"I did it. I was the one who saved the piece and I am not going to apologize for it," the team heard Harry admit as he was just standing there in the middle of the cortex, confessing to his crime without batting an eye.

This had been a tough couple of days. At first they'd actually been happy, having something to celebrate with Iris announcing her and Barry's engagement. Yet, whereas Caitlin was all giddy and happy for the pair, Harry simply said his congratulations without breaking a smile, just watching the team dancing around the couple and gushing over the ring. Especially Jesse. And how much he hated that his daughter was all over the place, not able to get enough of the ring, because if that meant that she wanted to follow into Iris's footsteps… well, it was easy to assume that would be happening after Harrison's dead body! It was still hard for him to get used to the fact that his little girl was a woman now and apparently a one that could date and fall in love and actually look for a place together with Wally. No, he refused to think about it.

Only then he had to put his bad feelings about West kid aside because the kid actually turned out to have been having visions of Savitar haunting him for days. Or wait… Harry thought, scratch that since Wally was clearly putting his daughter in danger when not telling her the whole truth! If that wasn't enough, the team started suspecting that Savitar was making appearances again just because something must've been left from the stone Barry had thrown into the speedforce, therefore making that unexpected trip into the future and ruining all of their lives even more. Harrison sometimes wondered whether it would better for them if they didn't know what was going to happen, then again, they wouldn't be able to stop any of it…

One could truly get a headache from all of this.

And now Harrison chose to confess to his mistake. Though, if he were to be honest, he was still skeptical that just because he'd kept a piece, Savitar could haunt Wally now.

"No," Caitlin broke the stunned silence just then as she walked over to her man and took his hand, lacing her fingers through his. "We both did. We both made the decision to keep the piece."

"But… why?" Barry could only gasp, surprised by this turn of events. And he wasn't the only one.

Harrison shot Caitlin an annoyed look. He wanted to take the fall alone, but she just wouldn't let him.

"We thought it might help us come up with a cure for Snow," he settled for explaining in the end since what was done seemed to be just done. "And for what it's worth, I really don't think this caused Savitar…"

"How about you just don't think from now on?" Barry got angry, resting his hands on his hips and he started pacing around the cortex, trying to come up with a way out of this mess.

"We're sorry," Caitlin tried calming the team down and Harrison glared at her.

"Snow, don't. You don't have to apologize to anyone. We did what we thought was right!"

"Yeah, and kept it from the team!" Iris raised her voice at that.

"Hey! Hey! Hey!" Cisco got up from his seat and walked to the middle of the room, reaching his hands out. "Let's stop pointing fingers here, ok? The damage is done! We need to get over ourselves and…"

Only that moment Wally and HR came running, an angry expression on the first man's face.

"Where were you going to tell us?!" Wally attacked Barry.

"Wally, what are you…?"

"Why don't you tell my sister?! Come on! Tell her the real reason you proposed!"

"Um… Snow, I think this is our cue…" Harrison said to his partner and then pulled her towards the exit. "I knew it was going way too fast!" he them murmured under his breath as the rest of the conversation reached them.

"Barry and Iris have been in love with each other forever," Caitlin still tried to defend the couple as they found themselves in her lab.

"No, that's not true," Harry immediately denied when folding his arms over his chest as he watched her go over to her desk and pick up her cure project again. "Allen has, but not West. If I recall correctly…"

"Ok, I get it," Caitlin stopped him right there, choosing to actually make her way back to him and place her hands on his chest, one of them covering his heart. "Does it really matter, though? It's their problems. We have our own."

"So much about working with the team."

"Well, I don't see how helpful they can actually be in my case since none of them knows anything about biochemistry. Besides, they're…"

"…focused on saving West, I know." Harry sighed, closing his eyes briefly before meeting hers again and cupping her face. "But I'm here, Snow. And I am never going to give up. My priority will always be saving you, because you and Jesse, you come first. No exceptions."

She smiled at him, grateful that somehow they'd managed to find one another, that of all the worlds in the multiverse and of the Harrison Wellses out there, this one made his way to her. If that didn't scream fate, then she didn't know what did. In the end, she did the only thing she could, she moved forward and kissed him lovingly on the lips, showing him how much she appreciated all of it and how glad she was they were on the same page and done fighting.

In the end, nothing worked up well.

It started with Wally stealing the piece Harry and Caitlin had kept and going to find Savitar all by himself, which resulted in him actually freeing the monster from his prison that was the speedforce. As it turned out, by keeping the piece of the stone Harry and Caitlin had actually helped and not the other way around, but it didn't seem to matter now anyways as Wally was gone and Savitar was running free.

One disaster followed another and while Harry and Caitlin tended to heartbroken Jesse, Barry broke up with Iris, thinking this was the best way to keep his head in the game and he made the decision to go to the speedforce himself to bring Wally back.

First Eddie – which was enough to shake him, by the way – and now Caitlin? Barry frowned when hearing her sing and as he came closer, he finally spotted her, holding a baby in her arms.

For a moment he actually forgot why he was even in the speedforce, too shocked with what he was seeing. As he closed the distance separating him from his friend, there was no mistake, his eyes weren't playing tricks on him. Caitlin was really holding a new born in her arms and judging by the way she was singing to him or her, it was her baby.

"Is that…?" Barry finally asked out loud, not able to take his eyes away from this beautiful and defenseless little creature.

"No. It is not mine," he suddenly heard a voice coming from behind him and he immediately whirled around, facing Ronnie.

Go figure, he thought, not even surprised at this point by the man's appearance. The speedforce seemed to be bent on torturing him by showing him the faces of all the people who died for him. He just hoped Caitlin wouldn't soon join them. Then again, her destiny was to become Killer Frost and exactly that they needed to change, right? He just couldn't understand how a baby fit into this equation. He suspected she might've been pregnant before with Ronnie and lost it, but the man himself just said that it wasn't his baby. That only left…

"So it's Harry's," Barry guessed.

"All those sacrifices the people closest to you make for you, Barry…" Ronnie started, slowly approaching the speedster. "You can't let them do the same. She's finally happy and with someone completely right for her. Them being close to you, it's just another threat to that happiness and you know it. They will never be fully free of danger as long as they're with you. There's been enough of suffering in Caitlin's life and you have to be sure there won't be more. Otherwise… the outcome will be disastrous."

"Something's wrong," Caitlin immediately picked up on as they were all gathered up in the breach room, monitoring Barry's vitals ever since he'd entered the speedforce. "We have to pull him out! Cisco!" she called out to her friend, but all she saw on his face was slight surprise followed by pain and then denial.

"I… I can't. His header is gone. I can't pull him out."

Before they even managed to digest that information, HR came running and he stopped right next to Harry, looking at the man with a fearful expression on his face, his hand going up to scratch on his head.

"Um… before you say anything, Harry… I actually did try to stop her and… she knocked me out. I just now came to and…"

"What are you talking about?" Harry asked his doppelganger, trying to be calm about it, because after all, he had promised Snow to behave.

"Jesse," HR explained then. "She went after Savitar."

"She did what?!" the other Wells eventually erupted.

"I stood in her way! I wanted to stop her and she knocked me out!" HR repeated. "There's no time for anger right now, Harry. We gotta go grab the comms and make sure she's fine!"

"How can she be fine if she went up against Savitar?!"

Suddenly, there was a hand on Harry's arm and he turned to see Caitlin standing by his side, looking up at him with a soft expression in her eyes.

"Go," she encouraged him. "Go with HR. We'll be fine here. We don't need you right now. Go and help Jesse."

In the end, the man just nodded, then swallowed hard and ran after HR to the cortex.

The moment he reached his work station, though, he couldn't contain his anger anymore. He turned the comms on and screamed, "Jesse?! Jesse, come right back!"

"Dad?!" there was surprise evident in the girl's voice, but right now all Harry cared about was that she was all right. "I can't believe HR told you!"

"Well, to be fair, you did kind of knock him out," Harry said, cocking his head aside and risking a glance at his doppelganger.

"Yeah… and I'm sorry for that. He better not stand in my way again!"

"I won't!" HR assured, which in Harry's opinion wasn't helpful at all. "What? Do you have any idea how much it sucked?" he turned to Harry who just rolled his eyes.

"You know, Jesse," he actually tried to speak calmly to her because he knew his daughter. The angrier he was with her, the less chance he had that she would listen, just choosing to rebel, "any other time I'd say HR probably deserved this, but not this one." Harry could see out of the corner of his eye as HR, clearly touched, put his hand to his heart in a theatrical gesture, which only merited another eye roll. "I need you to come back."

"It's too late. He's already here."

There was sudden feeling of panic welling up inside of Wells and truly, he had no idea what to do. Jesse wasn't as experienced as Barry was and even Allen himself had barely walked out of his last encounter with Savitar alive. In fact, from both of his encounters and each time it only got worse. How could his daughter possibly… Harry palled, feeling his mouth going dry and thinking that after all this time, after actually saving her from Zoom, after getting her back from that, he couldn't just lose her now. He had enough of problems trying to keep Snow alive and well and now he had to do that with his baby girl, too?!

To his surprise, it was HR who actually rose to the challenge, figuring out that Savitar needed his armor because apparently, he was human underneath it, so Jesse delivered a lucky blow and managed to escape.

When that happened, Harry felt like a deflated balloon, all the tension escaping him, leaving him completely exhausted, his nerves in shreds.

He then looked at HR and nodded at him, "Thank you," he finally said, though it was extremely hard for him to acknowledge any kind of help from the man. Still, he wasn't as heartless as people pegged him for and even he had to admit that HR had helped a lot.

"Oh, that's so sweet, Harry! Glad to be at service!" HR chirped and before poor Harry knew what was going on, he was swept into his doppelganger's arms.

Next thing he knew as he awkwardly stood there, waiting for this horror to be over, he heard his daughter's laughter coming from the door.

"Really, dad, this is truly something I thought I'd never see," she provoked him, but he couldn't care less at the moment, actually. He pushed HR away and ran to her to hug her, happy she was back safe and sound. Before he started giving her a piece of his mind, that was…

In the end, they knew getting everyone back all right from the speedforce would be too much to ask for, that it wouldn't be that easy. So it was Jay Garrick who actually pulled Barry out of there and took Wally's place. The plan was to save him after they dealt with Savitar. Provided they'd be anyone left on the team to do that, Harry thought pessimistically, for once grateful that Jesse chose to leave. He could've sworn that Allen was looking at him weird ever since he'd returned, but maybe that was just because someone told him he and HR actually worked together and didn't kill one another. Or maybe for that matter, that Harry didn't kill his doppelganger. There was no other explanation, so he let it slide for now. After all, he had a daughter to say goodbye to.

"You know, I am actually thrilled that you're leaving and it's not that I don't want you here. I just want you safe," he emphasized when saying his goodbye to her. "If Savitar has plans for you… it's better for you to be far, far away. I just… Maybe I wish you just came back home instead of leaving for Earth 3."

"Home is too easy, dad," Jesse argued. "He can find me there. Besides, Earth 3 needs a speedster now to protect it, so that's what I'm going to do."

Harry sighed before saying, "Well, I guess it's as close to being safe as we can get now, isn't it?" He pulled her into a hug. "Be careful, ok? And if you run into any trouble, don't hesitate to ask for help. We may be busy here, but no matter how crazy things can get, we will always run to you if you need us."

"I know, dad. I'll be fine," Jesse assured him and then she turned to Cait.

"Thank care of yourself, Jesse, ok?" Snow asked her and also gave her a hug. "I'll miss you."

"You, too, Caitlin. Stay safe. I'm sure everything will be all right as long as you all work together," Jesse responded and then proceeded to saying goodbye to Wally.

Harry moved closer to Snow to put an arm around her, pressing her into his side. He kept telling himself that despite Garrick being trapped, it was still more of a win for them then they'd had for a long time and maybe they could actually do this. Maybe they could change the future. After all, the necklace he'd given Cait for Christmas worked perfectly and he didn't see a reason to why she would have to take it off. If something happened requiring her powers, he was sure they could find another way to deal with it.

"Is there something you wanted?" Harry eventually asked Barry, feeling the younger man's eyes on him all the time as he was watching Jesse disappearing inside the breach.

"Nooo… No," Barry dismissed that quickly and turned to the exit. "Sorry."

"It's because I actually thanked HR, isn't it?" Harrison eventually sighed, turning to Caitlin and, while everyone but them cleared the room, he cupped her face and kissed her.

"Probably," she agreed, smiling against his lips. "I loved that, by the way."

"Oh, shut up!"

She giggled, kissing him harder.

"Home?" she then suggested.

"But definitely not to sleep."

"Nope. Definitely not."

"Actually… dr. Snow, what do you say about some dinner first?"

"Lead the way, dr. Wells." She smiled at him brightly, slipping her arm though his as they directed themselves to the exit.

"So," Caitlin started as they were already seated in a small and cozy restaurant, their choices somewhat limited since they always had to pick somewhere Harrison wouldn't get recognized, "I don't think you should be worried about Jesse. She's a tough girl, she'll be fine."

"Actually, I'm relieved that she's left and maybe she was right," Harry admitted, "maybe Earth 3 is be the safest option for her right now. At least this way I have one less person to protect," he admitted and Caitlin's smile faded away. She put her fork down and reached to cover his hand with hers across the table.

"Harry," she said when meeting his eyes, "you don't have to protect me or watch me twenty four seven. You have already done more than I could ever ask for."

"Well, you never have to ask. I'm here for you, Snow," he assured her.

"And it goes both ways," she responded, the smile making a comeback as they took to eating again. "Though we most definitely have to do something with your predicament and soon," she then picked up on another topic.

"What are you talking about?" He seemed confused.

"Your identity. I've been thinking about it and I think it's best to just call Felicity, maybe ask her to fix you some fake one? Or maybe you could pass as a long lost twin of Harrison Wells? And maybe this way you could actually claim some rights to S.T.A.R. Labs, I don't know," she shrugged, for now oblivious to his stunned look as she was taking another bite. "What?" she finally asked him when raising her eyes.

"Snow, we are quite literally trying to stop two members of our team from dying and you have time to think about such trivial matters as my identity?"

"Well, it's not like you're eager to borrowing HR's device. And he did offer, may I remind you."

"And I said I won't be wearing someone else's face in public!"

"Harry, seriously, I admit you're hot, but come on… not even to protect yourself? If someone recognizes you, you can be arrested."

"Or shot?" he suggested. "Like the last time? Ok, sorry," he added quickly, seeing the look on her face as those memories were brought up to the surface. "All I'm saying is that for now we have bigger things to worry about. Besides, if someone recognizes me, I'll just hit my panic button and Barry will swoop me off in no time. Or Wally."

"You know, I think someone's just recognized you right now," Caitlin suddenly said, her voice growing serious.

"Oh, really?" Harry asked, not sure whether she was playing him or being serious.

"Yes." She put her fork down, having eaten the last bite of her meal. "I suggest we better take this party home."

"Oh, so that is how you want to play it!" he realized what she meant. "All right. Let's head home."

"Well, someone did promise me some bed time, but not to sleep," she teased him.

"If the lady asks so nicely…"

Caitlin did choose to shower first after such an exhausting and emotional day and when she emerged from the bathroom, wearing nothing at all, she spotted Harry just lying in bed.

"Please, don't tell me you're asleep," she huffed as she stood in the door.

"Technically, if I was, I wouldn't be able to tell you that," immediately came from him and he supported himself on his elbows when raising his body slightly to look at her, his eyes immediately opening widely, taking in her being completely naked and so, so beautiful and sexy.

Which he didn't hesitate to tell her.

"Thank you, dr. Wells," she said appreciatively when coming over to the bed and hopping on, straddling him and running her hands up his chest. "I just don't like that I'm the only one naked. Take it off. Come on! Now!" She giggled as she said that and tried to pull the shirt off of him, finally succeeding. If would have gone faster if he hadn't put his hands on her breasts already, massaging them so skillfully that she didn't even remember her own name. She leaned forward, kissing him as her hands reached down to his pants to undo the button and pull the zipper down before she had him all hard and ready in her hand and guided him inside.

"Are we in a rush?" he asked, closing his eyes in pleasure.

"I just need you," she told him and that sentence alone sent another jolt of arousal through him. At this point he truly didn't need more as well, already feeling himself sinking inside her when she raised her body, lining him up and going down on him.

"God, Snow, you're gonna kill me," he rasped a second later as she started moving over him.

He couldn't take this. He needed to move as well, to touch her, to get closer to her, so he sat up, putting his arms around her, feeling her legs winding around his waist as they rocked together now, claiming their climaxes.

"This is new," she voiced her approval in a steamy voice and straight into his ear as they moved together faster and faster, her whimpering and him groaning deeply in his throat.

"I love to be creative," he responded.

"Oh, me, too," she agreed and nearly screamed his name at a particular good push he'd just given her, being so, so close…

With one last stroke of him inside of her, she started coming so hard her vision went all white, holding onto him as he followed her, both of them riding their orgasm.

When they fell into the covers she just had one wish – so they could stay safe forever. So nothing bad would happen to them from now on.

Only she knew how it usually was when it came to wishes…