It was a Friday night, and the superhero couple were settling into bed. Barry was reading a book, and Oliver was trying to get his boyfriend's attention.

"Baaabe! Put the book down and cuddle meeee!" Oliver whined dramatically.

Barry only chuckles fondly and rolls his eyes.

"Just let me finish this chapter, okay." Barry said.

"Alright." sighed Oliver, laying his head on Barry's shoulder.

He catches a glimpse of the page Barry was reading and realizes what book it was.

"Oh, you're reading Lord of the Flies." said Oliver.

"Yeah, have you read it before?" asked Barry.

"Yep...I also kinda...lived it; ya know being stranded on an island and all." Oliver replied, growing quiet at the end.

Barry looks at Oliver and sees him frowning slightly with blank, expressionless eyes.

"Hey? Are you okay?" Barry asked nudging his boyfriend.

"Hm?...Oh! Yeah, yeah I'm okay." Oliver said shaking his head.

"Just zoned out a bit." he added.

The billionaire gives a fake/forced smile, which the forensic scientist sees straight through. In return Barry gives Oliver a look of disbelief.

"Oliver...did you have flashbacks of some bad memories?" Barry asked closing his book.

"*sigh*...Yeah, a little." replied Oliver giving up his facade.

Barry puts his book down on the nightstand then wraps Oliver up in his arms and kisses his temple. The vigilante nuzzles into the speedster seeking comfort. Barry hums softly into Oliver's ear until he's fast asleep. Soon after, he falls asleep too. The next day, Oliver wakes up alone in bed.

"Barry?" Oliver called out.

There was no response, so Oliver gets out of bed and looks all over the apartment for his boyfriend. Finding nothing sets a small twinge of worry in his chest.

"He's probably at work." Oliver reassured himself.

He gets his phone out and tries calling Barry. No answer, even after six tries. Next, Oliver calls Joe, hoping he would know if Barry was at work.

"Hello?" Joe said.

"Hey, Joe. Um...is Barry there? He hasn't been answering any of my calls." Oliver replied.

"No, he's not here. It's his day off today." Joe explained.

"Then where could he be?" Oliver asked a little worried.

"Try S.T.A.R. Labs, maybe he's there doing Flash stuff." suggested Joe.

"Okay...yeah that makes sense." Oliver said calming down some.

He hangs up with Joe and calls Cisco.

"Yo, Oliver, what's up!" Cisco greeted.

"Is Barry with you? I woke up this morning and he wasn't here, nor was he at work. So is Barry at the lab with you and Caitlyn?" Oliver asked.

"Well, Caitlyn and I just got here, but I'll look around for him, see if he's here." replied Cisco.

After a while of silence, Cisco speaks again.

"He's not here." Cisco told Oliver.

"W-well, is he out doing Flash stuff? C-can you j-just track his suit?" Oliver asked, starting to ramble.

"I've tried tracking his suit, he's not anywhere." Cisco answered cautiously, knowing Oliver is about to go into panic mode.

"What do you mean he's not anywhere!?" Oliver shouted.

The vigilante could hear his boyfriend's best friend flinch over the phone. He was freaking out.

"He has his suit, but I can't track it. Him or...something else disabled the tracker." Cisco explained carefully.

"Did you seriously just say that something else disabled the tracker? Cisco! Oliver is already freaking out enough, don't add to his stress, you idiot!" Oliver heard Caitlyn yell.

"Well, excuse me for being honest!" Cisco yelled back.

The scientists' arguing faded into mumbling as Oliver's mind went a mile a minute. He couldn't stop thinking about how his boyfriend was missing. His breathing picked up pace as he started to hyperventilate.

"See what you did now! He's hyperventilating! Gimme that phone, ya dunce!" Caitlyn scolded Cisco.

"Oliver, listen. Just breathe okay, slowly; in and out. I'm sure Barry is alright." Caitlyn told Oliver calmly.

"But what if he's not! W-what if he's been captured....o-o-or hurt...or, oh god, w-what if...what if he's dead! We gotta find him we gotta find him now!" Oliver replied hysterically.

"Okay, we'll look for him, just calm down okay." Caitlyn said before hanging up.

At much as he tried, Oliver couldn't calm down. His boyfriend was missing and he had to find him. He grabs his coat and keys before leaving the apartment, and drives around the city looking for Barry. After searching all over Central City, Starling City, and even Gotham City; Oliver still couldn't find Barry anywhere.

"Have you guys found him yet?" Oliver asked Felicity and Thea over the phone.

"Sorry, Oliver, we haven't." replied Felicity.

"You should probably go home, you sound really stressed. Just relax and calm down, we'll call you when we find him." Thea said.

At his sister's request, Oliver heads home. He sits at the kitchen table and puts his head in his hands.

"Please be okay, Barry, please." Oliver cried.

Then he hears the front door being opened.

"Ollie! I'm home!" Barry called out.

Oliver immediately runs into the living room and envelopes his boyfriend into a bone-crushing hug.

"Woah, Ollie, what...?" Barry said confused.

"Where the h*ll have you been!?! I've called you a thousand times, you didn't pick up; I've looked all over the place and couldn't find you! Do you have any idea how scared I was? I've been worried sick!" Oliver shouted.

"Ollie, I was just on Earth-38 helping Kara with something." replied Barry.

"And you didn't think to let me know that you were on a completely different Earth!" Oliver said angrily.

"I left a note!" Barry said defensively.

"Do you think I'd be freaking out like this if I found a godd*mn note?!" Oliver asked.

"I swear I left one!" Barry said shoving his hands in his pockets.

His eyes widened when he felt something in his left pocket. Barry pulls out a small piece of paper.

"Ohhh...there's the note. Oops." Barry said.

Oliver face-palms and shakes his head.

"Look, Oliver, just calm down okay?" Barry told his boyfriend.

"Stop it! Stop telling me to calm down! All day everyone's been telling me to calm down!! How can I stay calm when the man I love is nowhere to be found!!!" yelled Oliver.

"O-Ollie...I-I'm sorry." Barry stammered.

"God, Barry, don't you ever think before you do something?! What if something happened to you! You should've told me where you were going! Don't you even care how all this makes me feel!?!" Oliver shouted, tears streaming down his face.

He runs off to the bedroom and slams the door. Barry plops down on the couch with a huff.

"D*mn, why am I so irresponsible?" Barry groaned.

Later on, he goes into the bedroom to check on Oliver. He's sitting on the bed; his eyes were red, puffy, and wet with tears. Barry sits on the bed behind his boyfriend and wraps his arms around his waist.

"Honey...I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to make you worried." Barry said burying his face into the crook of Oliver's neck.

"Please don't hate me." he added, his voice cracking.

"Bear, baby, I'll never hate you. I was just really scared. All day I kept convincing myself that you were hurt or dead." Oliver replied petting Barry's head.

Barry kisses Oliver's cheek and hugs him tightly.

"Truthfully, I'm constantly scared I'm gonna lose you. I just can't imagine myself living in a world you're not in. My life...it's just full of so much darkness, and you're the only thing that makes it all go away. I need you." Oliver said starting to cry again.

"Ollie, babe, you'll always have me. I promise you, I'm not going anywhere." Barry said.

"Next time you decide to take a day trip to Earth-38, could you physically tell me." Oliver requested.

"I'll do you one better; next I go to Earth-38, I'm taking you with me. How does that sound?" replied Barry.

"I like the sound of that actually." Oliver smiled.

He cups his boyfriend's face and kisses him deeply. Barry lays back on the bed pulling Oliver on top of him, all while not breaking contact with his lips. After making out with Oliver, Barry calls the others to let them know he was okay. He got a similar lecture that Oliver gave him from Joe.