Barry resisted the urge to either push him away roughly,
or to flinch from the strangers touch. Not because he had
anything against someone who wasn’t straight, hell he wasn’t
straight anyway. It was because he could see how much who
ever this Sebastian was matter to the guy. There’s laughter, a
smile, and adoration, and teasing in those eyes.
No one’s actually looked at Barry like that, not this way, and it
made his heart clenched. But in the bitter sense; this look wasn’t
for him. Of course. It was belonged to who he had gotten mistaken
for. Sighing, just his luck, seriously. He leaves one city to take a
break, and he ends up with something else. Ah well– he supposed
that just makes life interesting.
At the mention of lunch, his stomach growls, and he finds himself
blushing. Yes stomach, perfect time to make yourself known.
Although Barry was aware how hungry he was– hence him being
there after all. Eyes briefly looking at the bags, and wondered just
how much was in there. For real. It did cause him to chuckle slightly.
It’s cute. This Sebastian guy was lucky. “Lunch sounds good, but
we should really clear this up.”
He fidgeted a little, feeling awkward– well, there’ll be two of them
feeling awkward very soon he’d imagine. Reaching for his wallet,
he showed the other his ID. “I’m not ‘Seb’, my name’s Barry Allen,
well, technically it’s Bartholomew, but I go by Barry instead,” he
said. Licking his lips, with an apologetic, if not a bit, sheepish
smile on his lips. “Um— sorry?”
Blaine’s gentle lead towards the counter slowed to a stop as he
noticed the awkwardness on Barry’s face. Was there something
wrong? A fog of confusion clouded his vision, dimming some of
the spark in his eyes and filling his face with a bewildered, careful
expression. He replayed the past twenty four hours in his head
trying to pinpoint where anything he did might’ve upset his
boyfriend and came up empty handed.
He was on the verge of asking if there was a problem when Barry
fished out his wallet. Hazel eyes squinted and he stared at it as he
introduced himself as Bartholomew-preferred-to-be-known-as-Barry
right in time with Blaine reading his name. “Wait what? N-No way.
That’s not–,” he covered Barry’s hand with his palm holding the ID
eye level as he leaned in and read it closer like the lack of distance
was needed for him to let the name printed sink into his brain.
Without lifting his head, he flicked a glance up at Barry. His mouth
dropped open, shut, repeated a few times with a splash of raised
eyebrows and a handful of choked tries that might’ve been words
if he was able to say anything intelligent. “Barry–.” Another close
look and he could see differences. Barry looked a bit older around
the eyes. Sebastian would never wear those clothes. Barry was
looking at him with an expression he rarely saw from Seb.
SEBASTIAN! Here comes awkward! “Oh I–I’m so sorry for–,”
being a brain surgeon wasn’t necessary to figure out he entered
apology mode for making with the kissing. “I thought–Wow! I’m
sooo sorry,” he squeezed the back of his neck. “I thought you
were–you two just–I don’t know how that’s possible–Are you sure
you don’t have a brother? Our mouths,” he gestured with a lift of
his fingers from his lips towards Barry’s, “That was a huge mistake.
I can explain?”