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Summary:

Barry Allen, also known as the Flash, the Central City superhero, faces metahumans every day, but an accident with one of them will turn him into someone else. Now that he is a woman he will understand his friends and himself better, he will learn to see his feelings and people differently.

Meanwhile, Oliver Queen is in love with his friend Barry Allen. Just when he is about to confess it, he will find that things have changed, which will lead him to make a decision.

Notes:

Before I start I must make some notes: this story has a totally messy timeline, what I mean is that you will see some events that happened in the second season of Flash but they will happen in a different way

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: Changes

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By now he was used to it, for most of his life Barry Allen had been in love with his best friend Iris West, who never saw him as anything more than that, her friend. It was common for her to tell him how lucky the person who fell in love with him would be, or after some love disappointment, to say "I wish I could fall in love with a guy like you" was painful to hear, yet the phrase he received today was totally new

-I can talk to you about anything, you're like a sister

Not that the term offended him, he was just confused, because unless all of biology was wrong he wasn't a "sister."

-Sister?

-Yes, you know, because...

Before Iris could complete her sentence, the alert that indicated they needed the Flash flashed on Barry's phone and he ran off without a word.

-What's going on, Cisco?- he asked, pressing his communicator

-A truck carrying hazardous material has just run out of brakes on the road outside the city, you must hurry, once it leaves the next intersection we'll lose sight of it, plus there's a traffic jam ahead

Barry ran as fast as he could, he found the truck and fortunately avoided crashing it by taking it out of the road, what he could not stop was the cars coming behind, they would cause a wreck; all the drivers braked and tried to avoid the crash, at high speed Flash managed to get them out of their vehicles before the impact, at the end there was a girl who was trapped by her seat belt, when Barry was able to free her he barely had time to get her to safety, she held his arm firmly and said

-Thank you

The speedster smiled and walked away to check that no one was left, just at that moment Cisco spoke again

-Get out of there right now, get the people out, I don't know how but one of the cars hit the truck's container and it's going to explode.

He had no time to think, he took the rest of the people out of their cars and drove them away to where the others were, he used the traffic signs to indicate that the road was closed and just as he was about to leave the blast wave hit him, he closed his eyes and crawled into unconsciousness, praying that his team would arrive soon.

When he became conscious, he could notice that he was lying on something soft, when he opened his eyes he saw that he was in the medical bay of the laboratories, he was still in pain, especially in his sides, maybe he broke some ribs, he passed his hands through the place and felt the bandages, his whole torso was wrapped, he continued his exploration and it was then that he noticed something, something that should not be there, in that normally flat area there were now boobs.

-No, it can't be, this is a strange dream, I'll go back to sleep

He heard the sound of his own voice and oh no, no, no, it's not happening, he tried to breathe but suddenly he felt that there was not enough air, the walls seemed to close around him, he was having a panic attack. Caitlin came running

-Calm down, listen to my voice, everything is fine, breathe slowly. Do you feel the air filling your lungs?

Barry slowly calmed down until he breathed normally

-What's going on? -he asked, trying not to panic again

-This won't be easy to say. It seems you had contact with a metahuman and... It turned you into a woman

It had to be a joke.

-Can we reverse it?

-I don't know yet, I'm working on an explanation, but we probably need the meta for that

-I was close to many people today. How will we know which one it is?

-We'll think of something


 

Oliver was walking back and forth in his apartment, he had just come back from his "vacation", spending time with himself was productive, he could think about many things and the more he did so the more he wished he was somewhere else.

During his time away, he clarified his feelings for Barry Allen, or rather accepted them, since he met the clueless forensic scientist he knew he had feelings for him, now he was totally sure he was in love.

To be honest, he came to that realization even earlier, he noticed it when they made their first team but he ignored it, he finally realized it when he left Nanda Parvat right at the moment Barry asked for his help; many things were happening in his life at that time, that's why he never acted, his feelings remained silent.

Now that his life was a little calmer, he could finally confess to his friend how he felt about him, without wanting to think about it anymore he went straight to the train station.

On the way he found a story about Flash saving people in a road accident, he hoped he was okay; he went to Star Labs and got in easily, apparently there was no one around so he got to his little medical  facility, there was Caitlin

-Caitlin

The doctor almost jumped out of her seat

-Oliver, I didn't hear you come in, you almost scared me to death

-I'm sorry, I'm looking for Barry

-You see, he...

Suddenly a girl came out of the other room, she was wearing a pencil skirt and a blue blouse (both seemed to belong to Dr. Snow); she was tall, she had long brown hair and beautiful green eyes, very familiar to Oliver

-Barry? -he asked in surprise

-Hey, Ollie.

Her voice was soft and melodious

-Can I ask what happened?

-Apparently a metahuman- He... -She? Sat in a chair next to Caitlin, crossing her legs-- and we don't know anything else.

-I'll help you work it out.

-Thank you, Oliver- he replied and smiled.

The blond couldn't help but return the gesture, Barry's smile always managed to make him smile

-Where do we start then?

Oliver listened carefully to everything Barry said but at the same time he was making a decision, that afternoon he had arrived at Central with a mission: to get Barry's love, he might look different but he was the same person inside, so the plan was still on