in the middle of the picture. He looks slightly surprised, with a mostly neutral facial expression. He is wearing glasses, a white shirt and a waistcoat. To his right, behind him, is a man in a suit, partially depicted. To his left is a woman, depicted from the back. She stretches her arm behind Wentworth Miller, touching up the other man's makeup. Image source: Cropped photo from the set of The Loft (2014), unknown photographer
Third and fourth row, left: Photo of Grant Gustin from the waist up, in front view, slightly right of center. He has a neutral and slightly bored expression. He is wearing a light-colored suit, a white shirt and a dark tie. The background is a neutral color. Image source: Cropped photo from Tyler Shield's photoshoot of Grant Gustin and Danielle Panabaker
Third row, middle and right: Cropped photo of part of the Coca Cola filmstrip "Black Treasures." (1969). The filmstrip is rolled up. Overlaid is the fic title "Silver in the Cold" in white letters with black borders. Image source: Photo by Bart Everson, CC BY 2.0
Fourth row, middle: Text in white with black borders on a plain gray background, "I can be gay as long as I die in the end---I'm a villain, you know."
Fourth row, right: Cropped photo of two men kissing. The photo is in profile, and the men are depicted from the waist to the chin. To the left is a relatively muscular man in a dark suit, white shirt and tie. To the right is a slim man, slightly shorter, wearing a light colored suit. The taller man holds his arms around the shorter man's waist, and the shorter man holds on to the taller man's right arm. Image source: Vintage photography, unknown photographer, cirka 1920-1940, (fourth picture from the bottom)
It's a Big Bed, Barry (1744 words) by Thette / @bold-sartorial-statement for @surakory
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Flash (TV 2014), DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Barry Allen/Leonard Snart
Characters: Barry Allen, Leonard Snart
Additional Tags: Sharing a Bed, Post-Oculus Leonard Snart, Leonard Snart Lives, Breaking and Entering, Breakfast, Fluff, No Smut, Dom/sub Undertones, Possessive Barry Allen, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, canon divergence - no westallen, Literal Sleeping Together, Pre-Relationship, Discord: Flarrowverse Shipyard
Summary: Leonard Snart, resurrected and with nowhere else to go, breaks into Barry's apartment and insists on sharing his bed.
Barry is, in order: 1. scared 2. confused 3. asleep 4. aroused 5. amused
1-800-KID NAPD (16625 words) by Thette / @bold-sartorial-statement for @itsbrookeks
Chapters: 5/5
Fandom: The Flash (TV 2014)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Barry Allen/Leonard Snart, Barry Allen & Mick Rory & Leonard Snart
Characters: Barry Allen, Leonard Snart, Mick Rory, Joe West
Additional Tags: Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Kidnapping, Domestic, Domestic Fluff, Pre-Canon, Student Barry Allen, Roommates, oh my god they were roommates, Human Disaster Barry Allen, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Voyeurism, Exhibitionism, Nudity, mick rory has no boundaries, Breaking Up & Making Up, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Fluff and Smut, Fluff, leonard snart on team flash, joe west is a complex character, Hopeful Ending, Accidental Kissing
Series: Part 2 of My Coldflash Bingo
Summary: "Not exactly the Ritz, but it's the available accommodations," Lenny sneered. "If that's good enough for you, little prince?"
"It's not like I can complain to customer service, can I?" Barry replied, with more sass than he was really feeling. They didn't seem to be violent, and he thought he could get away with some backtalk.
"We've got a 1-800 number you can use," Smoke Guy said, sitting down on the couch with a can of beer. "1-800-KID NAPD."
In which a failed kidnapping of a college student leads to a daring rescue from an unhealthy situation, which in turn leads to years of sharing a house, and also a happy relationship.
Note: For Coldflash Bingo, for the square Pre-Canon Meet
Summary: After an injury leaves Barry unable to run track anymore, he struggles to stay in control of his life, including his relationship with closeted football player Len.
