"So have you told him yet?"
Cisco and I were sitting alone at our table as he continued to drink and I continued to stay sober.
I swallowed my water slowly, glaring at Cisco out of the side of my eye. "Do you see him having a stroke?"
"Fair point." Cisco paused and then nodded furiously, his gaze turning towards the crowd near the bar where Gypsy was deep in conversation with Jesse. He sighed happily, taking his last sip of his drink. "Gypsy and I would have amazing kids."
"We are so not discussing this." I laughed, pushing my chair out to leave.
Suddenly Cisco's face glazed over, a clear sign he was having a vibe. When he came out of it he looked surprised. "Hoooooolllyyyyyy shit."
"What is it Cisco?" I asked, subconsciously picking up my glass of water and handing it to him. He pushed it aside quickly, standing up with a slight madness to him.
"You have to find Julian, he's about to do something real stupid." He replied, putting a hand on my arm and spinning me around.
"Me? What about you?! You're the best man. Isn't stopping people from doing something stupid your main duty?" I asked incredulously.
"What about me? I'm not the "Julian whisperer", you are." He said with obvious condescension.
"I'm sorry, the what?"
"Don't argue with me woman." Cisco said, lightly pushing me towards the exit.
"Okay, okay!" I shrugged off his hands and threw an annoyed look over my shoulder. "You better watch out. I have some dirt on you I'll happily inform Gypsy of if you continue to try and man handle me."
"Man handle you? Caitlin, please." He scoffed, turning his attention back to Gypsy with a worried expression.
Cisco being drunk was obviously affecting his vibes, because two minutes later I found Julian, perfectly fine, having a conversation outside with Barry. For whatever reason they were away from all the commotion inside and talking lowly as they stared out at the road in front of them.
"You know I never did pay you back for that bet about the Samson case two months ago." Barry said with amusement. I decided to stay hidden behind them for a moment, just to make sure that Julian really was okay. It wasn't spying or eavesdropping though it was just... okay it was.
"I'm in a good enough mood tonight mate that I'll officially let you off the hook." Julian nodded, lifting his glass of beer up to clink with Barry's one of champagne.
"Does that have anything to do with a certain brunette turned ice queen?" Barry teased him, punching his shoulder lightly. His childish antics often were heightened when in a good mood. And what better mood would Barry be in then on his wedding day? Julian side eyed Barry but from where I was standing the grin forming at his lips was quite evident.
"When did you know you and Iris were... forever?" Julian asked awkwardly, probably due to the few drinks of alcohol he'd had tonight and well... it's Julian. Something about this question made me feel bad for standing there and overhearing the conversation.
"I've always known." Barry said instantly. "I didn't know I knew it as I kid... but I did. It was always her."
Julian nodded thoughtfully, letting out a sigh and lifting the glass to his mouth. "Goddamn it." He muttered lowly.
Barry turned his head slightly to watch Julian, a knowing smile slowly spreading across his mouth. "Should I buy you and Caitlin an engagement present now or...?"
Julian remained quiet for a second. "Do you think she's going to leave again?"
His sad tone almost killed me standing there. I knew I hurt him, but he'd never truly let on to me how bad it was.
"I'm not sure, that's really a question that only she can answer." Barry replied diplomatically.
"You're right." Julian nodded again, finishing off his drink as he did so. "What if I ask her and she does leave? I've made my feelings perfectly clear to her before and she ended up leaving for two months."
Barry remained silent, sadly smiling back at him. Julian shook his head, taking himself out of his mind. "Sorry mate, we should probably go back to all the fun inside."
"If she's your one, it'll all work out eventually. Trust me." Barry said with a definitive tone to his voice as he clapped Julian on the back. "Now, about that engagement present, you see I never got one from you so-"
I smirked and decided to slip back inside at that moment. Julian wasn't going to do anything stupid, what was Cisco on about? There was no reason to worry.
As I made my way back into the main hall, a tall brunette man who was looking a little tipsy made his way towards me. I quickly looked away from him after seeing his smirk playing at his lips. I knew what that smirk meant, and all I had to say to it was as if.
"Hey gorgeous? Where are you off to? Wanna come have some fun with a lawyer?" I rolled my eyes at this so hard. He probably thought he nailed that one, despite the slurred speech. Also, who the hell invited this sleaze ball? I've never seen him before in all my life.
"I decline to answer." I replied, continuing to walk.
"Oh I see, you got an attitude." He said from behind me with clear amusement. For whatever reason, this guy thought it would be an okay move to run his hands over my ass and squeeze it. To which I immediately spun around to hit him, but not before I saw Cisco open the doors in front of me and look panicked and all knowing. When I saw Julian angrily storming towards the man, I knew Ciscos vibe wasn't about him doing anything stupid.
It was about the forceful fist Julian threw towards the mans face, causing the drunk sleazebag to stumble back a little, a hand subconsciously flying to his cheek. Julian let out a heavy breath and shook his fist (like a total bad ass), never taking his eye off the guy. Even though it was awfully violent, my heart soared a little that he punched the guy for me. I looked up from the guy on the floor to see a surprised looking Barry standing a little behind Julian, clearly shocked and amused at the same time. Next thing I knew though from out of the corner of my eye, Julian was being pushed back up against the wall by the drunken asshole. Quickly Julian had punched the guy back, resulting in an all out fist fight between the two. The guy (lets call him... Dick) threw a fist at Julian, hitting him square in the jaw. They kept going like that, and the whole scene felt like it was going awfully fast right before my eyes. Barry and Cisco were clearly about to intervene as I yelled for the two to stop fighting. However Dick grabbed Julian by he collar, as did Julian, and pulled him back towards the other side of the room. Julian spun him around somehow and pushed Dick over, right into a decorative vase in the hallway. They both tumbled over, just as the loud smashing sound of glass occurred. Julian landed on his back and coughed slightly, just as Dick moaned and attempted to get up. Before he could, Julian sat up and punched him once again, looking absolutely pissed off as he stared him down. "Don't you dare touch her again."
"Ow." Julian winced as I dabbed at his eyebrow with a cotton swab.
"Sorry." I mumbled halfheartedly, used to people flinching when I clean them up. So far I'd cleaned up his bottom lip and had given him a frozen ice pack to hold to his jaw. The staff was very kind when giving us their first aid kit, claiming that this sort of thing happens at weddings more than you think. Now though we were sitting on a stonewall of a garden bed outside the building, under the glowing light of the street lamp.
"Quite alright." He mumbled back, closing his eyes as I placed a small Band-Aid above his eyebrow. "Thank you, really."
"Not the first time I've cleaned somebody up after a fight." I replied with a smile, packing up all of the contents of the first aid kit.
"No its certainly not." Julian smiled knowingly, nodding his appreciation again as we sat in silence. He didn't look too bad for somebody who'd gotten in a fight just two moments ago, in fact, it made him look quite rugged in the best possible way. Julian put down the ice pack now, wincing a little as it came away. "Sorry if I acted like a complete nob."
"Trust me, he was the nob." I rolled my eyes, picking up the ice pack and holding it to his cheek. It needed to stay there for at least another 5 minutes. "You're going to have a swollen jaw if you don't keep this here."
Julian grinned a little at my bossy doctor tone, placing his hand over mine on the ice pack. "You mean like this?"
It was cheesy, but it made me smile. "Thank you for coming to my defense. I was ready to freeze the guy."
"I wouldn't have blamed you if you had." Julian shook his head and looked away from me, clearly still angry about it. "Can we switch to the other side of my jaw? He conked me pretty hard there too."
Instead of moving the ice pack I brought my cool hand up to his jaw and adjusted the temperature accordingly. "Better?"
Julian smiled graciously. "Perfect."
We sat there for a little while longer in silence before I noticed Julian swallow, seemingly building up the courage for something. Whilst I thought he was about to ask me about my status on leaving or not, he surprised me by placing his hands over mine gently and lowering them to my lap. "Now this is probably going to hurt, but I've been waiting forever to do this again."
And then he cupped my face, taking the breath out of my lungs for a second as he leaned in and kissed me so. goddamn. softly. I closed my eyes momentarily, allowing myself to be swept up in the moment. It was amazing. Way better than what I remember from months before, and even back then it was so good. But then before either of us really had any time to take it in, a loud bang from the front entrance doors opened, taking Julian and I out of it and caused us to jump back from each other.
"Dude, that was so fricken sweet man. When you hit that guy I swear-" Cisco appeared before us, clearly unaware of what he was interrupting. I zoned out, feeling bad now for allowing myself to have such a good moment with Julian (even though it was cut short) when I was still hiding something from him.
I looked over at Julian and saw him smiling softly at me, a small, amused smile at both Cisco's awful timing and his enthusiasm for a fight... and maybe a little bit of his smile was from our kiss.
Cisco put his hands in his pocket and sighed happily. "That was really something man."
Not taking his eyes off me, Julian replied with a very sexy smirk playing at his lips, obviously not referring to the fight anymore. "It really was."
A/N
BOI. I'm back sooner then y'all thought, I bet. I hope you guys are enjoying this story! Let me know if you are, and also if you are interested in a sequel! You'll have to wait for the end of this story to see where its gonna go ;) I also have a bunch of one shots and little stories I'm working on! I want to get as much out as I can before the show comes back and Julian is no longer a series regular.
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I'm so devastated too about Julian not being cast as a series regular again. My heart broke when nobody at Comic Con asked the cast about it. I saw this coming the last couple of months, but still, my pathetic shipping heart wasn't prepared for the news :( Guess I'll just be watching season 3 a bunch for a while. I hope he comes back a couple times this season.
Anyways, my Snowbert heart will beat on. At least we can indulge our imaginations with fanfictions still... I love the little Snowbert community, makes me so happy :) Thanks guys!