Alrighty... let me start off by saying this: this is going to be an emotional rollercoaster of a story. There's going to be crying, laughing, crying, crying, hugging, cuddling, kissing, all that jazz. If this story is complete by the time you're reading this, might I suggest tissues?
I love hurt/comfort way too much for my own good okay
Also like: MEGA BIG SHOUTOUT TO WRITE-TO-YOU FOR PROMPTING THIS THANK YOU SO MUCH?! I never knew I needed something like this in my fanfiction portfolio but now I'm in love with the idea and you are the one I have to thank for it. Thanks pal! YOU DA BEST :D
(also, one thing I wanna clarify - unless stated otherwise, in all my Snowbarry/FlashFrost stories, Iris and Barry are split. I would never write adultery. We all clear? Okie, good! I just wanna specify dat. :) )
Barry hadn't expected to start his day off with a hug from his lovely doctor partner, Caitlin Snow - but that's what was happening, and he was not complaining at all.
"Good morning to you too, Cait," he smiled.
"Good morning, Barry!" smiled Caitlin. "Isn't today a wonderful day?"
"It is a beautiful day, yes," Barry beamed. "You're in such a good mood today, Cait. I'm not complaining at all, I'm just a bit... oh, um..."
"Flabbergasted?" asked Caitlin, letting out a giggle at her new favorite word.
"Okay, yeah, let's go with that," Barry chuckled.
Suddenly, Cisco and Nora walked into the lab. "Morning all!" Caitlin said happily.
"Morning Auntie Cait!" Nora smiled, setting down her coffee. "You're in a good mood today!"
"Yeah, you are," Cisco said, smiling. "What's gotten into you?"
"I don't know... I guess I'm just happy to be here!" Caitlin smiled. "And plus, its a Friday - and I am looking forward to a weekend of relaxation."
"That I'll toast to," Nora said, raising her coffee cup.
Barry chuckled at his daughter. "Hey, uh... where are Ralph and Sherloque?"
"No idea on the former, but Sherloque's probably somewhere downstairs," said Cisco. "Ralph's disappeared a lot lately..."
"Yeah, barely any of the other stories have had him," Nora added, "I wonder where he's at..."
Barry had no idea what "stories" Nora was talking about (maybe she meant fights or something?), but he just chose to re-focus his attention on the new, patent-pending Meta Monitor Caitlin had whipped up - it was programmed specifically for finding Cicada, but could also be useful for sniffing out other troublesome, sneaky metas who liked to hide.
"This invention is gonna help save a lot of lives, Cait," Barry beamed. "I'm really proud of you."
"Aww, thank you Barry," Caitlin smiled, receiving a pat on her shoulder.
Suddenly, as if it were a cue, the thing started beeping, and it read off the location of the detected meta on its screen. "Its a Cicada alert - the warehouse along the pier."
"Suit up gang!" Sherloque yelled, running in from out of nowhere.
"Jeez, don't pop up like that," Cisco muttered. "Its not healthy."
"I don't judge how you live," said Sherloque.
Caitlin then took a deep breath, and then, Frost herself then decided to show up. "Ew, pencil skirts... why does Caity love these things? They're really uncomfortable."
"Which is why you have your own suit," Barry said, smirking at how Frost was.
"Thank heavens, darling," Frost said, gasping exaggeratedly. "I'll never fight in this..."
At the warehouse, the four heroes had just arrived. They then felt their powers dampening, all except for Frost.
"Okay, let's stay alert," Barry said, "he's close by."
They could even make out his deep, hideous breathing coming from his mask - the source of the sound was Cicada himself, obviously.
However, this warehouse did have leaky pipes that made similar sounds, so it was difficult to discern where exactly the monster was.
And then, luckily for them, he stepped into the open.
"Hello Flash," Cicada growled, clutching his dagger tightly. "How are you doing?"
"I'll be doing better when the cops haul you off to Iron Heights for good, Dwyer," said Barry.
"What the handsome one said," Frost said, winking at Barry.
Barry loved Frost's sassy side - he'd never openly admit that, of course. But it made him feel a way he didn't really feel with others...
It couldn't be... right?
"Okay, what's your game here, bug brain?" Cisco asked. "Ain't got all day."
"At least kill one of you pests," said Cicada. "If I'm lucky, I'll kill all four of you."
"Look who's talking," Nora shot back.
Cicada roared, charging toward the team. Barry motioned for Cisco and Nora to race off in the opposite directions of one another, while he and Frost stood their ground.
"Show him how its done, Snowflake," Barry smirked.
"Oh, with pleasure," Frost smirked.
Frost then shot a beam of ice at Cicada, freezing and throwing the cold-hearted killer who wasn't really main villain material backwards, and into the wall.
"Alright, that's it," Cicada muttered, getting back up.
But the whole team had vanished - and now they were taunting him. He saw gloved hands throwing rocks and bricks everywhere he went to fool him.
"Damn rodents," he muttered.
Suddenly, from out of nowhere, Barry sprung out, and took on the killer head on.
This proved to be a not-so-good idea, however - evidently, Cicada had been training, and he was able to get a few punches in.
In fact, Frost rounded the corner just in time to see Barry get shoved backwards, and see Cicada raise his dagger high.
"Frost! Go help!" Caitlin said from inside her head.
Frost nodded inwardly, and lunged forward...
She got to Barry just in time, and shoved him out of the way...
But the dagger scratched the area right below her left shoulder.
As she dropped to the ground, panting with relief next to Barry, Cicada shot off in frustration.
"Okay... ooh, you might wanna get Cait to look at that," Barry said.
"Gotcha," Frost nodded. "Caity? You wanna take over?"
But Caitlin's words...
They horrified her.
"I can't... I can't take over... I-I'm stuck."
And so the angst beginssssss...
So, if you're wondering, Frost is stuck in control, and Caitlin is still very much alive, she just can't take control. This will make for some good hurt/comfort scenes later on... ;)
See you guys soon! :D :D Hope you enjoy this story!