#dont wanna tag everyone else sdlkfs

[barry-j-blupjeans]

19 or 26 with barry and the birds? sorry for sending so many

26. hahaha no worries, it's not my blood

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Barry was in a strangely good mood as he staggered back into the Starblaster. It had been... what? Three months? Three and a half? It had been a while out there. Being kidnapped halfway through a mission was definitely not the way he wanted to spend this cycle but it wasn't awful. Like, Barry's been kidnapped before, but at least these people had the decency to give him water every once and a while. Overall, not a bad stay. Six-point-five out of ten stars.

Actually, maybe seven stars, because he had the Light and he was only moderately wounded. If you didn't count the emotional stuff.

But he was in a good mood nonetheless.

There were low voices talking from the kitchen area and he caught a draft of a very nice smell. Barry's stomach rumbled. He'd been eating the bare minimum for the past few months, so he was real excited to finally get some proper food in him.

"Uh, hey," Barry said, stepping into the kitchen. They were eating dinner, hell yeah. Even more of a hell yeah with the fact that they were all still alive. They stared at him. Magnus dropped his fork. "I, uh, I got the Light?"

"Oh my god," Davenport said.

"Yeah, I know it's-"

"Holy shit!" Lup said, flinging herself out of her chair. Barry stumbled slightly at the force that she threw herself at him. He laughed, only feeling slightly bruised as Lup hugged him. She pulled back, cupping his face in her hands. She looked tearful. "Barry, babe, how- I thought you died!"

"Sorry to disappoint," Barry said and she squeezed his face a little harder, shaking her head. Before she could respond, Magnus came and swooped them both up into a hug. Barry laughed again. And then there was Taako on the right, and Lucretia, and Merle, and Davenport, holy shit, he had missed everyone so much.

"Put 'em down!" Merle said. "You're not the only one who missed him, Mags!"

"Sorry," Magnus said, not sounding sorry at all. Very gently, he placed Barry back on the floor. Merle gave him a half-hug around the waist.

"Do you need like..." Lucretia grimaced, looking him up and down. "Medical attention, or like, uh. Clean clothes?"

Barry looked down at his shirt. It was extremely bloody. He had forgotten about that.

"Oh, don't worry," he said. "It's not my blood."

"I mean, that's- that's good," Lucretia laughed. "But you are kinda, uhm..."

"Gross," Taako offered. He gingerly patted Barry's shoulder and then wiped his hand off on Lup's jacket. "And sweaty."

"Very sweaty," Lup agreed.

"That's- that's fair," Barry said, not really caring at all, because he was back and Lup was here and he was alive and- "I should shower." His stomach rumbled again. "And eat probably."

"Go shower," Davenport said. "Please. We'll save you some."

"Right," Barry said. He held up the Light. "Someone should... do something with this."

"I'll put it in the lab," Lup said, taking it from him. With her free hand, she pulled him into another hug. Barry rested his face against her shoulder. "Be quick, okay? I don't want your food to get cold."

"I'll be as quick as I can," Barry said. Lup pulled back and he caught her hand, squeezing. "Missed you."

"Gross," Taako butted in again.

"Missed you too," Lup said.