"I'll be safe," says Barry, touched that Derek cares. For all that they talk as easily as old friends, they've only just met, and he's glad to know that Derek feels the same connection. Be happy, though, is another missive entirely, and one that Barry is working on. It doesn't help that he feels something for every person he sleeps with, and it definitely doesn't help that he isn't sure he deserves anything as simple as happiness. He's just trying to stay open to as many things as possible.

"I like trying new things out," Barry confesses. "It's sort of like, you know how you can only tell some secrets to a stranger? There's a freedom here I haven't had in my life before. I don't know," he laughs, "Maybe I'm making up for lost time. I wasn't exactly a catch before I got my powers."