Chapter 1. A New Reality

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"Mr Deegan. This book holds the power to rewrite the reality." The Monitor said and handed a book to the man in front of him. Mr Deegan looked up at the weird figure on the parking lot in front of him before he opened it and a beam of light streamed out from the book when he opened it. "With this book you can create a whole new reality." The Monitor said.
  "Then I'm no longer Mr Deegan. Please call me Clark." Mr Deegan said. And just like that the Monitor disappeared and Deegan who now looked like Superman walked off into the new reality that he just created.

This morning when Oliver woke up he had a weird feeling in his body even before he had opened his eyes. He felt someone's unfamiliar skin against his own, someone else's bare chest was pressed against his and whoever it was, was cuddled up next to him. He could feel a warm and soft cheek against his bare shoulder and it was impossible for him to turn over because of whoever it was on his arm.
  Oliver opened his eyes and as the sunlight slipped in through the curtains he realized he was definitely not in his own bedroom. It was way too bright. After blinking a couple times to adjust to the morning light he glanced at the person sleeping next to him and noticed who it was.
  He found himself half naked in Barry Allen's bed, right next to him. Confusion washed over him while he blushed. He had no recollection of how he got here or any idea why he would've ended up almost naked...with Barry...in his bed. The more it sank in the more it made him blush and his first thought was to sneak out of bed before Barry woke up, but that wouldn't be possible without waking him up and he feared that would make the whole situation even more awkward.
  And when he threw another glance at Barry's peaceful face, he couldn't bring himself to leave. Even if it was crazy of him to stay and watch Barry sleep. But there was something about the way he was smiling even in his sleep. As if his life was just sunshine and rainbows. Oliver feared Barry had always been the light in his life and he was afraid of how much he needed it. He slowly traced his fingers down Barry's back and he could feel a sensitive spot where he shot him all those years ago. A smile crossed his face at the thought of leaving a mark on Barry forever. Stop it. Something is clearly wrong here. You shouldn't even be here. And you definitely shouldn't have these thoughts and feelings about him. Oliver thought to himself. He had been keeping these forbidden feelings for Barry stuffed deep deep down inside for years because he had never felt this way about another guy before. And you're married Oliver. And so is he. Another crazy thought crossed his mind. Did something happen between us last night? Had we finally given in to the tension we were constantly fighting around each other? NO. Barry would never do that to Iris. Me on the other hand could've...he thought and slowly slipped his fingers into Barry's hair... for him...but NO, he would still never do that. He tried to shake away his crazy thoughts from his mind, but he still couldn't help keep slipping his fingers through Barry's soft brown hair.
  Then the confusion and embarrassment washed over him again, reminding him of how crazy and wrong this was. Barry moved slightly in his sleep and he moaned softly when Oliver pulled his hand out of his hair. The archer felt a rush go through his body and then it was quickly replaced with embarrassment again. But suddenly Barry brushed his soft lips against Oliver's neck and his heart nearly stopped for a second. He was well aware that Barry probably had no idea who's neck he was kissing, he probably thought he woke up next to Iris as always before he felt his scruffy neck. Oliver shut his eyes close very hard while he waited for Barry to wake up and discover this awkward situation they had found themselves in.
  Barry felt someone's scruffy neck against his lips and he stopped kissing whoever it was before he slowly rolled off the muscular arm and opened his eyes. He blinked a few times because of the light that filled up the room and because he couldn't believe his eyes that Oliver Queen was lying next to him. He sat up straight while he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.
  "Ollie, what are you doing here?" His voice sounded both tired and confused. Barry pulled up the covers to shield his almost naked body. He suddenly felt very insecure.
  Oliver sighed and sat up as well, very awkwardly and tried to leave as much space as possible between them. "I don't know. I thought you could tell me? What have you done this time?" he asked and Barry glared at him.
  "Wait? What?" he exclaimed. "You think I messed with time again? Why would I make this happen?" he asked and pointed at himself and back at Oliver.
  The archer blushed and got out of the bed. He awkwardly turned away to try and hide how much it has affected him to wake up in bed with Barry. Get a grip, Oliver! You can't be attracted to a married man. It's insanity. While the crazy thoughts ran through his mind he found a pair of pants on the chair next to the bed that looked like his own.
  "Those are mine." Barry chuckled while Oliver pulled on the pants. Oliver sighed in frustration while the speedster continued the sentence. "...but this is also my bed and apparently we share everything now." he said sarcastically.
  "This never happened! We'll never mention this to anyone. Ever." Oliver said with a sharp voice while he pulled on a shirt as well.
  "Yeah. Never." Barry promised and got out of the bed as well and opened his wardrobe to get dressed. The sight surprised him. Half of the clothes were his own while the other half appeared to be Oliver's. "Um Ollie..." the younger man said carefully as he scratched his head and Oliver walked over to his side of the bed and noticed the same thing. Proper suits and various green hoodies filled one half of the closet and coats and ordinary colorful shirts were covering the other half.
  "When did you move in?" Barry joked and couldn't help but start laughing. Actually the situation wasn't that funny but the idea of living with Oliver Queen had never even crossed his mind. Even if he had been having a secret crush on him since the day they met. And where's all of Iris's stuff? He thought.
  "Barry. Could you please focus for just a second? Something is clearly wrong here. If not you then someone else has definitely screwed with time." Oliver said with a frustrated voice and clenched his fists.
  "Well I didn't screw up time... but it looks like I screwed something else." Barry pulled another joke and looked Oliver up and down. But I didn't actually sleep with Oliver last night did I? No I would never do that to Iris, he thought and his cheeks flushed more red when he noticed the angry glare that Oliver gave him for that comment.
  Then the speedster quickly got dressed using his speed before a photograph on top of the drawer suddenly caught his attention. A photo of the two of them in stylish suits looking lovingly at each other. On the back of the photo frame was a date and a message. Congratulations on your wedding day Oliver Queen & Barry Allen.
  "Barry, I think we might be married..." Oliver said and walked up to Barry who was still standing in front of the drawer still looking at the photograph.
  "Yeah. You think?" Barry said with a snarky tone. But Oliver wasn't referring to the wedding picture, he glanced at Barry's hand and then he raised his own to show a red and golden diamond ring in the shape of a lightning bolt on his own finger.
  "Did you take my Flash ring?" Barry asked but Oliver only looked even more confused.
  "Your Flash ring?" Oliver asked with his eyebrows raised in confusion.
"It's a ring that's holding my new suit. My daughter from the future recently gave it to me." Barry explained.
  As if this morning wasn't weird enough for Oliver. "Why didn't you tell me your future daughter is here?" he asked with surprise.
  "Because you were in prison until very recently." Barry responded and Oliver sighed and scratched his head.
  "Guess I missed a few things while I was locked up". Oliver responded. "But anyway, I didn't take that ring you're talking about. I think this a wedding ring. You have one too, but it's...green." he added while he grabbed Barry's wrist and that's when he noticed an emerald diamond ring shaped as an arrow on his finger.
"Wouldn't these rings be a dead giveaway of our identities? I mean yours is public... but mine isn't." Barry said with a chuckle and Oliver sighed.
"I don't think that's our biggest problem, Barry..." he said while he was shaking his head.
  "As weird as all of this is, this ring is beautiful." Barry said and threw another glance at the emerald ring. That's when he realized that Oliver was still holding his wrist in a steady grip, but he didn't say anything. Maybe I should say something. But his thought was interrupted by Oliver's next words.
  "Yeah. It matches your eyes." he said and his cheeks flushed a deep shade of red when he realized he just said that out loud.
  "So you think I have beautiful eyes?" Barry asked with surprise in his voice and blushed as well. Oliver quickly let go of Barry's wrist and cleared his throat as he stepped out of the bedroom.
  Barry instantly rushed past him teasingly and started running around the kitchen.
  "What are you doing?" Oliver asked in confusion. Barry eventually came to a halt and the archer realized that he had made breakfast and set the whole breakfast table with pancakes, waffles and various berries.
  "Barry, we need to focus on fixing this mess." Oliver said with a deep sigh. Barry smiled and walked towards him and handed him a cup of coffee.
  "And we will." he said while he steered Oliver towards the breakfast table. "After breakfast... my husband." Barry said with a wicked grin and blinked with his eyelashes. He seem to love torturing me Oliver thought. If it's like this being married to him I'm glad I can't remember our lives in this new reality.
  Just when they had started eating their breakfast, a bedroom door next to the one they came out from opened and William came out from it. Oliver blinked a couple times when he looked at his son and then he  looked at Barry who now seemed just as confused as he was.
  "Good morning, dads." William said and joined them at the table.
  "Dads?" Barry whispered to Oliver but apparently William's hearing was better than he thought.
  "Fine. Stepdad, whatever." William added and threw a glance his way before he shoved a piece of pancake into his mouth. After William had taken a sip from his fresh pressed juice Barry had made earlier, he added. "I still can't believe you married the Flash dad." and Oliver's cheeks turned red, he took a sip from his coffee while thinking about a response.
  "I can't barely believe it myself..." Oliver said and threw a look at Barry while he clenched his jaw. The younger man's lips twitched into a smile and he reached for Oliver's hand and intertwined their fingers. He doesn't seem to have a problem pretending this is real. What if he's not pretending? Oliver thought.
"Your father owed me for all those times I saved his life." Barry said with a smile on his face.
  Oliver couldn't help but smile back at him. "And you would've been dead a hundred times over if it wasn't for me." he said and they smiled tenderly at each other for a second without speaking.
  William seemed to wait for them to say something else. "I love you, Oliver." Barry said and hoped it didn't sound too real. Oliver's heart skipped even if it was clear that Barry was putting on a show while cradling the archer's calloused hand in his own.
"And I love you, Barry." Oliver replied and tried to ignore the way his heart was hammering in his chest. Then they broke the eye contact and finished the rest of the breakfast in silence.
  After the breakfast William returned to his room to change clothes and Barry turned towards Oliver. "Okay you're right. We have to fix this right now!" he said and he had to remind himself to keep his voice down.
  "First of all we should try to find Iris and Felicity. What do you think has happened to them?" Oliver asked and threw out with his arms. Barry chuckled.
  "What if they're married too?" he wondered. Oliver sighed while shaking his head. "Ollie, just think about it. Maybe someone messed with that messed up double wedding of ours and made us swap partners?" The speedster continued. The smile on his face grew while he talked. The more Barry explained of his theory the less crazy it sounded.
  "Maybe..." Oliver sighed.
  "We better get to Star Labs so we can figure out what's going on." Barry added and they left the apartment.

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