"Caitlin? Carol is ready for you now," Macy, the receptionist, told her kindly. Caitlin nodded her head and got up, Wally squeezing her hand for comfort.

"I'll be right out here, waiting for you," he murmured and she nodded her head before making her way into her therapist's office. Carol smiled warmly at her as she sat down on the sofa that was placed against the wall.

"Caitlin," she said and Caitlin dipped her head in acknowledgement.

"Carol," she replied softly. The two women looked at each other for a moment before Carol shuffled through her notes.

"Last week, we talked about the progress you had been making with your anxiety. Do you feel like you've made any more progress this week?" Carol asked and Caitlin sighed.

"N-not really," she stuttered out and Carol looked at her.

"Why's that?" Carol asked gently.

"I still have to have help from Wally with my anxiety attacks," Caitlin mumbled.

"I know I may have mentioned this before, but there's nothing wrong with accepting help. Especially from people who don't seem to mind helping," Carol said softly. Caitlin turned her round eyes on her.

"I don't want to make Wally feel like I'm using him," she said.

"Has he ever said anything like that to you?" Carol asked.

"No but…" Caitlin trailed off as Carol smiled gently at her.

"I doubt he feels that way but if it's something that really is bothersome to you, I suggest you just ask him about it," Carol said and Caitlin sighed.

"Alright," she murmured. The rest of the session was spent breaking down her anxiety, getting to the root of the problem: Killer Frost. Caitlin knew she had lucked out on finding a therapist who dealt with cases about meta humans; she could talk freely with Carol and wouldn't expect any judgement. The session wrapped up and Carol sent her on her way, with Caitlin promising to take her medication as she needed it.

Wally smiled at her encouragingly when she walked out of the room.

"Hey, Cait," he murmured and she smiled.

"How did it go?" Wally asked as they made their way outside. Caitlin tightened her sweater around her to fight off the chill.

"It went well, we just went over my anxiety and things like that," she murmured, choosing to not tell him about her fears of him having to help her. He squeezed her hand.

"Good," he replied softly and the conversation was left there for a moment. They got into Caitlin's car and Caitlin reversed out of the parking lot while Wally fiddled with the radio before landing on some soft music to play as background noise; it instantly helped calm Caitlin down somewhat.

When they reached her apartment, they walked inside in mostly silence; neither one of them feeling the need for mindless chatter.

Caitlin went and turned on her tea kettle, while Wally ordered from their favorite Chinese restaurant. In next to no time, the food was delivered and they were sitting down to dinner.

"You know I'm proud of you, right, Cait?" Wally asked softly and she looked up at him.

"Proud of me for what?" Caitlin asked.

"The fact that you're fighting your demons and accepting help when you need it. I know Killer Frost did a number on you but you're fighting back, not letting her win," Wally murmured and Caitlin smiled as much as she could.

"I'm really glad we're friends, Wally," she said gratefully and he squeezed her hand.

"Me too, Cait," he replied. The conversation was left there and it wasn't long before they were cleaning up and getting ready for bed.

"Remember, I'm just out here if you need me for anything," Wally said and Caitlin smiled.

"Thanks," she murmured before retiring for the night. She knew she wouldn't be able to make it through the night without having a nightmare, something that never occurred. She wasn't disappointed. Halfway through the night she woke up shaking. By the silence in her apartment, it seemed like she hadn't been screaming or Wally would've been in there with her, trying to calm her down. Progress.

She knew she had no hope of falling back to sleep so just grabbed her journal she had taken to writing in and started writing, trying to ease the anxiety out of her system. She ended up staying up the rest of the night, and when she heard Wally moving around, walked out of her room and into the living room where he was stretching on the couch.

"Morning," she murmured and he looked up at her.

"Morning, Cait, how'd you sleep?" Wally asked softly and she shrugged a shoulder.

"Alright," she replied quietly and he left it there. She jerked her head towards the kitchen.

"I'm going to make a pot of coffee before we head to work," she stated and he hummed in agreement.

After they had their coffee and poured it into to go cups, they headed to Star Labs, Caitlin trying to maintain her anxiety at the thought of seeing Barry.

Once there, they walked into the cortex and spotted everybody almost immediately. Wally rubbed Caitlin's shoulder discreetly.

"Remember to breathe," he murmured and she nodded her head.

"Hey, Cait," Barry said once he spotted her and she dipped her head in his direction.

"Hey, Barry," she murmured, refusing to make eye contact. She wasn't sure why Barry caused knots to coil themselves tightly in her belly. She could feel his eyes on her, but she was too nervous to look at him.

"Are you shaking, Cait?" Barry murmured but she shook her head.

"No." she whispered, trying to blink back the moisture that gathered in the corner of her eyes.

She swallowed nervously and rubbed her sweaty palms on her skirt before glancing pleadingly at Wally. He nodded his head briefly before taking over the conversation.

"We're glad that you're back from the speed force," he said as he clapped Barry on the shoulder. Barry smiled.

"Yeah, me too. I never thought I was going to get out of there," he laughed and Caitlin cut her eyes to him before looking elsewhere as soon as he made eye contact.

"How about you, Cait? Is everything back to normal now?" Barry asked gently and Caitlin didn't have to ask to know he was referring to her being Killer Frost.

"Mhm," she hummed before walking away. She couldn't stand the fact that she was so scared; couldn't stand the fact that she was so scared around everyone but Wally, not when Barry and Cisco were her two best friends a little over a year ago. She could feel Barry's eyes on her as she headed to her computer but she refused to acknowledge him as her hands continued to shake. Wally and Barry continued to exchange some words before they tapered off their conversation and Barry made his way to her.

"Hey, Cait," he murmured and Caitlin's shaking grew worse. He placed his hand on hers' to try and calm the shaking but she jerked it back as if she had been burned. He stared at her.

"Caitlin, what's wrong?" Barry whispered but Caitlin shook her head, not being able to tell him. He studied her for a long moment before sighing.

"Alright, you don't have to tell me, I know too much has passed between us to be as close as we once were," he said, "however, that doesn't mean I'm not going to build our relationship back to where it once was."

Caitlin felt her heart thudding in her chest as she thought about how she had hurt him as Killer Frost; she knew it wasn't that easy.

"Alright," she murmured as she squeezed her hands into her rib cage. Barry looked back and forth between her and Wally, who was watching her carefully.

"Ready to go?" Wally asked and Caitlin nodded her head. She was done working for the day. Wally wrapped his arm around her waist and led her out of the cortex, leaving Barry to stare after her in confusion. Exhaling shakily, Caitlin knew it would be a long time before she got better, if she ever did.