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"…I've been waking up in the middle of the night. I can hear my son screaming for my help but when I get to his room, he's sleeping peacefully." Olivia, one of the first patients Danielle met when moving back to Central City, had been talking for almost twenty minutes, explaining her concerns. But truth is, the young psychiatrist stopped listening. "Dr. Allen? Are you okay?"
Her thoughts were interrupted, thoughts that involved her father, her mother, but most of all, the man in yellow. "Sorry, Olivia. You must forgive me, it's been a hard couple of days." She adjusted her glasses, taking a small breath in and focused on her patient once again.
"You look like you haven't sleep in days, doc." The middle aged lady told her. "If you want, we can meet some other day so you can rest."
"No, no, I'll be fine, don't you worry about me." Sitting straight once again, Danielle motioned to the lady to continue and so she did.
Another twenty five minutes later, Danielle was done for the day. With Olivia already gone, she walked to the chair behind her desk, her forehead against her closed laptop. It was true, ever since Christmas, Danielle was having trouble sleeping through the night with nightmares involving her mother. Harrison tried to convince her into taking something, but she simply refused, saying that they will eventually disappear. But she had been lying to herself, it was as if they got stronger.
The door to her office opened, making her look up to see her brother walk in. "Whoa, bad time to come around?" He asked upon looking at his sister.
"I'm just tired, that's it." She glanced at the clock on the wall before getting up and started to pack her things. "Anything wrong?"
"With me? No, nothing wrong." The forensic scientist walked over to sit on the edge of the desk while following Danielle with his look. "Snart is back."
"What?"
"I found evidence of ice around the crime scene, nothing missing." The redhead looked at her young sibling with confusion. "We think that he might want The Flash."
"Why would he want you?"
"I suppose that's the question." He said with a shrug. "But I'm not going after him. If The Flash doesn't give him the fight, he might back off. I need to work on my speed and Snart is just a distraction. Priorities first."
Her green eyes met his bluish ones. Danielle knew getting the man in yellow was something Barry was really aiming to do, but letting someone like Snart go wasn't the brightest choice in her opinion. "So you're telling me your priority is getting faster and just ignore the threats outside? Barry, this doesn't sound like you. You wanted to play the hero, then act like one. For what we know, this man could take years to come back."
"My priority is to catch the Reverse Flash, Snart is not a big threat as he is. Dr. Wells and Cisco will work with Joe, I'm not going to ignore him." Danielle, with a doubt look on her face, walked to her brother.
"The Reverse Flash?"
"That's how Cisco is calling him. He's the reverse of me, so makes sense." Barry sighed, and Danielle could notice the stress on her brother's face. "Anyway, thought I should tell you about Snart and to be careful."
Barry gave his sister a nod before placing his hands on his jacket and walking away. Danielle sighed, thinking, "Great, another thing to worry about."
With her things already packed, the redhead made her way out of the office following to her car. It was obvious she needed to have a talk with her boyfriend to figure out why Barry was not going after Snart. To her surprise, only Caitlin was at STAR Labs when she arrived.
"You're alone? That's weird." She said before greeting the scientist.
"Dr. Wells and Cisco are at the CCPD showing the gear Cisco made for the police to use against Snart."
"Yeah, about that…Do you think it is right for Barry to just forget about Snart and focus on his speed? I know it's important for him to get faster so he can be able to capture the man in yellow the next time he comes around. But like I told him, we don't know when that will be and he can't ignore whatever other threat comes to the city."
"It's not like we are going to ignore but right now, Snart hasn't make a dangerous move. If Barry is right and he only wasn't a fight with The Flash, then maybe is for the best to let him back off on his own." Caitlin herself wasn't completely sure it if was a good idea for Barry to let the CCPD deal with the infamous Leonard Snart, but going against Dr. Wells was something she didn't want to do.
While the two women were talking, the elevator reached its destination. Harrison Wells was back from the police department. His talk with Joe left him quite suspicious at what the detective was going to do about Barry. The voices coming from the Cortex made him not stand up from his wheelchair. Dr. Snow and Danielle were talking about what he figured was Barry, but they stopped when he wheeled in.
"Great, you're finally here. We need to talk." Danielle said almost immediately while standing from her chair, making Harrison breathe out and motion her to follow him to his office. Caitlin said nothing, her eyes on the computer.
Once reaching the office, Harrison made sure to close the door behind them while Danielle walked to sit at the edge of the desk. "What's troubling you, my dear?" He asked first, standing up from the wheelchair.
"Did you tell Barry not to go against Snart?" Harrison took his glasses off, rubbing his eyes with his thumb and index finger.
"I told him to do what's best for him. That if he wanted to go against Mr. Snart, we were going to be here to help him. He made his own choice." He walked to stand in front of her, Danielle releasing a sigh as her phone ringed with a message from Barry.
"Snart attacked the police, Joe is unharmed but there was someone else with him and he had a fire gun. Some police officers are in the hospital." She locked the phone and placed it in her pocket. "I knew Snart was not going to give up."
"Do you think this is my fault?" Knowing that in some way it was, Harrison still wanted to know her reaction but Danielle only shrugged.
"It was Barry's fault. He is old enough to make his own choices." She assured him.
"I just hope Mr. Allen doesn't blame me." Danielle huffed, Harrison raising an eyebrow in confusion.
"Please, you are his idol. Remember the day I met you, back when I was doing my university research? I remember Barry being so mad and jealous because I was a going to meet the famous Dr. Harrison Wells. For the whole week he pushed me into taking him with me to meet you. Of carouse I said no and when I came home that day after the interview, he wouldn't even talk to me. So trust me, my brother would never blame you."
"Danielle, please! I'll do your chores, clean your room, do your homework, give you 100 dollars but please, just let me go with you."
"For the last time, Barry, no. This is school work, I can't take you."
"Say I'm one of your team members or that I'll help you with the recording. Just take me."
"No one will believe you're in last year of college with that baby face." I mocked and he frowned. "Bar, I know he means a lot to you, but I just can't take you. I'm sorry." Once said that, Barry stormed out of the living room and to his room, his door closing hard enough for Joe to peek his head.
"Still mad you won't take him?"
"You got it right, Joe." After that, I finished my homework and went back to my bedroom to get some sleep.
The next day, I woke up and even if I didn't want to admit it, I was nervous. When I got to STAR Labs, it was amazing. All the stuff, all the people moving with their lab coat and special glasses.
"Ms. Allen?" A voice called, making me turn around. There he was, Dr. Harrison Wells. I usually wasn't attracted to older men but he, he looked so dreamy. His eyes, his smile…everything. "Dr. Harrison Wells, nice to meet you."
"The pleasure is mine." My hand met his for a shake, his grip was nicely strong. "Thank you, again, for agreeing to see me."
"It's my pleasure. Always looking forward to help young minds like yours." He led me to his office, where he offered some wine that I accepted and so the interview began. It wasn't too long, but I surely enjoyed it.
"Thank you for your time, Dr. Wells."
"There's nothing to be thankful for." Once again, we shook hands. "Thanks for a lovely evening." He brought my hand closer to his face and kissed it. I could help but blush.
He laughed while adjusting his glasses. "In fact, I do remember that day. I was impressed by such implacable young woman. With the interview, I could picture you being a detective, just like Joe."
"That was my plan, but Joe never let me, saying that the job was dangerous. And now, I realize how dangerous it is. But I guess I've learned a lot from him."
"Though I never asked you, why you picked me?"
"You've been wondering that for the past years?" The scientist shrugged, making Danielle smile. "Well, you should thank Barry, otherwise I wouldn't know about you. When he talked about you, I had the feeling that my investigation needed to be of this so called Dr. Wells. I just found you very interesting."
While Danielle was talking, Harrison moved over so he could be closer to her now, her green eyes meeting his deep blue ones. "You know those times when you see someone and you instantly have a crush on them? That's what I felt when I met you, when we were face to face. The day I found you alone here and you said 'we both know that's not the only thing you feel for me', you were right. After spending a lot of time here, I found out my crush never left and it only turned into something stronger." Their foreheads came close together, his left hand pushing her hair behind her ear. "And here I am now, having a future with the man I used to have a crush on."
"I knew, since the moment I met you, that you and I were going to cross paths again." Harrison grabbed her left hand, his eyes looking at the matching rings both wear on their left hand. "Marry me. Turn that ring into an engagement ring and let's get married. Let's spend the rest of our lives as husband and wife. Grow old together, form a family."
Danielle was so surprised by his words she was not even able to say something. Harrison noticed her lack of words, wondering if it was the right thing to say. But to his surprise, Danielle pulled him into a kiss. "Yes, a million times yes. I love you."
"And I love you, my dear." With another kiss, Harrison walked back to the wheelchair. "I will talk to Barry."
Danielle nodded to her now fiancé as he wheeled away from the office. A big smile appeared on her face as she glanced at her ring. Well, this was certainly not going to be an easy thing to break to her family, especially Joe. But those things didn't matter to her at the moment, all that matter is how happy she is.
Getting of the desk, she made her way back to the Cortex where Cisco was doing some research on his computer. "Hey, what bug bit you? You look happier than usual."
"Guess who just made this an engagement ring?" While holding her left hand up, Cisco looked astonished but in a good way.
"No way. Congratulations, Dan. I wish you both the best." Cisco hugged his friend tightly. He was happy for her and Dr. Wells, because in his eyes, they were made for each other.
Cisco walked back to the monitor where he was revising the heat gun. "What's that?" Danielle asked while walking next to him.
"That is a heat gun, the one Snart's companion is using." He explained, Danielle just nodded. "Uh-oh." Cisco said out of sudden, making Danielle look at him with a confused look.
As Cisco stormed away to get Barry and Dr. Wells, Danielle's phone begin to ring. The ID told her it was Caitlin, so she gladly answered. "Cait, hey."
"Hello, Danielle." But it wasn't Caitlin's voice on the other line. "I'm sure you remember my voice."
"What are you doing with Caitlin's phone?" With the guys coming back to the Cortex, she walked to out near the elevator.
"Let's say I borrowed it." From the distance, mumbles could be heard. "She's safe for now, if that's what you're wondering. Now I'll make this quick. I want the Flash, tell him he needs to face me, let everyone know about him. Turn on the news if you don't believe me."
"Wait, Snart—"But the other line went dead. Danielle looked at her phone then ran back to the Cortex. "Barry, Barry." But Barry was no longer there. "Where is he?"
"Just ran away. He got a call from Joe." Cisco told her and Danielle sighed.
"Snart just called me, he has Caitlin." Cisco's face dropped and Dr. Wells moved a hand through his hair. "Turn on the news."
Just like Snart has told her, there was a footage of him, Caitlin, and the other man that was with him now. We were all quiet, after the footage ended. The three were worried sick for her, especially Danielle since she knew what Snart was capable of.
With Cisco gone and Harrison nowhere in sight, Danielle decided to stay at the Cortex where Barry came back few minutes later. "Any news?" Danielle was the first one to ask.
"Not yet." He couldn't stop pacing back and forth until his phone vibrated with a call from Joe. When the call ended, he walked in front of the suit.
"Are you really ready for this?" His sister asked with a concerned voice.
"This is what I wanted, no? Save people and now they will finally know me."
"Don't do this for the fame, Bar. You've been a great hero without people knowing you, don't let this get over your head."
"Don't worry, sis, I have you to bring me down to earth." The speedster assured her before changing into his suit and took off running.
"Where's Cisco?" Harrison wheeled himself back into the Cortex once Barry was gone.
"He went after Caitlin with Joe." The both of them place themselves on the monitors to keep track on Barry, who was already at the scene. Everything was doing great, he was avoiding getting hit until he crashed into something.
"Barry. Barry, are you okay? You know what you have to do." Harrison told him as Danielle curiously wondered what that was.
"Yeah, get them to cross their beams and cancel their guns out. I know." Barry responded before taking off running. "Yeah, not as easy as it sound." He said with a panting voice.
"Come on, Bar, you can do it, I know you can do it." Danielle told him.
The speedster was hit by the cold gun, his vitals dropping. "I can't get them to cross streams. Speed isn't getting it done." Danielle's eyes were on Harrison as as he moved a hand through his hair.
"You're right. Maybe the way to do this is not by going faster."
"It's going slower." Barry agreed.
With Barry preparing himself, Danielle took a hold of Harrison's arm, not taking her eyes off the monitor of her brother's vitals. She knew it was a risky thing to do, if he didn't do it the right way, maybe he wouldn't get the opportunity to get out. But she trusted in her brother. And so he took off walking, both guns hitting his body and his vitals dropping even more.
With the tension she was dealing, her grip on the scientist's arm became tighter, but he didn't mind as he himself was worried if the speedster could make it out. But their plan worked with Barry taking off running just in time for both guns to hit each other. His vitals went back up and Danielle sighed in relief, letting Harrison's arm free but resting her forehead against his shoulder.
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"Ah! I'm gonna burn every last one of you pigs! Get your hands off me!"
"Hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey." Joe warned taking his gun out and pointing at Mick.
"Yeah!" Then the officers proceed to take him away, followed by the ones taking Snart behind.
"Partner's a real hothead." Joe told Snart.
"That's funny."
"You know what's hilarious, Snart? We got you."
"Congratulations."
"Get him out of here." Joe ordered and they began to walk him again, but Snart stopped when he was in front of Danielle.
"This is the moment you tell me I should've followed your advice." He said with half a smirk.
"There's nothing you can do now. Serve your time in jail and perhaps then you can follow my advice."
"You declined my offer, I don't think I want to follow it if you don't go with me." He moved close enough to the redhead, enough to whisper at her ear. "Perhaps I will be back and take you with me this time." Seeing the not so pleasing face of Danielle, Joe ordered the officers to move him away.
"Goodbye, Lenny." The doctor simply said before turning back to her brother and Cisco.
"What was all that about?" The speedster asked.
"Nothing." She assured him with a small. "Hey, do you think I can borrow you and Joe for a bit? We need to talk."
"Sure, wait for us at the Lab."
As Barry congratulated Eddie for his work and made sure Cisco put away the guns, Danielle walked upstairs to Barry's lab. It was all messy. Despite him being super-fast, it appeared he never got time to sort his things.
She walked to the windows where the sun was already hiding and a beautiful pink sunset was clearly visible from where she was standing. But her thought were interrupted by footsteps coming closer, Joe was there. "Hey, Barry told me you wanted to talk to us."
Before Danielle could answer, her brother appeared out of sudden with a slice of pizza on his hand. "Sorry, was hungry." Normally, she would love the smell of pizza but right now, it was as if it disgusted her to the point where she wanted to throw up.
"I—yeah, I wanted to talk with you." She tried to shake the feeling away, clearing her throat while looking at both men. "I am engaged. Harrison proposed to me and I said yes."
Both men were surprised. Barry even stopped eating his slice of pizza while Joe ran a hand through his face. He didn't approve the relationship at all, not because Dr. Wells was older or because of his reputation, but because he didn't fully trust the man. He was hiding something, and Joe knows it. After all, a detective is never wrong about his suspicions.
"Whoa, this is really surprising but I guess congratulations, sis." Barry was the one to break the small silence and hugged his sister.
"Would you please say something?" Danielle asked to Joe once Barry released her.
"Congratulations, Dan." He didn't want to upset her. Her happiness, as well as Barry's, was all he ever wanted since the day he took them into his home. And she was happy, there was no doubt. "You know that I am here for you if you ever need something, never doubt about that."
"Thanks, Joe. I know you don't like Harrison as much as I would like you to, but I appreciate your support."
Joe hugged her before excusing himself to go home. Barry walked over to his locker in the place and then back to his sister, handing her a photo album. "Iris found this while she was cleaning her room. You know, since she's moving with Eddie."
"Is that?" Barry simply nodded as Danielle took the photo album and open it to look through the pages. "I lost this a year after we moved in with Joe."
"She found it under a pile of her stuffed animals she had to put away in the closet." Both siblings began to make their way down as Danielle placed the album on her purse.
"I'll make sure to give her my thanks next time I see her. By the way, how are things between you two?"
Barry sighed, he didn't feel like talking about her. "I think the most appropriate word is awkward. We still talk but, something is different and I'm not sure I like it."
"Give her time, bro, this kind of stuff sometimes takes time." She told him with a hand placed on his shoulder. "Anyway, I should head home, Harrison will be there soon."
"Give him my congratulations." He kissed Danielle's forehead before taking off running.
It took at least 15 minutes for the woman to get home. The traffic was heavy and to her bad luck, there was an old woman driving the slow car in front of her. She thought Harrison was going to be there already, but he wasn't.
Placing her coat on the hanger, she walked to the kitchen where she served herself a glass of wine before going to the living room to turn the fireplace on and sit on the couch. Her free hand reached to her purse to get the album Barry gave her not long ago.
Before she could start reading it, the front door opened, Harrison was finally home. He waited for both doors to be closed until he was able to get up from the wheelchair. The first thing he saw was the woman he loved and couldn't help but smile when his eyes met hers.
"Hello, beautiful." His charming smile never left his face as he made his way to the couch she was currently sitting at. "What do you have there?"
Before answering, Harrison leaned to give her a small kiss and sit next to her. "This is an album mom and I made since I was six and lost it the year after we moved in with Joe. Iris found it while cleaning the room we used to share."
"Photos of your childhood. I would like to see that." His left arm rested on the top part of the couch as Danielle leaned into him.
"It starts, obviously, the day I was born." Opening the book, there was a photo of mom and dad, still on the hospital bed, meeting their daughter for the first time. Next to it, just like all the other, it had mom's handwriting with a small description of the photo and the date. "There are some photos of just the three of us until four years later, my brother was born. If you notice my face, I was not in the mood for a picture." The photo was when mom was back home from the hospital and holding a newborn Barry on her arms as dad was holding me. Harrison simply laughed at my grumpy face.
We continued looking at the rest of the pictures of how our lives were when we were still together. My heart stopped for a second when we got to the last photo we took as a family, the last photo we had when mom was still alive and dad was not on prison. "You look identical to your mother." Harrison told her and she smiled.
"Everyone always said that. I remember dad telling me that when I grew up, no one would be able to tell the difference between us. Only big difference is that she used to have blue eyes, but we really look alike."
Harrison's hand moved to stroke her cheek, starring directly at her green eyes. "You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen, and I am so lucky to be by your side. I'm sure your mom would be proud to see the woman you are today."
"I love you."
"I love you too, my dear."
Hello, everyone, and welcome back.
Finally, a new chapter. I know I am taking long but there's been some personal things going on and I can't focus on writing.
But anyway, as you can see I will be using this new point of view because of the things that will happen later, but just to make it clear, flashbacks will be from Danielle's perspective although I don't know if there will be more.
As you can see, a very big thing happens in here but we are getting closer to where everything slowly comes down and even I am scared to know how things will go. Also, I will try to add more of Harrison/Eobard thoughts on Danielle and why he is doing what he is doing with her. Is it all part of his evil plan? Is he really in love with her? Welp, you will have to stay and wait.
Any thoughts, suggestions, whatever you want to say, feel free to leave a review or message me, I'm always glad to answer to you guys. x