Once again, I have never read a comic, so go easy on me.
Prompt from Arrow Flash Cave. Barry and Iris kiss and there outside in the rain and thunder but then when they kiss a lightning bolt strikes both of them and the both get knocked out. Luckily Detective West was driving by and got them, but he knew he could not take Barry to the hospital, so he took them both to STAR Labs, and when Barry woke up, Iris was in a coma but only for like a couple days maybe 3, but not over a month, and she wakes up, and both Barry and Iris have powers, and Barry might even be faster and stronger than before.
Barry was the happiest he had ever been. It was nearing Christmas, and he and Iris had just started dating. Nothing could go wrong.
Barry and Iris were under the awning outside Jitters. They stood there for a minute dreading going out into the rain.
"It's almost Christmas. Why is it raining?" Iris asked and Barry had the sudden wish that he could change the weather.
"Well-"
"Barry, I'm going to stop you there. I'm not going to understand what you're about to say."
"I was just going to say it's too warm." Barry laughed. Iris stared at him and then joined her goofy boyfriend laughing at his antics.
"Young man, you are under the mistletoe. Are you going to kiss her any time soon?" said an old woman passing by.
Barry looked up and blushed. They had been standing under the mistletoe laughing for several minutes and had attracted small crowd. Even Joe had pulled over seeing his kids, the adorable, wonderful people that he had raised, being complete dorks.
"C'mere you." Barry said being the perfect goof that Iris loved. He leaned down to kiss her like he had done many times in the past few weeks since they started dating, but this time it was different. Instead of the surge of complete happiness he usually felt, he was nervous. Something bad was about to happen to her, something he couldn't protect her from.
That's when it happened. They say lightning never strikes the same spot twice, but, Barry later reasoned, his body wasn't really a place.
Joe sprang into action the second he saw the lightning. His kids were on the ground. They weren't moving. People had starting calling 911, but Joe knew Barry would be in even more danger if he was taken to a hospital.
"You, help me get them in the car." Joe said flashing his badge at a man watching in shock. It was enough of a shock to spur him into action even if the action made no sense to him. Why would a cop be telling him to move two accident victims into his car instead of waiting for an ambulance?
Joe had almost gotten to STAR Labs when Barry began to come to.
"Barry? You awake?" Joe questioned.
"Yeah, but Caitlyn is going to kill me."
"Can you move?"
"The first step would be opening my eyes." When Barry accomplished that, he was horrified. "Iris?"
"Yeah, we're at STAR Labs. I knew I couldn't take you to the hospital." Joe said pulling into the parking lot. He felt a bit of wind and turned to see that Barry had sped off with Iris.
Joe ran inside to see Iris lying on the operating table with Caitlyn hooking her up to machines and Barry hovering over her worriedly.
"Barry, give Caitlyn some space to work." Joe called. Barry walked over to him.
"This is all my fault. This is all my fault." Barry continually whispered under his breath.
"No, Barry, no it's not." Joe said pulling him into a much needed hug.
Barry did not leave Iris for days. She had slipped into a coma just like he had. He could not stop worrying or blaming himself, no matter what anyone else said to try to calm him.
On the fourth day after she and Barry had been struck, Iris woke up.
"BARRY!" She screamed and he woke up.
"I'm here. Shhhh, shhhh. Lay back down you need to rest." Barry said taking her hands in his. "I'm going to call your dad, let him know you're awake, ok."
"Stay here." She pleaded with wide eyes. The look of fear on her face killed him.
"I will." Barry stayed with her hands in his while he called Joe.
"Why are we at STAR Labs?" Iris asked them when Joe came in the room.
Joe stared at Barry. "I have to tell her Joe. I have to."
Joe merely nodded in response.
"It's about time you got back on the treadmill, anyway." Caitlyn said without smiling.
"What does a treadmill have to do with me being at STAR Labs?" Iris turned to Barry expectantly.
"Joe knew he couldn't take me to a hospital, so he brought us both here. I'm the Flash, Iris. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I wish you didn't have to find out like this."
Iris started shaking. Then she started vibrating.
There was a chorus of 'wows' and 'how in the world's'.
"What is everyone going crazy about?" Iris asked a little scared.
"Ms. West, I don't know exactly how it happened, but you seem to have become like Barry." Doctor Wells tried to explain. He didn't remember this happening from the future.
"Can we work on the how?"
He smiled at her. "We will definitely work on that, but for now, you need to work on getting well, which with your new abilities won't take long, and we need to pull Barry away and get him back to the treadmill."
Barry nodded at Doctor Wells' 'subtle' push to train. "I'll come back the millisecond I'm done, ok?"
"I'll be ok, Barry. I'm a big girl."
"I've been your best friend since we were little, and I'm your boyfriend. It is fully within my rights to worry about you when you are injured or going through something unfamiliar. Try to get some rest. I love you."
With that Barry went to his usual training and Iris slept. In the two hours they were apart she had healed and Barry had broken the treadmill by surpassing its maximum speed. Cisco was pissed, but it didn't take long to fix. Iris came in and requested to try it.
Who knows, Barry thought, maybe we'll be one of those couples that goes jogging together every morning.
Sorry if the characters are OOC. I wrote this at about midnight.