Hi guys! This will be my new one-shot drop for all snowbert stories. Also check out my profile for my new updating schedule. Hope you enjoy! This first little one takes place in an alternate reality I guess somewhere after 3x10.

Shooting Star

It didn't take him long before he found her on the roof.

She was sitting with her legs wrapped up in her arms, her back to him as she looked over Central City. He had to admit, the skyline at night was a beautiful sight. He was too preoccupied worrying about Caitlin to admire the view though. There was something... different about her. He could feel the change in the cool night air; something in the world had shifted in that moment. Something was about to change all of their lives. Maybe it was small, like a leaf blowing through the breeze, or perhaps it was something as large and scary as an earthquake.

"Hey." She breathed out, not bothering to look back at him. Some how she knew Julian would be the one to find her here.

"Hey." Julian replied back softly, unsure of how to handle the situation put before him. He admittedly wasn't very good when it came to managing other people's emotions. "Are you... are you alright Caitlin?"

Caitlin ignored the question, turning her head to watch him. From where Julian was standing the hollowness of her eyes stuck out like a sore thumb, even if she wasn't making direct eye contact with him. "Do you want to sit down?"

Julian nodded nervously as he sat down on the floor next to her. It seemed like forever to him before she spoke, but when she did he lost all feeling in his body, "I'm dying."

"You're what?" Julian sputtered out, turning his head frantically to stare at her. Caitlin remained silent and still, transfixed by the bright city lights contrasted against the gloomy night sky. Light pollution had caused the night sky to look empty and bare, however the buildings before them filled the gap with its artificial, promising lights.

"You're serious?" He asked again, becoming incredibly worried by how calm she was. It was unsettling to see someone so empty when they'd just found out he or she was dying. He decided not to push it any longer and wait for Caitlin to respond, despite how impatient he was.

"My mother called me." Caitlin said eventually, as if it would explain everything to him.

"Your mother?" He clarified.

"She's been analysing my cellular structure. I don't know how I missed it before..." Caitlin said out loud to herself now.

"Missed what?" All Julian could do was keep asking small questions in the hopes that it would lead somewhere.

"She's on her way over tomorrow morning." She added, closing her eyes momentarily. When she opened them again Julian noticed that she'd finally looked him in the eye. "What's that saying... starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight: I wish I may, I wish I might, have this wish I wish tonight." Caitlin turned her head back to the cityscape, a small, amused smile just barely playing at her lips as she recounted a memory. "I used to wish every night my dad would survive."

Julian swallowed hard, not used to seeing the fierce Dr Snow looking so beaten and bare. He himself turned to look at the cityscape again, noticing some smoke on the north side building upon itself and disappearing into the dark. "I used to wish my sister would come back."

Caitlin closed her eyes again, this time though she didn't bother to open them. "Its not fair."

"No," Julian agreed, desperately wanting to know more about Caitlin's condition. "It's not fair."

They both sat still atop the STAR Labs building in silence, watching as the fire grew and grew to new heights with the ambulance, police and fire brigade sirens echoing.

Caitlin opened her eyes, finally showing some emotion as tears formulated to make her line of vision appear glossy and blurred. She almost couldn't tell the difference between the city and the sky. "My cell structure that changes as Killer Frost becomes more powerful... its not only going to become irreversible but it... its also..." As she trailed off, Julian swallowed again, understanding somewhat of what was happening now. Becoming Killer Frost wasn't just deadly to other people; it was killing her too. How sadistic it was that her name was now so appropriate on a whole new level.

A lone tear slid down her face now, quickly wiped away by the back of her hand. And just like that, her blank expression returned. "How rare and beautiful it truly is."

"What?" Julian asked rather dumbly. He couldn't believe how Caitlin was handling this. Inside he was absolutely crushed, and he barely knew the woman.

"Life." Caitlin replied in a shaky breath, cocking her head to the side. A red and yellow blur was seen bellow them, heading in the direction of the fire. "There he is. The Flash."

"Is it... is it only if you use your cold powers that it'll become... worse?" Julian asked awkwardly.

"No. The minute my powers manifested it took effect." Caitlin shook her head and looked down, summoning all of her strength not to lose her sanity in this moment. She then whispered helplessly, "There's no cure for me."

"I refuse to believe that Caitlin." Julian said definitively without missing a beat. She brought her head up now, smiling at the sky with utter amusement at his disillusions. "I mean it Caitlin. I'll find you a cure. I give you my word."

Caitlin stopped smiling and turned to him, unsure of if she should cling onto this little shred of hope or not.

"Caitlin, I promise. I'm going to do everything in my power to save you." He didn't know himself if it was at all possible, but he wasn't about to sit by and watch this happen without helping. Despite a rocky beginning with her kidnapping him and freezing his arm, he'd come to like the brilliant doctor very much.

She studied him, waiting for a sign of uncertainty; a waver in his lip, a twitch to his eye, something. Yet he stayed as steady as a rock, looking her dead in the eye with promises and security attached. And then she found herself smiling ever so slightly at him, a familiar feeling of hope rising within her. She couldn't explain why, but for whatever reason, she trusted him. Julian accepted this smile as a good sign and shuffled himself over to her, wanting to be able to ease her tension more if he could. He then placed an arm around her, wrapping her up in a comforting hug as they looked out into the night sky. A small tiny flash of light made its way across the sky, somehow managing to show itself despite all the modern barriers it faced. At this sight Caitlin let out a noise somewhat sounding like a laugh and a sob mixed into one as tears were ultimately allowed to run freely down her face. Her teary smile got bigger and she softly leaned her head against his shoulder, finally feeling her body relax into him slightly despite the inner fight she was experiencing. Julian smiled, finding himself whispering for the both of them, "Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight: I wish I may, I wish I might... have this wish... I wish tonight."

Whilst the world moved around them, they both stayed still as one by one the city lights turned off and the stars slowly made themselves apparent, twinkling down at them from above in all their natural beauty. Caitlin didn't know what was going to happen when she got off this roof, but she did know one thing.

Everything was going to be okay.