"Hello Mr Deegan." The Monitors voice echoed in his cell in a hidden ARGUS facility. Deegan looked up at him in confusion. He'd been stuck in there for less than 24 hours but it felt like an eternity, the last face he hoped to see was the dude who's stupid book led him here.
"You messed with the book of destiny and now you have to do me one last favor. Bring me Oliver Queen, Barry Allen and Kara Danvers. ALIVE." The Monitor said and left the cell open before he disappeared into thin air like he always did. Deegan noticed he left the book of destiny on the floor in the prison. A wicked smile crossed his face and he opened it.
"Who wouldn't trust Superman?" he said and turned himself back into the skin of superman before he left the prison cell.
After Barry rushed out of the ARGUS interrogation room he just ran around in Star City with no clear goal where he was heading. Eventually he decided to run back to ARGUS. I can't avoid Iris and Oliver forever. I have to talk to them. His mind was spinning and suddenly he noticed another speedster running beside him so he stopped. But the other speedster stopped too. Barry felt a wave of confusion wash over him when he saw the face of the other speedster since he was already so filled with emotions he couldn't think clearly. "Dad?" he asked with a surprised voice.
"No, I'm the Flash from earth 90 and I was looking for you and your friends. I could really use your help." The other speedster said, who apparently was also Barry Allen, not Jay Garrick or his father as Barry's first thought had been. They headed inside ARGUS again and met Oliver, Kara and Diggle.
"You're not wearing your ring." The other The Flash said to Diggle who simply looked very confused.
A few minutes later after Earth 90's Barry Allen had told them his Earth had been destroyed by some creature called Mar Novu or The Monitor with a book that could change reality, Oliver, Barry, Kara and 90's Flash found themselves in the middle of the street.
The Monitor suddenly appeared out of the blue. "Mar Novu, you're gonna stand down!" Oliver said with a sharp voice.
"That's enough! You will not do to this earth what you did to mine." The other Barry Allen said and started running towards the Monitor but disappeared into a breach.
"He says you were testing us!" Oliver said.
"Yes, and so far I'm unimpressed. A crisis is coming. Someone far more powerful than myself." The Monitor said.
Oliver, Barry and Kara exchanged worried looks. "Why did you hand a nut bar a book that could rewrite reality?" Barry asked. He couldn't look at Oliver because he wasn't sure they were even friends anymore. Oliver seemed to ignore him and avoid him as much as he could since the talk with Iris and Felicity.
"Because I was testing you... Oliver Queen. And now I wish to have a private conversation with you." The Monitor said and both Barry and Kara quickly moved in front of Oliver.
"The hell you are!" Barry said. Even though he was confused by Oliver at the moment, he wouldn't let whoever this Monitor guy was, take him anywhere.
"Barry, it's fine... I can handle myself." Oliver said and walked past him and Kara.
"I'm not letting you do this alone." Barry said and grabbed Oliver's wrist. "Please, Ollie, don't." he added and he realized his voice sounded so much more desperate than what he intended. He looked pleadingly at the man who had been his husband a while ago.
Oliver felt a warmth pass through him and he gently squeezed Barry's hand. Suddenly they found themselves on some platform that seemed to exist in outer space. They both looked around in confusion.
"Why did you bring us here?" Oliver asked and then he realized he was still holding Barry's hand before he let it go.
"We're here to talk about your destiny." The Monitor said. His short sentences started to get on their nerves especially Oliver and he lost his temper.
"BUT, WHY ARE YOU TESTING US?" Oliver raised his voice and the Monitor scoffed.
"Oliver Queen. The man who channels his hubris and anger and calls it strength." he continued. "That will be your downfall." The Monitor added before he snapped with his fingers and visions played out in front of them.
{Red skies were swallowing the earth. Shadows. "Oliver!" The Flash yelled. "I gave it all up for you and Kara." Dying Oliver. "He can't be dead not him." "Barry and I are going to use the Lazarus pit to bring my father back" Earth 90 Barry vanishing. Resurrected Oliver. Spectre. Green lightning. "Are you Oliver Queen?" "Yes." "Then I trust you with every cell in my body." Anti-Monitor. "You have failed this universe!" "Keep going." Oliver dies. "For Oliver!" "Thank you, Oliver." "I will never forget you."}
Oliver and Barry stared at each other in shock and confusion after the visions that they just witnessed. "What the hell was that?" Barry asked and turned to the Monitor.
"Your destiny." he replied and snapped them both out of there.
Oliver found himself on a bench by the seaside where he got married to Felicity. "Hi." He heard her voice behind him and turned his head and looked at her. She was wearing the pink coat she wore when they got married.
"Hey." Oliver said. His head was still preoccupied with the visions of his future that he just had witnessed.
"Are you okay?" Felicity asked as she sat down on the bench next to Oliver.
"No." He sighed as she reached for his hand.
"If it's about what happened between you and Barry, it doesn't matter. I love you and I know it wasn't really you because it wasn't real." she said and Oliver sighed again and pulled his hand back.
"But that's just it, it was real, Felicity. We didn't forget the actual reality, no one was controlling us." he responded quietly and stared down at the ground.
Felicity laughed nervously and unamused. "Kara told me that you got fake married. And you said that you even slept with him. Why would you do that if you weren't controlled?" she asked and Oliver's cheeks heated up and he stared out at the water in front of them before he looked down again.
"Because I'm in love with him." The words escaped his mouth before he could stop them. Why should I waste time? I'm apparently a dead man, anyway.
Felicity was quiet for a couple of seconds before she eventually burst into giggles. "Wait? You're serious?" she asked as she noticed Oliver's blushing cheeks and the way he avoided looking at her. He had to force himself to look at her.
"I'm sorry." he sighed deeply.
"Since when?" Felicity asked and her voice was more high pitched than she intended.
Oliver closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Since forever. I think a part of me has been in love with him since the first day we met him." he knew Felicity deserved to know the truth. "But I was too damn scared of my feelings. I used to be a playboy for gods sake so I pushed all the wrong thoughts about him away. Because I thought I could just get over whatever I was feeling if I pretended they didn't exist and when he wasn't around it was easy." he admitted and still didn't look up at her. "But I was just fooling myself. The feelings only became stronger the more I tried to avoid them. And then this new reality happened and it made me realize that I really do love him." Oliver poured out his heart and Felicity stayed quiet during his whole confession.
"I'm truly sorry." Oliver said and finally managed to look at her. "I should've realized this sooner because you know I'd never want to hurt you." he sighed and carefully reached out for her hand. She gave it a gentle squeeze before she let go again.
"What does this mean for us, then? Are you divorcing me so you can really marry him?" Felicity asked and Oliver was shaking his head.
"I don't know and what's the point? He doesn't feel the same way, but even if he did, his feelings for Iris will always be stronger and he'll always choose her..." he said and sighed again.
Then he felt Felicity carefully reaching for his hand. "Oliver, I don't want you to be unhappy or stay with me because you think he doesn't deserve you or something like that." she said and Oliver chuckled unamused before he let out a sigh again.
"But he doesn't, he fills my world with light but what do I have to offer him? The same things I selfishly pulled into your life. Darkness? Death?" The last word just slipped out of him before he could stop it. He's gonna watch me die twice. It's better I let him go now.
"Death? What do you mean?" Felicity asked. Oliver closed his eyes again and sighed before he looked at her again. I already broke her heart. I don't want to crush her soul. I still love her. I can't tell her about Crisis.
"I just mean that everyone I love, always ends up hurt, one way or another. And I couldn't live with myself if something happened to him too. Not because of me..." his voice became lower with every word. Felicity gently squeezed his hand again.
"I know this is gonna sound really weird, since I'm your wife and all is so complicated..." she started and chuckled softly before she continued. "...but I've known Barry for a long time too and I know that he's had a crush on you since the day we met him. I even told him right after he found out about you, that it sounded like he wanted to date you and he just blushed and stayed quiet like I would've done." she said and chuckled again. Oliver looked briefly at her. His cheeks turned red.
"He did?" he asked with a hopeful glimpse in his heart and she just nodded.
"He totally did, so if he makes you happy then you should take the risk." Felicity said and Oliver's jaw dropped. Did my wife just give me permission to be with someone else? Another guy on that? A married man?
"Really?" he asked with an eyebrow raised in confusion. She nodded again and chuckled softly.
"I'll ask Laurel for divorce papers today and you go talk to him. There's no one else I'd give up my husband to." Her words were spinning in his head. She started laughing and soon he couldn't help but chuckle and join her laughter.
"You know you're amazing right?" Oliver said and leaned in and kissed Felicity's forehead. She smiled.
"Yeah. Some people would settle with remarkable." she said and he gently placed another kiss, on her lips this time.
"You know I still love you too, right..." he said once their lips parted. She nodded.
"But you love him more?" she said it as a question. He blushed and nodded.
Meanwhile Barry had been transported from the talk with The Monitor to Star Labs where he instantly went to find Iris.
{Keep going. Thank you Oliver.} Those words from the visions kept echoing in his head. {He can't be dead. Not him} She noticed the fear on his face and he ran into her arms and started crying.
"Barry. Oh my god, what happened?" she asked while she was rubbing his back. He was shaking in her arms while she led him to sit down on a couch.
"He's going to die... " Barry sobbed. "I don't think I can do anything to stop it..." he sniffled and tried to dry his tears with the back of his sleeve. Iris gently squeezed both his hands.
"Who? Barry, what are you talking about?" she asked softly and he sniffled.
"Ollie. This dude or I don't know, some sort of God, showed us the future and he'll die, Iris...and I'm there and I can't save him." Barry felt more tears welling up as he put the scary visions into words. Iris wrapped her arms around him in a comforting hug.
Once they released the embrace the horrible visions had faded a little bit. Looking into Iris eyes was enough to chase the bad visions away for a while.
"Look, we managed to stop the future from happening to me, we stopped Savitar remember." Iris said comfortingly while she brushed away a few tears from Barry's cheeks.
"I don't think this Crisis can be stopped. Or changed. It feels like the end of everything." he sighed and was almost about to start crying again. The thought of spending the rest of his life without Oliver Queen was the most horrifying feeling.
"I can't lose him, Iris." Barry whispered and started crying again. Iris squeezed his hands again. Then she sighed.
"Then don't..." she said and Barry looked up at her with confusion and teary eyes. "Spend as much time with him as you can while he's here. I'll wait for you." she said and Barry's jaw dropped. He still felt a lot more confused now.
"Are you saying I should date him until...?" he asked and he felt his cheeks turning red. Iris chuckled.
"You love him. He loves you. It's as simple as that." she said and Barry blushed even more and then he felt a sting of hurt when he remembered the way he broke Oliver's heart.
"I don't know if he does anymore... I think I broke his heart..." Barry said with a deep sigh and Iris gently brushed her fingers against his cheek.
"After you had left earlier, I asked if he really was in love with you and he said that he does, loves you." she said with a soft and calm voice as if it wasn't bothering her at all.
Oliver still loves me. "Why are you not more upset? I don't think I'd be this calm if you said you loved Felicity for real." Barry said and couldn't help but chuckle. Iris laughed too and then she collected her laughter again.
"I know how many people you've loved and lost, Barry. I don't want you to regret not being with him while you still can. If that's what you want." she said and Barry's lips twitched into a smile.
"I do." he said with a chuckle and suddenly remembered their fake wedding.
"Can I just ask something? When did you realize that you have feelings for him?" Iris asked softly. Barry felt his cheeks turning red again.
"The moment I laid eyes on him. I mean he's Oliver Queen. You're always talking about how hot he is yourself." he felt embarrassed for admitting that, but he also felt a sense of relief, finally being able to talk about these feelings he'd always stuffed inside. Iris chuckled and gently caressed Barry's blushing cheek again.
"Wow, I'm sorry if that fueled your feelings, but I didn't know. You should've said something." she said and Barry chuckled again.
"What? Something like 'I can't stop staring at him' either?" he said making fun of Iris old crush and it made her laugh and Barry continued. "Or when you found out he was The Green Arrow and went 'he just became so much hotter' you think I should've said 'oh my god, I know, he's so hot'" Barry suddenly couldn't tell if he was just teasing Iris or if those last words were just his real feelings shining through.
"So is he really as good in bed as they say?" Iris asked with a teasing smile and Barry's jaw dropped before he started chuckling again. His cheeks turned even more red.
"Yeah, no hot fantasy could ever compare to the real deal." he said with a sigh and Iris suddenly leaned in and kissed him. Barry returned the kiss. All this sexy talk has made us both horny. Their hungry mouths parted and they both sighed.
"Are you sure you're okay with me being with him? Because you know I could never divorce you or anything..." Barry said with a sigh and Iris brushed her lips softly against his again.
"I know. And I'm okay with it, cause actually it's hot to share you with my celebrity crush." she said with a deep sigh and brushed her lips against his again.
"So you're really okay sharing me with him then?" Barry asked while biting his lip. She nodded.
"Yeah, I just hope he can share you with me too." she said with a sigh before he leaned in and kissed her again. Their lips parted.
"Even if I'll probably lose him. I think I might be the luckiest man alive right now." Barry said and Iris chuckled while she seductively licked her own lips.
"Yeah you are." she said and they both laughed quietly before leaning in for another kiss.
"That would be cute if it wasn't so disgusting." The voice startled both Barry and Iris and they turned towards the sound and noticed Clark standing there in a black Superman suit.
"Nice to finally meet you The Flash, I'm John Deegan but everyone must call me Superman." he said while Barry and Iris exchanged a worried look.