Barry Allen | Someone to Stay [LOST]

Coldflash

where len snart recognizes barry allen not for being the flash but because he’s mr. july for the central city pd fundraising calendar 

“well, well, well, what do we have here?” drawls dramatically a familiar voice.

this is possibly the worst day of barry allen’s life. or up in the top 10. the wormhole over central city last year is getting bumped down a couple of spots on the list because barry’s life is over

captain cold is looming over him, barry allen, civilian forensics scientist extraordinaire, and is going to ice him. and barry will never get to eat at big belly burger again or finally visit coast city. how on earth captain cold figured out barry was the flash is a nightmare but lo here he is with his ice gun crackling over his prone body as the rest of the gallery of rogues rob central city first national bank. 

god, barry can only imagine the newspaper headline tomorrow. he hopes iris at leasts forgoes alliteration. 

barry can only muster what he hopes is a heroic stoic glare but it probably comes off as bewilderedly constipated because captain cold pauses and actually lifts up his ever present goggles to stare at barry.

a barry allen who is sprawled uncoordinatedly on his back with his elbows digging into the cold marble floor of the first national bank. 

“you’re -” and barry just waits for his universe to collapse to cold’s great reveal of his secret identity to the whole rogues gallery and fifty odd patrons of the midday bank rush. barry can actually feel the agonizing seconds irk by as cold’s gaze focuses on him. 

“- mr july.” cold finishes with a hint of wonder in his voice. like christmas came early and the kahndaq dynasty diamond appeared in his stocking.

barry doesn’t know what to do with this information. he also didn’t think anyone knew about the central city’s police force calendar debacle of 2014.

today definitely merits a top 5 ranking for worst day ever.

“I — am.” It comes a little strangled, so sue him. “And you’re captain cold.”

“Always pleased to meet a fan.”

Barry scowls.

“Lenny,” Lisa calls from halfway across the bank floor, “we’re on the clock.”

“Thirty three seconds till we go, plenty of time to get acquainted with…”

“Barry.” He mentally kicks himself. Why did he tell snart his real name?

“Barry.” Cold makes his voice sound like velvet when he says it and Barry starts to stand up. He ignores the hand snart offers him.

“All set boss?” The infamous Heatwave calls, exiting the safe with a duffel bag over his shoulder.

“He’s busy flirting,” Lisa makes it seem like praise and an indictment at the same time. Barry’s ears burn.

“I didn’t think anyone even knew about that calendar.”

“Planning to do it again this year?”

There are sirens in the distance. Snart’s crew is on their way out the back door. Barry’s itching to give chase but can’t.

“Not really.”

“Well,” snart tilts his head to the side, turning to leave. “Think about it.”

A month later and Barry is standing under blinding lights with his shirt off and the rapid fire shutter snap of a camera wondering why, how, what was he ever thinking?

He’s never admitting to anyone he volunteered this time.

Undercover speedster

Thank you to everyone who contributed and supported this year's Snowbarry Week! Below, we've listed all the contributions we've received so please go read, like and reblog and share the love to all our content creators!

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Artist prompts

A bunch of Savisnow drawings I'm working on based on @doverstar 's " Chasing the Light" fanfiction.

I love them so much and cannot wait for when "The Losing Game" is back from hiatus.

Please accept my offering Snowbarry and Savisnow fans 🙏🙏🙏

@nopes-and-dreams challenged me to do something different with my daily sketching and then I forced him to do my lettering (and colour) for me.

Snowbarry Week || Day 5 - Role reversal

Fic: Chasing Snowflakes Pairing: Savifrost Rating: G Words: 1,121 Summary: After an accident turns her into a speedster, Frost makes it her mission to protect Central City. Unfortunately, there’s a new cryo-meta in town, a mysterious being known as Savitar, and he always seems to be a step ahead of the STAR Labs team.

Summary: Central City takes an interest in their resident speedster's love life.

Written for Day 1 (Social Media) and Day 5 (Meta-Whammied/Role Reversal) of SB Week 2022

snowbarry! because i love them and i miss them <3

snowbarry fandom... if youre alive, give me a sign 😭✋

Lieutenant

Zoom recruits Hartley to spy on Team Flash for him. Despite Wells’s irksome doppelganger and Barry’s insufferable nobility, Hartley discovers he rather enjoys being part of the team, especially working alongside a certain engineer. However, he can’t refuse Zoom’s orders, and it’s all bound to catch up to him.

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Excerpt: Cisco. The man he hated and who hated him. Though maybe that wasn’t true anymore. Seeing Cisco disappear into a vapor on a hospital bed had awoken something in Hartley. It was a feeling he hadn’t allowed himself to indulge since Harrison. He spiraled in his thoughts, growing angry at himself for thinking of Cisco Ramon in that way. His situation with Zoom was complicated enough without these feelings creating more havoc.

Words: 47K

Ship: Hartmon (Cisco Ramon & Hartley Rathaway)

Tags: Slow Burn, Enemies to Lovers, The Flash Season 2, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, POV Hartley Rathaway, Unreliable Narrator, Protective Cisco Ramon, Hartley can't stand Harry's face, Hartley's parents are homophobic, Eobard is a dick, mentions of past grooming of a minor, Mentions of Past Torture, PTSD, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Homophobic Language, Minor Character Death, it's a good time

If anything that should power up Flash

Fic: First Time

Eddie Thawne/Barry Allen/Iris West

Read on AO3 here

Tags: Angst; Healing; Grief/Mourning; Canonical Character Death; Time Travel; Heartwarming (believe it or not); First 'I love you's; Bittersweet Ending; Flashbacks to past Iris/Eddie/Barry; in other news Eddie is a sucker for romantic comedies

Fic summary: When one of your trio is the Flash, it’s never too late to say ‘I love you.’

Snippet:

Barry’s wistful smile is full of all the generous love he always shared so freely with Iris and Eddie both. "I love seeing you love each other," Barry used to say. No one ever meant it more.

Eddie is watching her with the same glint of adoration that never left his eyes, from the day he brought Iris’s laptop home to her, until the day he— He’s got his head tilted curiously, but he’s not rushing her. So patient. Even when it came to those three little words she always struggled so hard to say. "You know Iris," she once overheard Eddie telling Barry. "She just has trouble saying what she feels. She’ll get there."

This is the last chance she’ll ever get. For the two most devoted men she’s ever met, Iris West can damn well get over herself.

For @flufftober​ bonus prompt #4: Tucked into bed

Title: Bedtime Fandom: The Flash Pairing: Barry/Iris Words: 919 Summary: Barry and Iris tuck their kids into bed.

Link: Read it on AO3