Prompt from KJ Wolf. Follow up to chapter 48 which is a follow up to chapter 25.
"Allen, come on." Barry's new field partner, an invisible woman, called.
She was Barry's first partner despite his working in the field for about two years now. The police department had not been very public about the recruitment of metahumans out of fear of the public's reaction, so Barry had been the only one for a very long time.
"You can call me Barry, Ellie." He smiled at her. She was a nice person but very distant, almost like Caitlyn had been when they first met.
"You can stop wasting time, Allen. We're needed at a bank robbery, and we're technically already late." She was already wearing the sliver uniform Cisco made her, and she looked Barry up and down in her way of reminding him to get changed.
He rolled his eyes and smiled. They had only been partners for a few weeks, but Barry knew all of her disapproving looks. Barry quickly got changed picked her up and carried her to the bank.
"Being late is just kind of easy for me. It's natural." He smirked as he ran to the bank door and vibrated against it until it opened. Ellie turned invisible and snuck inside the building. Flash ran into the building taking down armed gunmen as he returned all the money in their duffle bags to the vaults.
Shimmer (I will leave the names to Cisco.) and the Flash had taken down all of the criminals and had them wrapped up in neat little bows by the time the normal officers showed up to take them into custody.
"And I can still be on time for my date." Barry smiled as he set Ellie down on the floor of the precinct.
He looked over at her face while he changed at super speed. She rolled her eyes and nodded.
"Good luck tonight. I will be requesting surveillance footage, so I can mock your stumbling." Barry smiled and glared playfully at his partner.
Iris and Barry had started dating two years ago, only a few months after she found out about him being the Flash, and, well Barry was really excited for tonight.
"Thanks, Ellie." He turned toward the door and zoomed away from the precinct and arrived at the restaurant three minutes before Iris was due to arrive.
Tonight had to be perfect, and if that meant he had to be on time, he would be early. Iris was exactly on time like usual. She started speaking to the hostess. His heart stopped at the sight of her smile, he hoped he would see that smile again tonight and for the rest of their lives.
The restaurant was not very busy when Iris arrived.
"Hi, I'm Sarah, how many tonight?" The hostess greeted.
"Two, but he'll be late." Iris smiled warmly thinking of her ever tardy boyfriend.
"You know, a tall young man came in just a few minutes ago and said that his girlfriend will assume he's late. Do you want to take a look and see if that's your guy?" The hostess smiled, she didn't get to see a lot of amusing things, but she had a feeling these two were going to be the best entertainment she would get.
Iris shrugged and looked around the corner where Sarah gestured. She drew in a sharp intake of breathe when she saw that Barry must have arrived early.
"Is everything ok?" Sarah asked.
"I think, I think he's going to propose. It's the only thing I can think of that he would make sure he was on time for, and now I'm going to feel awkward if he doesn't, but I think I'm right." Iris was smiling ear to ear and waited a minute until she could calm down.
"Either way I'm going to film it." The hostess stated it as a question.
Iris nodded giving her permission. If Barry noticed the hostess constantly looking over at them and holding up a video camera, he didn't let on.
Barry was trying hard to hide his shaking, and this was one thing that having super speed was not good for. He looked up at her smiling face and was once again reminded of how much he loved her, and how much he wanted to do this.
"Iris," Barry started, his throat dry. "I've loved you since we just kids, and I will love you long after I die." Iris smiled. She was definitely right, he was about to ask her to marry him.
"I love you too, Bear." He smiled that special smile that had always been reserved for her.
"I would like nothing better than for you to . . . I want to . . . will you . . . I'm sorry, nothing I want to say sounds right. It's all been done before and there is no one like you. So why should I propose to you in such a cliché way? And of course saying that is also a bit cliché." Barry took a breath and began again. "You deserve more than this. You deserve everything your heart desires, and I would love if you would let me be that person that tries every single day to give it to you. I want to be there for you every second that I can. Iris Ann West, will you make me the happiest man in the world by marrying me?" Barry got the words out and immediately his breathing stopped as dropped to one knee and pulled a ring out of his coat pocket. He waited for the love of his life to respond to the most important question he had ever asked.
"A million times yes! I love you, Barry." Her eyes began to water as he slipped the ring onto her finger.
Iris fell into his arms and they toppled to the ground because Barry was getting lightheaded from the lack of oxygen. He finally drew breath as they began to laugh. When they finally calmed down, they stood up and Barry pulled his fiancé in for a kiss.
The hostess stood in the distance smiling. Sarah walked by and slipped the tape into Iris's purse.
"Can I get you some champagne?" Their waitress asked stopping at their table.
"Yeah, thanks." Barry replied before turning back to his future bride.
"Am I right in assuming my dad already knows?" She laughed.
"Your dad seems to be all knowing when it comes to us. So, when did you figure out what I was planning?"
"Not only were you on time, you were early." She laughed.
Sorry, this isn't my best, but hopefully it was cute.