The moment Caitlin opened her eyes the next morning, she couldn't rid of an impression that she was being watched. Just then, when she finally registered that she was, indeed, lying in her own bed and boy, not only bed since she could feel the arms of the man she loved enveloping her; she realized it was Harry that was staring at her.

"Aren't you afraid I'd change?" she eventually asked, coming back in her thoughts to the biggest issue at hand. And here they thought that once he actually came back, everything would be normal for the first time since… ever? She wondered, nearly sighing when pulling his arm closer to her chest and hugging it to her cheek. Maybe she should finally get used to the idea that nothing would ever be normal in their lives.

"No," she got a steady and firm answer as he pulled her further in, closing in his embrace. "I don't believe that. Just because your doppelganger had the same powers, doesn't mean you will turn evil, Caitlin."

She smiled on hearing that, appreciating his presence and his belief in her so much she kind of had no idea how to even put it into words. Simple 'I love you' didn't seem like enough.

"Thank you for sticking around once you found out," she eventually settled for, trying to be all cool about it, but her voice still came out a little bit emotional.

"Snow, are you even serious?" he asked then in slight agitation and pulled away a little so he could look into her face. "I already told you I loved you. What more do you need to believe I'm here to stay? Those powers you have… it's just a hiccup."

He managed to make her laugh for the first time this day and she was sure it wouldn't be the last. "A hiccup?" she repeated after him, stunned and still laughing.

"Oh, yeah. Nothing we cannot handle, dr. Snow," he assured her with his eyes set on hers. They actually darkened and it was no surprise, truly, since she could feel him already hard against her. Must've been some kind of a morning. "We can totally deal with that once we deal with Jesse," he assured her again when she shifted to the side, running her hand through his already messy curls. He just looked so disheveled in the morning and she found it adorable and cute. She loved that sight and she wanted to wake up to it for the rest of her life.

"Oh, will you let that one go already?" she huffed at the mention of his daughter's powers.

"I can't."

"Harry, she has speed. It's nothing bad. If so, it may even come handy. Last year she was kidnapped by Zoom and she had nothing to fight him with," he flinched when she pointed that out, "and now she has speed. She has powers. You should be grateful that she can defend herself."

"Yeah, I should… not! Since she can also run herself into that much more trouble!" he started working himself up again.

Snow, on the other hand, was having none of it as she suddenly straddled him, taking a hold of his length and running her hands along it, earning a groan from his lips.

"Fine," she said, "then I will simply make you forget." She released him from her hold, now running her hands up his chest until she cupped his face and leaned forward to kiss him good morning. "Better?" she asked then.

"Oh, yes," he groaned in response, his hands immediately going up to cup and massage her breasts, thoughts fleeting from his head until only this remained. "Yes, this is a perfect idea." He nodded in appreciation when she raised up and then slowly sunk into him, taking him in until he was sheathed in her all the way.

"God, you feel so good," she told him when leaning forward again to kiss him, though rather sloppily since she already started moving over him, riding him, feeling his hands sliding down her sides, settling on her hips before cupping her buttocks and squeezing gently, earning another whimper from her.

"Oh, you have no idea," he agreed and they stopped talking after this, just enjoying each other, being in this perfect moment until Snow fastened up, too eager to reach her peak, to eager to come around him and feel him come inside of her.

Once they were done, she fell into his open arms that immediately closed around her.

"That's what I want, Snow," she suddenly heard him say as he stroked her hair, his voice growing serious. "That's what I want for the rest of my life," he then added and she stilled, afraid her heart would explode in joy on hearing those honest words. "I don't care about anything else. We can deal with it all. I just want this. With you. Always."

She kept on staying still, stunned, feeling her eyes actually prickling, an indication that tears were coming.

"That…" she eventually managed to say in a changed voice, "sounded like a declaration, dr. Wells," she finished when raising up and then leaving his body, lying on her back right next to him.

"Too much too soon?" he asked when turning his head to look at her, worry evident in his voice.

"No, not at all," she assured him when meeting his eyes, her hand searching blindly for his in the covers and finally finding it, squeezing gently. "It's perfect," she assured him, then sat up and stole one more kiss before she jumped off the bed and headed for the bathroom.

"Provided you won't kill me first!" he called after her, wanting to unload the heavy atmosphere. He watched her gorgeous body as she was walking away.

"Oh, dr. Wells, you have more stamina than you give yourself credit for," she teased him, throwing him a smile and then the door to the bathroom closed after her.

He took a deep breath, steadying his heart rate, just lying there in bed, enjoying the lazy morning and bracing himself for what was to come that day. He still had to deal with Jesse. And then with Snow's powers, her name now becoming the biggest irony, he suddenly realized.


Once Harrison finally dragged himself out of bed that still smelt like her, and headed for the shower; Snow, fully clothed, directed herself to the kitchen.

When he emerged from the bathroom, having taken his own shower, only a towel wrapped loosely around his hips; at the sight of him she nearly dropped the pot of coffee she was holding in her hand.

"Something's wrong?" he asked.

"Um… nope, no," she denied way too fast, her mouth already salivating as she took in the sight of his toned chest on which she could still notice a few droplets of water he forgot to wipe off and then the v line that was so tantalizing…

"Snow, you're staring," he pointed out as though she didn't know it herself.

"Yep."

"So… maybe you could stop before you'll give me another erection. You do know we have to show up in the Labs today, don't you?"

"It's all your fault!" she suddenly raised her voice, finally putting the coffee pot on the table. "Get dressed for God's sake! You're too hot for your own good!"

He laughed and that captivated her on a completely new level.

"Clothes! Now!" she called to him and he turned around, all smug. "I made some room for you in my closet!" she then added and he came to a stop. "Um… is that too soon?" she suddenly asked, her voice unsure. "I just…" she started tangling herself up. "I just thought that… you know… with… I mean, you're here to stay, so I thought you should call this place your home and not that terrible room in the Labs…"

"It's perfect, Snow. Thank you," he just said with another smile to calm her down. "I guess… This… this is still new to me. Honestly, after my wife died I never thought I could find something real and strong again… and…" his voice suddenly grew hoarse and she couldn't help but walk over to him and put her arms around him, enjoying the feel of his naked skin under her face and hands and the fresh scent of his body as he just came out of the shower. She always enjoyed him, actually.

"I know. Me, too," she just said when pulling away and he kissed her slowly, sweetly before finally moving to her bedroom and dropping the towel on his way, giving her an excellent view of his backside.

"Now that is what I could get used to seeing every morning," she murmured under her breath when grabbing her cup of coffee and smiling brightly.


Caitlin didn't know what to do anymore as they were back at the speed lab and just now she and Cisco were witnessing Harrison loudly arguing with his daughter. It was obvious to Snow that he was worried about Jesse and the speed she now possessed, but maybe a little bit of that anxiousness also came from her, from Cait and her own trouble. Still, this was just getting ridiculous. He was clearly working himself up over an issue that in the end would probably turn out just fine with Jesse being a speedster.

Needless to say, as a result the girl only felt insulted, yet once again and strode off, abandoning the tests they were still conveying.

"Oh, this is so not happening," Harry groaned when placing his hands on his head and rubbing his temples.

"I think you need to take a breather here, man," Cisco dared say and Caitlin hissed, knowing this was definitely not the right approach.

And just as she predicted, Harrison erupted even more.

"Take a breather?!" he yelled at Cisco, gesticulating wildly. "This is my daughter we're talking about! And everything was fine until she was hit with the dark matter and suddenly, bum!, she got speed and she wants to be just like Barry Allen and I think that's great idea… NOT!"

There was sudden silence as Wells took a deep breath and Cisco just shot Caitlin a look.

"Why are you looking at me like this?" she asked him with a frown. Did he really expect she would help him now after he managed to agitate Harry even more?!

"Well, I'm looking at you like this because this is clearly your fault!" her friend completely surprised her by accusing her.

"Whoa! How is this my fault?!" Caitlin wanted to know, taken aback and even Harry frowned at Ramon, not getting where the younger man was going with this.

"If you gave Harry here the night of his dreams, then maybe he wouldn't be so impossible to stand today!" Cisco erupted and both Caitlin's eyes and mouth opened widely.

"WHAT?!" was all she could utter.

"What?" Cisco looked from her to an equally stunned Harrison and then asked, "Aren't you guys having sex? Which, you know, it's supposed to relax and not do the opposite?"

Whereas Snow just stood there, rendered speechless, her mouth still hanging open, not believing Cisco just said that; Harry quickly shot him down, feeling very proud of himself out of a sudden, "Of course we are having sex, Ramon!" he answered and Caitlin just had to look at him with a frown. Because seriously, how dared he play this silly little game with Cisco? "Which is something I clearly cannot say about you," Harry added immediately and Caitlin just rolled her eyes, seeing why now.

"Hey! That… that ain't right!" Cisco eventually pointed his finger at Wells and then looked back at Cait who started to rethink the usefulness of her presence there. Maybe it would be better if she just left them to scream at each other… "Then why are you so tensed up, man?!" her friend eventually screamed, his voice growing weirdly thin.

"Just for your information, Cisco," Caitlin finally said when moving to her friend and patting his shoulder playfully, "I think it's his default mode." After that, she headed straight to exit.

"Wait… Snow!" Harry called after her in exasperation.

"Great!" Cisco huffed, placing his hands on his hips. "Where's a nice and sweet Wells when you actually need him?!"

"Snow!" Harrison ignored him and called after his lady one more time, but she just shook her head, already in the door.

"It's your mess to clean up, Harry! Better find Jesse!" she threw his way without even looking at him.

"I think it would be better if you dealt with this trouble in paradise first," Cisco advised him on the contrary. "Because if Cait wants to kick you back to Earth Two, I will help. I'm not even kidding!"

If only a look could kill, Harry thought with a sigh and eventually chose to head after Snow. Not that he actually decided to listen to Ramon, he just followed his own gut, searching out Caitlin first.


Jesse was out with Wally anyway, of which Allen informed him when he saw Wells walking down the hall. Still, Caitlin seemed like a more urgent matter and only the two of them knew why that was.

"Snow…" he said her name when he finally reached her lab and saw her just sitting there by her desk with her chin braced on her hands. "Caitlin…" he tried one more time, calling her by her first name.

"Harry, I told you," she started to get mad, but then just sighed, seeming to have given up. "You should go after Jesse. I never asked whether she was staying with you here or coming back, but she's still the most urgent matter you need to take care of now and I get it."

"No, you don't get anything," he disagreed and she just had to raise her eyes to meet his.

He ran a hand over his mouth, just standing there, not knowing how to start and eventually he grabbed a swiveling chair and brought it over so he could sit right in front of her.

She faced him, straightening up as he approached her, wondering what this was all about. He surely looked serious.

"This isn't about Jesse at all, is it?" Caitlin finally understood as the silence grew too heavy.

He sighed before he nodded, avoiding her eyes.

"You're working yourself up over Jesse because you don't want to face my problem with my powers," she guessed correctly one more time and saw him bringing a hand to his face and rubbing the space between his eyes. Somewhere along the way he'd seemed to misplace his glasses, but she welcomed that. She liked the vulnerable look in his blue eyes she now had the unobscured view of. The worst part was that they also seemed to be haunted.

"I just…" he started and shook his head. "I know we have to conduct tests of our own and we have to hide it from the team because you don't want to tell them…"

"No." She shook her head, still not buying it. "That's not your problem either. Harry, be honest here. You're worried about me. Not Jesse. I mean, of course you worry a little that she might get overconfident, but in the end she is a speedster. They heal fast. Those powers… you should both treat them as a blessing because thanks to them she will never be vulnerable again. It's me what you're truly freaking out over."

"That is definitely not the word I would use," he quickly disagreed when reaching for her hands, turning them palms up as though he expected the ice to appear there again. Eventually, he just closed them inside his own.

"Did we just have our first fight that Cisco accidentally witnessed?" Caitlin suddenly asked, just to unload the heavy atmosphere and Harry chuckled.

"I wouldn't say accidentally. He's quite the drama queen. He enjoyed the show."

She smiled. "Maybe, but you were so rude. Harry, you know what a terrible luck he has with women and…"

"Stop it. It's not about Ramon. It's about us. He can handle himself and I'm sure when the time is right, the right girl will come along," Harrison dismissed her worries. "It always does, doesn't it?" His words seemed to convey double meaning just there and she smiled again, actually reaching out and touching his face.

"I cannot tell you how grateful I am that you're here. I truly have no idea what I would do without you. I don't think I could deal with these… powers alone."

"You will never have to as long as I live, Snow," he assured her, covering her hand on his face and eventually taking it into his own again, bringing it to his lips to place a soft kiss there.

"I don't want you to worry too much about me, Harry," she then said. "I'm sorry this isn't an ideal situation for you…"

"You don't have anything to apologize for," he quickly interrupted her. "It's Allen who has it coming. I still haven't come up with a proper enough punishment for him."

"He meant well."

"Yeah," Harry snorted, "and hell is always paved with good intentions. I just wish…" He shook his head, looking aside. "Why didn't I ask you to come with me to Earth Two? Just for a while? It seems like such an obvious move now. We could be together while I settled all the things I needed to take care of…"

"And I wouldn't be affected by the changes in the timeline?" she guessed. "Harry, you couldn't have known. Besides, if you had taken me with you, I would have been too much of a distraction."

"So?" he asked, sparks in his eyes. "Maybe I would've stayed on Earth Two longer, but there would've been no hurry anyway."

"Stop it." She shut him down just then. "We cannot change things. We can only move forward, so you need to talk to Jesse and settle things between you two already so we could sit down and test my powers."

He nodded, closing his eyes for a few brief seconds.

"Could you maybe…?" he started then when raising his eyes to hers again and she knew immediately what he meant.

"Oh, no!" she disagreed. "No, mister! I will not talk to your daughter for you! And even if I have powers of my own now, the difference is that I want to get rid of them and Jesse wants hers to stay. You won't get away that easily! Go and fix your own mess!"

He actually smiled at her, then he kissed her briefly on the lips before getting up from his chair and heading for the door.

"I love you," he still said before leaving.

"I love you, too."


Caitlin couldn't be more proud of her man when at the end of the day not only he managed to get through to Jesse and make his peace with the girl, but he also allowed her to go out into the field because Barry clearly needed help when facing the newest metahuman in town, dr. Alchemy's creation from flashpoint – Magenta.

And Jesse killed it.

Snow was truly happy to see the proud look on Harrison's face when he realized what his little girl did, how she helped save the day. It was about time, Caitlin thought then when smiling at him brightly and seeing him smile right back at her.

Little did Harry know that Cisco already had something prepared for his daughter and he handed it over to the older man now.

"What is this?" Harry asked in confusion when accepting the box.

"This, my friend," Cisco started with a bright smile on his face, "is a suit for Jesse. I've been working on it non-stop ever since you two arrived. I just thought maybe you wanted to give it to her yourself."

Caitlin waited in anticipation for what Harry would say, seeing that Cisco went out of his way to make this and leave the gift for Harry to hand over to his daughter and all of that despite what the older man had said to him earlier in anger.

"I… um…" Harry got stuck, Cait watching his ministrations carefully until she made her way to him and placed her hand on his shoulder. "Well, thank you, Ramon," he eventually got it out, his voice a little strained, though he tried his best to sound as always, gruff and unaffected. "Really. And… um… I'm sorry for before, ok? Any girl would be lucky to have you. Well, any except Snow or my daughter for that matter, but… Yeah, they're off limits. Everyone else, though, is fair game."

Snow cringed on hearing that, but then again, she shouldn't really expect anything better from the awkward man that Harrison was and then it just hit her how much she loved him and all those strange behaviors of his. He was so socially awkward that it seemed a miracle to her that he'd fit into their team somehow. She even wondered briefly what would've happened if they hadn't gotten so close, but then she'd rather not think about it at all, grateful that they had, indeed.

"Ok, I'll take that," Cisco decided with a nod of his head. "And I should… yeah, apologize for my lack of tact earlier on…" he started carefully.

"Never mention it again," Harry threatened, his voice back to normal and then he seemed taken aback that Cisco gave him a hug.

"Now, go find your daughter," the younger man advised.

"Will do."

"That was… sweet. And smooth. I'm proud of you two," Caitlin said to her friend once Harry was gone; a bright smile on her face.

"Yeah, he might turn out all right in the end," Cisco teased her, bumping his shoulder with hers. "Though, a tough nut to crack you found yourself there, miss Snow."

"What can I say? Love doesn't choose."

"No. No, it doesn't," Cisco agreed, folding his arms on his chest. "But you know what? The most important thing is that he makes you happy. I couldn't have asked for more for you, Cait. You deserve it."

"Thank you, Cisco. It really means a lot," she said, actually fighting tears by now. Then she reached for him to hug him and she suddenly wondered what it would be like to finally come out to the team about her powers. Something told her that they would be supportive and would fight for her just as hard as Harry was. Still, she wasn't ready for that big step just yet, needing to run a few more tests first.


Jesse decided to stick around for a few more days before she would leave for Earth Two and Harry couldn't agree more, still thinking she needed more training under Barry's eye. She didn't accept Caitlin's invitation to crush on her couch, though, assuring the woman and her dad that she would be totally fine in her old room in the Labs. Harry thought she might have a hidden agenda there, not wanting to interrupt once he and Snow were finally together for real and happy, but he didn't say anything to that, eventually leaving with his girlfriend.

The next day they again headed together for S.T.A.R. Labs, but on their way Harry offered to make a quick run to the Jitters to grab coffee and fresh bagels, so Snow arrived in the cortex alone, walking slowly in hope he might still catch up with her. Next thing she knew, she was completely taken aback when she spotted Wells there. Still, something seemed to be off about him…

"Oh, Cait!" Cisco called out to her when she was just standing in the entrance, confused, seeing Harrison, but in the same time he seemed different from his clothing style to the hair. "This is dr. Caitlin Snow," her friend turned to the man in question. "And this is Harrison Wells of Earth Nineteen! Imagine my surprise when he popped in this morning! He seems pretty cool and needs a place to stay for a while, so I thought…"

"We all thought we could use him," Barry backed Cisco up whereas Caitlin was just stunned, staring at the newest addition to the team.

"Um…" she eventually uttered, still in shock. "And why is that? I mean, don't get me wrong, dr. Wells," she quickly turned to the stranger. "It's just… we already have a Harrison Wells here."

"Oh, call me HR!" the man chirped when coming over to her, taking her hand and kissing it. "At your service!"

Her eyes opened widely as this was clearly enough to notice this man was not alike any Wells she'd known so far and might just be a complete opposite to the Harry she was in love with.

"Um… yeah… Cisco?" She turned to her friend quickly. "Does this have something to do with your wish to have a nicer Wells around? Did you do this?"

"What? No!" Cisco denied. "Come on! I swear, this dude just popped in and we thought we'd give him a chance!"

"Aha," Caitlin said, biting on her lip, still confused and not at all convinced that having Harry around this version of himself was a good idea. Then again, in Cisco's mind it was probably a perfect idea since the men would surely drive each other crazy to which she was already groaning inwardly.

"I seek out a new adventure, so to speak," HR informed her, completely unfazed. "This Earth seems like a nice change and hey! You got coffee! It's all gone from mine, so I just need to fix you all some good espresso machine! I still can't believe that you, guys, don't have one here!"

"Right," Cait just said with a nod, her eyes still opened widely as she tried to take it all in.

"You're just as sweet as pie, aren't you?" HR then asked her and pulled another weird face. "Single?" he followed with.

"No. She. Is. Not," they suddenly heard coming from the entrance and turned to see Harry standing there and glaring at his doppelganger.

"Oh, they told me about you! You're handsome!" HR chirped towards him, not feeling insulted at all by his counterpart's gruffness.

"I… I know," Harry eventually said, a look of disgust passing through his face as he looked his doppelganger up and down with a frown.

"And you totally beat me to this lovely lady right here, didn't ya?"

"I have," he assured HR, leaving the bags he got from the Jitters on the desk and making his way to Snow, putting his arm around her possessively.

And truly, she felt like laughing. Because his jealously was so obvious. She just hoped he knew she was totally in love with him and no other man, no matter whether he looked exactly like him, would ever change that.

"What is this supposed to mean?!" Harry next attacked Cisco and boy, he was pissed! "You make a decision like this without the consent of the whole team?!"

"Dude, you're barely even here! Even when you are on this earth, you usually hide away in your lab that you chose at the other side of the Labs or you're with Cait! Besides, you did just get here!"

"To stay," he emphasized. "I can't have another me running around!"

"Why?" Snow couldn't help it but ask playfully, turning her face to him. "You're scared he'll ruin your reputation? Come on, the both of you can't even show yourselves in public," she reminded. "At least not without a small disguise."

"Something that we clearly need to fix," Harry sighed, tightening his hold on her.

"Wait… why is that?" HR wanted to know and both Cisco and Barry hissed, exchanging glances.

"You didn't tell him?" Harry got interested. "Ah! That's a good one! Have fun with that!" he threw HR's way.

Once the guys were talking to HR, Caitlin glanced at Harry and then she exclaimed, not able to stop herself anymore, "You're totally jealous!"

"What?" he seemed taken aback. "I am not!"

"You are! You so are! And it's so cute!" He rolled his eyes, a mad expression marring his features. An expression which she found adorable, actually, so she cupped his face and kissed him. "You know, in case I haven't made this clear already, I only have eyes for you, Harrison Wells from Earth Two. You're the only dr. Wells I could ever want," she whispered into his ear then and that actually seemed to placate him a little.

"Whoa!" Jesse came to a sudden stop as she just now entered the cortex. "What the hell was in that drink last night?! Why do I see double?"

"Drink?" Harry immediately bristled, already searching for Wally, because who else could…

Snow couldn't stop herself anymore. She burst out laughing, thinking that maybe it was a good change. Maybe with everything going around she could actually use some entertainment.