Caitlin was slowly being stirred awake by the light invading the room through the curtains that she must've forgotten to close the night before. She winced without opening her eyes and felt herself unconsciously snuggling up to a warm body. She stilled for a moment, realizing that she wasn't alone in her bed and that she was actually being spooned by someone, his arms put around her, securing her within his hold.

And then it all came back to her and she actually felt herself blush at the memory of what she and Harry – Harrison Wells! – had done. No, she had no regrets, she didn't even have to think about it. Maybe she'd been in denial this whole time as she was, indeed, attracted to him and very much so. After all, even Jesse saw that. And she didn't. Or maybe she refused to, thinking it wouldn't work out. Then again, why wouldn't it? There were no obstacles when not counting the fact that they came from two entirely different universes and there was a significant age gap between them. But what if it was? Caitlin knew enough to say with confidence that love and life never happened the way it should or the way one expected them to. Still, in the end, one somehow managed to get exactly what was needed instead of what you wanted and that was the biggest difference since people usually chose wrong.

This choice was right, though. She could feel it. She didn't care about anything, she realized when actually hugging Harry's arm that was holding her with her own and pressing her face to it. This was the best choice she could ever make. She shouldn't have thought that with her scientist's mind, but she did believe that Jesse's note had gotten through to her world for a reason, that maybe she and Harry were meant to find each other, to finally be happy after all the cards of their fortune dealt wrong. She had no doubt about that. She just hoped he felt the same way. And maybe in the end she didn't even have to worry about it since he didn't seem like a man who would just hook up with her in the spur of the moment. Besides, he was jealous, she just now realized and almost released a gasp. How could she not see it? All this time he'd been jealous of Palmer and then when he didn't see Cait meeting him anymore, he was so comfortable and happy around her on that gala. He even had good time! And next thing they knew, Cisco came along and though he was just a friend, Harry was jealous again. Not to mention the day before when his jealously just went overboard. Caitlin couldn't hold it in any longer and she giggled. Next thing she felt was happiness, just exploding from within her chest and affecting everything around her. As she felt that, the laughter came to a sudden stop. She also quickly realized that the worst part of being happy was the fact that one could lose it all once having it. Although maybe this time her fate would be different after she'd already lost so much.

"I wonder what can be so funny," she then heard Harry's husky voice so close to her ear that she felt his breath there and her body shivered, reacting to him being awake immediately. There was also another reaction she could feel, pressed tightly against her ass.

"You were so jealous yesterday," she told him when quite reluctantly turning to face him. She hated that his hold on her loosened, but she was quickly awarded with seeing his beautiful blue eyes in the light of the morning, which looked at her with so much feeling that it truly took her breath away.

He didn't answer but his lips crated a thin line, betraying what he thought of her pointing that out.

"Hey, it's a good thing and I have to admit that… it was even hot," she added and couldn't stop herself from kissing him just then. His lips were beautiful, too, she decided when running a finger over them, marveling at his lower lip that was just perfectly shaped before she brought her face to his and kissed him slowly, sweetly. Her hand ran up his arm and she felt the scar left on his shoulder. The one from the burn she'd herself treated. It was good that it healed.

"Good morning," he finally whispered against her lips, clearly pleased and placated with the kiss.

They briefly pulled away, just looking at each other. Snow didn't remember the last time someone looked at her like that. It was as though she was the centre of Harry's universe and nothing else mattered. She liked that. She wondered whether she looked at him the same way, just now seeing him smile to her, the skin on the side of his eyes stretching, revealing the crinkly lines she grew to love so much.

They kissed again, slowly and deeply and she didn't even realize when she basically climbed him, remembering about the hard thingy that had poked her in the ass before. It was still there, maybe now more urgent than before.

She leaned forward, running her hands up his chest until she cupped his face and then buried them in his messy morning hair. She kissed him again, slowly rocking into him though he wasn't inside her yet.

"You want to kill me, Snow?" he chuckled when eventually tearing away and reaching to the bedside table when he'd previously left the found box of condoms.

"Wouldn't dream of it." She smiled brightly at him. "I intend to keep you in my life for a very, very long time."

"Maybe indefinitely, then?" he suggested hoarsely, actually touched with that declaration.

"We'll see." She shrugged, clearly teasing him as she watched him rolling on the condom.

He raised his eyes to meet hers with a frown.

"It depends on how much you're going to drive me crazy," she made it clear.

"Oh, ha, ha," he pretended to be amused when in fact all that came out was pure sarcasm. "May I remind you that you have actually chosen this?" He pointed himself.

"And I like it so far," she assured him when leaning forward on his chest to capture his lips again with hers and then she reached to his length to guide it inside.

She did feel kind of sore even before she let him in again - it had been a while for her, after all and she wasn't used to his length, though she had no complains about it - but she couldn't stop herself, just feeling overwhelmed by everything that had happened between them and with the love she clearly felt for this man. She didn't want to let that go just yet. She didn't want to leave this bed and their safe cocoon to get up and get to work. She needed to hold on for a little bit longer.

After all, they both deserved it.


Needless to say, both Harry and Caitlin weren't exactly on time at work that day, having taken a shower together and then grabbing breakfast in the nearest bistro. When Caitlin finally appeared in the operations, trying to tune down her happiness and giddiness just a bit so no one would notice as they hadn't talked with Harry yet about how they would breach the subject to Jesse, not to mention Felicity with whom they worked closely; Harry wasn't by her side as he needed to drop by his house to change into a fresh pair of clothes.

"Hi, guys!" Caitlin still said a little bit too cheerfully when walking into the room, carrying a takeout coffee cup since the sleep she and Harry had gotten the night before wasn't really all that much. "Sorry, I'm late, I…"

"…was busy romancing my dad?" Jesse quickly provided with and Caitlin nearly dropped the cup she was holding. The incessant thumping rhythm Felicity usually tapped on her keyboard ceased as she looked up, fascinated.

Caitlin was at loss for words. In fact, all she was able to do at the moment was to just stand there frozen with the cup securely held in her hand.

"What? You, guys, didn't know it's all over the papers?" Jesse asked when grabbing one and holding it up right in front of Cait's eyes.

Snow swallowed over the lump forming in her throat when she read the headline about Harrison Wells finally finding love just above a picture of them making out in the street. Well, there were reporters there, she remembered. It was just sad and so, so wrong that they chose to decorate their front page with this instead of the poor man who'd died in that accident.

"I'm so happy for you, guys!" Jesse continued on chirping away. "Although… your tongue is kind of in his mouth on this pic, so eww…" she then added.

"Actually, I would loved to be kissed like that," they suddenly heard Felicity saying and immediately looked at the woman. "I mean… not by doctor Wells… because… not really my… and taken and… oh!" she then exclaimed when looking in the direction of the entrance to the room.

"Ok, I'm happy for you and my dad, Caitlin," Jesse turned to Snow and then back to Felicity, "and just so you know, you should stay away from him. Don't you worry, though, we're gonna find you an awesome guy and… Felicity, what's wrong?" she then asked, just now realizing the woman wasn't taking her terrified eyes off of the entrance.

"Have you finished?" they heard coming from that way and they all turned to see Harry standing there, leaning against the wall with his arms folded on his chest. He didn't even seem happy anymore. He was just pissed.

"Trust me, sir, I so do not want to kiss you!" Felicity quickly followed with and then her face turned scarlet. "I mean… not that there's something wrong with you as a man… I just…"

Harry only rolled his eyes and then walked straight towards Caitlin, taking the coffee from her hand and drinking some.

"Hey! That's mine!" she protested and eventually he handed it back to her.

"It's not you like mind since we already kissed," the way he said it made it obvious to her that he was being ironic, that they didn't just did that, but she hoped no one else would pick up on it.

"How long have you been standing there?" she just asked, already feeling herself being affected by his closeness and he didn't even touch her! He was just right next to her, but still, it was close enough so she could smell that amazing scent of him and feel her head spin. She was still sore, especially after what happened this morning, but God, did she want him again and soon!

"Long enough. I can't say how happy I am for our picture to end up in the papers," there was obvious sarcasm in his voice as he moved towards his computer. "Then again, everyone thought we were together at that gala we went to, so it's not like it really matters."

Caitlin could tell that he wasn't really happy about the paper, but she had to admit him right since it wasn't as though they could do something about it.

"I'm sure it'll die down soon enough," Jesse tried comforting them. "And I want you, guys, to know how happy I am!" She nearly squealed. Then she looked away when her father sent her anther unpleasant look, so she refrained herself from saying 'I-told-you-so-dad' just yet. She shifted her eyes to Felicity for a change and barely even saw her face as the woman was hunching over her keyboard, trying to hide herself behind the screen, her face still red.

Then, they were rescued from all the awkwardness when an alarm sounded, indicating they had a metahuman problem.

"Oh, thank God!" Snow just exclaimed.


While they were dealing with the newest metahuman who, surprise, surprise, could create a poisonous gas; Harry eventually retreated to his lab, feeling much more comfortable there. Snow came to find him about an hour later, really wondering and quite frankly, being a little scared of what he thought of this whole awkward situation in the operations.

She just walked in when he angrily threw a pen at the wall.

"Whoa!" she called out to him when coming closer and placing her hand on his arm, in the same time kind of enjoying the texture of his muscles. She really was screwed, wasn't she? She thought. She was so into this man, it hurt… "What are you doing?"

"I can't find the right solution!" he said, still angry when running his hand over his mouth. "Everything I come up, every fucking equation just doesn't work! We need to find a way to neutralize the gas before Jesse faces this guy again! And you know how impatient she is!"

"Gee, I wonder whom she got that from," Caitlin just murmured under her breath, earning herself a glare from him. In fact, she was so far gone that even this – technically meaning to be insulting – made her hot for him again.

"You know what I also wonder?" she then asked Harry when he moved away from her and started scribbling something on the whiteboard again. "That you should've remembered that I'm also a chemist and you should've asked me to help you. I'm certain that together we can do this."

The hand holding the marker lowered as he sighed heavily. "I'm not used to this, you know," he suddenly confessed without looking at her.

"What do you mean?" she asked when coming closer.

"This… us…" he revealed when finally facing her. "I'm not used to having a partner."

"Oh," was all she uttered because she really didn't know where he was going with that.

"I guess… what I'm trying to say here… if you're really sure you want… this," he gestured towards his person, "you're gonna have to give me some time to find… a new dynamics, so to speak."

"Why do you keep acting as though I didn't want you?" she just had to follow with.

"Honestly? It still seems incomprehensible to me," he admitted and she actually smiled. "What? What did I say?"

She shook her head, the smile still on her face. "Nothing. You just don't really like yourself, do you?"

"What? I'm a genius!" he denied fiercely.

"I know, but that doesn't mean you like yourself, the person you are and I am telling you, Harrison, that you are worth betting on," she said when making that one last step closer and cupping his face before looking into his eyes. "I see a lot more in you than you seem to."

He cleared his throat, suddenly feeling awkward.

"Um… ok…what are your suggestions about the toxic gas, then?" he asked as though disregarding their whole conversation, but she knew better than that. It would take some getting used to this relationship for him, to her actually accepting him for who he was and having feelings for him. Maybe it'd been too long since he felt like he was worthy of that kind of affection, especially after his wife filed for divorce, deciding she didn't need him anymore, that he wasn't enough. Snow really wanted to tell him that he was enough and so, so much more, but she knew this wasn't the time for that. They would get there. It was all about baby steps.

"Toxic?" she picked up then and he shot her an incredulous look.

"Please, tell me you just heard me wrong and needed to make sure what I meant, because this is so not a name."

"Why not?"

In response he only sighed when coming back to work, but this time he actually invited her in…

…only to get to his desk and sweep everything that was there to the floor with a loud rumble when once again, their solution didn't work.

"Oh, I was so wrong…" Snow just said with a sigh.

Harry turned to her, not understanding what she meant by that.

"What are you talking about?" he just asked in exasperation.

"You're not angry because of sexual frustration. It's actually your default mode," she teased then, bursting out laughing when seeing his stupefied expression. "Well, unless I did something wrong there," she added then and actually saw his eyes darken with sudden desire.

Without saying anything, he just grabbed her and sat her down on the now cleared table, kissing her widely and burying his hands in her hair. Her legs wound around his middle all on their own, pulling him forward until their bodies collided. Despite what happened during the night and then again in the morning, she still felt the need to just…

"Oh, my God!" they suddenly heard a scream and they froze, caught red-handed. "I know I wanted you guys to get together, but please, spare me the details before you'll scar me for life!" Jesse yelled at them from the door.

Harry and Caitlin quickly jumped away from each other, not able to look at the girl standing there.

"May I remind you that this is technically my lab and the door was closed, so you should have maybe… I don't know? Knocked?!" Harry then screamed and Caitlin, to both his and his daughter's astonishment, started laughing again.

"I'm just… Yeah, I'm gonna go," Jesse murmured and ran away.

"And what are you laughing about?!" Harry growled at Caitlin.

"Nothing. This is just gonna be way crazier than we thought! And damn it, I really hoped for some action on this damned desk!" she then complained and that finally did it, Harry couldn't hide the smile that fought its way to his face.

"Have I said that you'd be the death of me already?"

"Only about a few times," she informed.

"Come here." He reached for her, taking her into his arms and was just about to kiss her when…

"I got it!" She screamed in enthusiasm when pushing him away and getting to the whiteboard. "I got the solution! I'm sure it's gonna work this time!"

"Talking about letting a man down," Harry only complained with a sigh.


"So…" Caitlin started when the day was slowly coming to an end and the metahuman was locked safely behind power dampening bars, "another victory for Jesse. I'm sure you're very proud of her."

"And also terrified every time she goes out there," Harry confessed when turning off the lights and waiting for Cait to join him, so they could leave this place together.

"I guess it's what takes to be a parent," she said. "But just so you know, despite her eagerness to get out there and fight crime, she is careful, Harry. I am sure she'll do just fine. She's already had less injuries than Barry when he started this and that is something."

"I think it's all thanks to you," he surprised her when those words left his mouth so softly.

In response she smiled at him sweetly and he wanted nothing else than to make her happy for the rest of his life. God, what was this woman even doing to him? He wondered. Then again, he wouldn't trade this life for anything. There had used to be a time when he'd wanted something different, when he'd been constantly unsatisfied and unhappy with the way it'd all turned out, but now he knew what he'd seemed to be waiting for all this time. And he didn't want to change anything at all anymore.

He reached for her and she fitted perfectly into his body as he pulled her closer, putting his arm around her. They walked like that to the exit, taking their time and enjoying a successful day at work.

"Wanna grab some dinner?" he asked. "Big Belly Burger?"

Caitlin pursed her lips. "You know what? We may be kind of… together now as we already had sex, but you haven't taken me on an official date just yet. And I'll let you know, mister, that I deserve to be treated like a lady and taken just there."

He chuckled in response and then nodded. "It's a deal. I will take you, but not today. I will have to plan everything carefully."

"Fine by me," she assured him when snuggling up to his side. It seemed to have happened so fast, she thought. One day they were just co-workers and then the next they were suddenly together. Yet, she wouldn't have it any other way. What had happened the night before might've been tragic, but honestly, she wasn't sure they would've even gotten to this very point if they hadn't been pushed into it. Instead, they might've just kept on dancing around each other, almost touching but always retreating in the end when never actually meeting.

Yes, there were still issues they had to address and things they needed to work out. Their lives needed to change, to find a new dynamic, but she was actually looking forward to it.

In fact, she was looking forward to the future for the first time since she could actually remember and it made her feel good.


"Who the hell is this?!" she screamed as she grabbed the paper he just brought her.

"My first guess is that it's definitely not you," he answered.

"Oh, really?!"

"It's probably your doppelganger," he then followed with. "She must've come into this world and fallen into this guy."

"Why would she, though? Can't she see that this world already has me?"

"Well, technically, you're not Caitlin anymore," he told her when coming closer and placing his hands on her shoulders.

"And thank God for that because that girl was just pathetic. Now, what are you gonna do with her?" Killer Frost asked when meeting Firestorm's eyes.

"Whatever you want, my love, whatever you want." He smiled to her before leaning forward and kissing her, her ice extinguishing his fire.


AN: Yep, I think it's official. I'm gonna write this forever since all the issues I want to cover take way to much room lol Besides, I'm also having too much fun with this story.

The next chap might appear Saturday as I will probably be busy vidding snowells in all of my free time tomorrow and then I will have some shows to catch up on.