Title: Identity Crisis
Author: Louise
Rating: Pg-13
Spoilers: Flash and Substance
Category: Romance
Pairing: Linda/Flash
Characters: Linda, Flash, Wally and Batman.
Disclaimer: Obviously, I don't own DC comics or Flash. No infringement intended.
Summary: After the events of "Flash and Substance", Flash decides to ask Linda out when she starts to wonder who isthe man behind the mask.
Dedication: To Heidi for beta reading this fan fiction and helping me with my English.
A/N: Since this episode make me addicted to Flash/Linda, I thought it was about time to write a story with them that doesn't have Lois and Clark involved. LOL.

Flash was ready to come back to his apartment after an exhausted day fighting against the Rogue gallery. The only thing he wanted to do now was take off his costume and sleep for hours. He was set to leave when Batman put a hand in his shoulder stopping him.

"You might want this," Batman said, glaring at Flash as he gave him a small piece of paper.

Flash looked at him confused and then looked down at the paper. It had a phone number on it, beside his logo, and the phrase"Best wishes" that Flash always used when he was signing autographs to his fans.

"What is it?" Wally asked, confused, not knowing the meaning of the paper.

"That TV reporter gave to you with her phone number but you gave it back to her without take a look," Batman pointed out to Flash, who looked at him, surprised. "She threw it back before Mirror Master and the others
attacked the museum, but I picked up in case you decided you wanted it later."

"She did?" Wally asked, surprised as he looked the numbers of the paper. "That means she…"

"Likes you. Yeah." Batman said as he opened the door to the Batmobile."I think that paper would help when you decide to ask her out," he suggested, before entering the car and heading back to Gotham City, leaving Flash alone with his thoughts.

"What's her name?" Flash asked to himself, trying to remember. "Lois?" He frowns annoyed at his own suggestion. "Duh. That's Clark's girlfriend, you moron. But it was something with L," he said, still trying to remember, when suddenly he opened his eyes and let loose with a big smile."Linda! Linda Park!" he yelled excitedly before running away in the direction of Central City Channel Four TV Station were Linda was working that night.

Luckily for him, Batman wasn't known as the World's Best Detectivefor nothing. On the back of the note with Linda's phone number, there was also her apartment address and her place of employment."Wow, he got the job done right!" he commented before stopping in front ofthe Channel Four building and staring at it.

Far away from there, Linda was in the edition room with Marla, her camera woman, editing the segment about Flash's museum opening. She was exhausted but she still needed to finish the edition before heading back to her place.

What day she had had! She doesn't know what was worse - trapped in a weird mirror dimension (although it was pleasant to let Flash hold her while they were there) or being ignored by him after the incident. He didn't even notice she was completely in love with him. God! Men could be so blind sometimes, even superheroes.

She was almost asleep in the editing room with Flash's image paused on the screen before her. Linda was repeatedly looking at the tv screen, trying to stay awake, when Marla came back with a mug of coffee, scaring her.

"Linda, try not to sleep here. It's almost over," the camera woman said, giving the mug to Linda who picked it up, smelling the strong coffee scent. "I promise."

"I hope so," Linda said, taking a sip of her coffee without taking her eyes off of Flash's image on the TV screen. She wondered to herself - what he does he do when he isn't saving the world in his red suit? He must have a secret identity. After all, he wasn't born as Flash, the Fastest Man Alive.

Suddenly, her cell phone started to ring, awaking her from her daydreams.

"Who would be at this time? It's almost midnight for God's sakes!" she asked, aggravated, tilting her head and letting out an irritated sigh before picking up the phone. "Hello?"

"Linda Park?"

"Flash?" Linda could recognized his voice anywhere. And now, she sat there frozen, completely paralyzed, not knowing what to say without sounding like a complete love-struck idiot.

"Yeah. I hope you don't think I'm too bold for asking you this, but…"

"Yes?"

"Are you free tonight? I know it's late but … I don't know maybe we could go out, grab some food. What do you think?" Flash suggested, making Linda's brow furrow.

"Sounds great, Flash, but I'm afraid I'm still stuck in the editing room finishing your segment for at least the next hour." Linda sighed, frustrated with her lack of luck. "I'm really sorry."

"Hmmm… Can I came over? I can wait and then we could grab something to eat," Flash suggested, making Linda smile, totally smitten with his adorable proposition.

"Sure." Linda nods to herself, still sitting there with a goofy smile at the corner of her lips when before she could blink, Flash was in front of her, holding his cellphone he hadn't even turned off yet.

"Wow. You aren't kidding about being fast." She joked grinning at him as she also turned off her phone. "So?"

"So?"

Suddenly Linda accidentally touched the Play button of the remote control, making the tape rewind for to Linda's image.

"The Central Keystone area's beloved superhero, The Flash, is on hand for the opening of the new museum. When we come back I'll try to get with him…get to him...for an interview. Are we off? Geez, he's a total babe! Like, the entire track team at once. I can't believe you're not into him,Marla."

Linda blushed. With Flash present, he certainly knew what she had said and now he knew that she had a crush on him. What humiliation! Her day couldn't get worse. "Actually…." She cleared her throat, totally embarrassed. "I'm not going to use that segment."Still mortified, she put her both hands over her face, trying to cover her rosy cheeks.

"Why? I liked," Flash said getting closer to her.

"And for the record…I think you're a babe too," he said smiling at her.

"You do?" She asked, returning his smile.

"Yes." Flash responded, caressing her face and then giving her a very passionate kiss.

"Wow," Linda said with a goofy smile all over her face. "That was…that was great!"

"Do you think we can get out of here now?" Flash asked, making Linda giggle like an idiot.

"Can you wait more ten minutes? I promise I can finish faster."

"Okay, I can be patient when I want to," Flash said teasingly as Lindagive him a glare. "Really."

"Okay, then."

TBC