harrisonwells | EUDIO: IC INBOX

i'm taking a lot on faith right now, harrison
i'm going to need more than that
please

[especially if that's the harrison wells who took care of him. why would he suddenly be considered an enemy?]

Fine.

[It isn't going to be easy to explain. But Harrison has been thinking about how to explain, how to tell Barry enough about Eobard to convince him to keep his distance if it turned out he'd need to talk about this after all, and here they are talking about it. So he might not want to, but he isn't entirely unprepared.

He calls. When Barry picks up, Harrison doesn't waste time with a greeting. He sounds tired, a little resigned, but for once, not annoyed or impatient.]

Eobard Thawne is a speedster. He traveled back in time, ran back in time. And when he got there, he lost his speed. That's complicated, I'm not going into it now, it's not important, what's important is that he knew the Flash could help him get back to his own time. You weren't the Flash yet, it was too early, but he knew you would be. So he helped make you into the Flash. That's what was just beginning when you came here. Get it?

[running back in time. well, that's a new one. but it's a thought he'd sooner focus on another time, given everything else that's being said. eobard thawne has abilities like him, or at least had them.

eobard thawne, who both harrison and eddie have warned him to avoid.

eobard thawne, a time traveling speedster. perhaps that first thought isn't as postponable as he'd believed.]

When did he come here?

[his voice is hard, cold in a way that its never needed to be before. especially here. he needs this answer, though he isn't sure what he'll do if his suspicions are confirmed right now]

Barry.

[One can almost hear Harrison's hand scrubbing over his face and through his hair.]

If I could tell you everything, you'd know everything, Barry, but I can't. Tell you. Everything. Barry. Everyone, everyone you know at home, everyone you love, they'll be affected if you change the timeline because of what you know. Why do you need to know that?

Because if he is who I think he is, it means I can't trust any of you.

[and it also means that he needs to find a way to keep himself from doing something he knows he'll regret. he may be here for the man in the yellow suit, but it means nothing if he can't reveal his existence back home.]

[There's a long silence. On the other end, Harrison is on a stool, shoulders hunched under an invisible weight, glasses tossed on the table behind him, eyes closed. Obviously Barry has already come close enough to figuring it out. And if he stops trusting them, they can't help him. He's too angry, he doesn't really know them, he'll push them all away.]

No. Barry. It doesn't. We are not telling you what you want to know because we don't want to influence your reality in ways it should not be influenced.

[It's not fair. He knows it's not fair. There will be so much pain in Barry's future, but do they even have the right to spare him that and risk changing everything they know?

He can't beat me the way he is, and I might kill him if he tries ...]

Whether or not he is who you think he is, you can't beat the man who killed your mother yet, Barry. You're not fast enough. Yet.

[it's all the affirmation he needs. the very fact that harrison brought up his mother's murderer.

eobard thawne is the man in the yellow suit.

there's no response to harrison's words though. nothing verbal, at least. instead, it's the sound of static, forced in a way that he's nowhere near capable of controlling just yet. but the safety of his phone isn't really a concern given the fact that it ends up dropped on the floor, the rush of air signalling barry's departure from the scene.

he won't be back for a while.]

Barry. Barry!

[It's too late. For a lot of things. Harrison sighs, loud on the other end but still unheard because who even knows where Barry's rushed off to, he can only hope it isn't straight to find Eobard.

Who he texts. A head's up is better than a surprise visit.

Then Harrison sets the phone aside and gets back to work. Barry will be back. Eventually. Hopefully.]

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