Prompt from Guest. Barry sleep walks or runs without his suit, and Iris finds him.

Iris was getting tired of having almost all of the night shifts. Who gets coffee at midnight on a Wednesday, anyway? She preferred to be sleeping at this point, not staying up to help other people stay up. It may be the twenty first century, but people still need sleep to live or function like a real person, right?

She was walking down the street when she felt an irregular breeze blow right past her. It was preceded by a flash of yellow lightning. Iris wasn't aware of any trouble going on in Central City right now, so he must just be training or something. But why did she have an uneasy feeling in her stomach?

He ran past her again, and she felt the uneasy feeling grew. Something was off. Something was about to happen. Something that would change a big part of her life. Where was this all coming from? This didn't really sound like her. Maybe she was even more tired than she thought. Iris wasn't sure how she was even going to get home in this state.

Or she could stop her personal superhero on his next lap.

"Flash!" She shouted as he ran past again. He ran past then doubled back.

The Flash seemed off. Usually he would just pick her up in his arms still vibrating to disguise himself. Iris noticed something weird, his body wasn't red. He wasn't wearing his suit, her tired mind finally realized. There was another thing, his eyes were glazed over, kind of like Barry whenever he sleep walked. (What is the past tense of sleep walking?)

She allowed her mind to wander. Barry sleep walking every night his first week after his mom died, and he moved in with her and Joe. He always got so embarrassed whenever someone mentioned it. His embarrassed smile was so focused.

The Flash started moving again, and she reached out to grab his arm. The vibration in her hand made her whole body shake.

How do you wake someone up when they sleep through your voice and are already shaking?

"Flash, can you hear me?" He gave no response to her. "Can you wake up?" Still no result. She shook him, pinched him as well as she could with him vibrating, and even slapped him. For a superhero on crime's timetable, he was a really deep sleeper.

Iris had an idea. It was a little scary, but something she had wanted to do for a while now. She pulled him closer to her and kissed him. Kissing someone while they are vibrating feels indescribably weird. A kiss had never seemed hard to her, but with her face being stationary, and his moving close to the speed of sound, it was kind of hard. Luckily it only lasted a few seconds before he woke up. That kiss felt . . . right.

Barry was surprised. He had just woken up kissing Iris. Not to mention he was now on the street near Jitters when he knew he had gone to sleep in his room.

Iris pulled out of the kiss, knowing the Flash would be confused. Now she was confused.

She knew already he was tall. Iris had assumed he'd be handsome. The small glimpses she had gotten of his eyes had made every good dream better. All details that were similar to one other person she knew. But she had never heard his voice, and this must be why.

"Barry?"

"Hi, Iris. Did I sleep walk again? Why were we kissing? Don't get me wrong, you know how I feel about you . . ." Barry continued to babble while Iris stared at him in shock.

"You slept ran, Barry. I couldn't wake you up, so I . . . so I kissed you, and that finally woke you up."

"Oh, crap." He breathed out shakily. "How much trouble am I in with you?"

"What do you mean with me?" She eyed him suspiciously.

"Joe's going to kill me when he finds out that you know. We both agreed that it'd be safer for you if you didn't know. I'm so sorry. Iris, I wanted to tell you, but I wanted to make sure you could live without having to constantly look behind you for a dangerous metahuman that wanted to get to me through those I care about."

"So, at Christmas, all that stuff about not wanting to keep anymore secrets from me, that was all a lie. Do you really even love me, or was that just a way to hide the real reason you've been acting strangely ever since you came out of your coma?"

Barry winced. "I love you, Iris, I always have and nothing will change that. I didn't want to keep any more secrets from you, but I couldn't tell you that I was the Flash, so I told you my non-life threatening secret. That way there was at least one secret less between us."

Iris didn't know how to react. She needed Barry. She always needed Barry. But, this was too much, and her mind kept going back to the kiss they just shared.

"Don't take this as me letting you off the hook." Iris commanded as she stepped closer to him.

"What?" Was all Barry had a chance to say before Iris's lips crashed onto his again.

He deepened the kiss, and he felt her smile against his lips before she pulled away again.

"Can you carry me home? I'm really tired." She finally remembered why she had stopped him in the first place. Honestly, she was surprised she still had enough energy to remain standing. Not to mention how dizzy that kiss had just left her.

She felt herself being lifted into her best friend's arms.

"Anything you ever need, Iris." He said as he took off running toward Joe's and their home where Iris had moved back in a few months ago.

He carried her to her bedroom and set her legs on the floor.

"Good night, Iris."

"Will you still be home when I wake up?" Iris asked quietly.

"I hope so. I love you."

"I love you too. Goodnight Bear."

Barry leaned down to kiss her forehead and left the room. His heart was lighter than it had ever been before.