The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive (Male Reader Insert)

6.9 The End of the Flash

Y/N was running as best as he could in the speed lab. Dr. Wells was below monitoring him. Y/N was still recovering from his battle with Zoom and was thus a little slower than before. His legs were doing fine enough to go fast now, but he wasn't completely at 100% recovery. 

Dr. Wells looked at the screen in front of him while timing Y/N. He furrowed his bro, trying to think. With the knowledge that Hunter was Zoom, there was no telling how much he knew about them. Y/N stopped and came back down. He put his hand on his sore calf and walked over to the good doctor.

Y/N: How was that?

Wells: How was it? Well, if you were hoping of getting anywhere close to your previous record, your about 200 mph off. 

Y/N took off his gloves, goggles, and helmet. He put them down and put his hands over his face. Dr. Wells could see the man thinking, the worry on his face.

Y/N: Great. How am I supposed to catch up to Zoom now?

Wells: By not doing what Hunter wanted you to do.

Y/N: I need to get faster.

Wells: What, because Zolomon said so? He was using you Y/N. He wanted you to get faster just so he would have more to take away.

Y/N: You think I don't know that?! But he was right. How the hell am I supposed to beat Zoom if I don't get faster?

Wells looked down. Y/N bent down and sat on one of the benches nearby. Wells eventually walked over to him. He sat down next to his friend and twiddled with his own fingers. After a moment of contemplative silence, he spoke.

Wells: Y/N, you can't let him get to you. You're not the only one who trusted him. You're not the only one who screwed up.

Y/N turned to him.

Y/N: Did you? Did you really screw up? You saw right through him. You looked further into him, not entirely trusting what he said. And you were right. What about the accelerator? We know it wasn't your fault it went off. Ronnie sabotaged it under orders from Eiling, who we have reason to believe was under orders or at least influence from Zoom. It was never your fault.

Wells exhaled. 

Wells: No. Not those. Y/N, I've made many mistakes. 

He took a moment to compose himself before speaking again.

Wells: I lost Tess in that car accident because I was too stupid to think maybe I'd had one too many drinks. To think that I was unstoppable. And the accelerator. Hunter may have influenced me, but it was still my idea to go through with it. I was an idiot who thought he could play God. Now others are paying the price for something I thought I could control. And then there's you.

Y/N looked over at him, unsure by what he meant.

Wells: When we first met, I said I wanted to protect you. But I kept you hidden and put you through tests just like Eiling would have done. You called me out on it. You were right. 

Y/N continued to look at him while Wells went on.

Wells: For years, I saw myself as someone who would be grand, furthering science, receiving awards. But you guys showed me my true calling. I'm now here fixing this city and making the world just a little bit better. Not by being out in the spotlight of fame, but by working in the shadows. I'm doing this not because of some feeling of grandeur or even regret. I'm doing it because I just feel like it's the right thing to do. Something I have to do. And I think the one who put that mindset into me was you.