SnowBarry: Love Story of a Lifetime.
Ed. Note: Don't own nothin' here. This is kind of an intro, a pilot if you will, for the SnowBarry stories I want to write.
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The night the particle accelerator exploded, Caitlin Snow lost the love of her life. At least, the first love of her life. See that very same day Barry Allen was struck by lighting, a special kind of lighting, that made him the fastest man alive. That night Barry Allen became The Flash.
Caitlin was devastated over the death of Ronnie, her fiance. And the only way she knew how to deal with that level of emotion was to throw herself into her work. She was a doctor, a special kind of doctor for a special kind of people- Metahumans. Metahumans are those that were affected by the blast from the particle accelerator explosion that now have superhuman powers, like Barry. Unfortunately, all of the Metahumans thus far haven't had the same good intentions that Barry possesses.
But, I digress, This story isn't about Barry Allen and his superhuman abilities. This story is about falling in love. Caitlin Snow, falling in love to be specific.
It all started the night Ronnie died. She hadn't even had time to process his death because Dr. Wells was in the hospital paralyzed. Whenever she had gone to visit him he mentioned having heard of a man who was struck by lightning. Apparently this man was flat lining over and over again. "The interesting part," Said wells, "is that whenever he flat lines, the hospital has temporary power outages." Wells's eyes gleamed with such a light that Caitlin couldn't say no when she was asked to investigate.
After finding out which room he was in from a nurse, she had set out on a journey that would change life as she knew it.
She found him in his hospital bed asleep. Her first thought was Where is his family? And her question was answered almost immediately.
"Can I help you?" A woman asked as she crossed the room to sit next to the sleeping man.
"Ah, yes. Um, is this the man who was struck by lightning?" She asked nervously.
"Yes, do you know him?" The beautifully dark skinned woman asked.
"Me? Oh no. It's just, I'm from Star Labs an-" Caitlin was interrupted.
"Star Labs? As in the ones who nuked the city?" She stated rather coldly.
"... In a sense, yes. But, look, I'm a doctor slash scientist, to put it simply, and I've heard that this man-"
"Barry." The woman interrupted again.
"Yes Barry, keeps flat lining and that whenever he does the lights go out. As a scientist I don't believe in coincidences, and- well. I was just wondering if I could have a look at him? Ask him a few questions." Caitlin asked, expecting a resounding 'no' and maybe a 'Get out, you red headed freak'.
"You can take a look at him sure, I don't see how it can hurt at this point." The Dark haired woman said. Caitlin was relieved and she pulled out her stethoscope. "But, you won't get any answers out of him, he's been in a coma for about a week." The woman quite nearly choked on her drink at the last word.
Caitlin looked at the woman. "I'm sorry to hear that. I'm Caitlin by the way." She lifted the corners of her mouth, but it was not a smile, it was a look of sympathy. This woman sitting in front of Barry was clearly hurting. Someone she loved wasn't with her anymore, at least not completely. Caitlin knew how that felt, but to think about it hurt too much.
"Iris." The woman said in return.
"Nice to meet you Iris." Caitlin smiled. Then, she went back to taking Barry's vitals. She read his chart, nothing there. She listened to his lungs, normal. She was taking his pulse when, Beeeeeeeeeppppppppppp. He was flat lining again.
The lights above started to flicker. The nurses started running in with an AED. The doctor was rubbing the panels together. "CLEA-" He was about to say clear when…
"Wait!" Caitlin screamed. See when the monitor showed that Barry was flat lining and the lights started to flicker, Caitlin's fingers were still on Barry's wrist and she noticed something. His Blood pressure was way to high for someone who's heart just stopped. And that's when she realised, his heart was still beating. "Wait I'm a doctor!" she yelled. "I know what's wrong, don't resuscitate him."
"And why not?!" The doctor asked frustrated.
"Because his heart's still beating." She said confidently. She looked at the nurse, "I need a Beta-Blocker, Acebutolol, anything. We need to slow his heart."
"Are you crazy?!" The arrogant doctor yelled. "Acebutolol slows the heart, in case you haven't noticed Doctor" He said sarcastically, "This patient need his heart to start." The doctor began to charge the AED again.
Luckily for Caitlin, one of the nurses listened and hurriedly brought her the medicine she needed.
Caitlin quickly stated the needle into his chest and pushed the liquid into his heart.
The doctor's eyes widened in anger. "If this patient dies it's on you." He said in a slow stern voice.
Pushing the rest of the liquid into his chest she stared at the monitor. "C'mon, c'mon, c'mon." She said under her breath, She could feel everyone's eyes on her. There was a long silence of anticipation. "C'mon!" She yelled. And suddenly the monitor sprang to life, rapid beeping filled the air. Allen's heart was beating very, very quickly. But, was also slowing down very, very quickly.
"How did that work?" The doctor said under his breath. He was astonished.
Caitlin sighed in relief.
The doctor turned to her, "How did you know that was going to work?"
"I was taking his pulse and when he flatlined I saw that his blood pressure was too high. I realized that his heart was beating too fast for the monitor to catch." She explained.
The doctor was speechless, as was everyone else in the room.
A little while later…
Caitlin was in Dr. Wells's hospital room reading a magazine, Wells lie asleep when Cisco walked in.
"Thought I might find you here." He said, his head hung with guilt.
When Ronnie died, he had died because he ran into the accelerator trying to save everyone and, under Ronnie's instruction, Cisco was forced to lock him in in order to save everyone in the lab. Caitlin was angry at first, she had blamed Cisco for his death but, she had come to terms with it. "Ugh, stop acting so boomy gloomy, you're buying me out, where's fun Cisco huh?" She said in an attempt to help him feel less guilty.
Cisco smiled softly. "Caitlin, I-" He was interrupted.
"Uh, hi am I interrupting?" Iris said asked as she entered the room.
"No not at all." Yes, yes you are. Caitlin thought. Iris had a real knack for interrupting but, she couldn't help but feel good about Iris. She could see them becoming friends.
"Good. Caitlin right?" Iris asked nervously.
"That's me." She grinned.
"Well, Caitlin. I just wanted to say thank you, for saving Barry the other day." Iris said graciously.
"Any time." Caitlin smiled.
"I'm counting on it." Iris said. Caitlin was confused. "See that's one of the reasons I came up here. You guys at Star Labs, you're supposed to be super smart right?" Asked Iris.
Caitlin laughed, it had been a while since she had laughed. "Yes, we are."
"Well, I was hoping you could help fix Barry." Iris hoped.
"Uh, wow. Um. Iris, I may be trained in some basic, basic medical treatment, But, I'm a Biomedical Engineer. I can't help Barry any more than his current doctor can."
"That's not what I saw last night." Iris rebutted.
"Iris-" She was interrupted. But not by Iris.
"Iris I think we can help your friend." Wells chimed in as he opened his eyes. Maybe he hadn't been asleep like Caitlin thought. Was he sleeping to get out of talking to me? Rude. Caitlin thought.
"Great! Who are you?" Iris asked.
"I- Am Doctor Harrison Wells. The founder of Star Labs. I have been following Barry's case for some time now and I think we can get him up and running again." Wells chuckled to himself.
"That's fantastic news!" Iris practically squealed.
"However, I am to check out of the hospital soon. I will be working in my Lab again and , well, all of my equipment is there. If I really am to help Barry I think it's be best if he stayed at the lab with me and my colleagues here." Wells gestured to Cisco and Cait.
"Well, that would be up to my dad, He's Barry's legal guardian- or was. Barry's an adult now. Um, I'm rambling." Iris said. Wells Chuckled under his breath again. "I'll go get my dad and you two can talk it over." Iris walked out of the door.
And that was it. Less than a week later Barry was in Star Labs, Caitlin and Cisco monitored him daily, tested him every now and then, fed him through a tube, helped him do other things through a tube. That was her life, but what Caitlin didn't know, was that the nine months he would be under, were to be the first step in her falling for him.
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More to come! The Caitlin and Barry love story of a lifetime. Please review, and follow the story so you don't miss out on the upcoming chapters.
Please note, the lack of fluff withing this chapter will be made up in full in the following chapters.