Synopsis: AU - When Barry’s critical college girlfriend suggests a threesome to spice up their love life, he’s wary. Even more so when Iris West enters their bedroom, and he begins to fall for her.
Rating: M
Pairing: Barry/Iris, Barry/Becky
He was avoiding eye contact again, and she could see he was truly torn. Did he want one or didn’t he? If it was just a question that didn’t mean anything, wouldn’t he say so? Maybe he wanted to just forget he’d brought it up and change the subject. She was becoming just as wary of the situation as he appeared to be.
“Uh…” She looked around the bowling alley, hunting for a distraction. “Do you want me to get another liter of Pepsi?” she offered. “We could play another round.” Her thumb jutted toward the lanes. “Or we could head over to the arcade.” She pointed across the room when his brows furrowed together.
He turned to look in the direction of the arcade for the longest time before he faced her again.
“That sound good? The arcade?” she asked, but even her voice was sounding strained.
“I’d love that,” he said, sounding so relieved.
“But I can’t,” he said, just as quick as she’d shot to her feet. She frowned and he tugged on her wrist. “Please sit down, Iris. There’s something I have to tell you.”
She was reluctant, but when she saw that most of the people in the room were at least five lanes away from them, she decided to obey.
“What is it?” she asked, her ankles twisting around each other and her calves clenching – as they tended to do when she got nervous. A different kind of butterflies swirled in her stomach, and she really hoped it was all her imagination and she hadn’t guessed correctly that things were about to go very, very wrong.
“I haven’t been…entirely honest with you.”
