A/N: This was inspired by UselessWreckage's Excerpts From a Coma Diary. I though the premise was awesome-and Barry, you know, was in an actual coma. I felt like it was super glossed over? Like, nine months dude! You missed a lot! Did no one think to update you? What actually happened during your coma? The people want to know!
So yeah! Inspiration credit definitely belongs to them. If you're into BBC Merlin (and consequently Merlin/Arthur), give it a read! But other than initial inspiration; the writing, sweat shed from research, and plot is mine. (Obviously the characters and DC are not mine. But that's fanfiction for you.)
Enjoy!
Full summary: Eddie's not exactly sure what was going through his head when he offered to write in a coma diary in place of his co-worker's obviously distraught family. But when Iris West turns to look at him with tearful almond eyes shining with gratification, his heart warms and-well, he'll figure it out.
Oddly, writing to this comatose guy makes him feel closer to him than anyone he had been in acquaintance with in Keystone (or ever, really). And the dude hadn't even shown signs of being conscious. Go figure. (Of course, with his father being the not-so-liked right hand of Keystone's mayor and himself having been in and out of various hospitals, he really didn't have it in him to socialise with otherwise fake people.)
Eddie was bent and determined to make himself a genuine family Central. Better than the cold disappointment of his father and his emotionally absent mother. And Barry would wake up and find himself a brother. (Hopefully Barry liked him.)
〝The Particle Accelerator-the invention so many bright minds were looking forward to-blew. It promised medical and scientific advancements, but all it delivered was destruction.
Yesterday evening, December 21, 2013, a complication arose to make it blow that still hasn't been made clear to the general populace. The storm that rolled in before the accelerator turned on seemed to have been strengthened by the explosion and Central is projected to have severe overcast and scattered showers for the next foreseeable weeks.
Everyone is urged to stay inside with their families this holiday season and to let the professionals scout the damage and find missing people. If you have a need to file a missing persons report you are urged to file it online. Do not come in person as the precincts are all packed and we don't know what kind of effect the explosion had on our surroundings. Do not call the emergency or CCPD lines unless you have an immediate need. Keep these lines open for those who need it now.
There will be supply vans, ambulances, and food trucks making rounds to help displaced families and injured citizens. If you are unaffected and willing to help, check local shelter and community centre websites for what you can donate and how you can volunteer.
The teams at STAR Labs are currently doing what they can to access damage and figure out what actually happened. No one (presumably outside of STAR) has seen Harrison Wells in person since, however he has made sizeable donations to local shelters, food banks, and hospitals. Is he trying to atone for his mistakes?
For any questions or concerns stay updated with us. We will be posting hourly updates. As always: stay connected. Thank you and stay safe.
-CCPN December 22, 2013; 0700〞
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Hey, Allen. This is Eddie Thawne, you know, new guy at the precinct? We ran into each other a couple of times but never really talked. I actually overheard Detective West's daughter calling me pretty boy to you shortly after I transferred and I kinda felt too awkward to talk to you afterwards. ...no hard feelings. ̶I̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶ ̶i̶t̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶.̶ ̶M̶y̶ ̶a̶p̶p̶e̶a̶r̶a̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶u̶l̶d̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶d̶i̶s̶t̶r̶a̶c̶t̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶k̶ ̶I̶ ̶d̶o̶.̶
I don't actually know when you're going to be able to read this. I really hope it'll be soon, for your family's sake. (And the Science Department's; the lead CSI has been throwing fits about his 'workload' now. It's only been a week or so since you've been out of commission but apparently you took on more of a workload than you let be known. I see you.) The doctor-I think she's a doctor, I mean I hope she is-said that it'd be a good idea to keep a coma journal because they aren't sure how long you'll be out. That you'll be able to read this when you wake up instead of floundering and asking questions no one knows quite how to answer. So. This is your coma diary thing. Day one of you having been stabalised and at STAR labs out of...who knows how many days. It was a long night/morning for the doctor-she looks exhausted. But I think you're giving her something to do. Something to focus on. She lost her fiance in the explosion. I'd say something but I don't know her well enough and I don't think pity from a stranger is what she needs.
You're probably confused on why I'm writing this and not your (adopted? foster?) sister. I mean, you and I don't really know each other. So far I think you've only heard of me as 'Detective Handsome' from Det. West (am I offended? Flattered? Confused? I mean I do have ears and bullpen gossip isn't subtle.) but we've never shared more than two words to each other. But she's-West's daughter-is too upset to write. I said I'd do it for her. I followed her and her dad in today because Cap. Singh (low key) wanted to know how you were doing but didn't want to upset Det. West by asking him to come into work. Singh's given him a couple of weeks off, so I'm kinda filling in for his and his partner's position. I'm also hoping to strike up a friendship with him, too, because your foster/adoptive (?) dad seems like a cool guy. (You know how you can tell about someone by the contents of their work-space? Oh, he has this one picture of you and Iris standing in front of the local high school. Det. Chyre told me-before-it was y'all's first day of high school. It's really cute. You look like you wanted to be anywhere but there and West's daughter looks ready to take on the world.)
Okay so I'm kinda rambling now and filling up a page. I'll try to keep these entries one page each. Um, I'll try to update as often as I can. Like I said, I'm filling in for West and his partner, so it's unlikely I'll be able to come in every day and write something down (even more unlikely I'll have something important enough to write down each day) but I'll try to update you as well as I can on everyone. Work relations and general news. I don't actually know what you get up to outside of work but the doctor gave me your apartment key and wallet and West mentioned something about a turtle so...I guess I'll go find out your address from Singh and feed your turtle? I'll ask around about what you're interested in, too. So you'll have things you actually care about to be updated on. Besides your family. And what happened with the Accelerator. ̶A̶n̶d̶ ̶I̶'̶d̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶k̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶m̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶.̶.̶
Get well soon! Or...yeah.
Eddie
P.S. I'll include relevant news articles for you in between the pages. Hope they help.
For any Hartley fans here-I'm going more off of the first script of the pilot episode where Harley is part of the scientist bunch. (Because ffnet is a butt about html formatting and links: look up 'flash pilot pdf' and should be the first one.) I just love his character in the Flash comics (I've only read up to 1990s Flash but I'm sure 52 Hartley is awesome too) and also he deserves better (aka more roles). ...low key might go for Hartmon, despite my fondness of Goldenvibe.
But like I said/hinted, as the first half of this is going to be written by/POV Eddie (and various guests), there won't be that much of a focus on romantic relationships. (Aside from the Iris/Eddie.)
Eddie, in my opinion, also deserves better. There are hints of a more in-depth past in the pilot script that was completely taken out in the episode that actually aired. So definitely want to flesh out his past some. But yeah! Hope y'all are as excited to read this as I am excited to continue it.
Also ffnet killed all of my formatting creativity. RIP me.
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