Of Dates, Intangible Things, Broken Legs, and Cocoa

[lvpd_sidle]

Sara is in the bar. She is curled up by the fireplace, drinking cocoa. Feel free to join her.

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[lvpd_sidle]

"You did," nodding. "What was that like?"

[silverageflash.livejournal.com]

Barry thinks for a moment and smiles nostalgically.

"It should have been as weird as meeting Indy or McCoy, but it wasn't. It feel like meeting a long lost uncle. Julie Schwartz was the nicest guy, so that helped. But so did how much he seemed to care about my life and what I'd been through.

"It was as if he really believed that on some level he wasn't helping to write the stories but only to tell them. And that he'd known I was real the whole time.

"And the enthusiasm he had, it wasn't like when Ray met me. It was calmer. A meeting of two adults who happened to be a comic book editor and a super-hero. In some ways, it was like the best of Milliways."

[lvpd_sidle]

"That is a theory I have encountered in several places: that those who write aren't actually creating, but channeling the stories and images," she says nodding.

[silverageflash.livejournal.com]

"I've heard that, of course. It makes a certian amount of sense, but it would tend to diminish the creative process some. And why should writers be mediums for outher worlds when painters or musicians aren't? I think artistic skill goes beyond even the strange explanations sometimes.

"Have you told this thoery to Suti? He seems to like such things, judging by the conversations we'd had and the stuff Eska has told me."

[lvpd_sidle]

"Don't think I have. It'll probably come up at some point when we're working in the garden. Conversations like that usually happen then."

[silverageflash.livejournal.com]

"One of these days, we should we go to the garden together and you should show me around. It's been too long since I've relaxed in a garden with a beutiful woman.

"Which reminds me that we haven't had a real date in a while, either. Are you feeling up for one next week?" His smile blossoms.

[lvpd_sidle]

"Oh, that sounds wonderful. Picnic in the garden this time?"

[silverageflash.livejournal.com]

"That should do nicely. Though after that, I think it's time we treat ourselves to a fine meal in a quiet corner of the bar.

"But just you and the garden should be just as superb." And Barry smiles in anticipation. "Tuesday sound good?"

[lvpd_sidle]

"It's a date. Though a fine meal sounds good as well, when we decide to do that."

[silverageflash.livejournal.com]

"All in good time, my dear Sara." He takes her hand, still smiling. It's been a long week, but he knows that with her at his side, they can both get better, together.

[ooc: time to wrap. Have a good weekend.]

[lvpd_sidle]

[ooc: You too! A head's up though: Finals start for me on Friday, so I might not be in as much as I normally am.]

And she squeezes his hand, content.