OMG I can't believe the response I got to the introduction so thank you all so much as usual responses below…
Raquel – I got away a lot because I travel for work sometimes but this time I went to visit my sister who lives on the other side of the country to me but most of the time it's for work. A lot of people are waiting or Baby Allen 2.0 and yes they're married I'm writing this of course they are married haha.
AReiss215 – a lot have said purple and it might be you'll have to wait and see. All I will say is it's my favourite colour as for them being married everyone should know they are without having to say so. Hello this is me we're talking about. Of course they're married like five minutes after moving in together but you will see how it all happened sooner than you think. FLASH BACK TIME haha.
Boba – not much to say but you will get all the answers very soon. A lot sooner than you think.
Lolly – not a problem read (Theflashanatic) on my reason for blue and zoom and you might get a chapter like what you want. Have a great trip and I look forwards to your return.
Fgfgmyfgtr – so Maddison is Zoom?
Lina – everyone wants Baby Allen 2.0 so I should get my act together and make it happen haha and I did post another chapter of New Beginnings as you saw but it was because you asked so nicely haha.
sushiee – I'm sorry you felt that way but the reason it went on like that is because I wanted to get across that it's Cisco who wants Maddison to use her powers and is trying to convince Barry as he's already tried on Caitlin but I understand you didn't like or enjoy it so I'm sorry again.
Guest – I don't know what to say other than you'll have to wait and see.
Deliriouz2468 – I'm sorry to have missed your question I didn't see it in your last review or was it on Bombshell? Anyways it's called Aftershock because it just is.., not real reason for it really apart from I was trying to think of a title for the sequel and my friend suggested it and it was better than everything I had come up with but there will be shocks in store for this fic so it sort of makes sense. No killer frost in this fic but I don't have a flashfrost one shot prepared and I'm posting it around Christmas as a little present to everyone from me. So that will give you killer frost if it helps as for your other suggestion, Cait could be hiding a lot of things (I know what it is but I don't want to give it away). Sorry it's taken so long to answer your question and I hope I've explained it properly.
Bluestriker666 – thank you enjoy this chapter.
Anskyfighter – everyone wants it to happen so never say never.
Ecb523 – I think you are the only one to say pink but I'm not sure.
Mr Panda – no Killer Frost in this but I'm toying with doing a Flashfrost based fic but it's finding the time on the plus side I do have a FF one shot save as a Christmas present for you all as I will not be updating this or New Beginnings over the Christmas week and as I've said to many people on this of course they're married. It's me writing this they have to be married; flashback chapters included within this fic from the past six years to fill in all the gaps on major events.
Ecka – maybe she is, maybe she isn't but it is about time Maddison had a sibling don't you think. I need to get my act together.
Foreveryoung07 – I don't know what you think it might be and Maddison might be able to use her powers. Answer coming sooner than you think.
Guest – who doesn't love domestic Snowbarry and Cisco is pure gold.
Guest – interesting idea, you'll have to keep reading to find out what happens next haha.
Lexeeehh – I can't answer that question without giving stuff away so all I will say is you'll have to wait and see but Snowbarry will always rule.
Snowb4rry01 – yes they are married, you didn't miss anything it happened within the six year jump but flashback chapters will show all major events in their lives and will be weaved into this fic to explain it all. Don't worry you missed nothing. As for Cait you will find that out around the same time.
Theflashanatic – or maybe Maddison is zoom for the future that got stuck on earth 2 somehow and is now really only trying to get a younger Barry's help to get home but he is more interested in catching her than helping which is why she attacked him and almost killed him as she is angry that he will not help? Now that is a good fic if you ask me. I would so read that. Sorry going off topic but you will also find out what is going on with Cait soon.
I think I've replied to everyone, if I missed you then I'm sorry because I did try to reply to everyone. Just let me know is I missed you.
With the latest Meta safely locked in the pipeline, I arrived home at 2am it might be late but when you're a superhero you don't get to live by a clock when you're needed then you have to go. I'll admit this Meta took a little longer to catch then normal but when you have your home life in the back of your mind, you do have to keep reminding yourself to focus on the task at hand and that home life can wait until I'm Barry again and not the Flash but the idea of allowing Maddison to used her powers played on my mind all night and it didn't matter how much I tried to forget about it, it would always reappear again.
Having spent all of lunch with Caitlin talking about it, I still wasn't any closer to making my mind up - we weren't any closer because this is as much Caitlin's decision as well as mind. In the eyes of the law she is Caitlin's daughter made official when Caitlin adopted her after we married, giving her the same rights as I had so I can't make this decision alone.
Creeping up the stairs due to the time wanting nothing more than to join Caitlin in bed at this moment, I'm exhausted after the latest battle and I just want to hold my wife and sleep before Maddison comes charging into the bedroom in the morning before the sun is up, I know she's my daughter but at times I think she isn't. I mean why she can't enjoy my love of sleep and sleep in till lunch instead of getting up with the birds?
Looking towards our bedroom door, I decided to check on Maddison before going to bed just to make sure she is covered in bed as she has a habit of kicking the sheets off her and become cold in the night, I blame the super speed because I do the same thing but Caitlin covers me over again without me knowing. Opening her bedroom door I slowly creep into the room to see an empty bed and Maddison stood by the window looking outside at the street.
"Why aren't you in bed little lady?" I placed my hands onto my hips convinced I'm turning into Cait with each day that passes.
"Hi Daddy" she turned around to look at me waving; I know I should be mad that she isn't in bed but she's just too damn cute to be mad at.
"Maddison why are you not in bed?" I asked again wondering what she could be looking for outside.
"I'm looking for The Flash daddy" she looked out of the window again, peeping between the curtains.
"I don't think you're going to see The Flash sweetheart" I flicked the lamp on beside her bed.
Walking over to her, I took her into my arms and carried her back to the bed certain that she isn't going to see The Flash tonight for obvious reasons. "But daddy I've seen him before, running down the street" she tried to wriggle her way out of my arms which made me hold onto her tighter.
"And how do you know it was him?" I asked wanting to kill Iris right now for always telling Maddison about The Flash about me.
Ever since she was three Iris would tell her stories about him and how he saves the city and now she is obsessed with him – with me and I only have Iris to blame just because she writes about me –him for the paper doesn't mean she needs to make my daughter obsessed with him – me.
"Because I saw him, a blur of red running down the street just like Auntie Iris tells me and Jamie.
Finally getting her to settle in bed, I sat down on the edge knowing I'm going to have to stay here until she falls back asleep or else she'll just get up again if I leave. "Maybe you was dreaming" I said knowing I'm always careful when I'm running around town, I know I wouldn't have ran past the house unless I really had to. Iris makes her obsessed enough without me adding to it.
"I wasn't dreaming, I know it was him daddy. I saw him with my own eyes two nights ago"
"Bear, I know Auntie Iris has filled your head with all those stories about him but he's just a normal man like you and me" I sighed knowing I'm going to have to have a chat with Iris about this, to ask her to stop telling her stories of what I get up to because I can't have her up every night looking out the window for me – well for him and telling her that The Flash is a normal person like her and I wasn't a lie, we are the same as The Flash as I am him and Maddison has the same powers as me.
"Daddy he's a superhero, he's in the papers look" she jumped out of bed again and pulled open the top draw of her dresser.
"So that's where my paper went" I laughed taking it from her as she handed it to me.
"We don't get in the papers like he does" she jumped back into bed beside me.
I sighed looking at the paper, my face looking back at me from the front page. My mask the only thing hiding my identity, why I ever agreed to let Iris use a real photo of me I don't know. Every other photo was just a blur but this one isn't a blur, it's a photo I let her take of me in my suit. Looking at myself on the front page it made me regret ever agreeing to do it. "Maybe he wants to be a normal person" I told her, placing the paper down onto the bed between us.
I was telling her the truth; I wish I didn't have the superhero side to me at times. Life would be so much easier if I didn't. When I first agreed to do this I didn't have any responsibilities like a family to think about. I didn't have Maddison or Caitlin back then Caitlin was just the woman to patch me up afterwards and not my wife but now I have to lie to my daughter, Caitlin and I both have to lie to our daughter and everything has become complicated.
"He looks like you daddy" Maddison brought me out of my head and back into the real world as she looked between the paper and me.
"He doesn't" I tried to laugh it off. Surely a six year old hasn't worked out it's me if she has then how many more people will work it out.
"He does daddy look" she held the paper up in front of my face.
"Ok, that's enough time you got some sleep" I took the paper from her, folding it in half and tossing it into the trash can. "I'll stay with you for a while" I said making her move over so I could lie down beside her on the bed.
Creeping into our bedroom at almost 5am having fallen asleep beside Maddison, I quickly removed me clothes and slowly slipped into bed behind a sleeping Caitlin not wanting to disturb her. Turning onto my slide I wrapped my arm around her waist, pressing my lips against her temple earning a quiet hum from her. I know I didn't want to wake her but it's the same routine I've done since we moved in together. Every night I would wrap my arm around her waist pulling her back against my chest and kissing her temple. Just because it's almost five in the morning doesn't mean I'm not going to do it.
Turning over in my arms she nestled her head into my chest, pressing her lips between my pecks with her hand resting on my shoulder. "Where have you been?" she asked half asleep.
"I feel asleep in Maddison's room, she was stood at the window looking for The Flash" I told her hoping she had some sort of idea on what we can do about it apart from speaking to Iris to chill with the stories.
"It's just a phase she is going through, it will pass soon" she mumbled back.
I rolled onto my back bring Caitlin with me so her head landing on my chest, my arms wrapped around her, holding her as close to me as possible. "I know but she had the paper from this morning and she said The Flash like me" I sighed needing Caitlin to give me the answer on how to solve this, she's always the one to do this sort of thing so I need her now.
Rolling onto her stomach, proper herself up onto her elbows her eyes finally opened. "You have my attention"
"As you can tell we have a problem" I turned the light on so I could see her but only on dim so I didn't blind her at the same time.
Giving herself a couple of seconds to adjust to the small amount of light in the room her brown eyes look at me with concern – concern that matched my own.
"I don't know what we can do, let's hope I'm right and this phase is over quickly like the others"
"That's not the problem right now, if Maddison thinks it me on the front page. Who else will think the same?" I asked her, panic beginning to settle in that I've just revealed my secret identity to the whole of Central City which in turn puts Caitlin and Maddison at risk of danger.
"I don't think we have to worry about that, until someone makes the connection or thinks that it is you then we have something to worry about" she tried to reassure me but I wasn't sold, someone else is going to say the same thing and then everyone will know my secret. "Barry stop worrying, it's just a Maddison maybe in her mind she thinks it you or wants it to be you"
Throwing her leg over my waist, she moved so she was straddling my waist her fingers laced with mine. "I mean I sometimes wish I was married to The Flash but then I remember I am" leaning down she pressed her lips against mine in a slowly kiss.
"Dr Allen are you making a pass at me?" I asked once she sat up straight again looking down at me.
"I believe I am Mr Allen" her teeth sank into her bottom lip as she nodded her head yes.
"You're thinking about that night aren't you?" I questioned knowing my wife better than she knows herself at times.
"I am" she laughed bringing her lips back down to meet mine.
Rolling us over I pinned her below me laughing as I kissed down her neck. "You're wicked Dr Allen"
The night I will never forget, about three months ago when Maddison was staying at Joe's for the night, I left the lab late as I was behind on work and needed to catch up when what I really wanted to do was spending the night alone with Caitlin. I came home to find Caitlin lay on the bed dressed in my suit, mask included and truth be told I don't think I've ever been so turned on so much in my life, let's just say we didn't get much sleep that night and if Cisco knew what we had done with that suit he'd probably have a heart attack or blow a fuse or something. I know he defiantly wouldn't touch it again but what he doesn't know can't hurt him.
So another daddy/daughter chat and a little Snowbarry fluff.
'That night' Barry and Cait are on about will be available in the E-BOOK available at midnight… that's a joke it's not haha.
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