(Background: Established barry/eddie, Iris and Barry are still best friends but she doesn't know he's flash, Eddie knows)
Eddie was sitting at his desk, coffee cup in hand and his feet propped up on the surface, when Joe came barreling through the precinct. He knocked Eddie's feet off the desk, the mug in his hand falling to the ground, shattering upon imact.
"Hey! I liked that-" Eddie looked at the frazzled look on his partners face. "What's wrong?"
"The Flash is getting his ass kicked on Main Street."
That was all it took for Eddie to forget his fallen cup and jump out of his seat following Joe to the car. Eddie's hands began to shake in anticipation, fear overwhelming his body, what if he was too late? What if Barry-
"Eddie, we're here."
Eddie exited the car, aggressively shoving his way through the crowd. He vaguely heard, Detective Thawne and then various words he couldn't bother to listen to. Eddie's breath got caught in his throat; lying on the ground, limbs mangled and face bloodied was the flash. No. Barry. His Barry. Eddie soon found himself collapsing to his knees next to his injured boyfriend, taking no notice of pain in his knees that followed.
"Bar-"
"Babe…" Barry rasped.
"Sorry, sorry…" Eddie felt tears begin to waterlog his words. "Flash."
"'m okay."
"Yeah, and I'm the Arrow."
Barry laughed and then winced in pain, his ribs flaring with pain. Eddie's eyes examined his boyfriend hastily, his eyes rested on a small hole in Barry's suit.
"He shot you!?"
"Shhh, babe, concussion." Barry winced again, cringing away from Eddie's booming voice. "I need to…" Barry groaned in pain but his eyes looked at Eddie franticly as paramedics began approaching him. Eddie nodded in understanding.
"This is going to hurt." He warned.
"It already hurts." Barry mumbled back, Eddie's heart to clench painfully.
"I know babe." He whispered under his breath. Eddie lifted Barry as gently as he possibly could, the crowd parting as the two went to the car. Joe was in the driving seat waiting, his eyes scanning over Barry, much like Eddie had previously, scanning his injuries.
"Eddie… Eddie I need you to get the bullet out." Barry gasped.
"Bar, we'll be at star labs really soon and-"
"Eddie please!" Barry looked at Eddie with pleading eyes. "Eddie… I can feel it trying to close around the bullet… It hurts…"
Eddie turned to Joe who was driving slowly, trying not to cause his son anymore pain. Joe looked at him in the mirror, nodding slightly, "Do it."
Eddie removed Barry's head from his lap and knelt down on the floor of the car, "I can't do this in a moving car-"
"You have to." Barry replied, eyelids dropping rapidly.
"Okay… Okay… Do I just-"
Barry smirked, "it's not the first time you've been inside me."
Joe coughed loudly from the front seat but Eddie cracked a smile, shaking his head to himself.
"too soon?" Barry chuckled.
"way too soon, Bar, way too soon." Eddie soon sobered. "I'm going to have to-"
"It's okay."
Eddie sucked in a breath and slowly began to search for the bullet, trying desperately not to vomit. He'd seen blood and gore before, hell, he'd had a crazy man stick his fingers into his gunshot wound but this was Barry. Sweet, innocent, caring, Barry. Barry who, unknowingly, clings to Eddie's T-Shirt at night. Barry who comes down stairs with cute haphazardly uncombed hair. Barry who cries during Nemo every time he gets lost. This was Barry. Barry tried not to cry out but he couldn't help it because it hurt so much. He knew it would heal fast, it always heals fast, but rapid healing doesn't make the pain any less while it's happening. Barry kept from full on screaming, for Eddie's benefit. Eddie nearly screamed himself, only out of relief, when his fingers touched the bullet.
"This is going to-"
"Eddie!"
"Okay, okay…" He gripped the bullet, opening the wound further and causing Barry to cry out. He pulled quickly, deciding fast rather than slow was better. He threw the bullet behind him and reflexively clamped his hand over the wound.
"Thanks, babe…" Barry mumbled, eyes dropping as he wavered in and out of consciousness.
"Barry… Barry stay awake. Baby, we're in the parking lot of S.T.A.R. Labs. Barry stay with me!"
"'m with you… not go'ng anyw're…" But Barry couldn't stop is eyes from slipping shut in exhaustion. The last thing he heard was Eddie's panicked,
"Don't you dare leave me!"
BREAK
The next time Barry woke up he was lying on a mattress rather than a car seat. The first thing he noticed was a sharp pain in his whole body. He groaned. The next was Eddie, the poor man was slouched in a S.T.A.R. Labs rolling desk chair. He smiled. Eddie's hand as wrapped around Barry's and he had bags under his eyes. The blood that had been on Eddie's fingers was not completely gone, staining his fingers a light pink, and his once bloody dress shirt had been replaced with a slightly-too-small star labs sweatshirt. Eddie, as if feeling Barry's gaze, awoke slowly. His confused look soon turned into a relived one,
"Hey." Eddie leaned forward and pressed a gentle kiss on Barry's cheek, as if one little touch would make him fall apart. "How're you feeling?"
"Sore."
"I can get Caitlin or Dr. We-"
"I'm okay, Eddie. I heal fast." Barry smiled at his worried boyfriend.
Eddie looked down and then back up, his blue eyes holding a certain fear that made Barry's heart clench, "I thought you died." Eddie replied. "Caitlin said your body was trying to repair itself so your heart started to beat too fast for me to feel… I thought you were dead, Barry… I don't know what I would do if you-"
"And you're not going to know for a long time." Barry assured leaning forward painfully to kiss Eddie's lips softly. "I love you."
Eddie smiled, "and I love you."
