'come and find me in the dark now'

"Barry!" Caitlin said, it's lost on Barry though. He can barely hear her, he's got to focus on his breathing, and he can't breathe.

"The poisons still in me," He wheezed to the man in the wheelchair beside him, the light above him is too bright and he needs to breathe. Barry's both hot and cold and he can barely understand the conversation going on around him, he's focused on the pounding of his heart as panic starts to set in. Caitlin's saying something to him but he doesn't care, he wants to breathe!

"What poison, what is he talking about?"

"I don't know, is he hyperventilating?"

"Do it," he wheezed, he'd let them do whatever the hell they wanted right now if it meant he could take a normal breath of oxygen.

"Do what!?"

"This is going to hurt a lot," Caitlin said looking at him seriously.

"It's a small needle, you probably won't feel it." Cisco said in a voice that Barry assumed was used to try and calm him down.

"You're definitely going to feel it," Caitlin said.

And then there was pain, a sharp pain in his chest. He gasped at the feeling of air finally rushing to his lungs.

"Barry!" A mix of two voices said as the bright light, Cisco, Caitlin and STAR labs disappeared before his eyes and he was met with the sight of both Len and Iris on either side of him and looking very concerned. It took him a moment to remember he had been having a very awkward dinner with Len and Iris and now he was… Barry was on the floor.

Why was he on the floor?

"Fucking hell Barry," Len murmured as he slowly helped him into a sitting position "you scared the shit out of me."

Barry looked between Iris and Len again before he sighed. "I'm sorry," he said unable to think of anything else to say "I don't know what came over me."

"You said the poison was still in you," Iris said softly as she looked between Len and Barry and then shook her head lightly "it's… it's bizarre seeing you two be so close together." She added more softly.

Barry rubbed a hand over his face before he looked at Len's hand resting in his. "I've been having these… I don't know what to call them; this is the second time it's happened. I guess I've been remembering something, it comes in flashes really. I just… I couldn't breathe and I think it's somehow connected to the green mist I dreamt of." Barry said.

"You've been remembering stuff?" Iris asked looking hopeful.

"Green mist," Len murmured "Nimbus perhaps."

"Nimbus?" Barry asked.

Iris looked like she was deep in thought for a moment before she nodded her head with a look of recognition. "Kyle Nimbus, he can become a poisonous green mist. You faced him ages ago; I remember writing a piece about it." She said.

Len moved his hand from Barry's and placed it on his shoulder with a concerned look on his face. "You should go see Cisco and Caitlin Snow if you've been remembering stuff, Barry." He said.

Barry actually wanted to laugh considering the pounding headache he had and the slight echo of an ache in his chest at the situation he was in. Here Leonard Snart was comforting him in front of his best friend who looked pretty freaked out about the whole ordeal.

"Snar- Leonard is right Barry; tomorrow we're going to STAR labs first thing and hopefully this is the sign of many more memories coming back." Iris said.

Barry nodded his head "Can we get back to our awkward dinner after that embarrassing moment?" he asked.

"It's not awkward," Iris said as she helped Len get Barry back up to his feet, not that Barry needed the help.

"It's… new," Len said as he seated himself back in his seat around Barry's very small circular dining table.

If Barry had thought dinner had been awkward before well it was certainly turning out to be a very bizarre experience for him. He'd heard some things about Len from Joe and that had increased his anxiety about telling Iris about Len but here the two of them were talking pleasantly and even laughing at the other.

Eventually Iris leaves after the three of them get through a bottle of wine.

The two of them are snuggled on Barry's couch in the soft glow of the lamp on the table beside the couch watching an old film that was playing on the television when Barry numerously caught Len opening his mouth and then closing it again. Barry didn't think Len was the type to hold back whatever he wanted to say.

"What is it?" Barry yawned, the wine hitting him.

Len glanced down at him "It's just earlier," he murmured "it was daunting seeing you just… go like that, I didn't know what was happening or what to do to help. I just felt a bit useless and you were talking about poisons and just doing it… it was a tense couple of minutes." he added.

Barry placed his chin on Len's shoulder "I'm sorry I made you feel uncomfortable," he said softly near Len's ear.

He definitely didn't miss the shudder that Len tried to repress.

"It's not your fault," Len said softly, eyes trained firmly on the television and Barry couldn't help the amused grin that made its way to his lips "I'm glad you're finally remembering stuff."

Barry moved closer moving his nose so it was resting against the soft skin of Len's neck; Len's aftershave really was quite intoxicating and made Len smell irresistibly good. Barry enjoyed the way Len seemed to curl his hands into fists as he fought to maintain his attention on the screen.

"I should've mentioned something sooner," Barry murmured, lips brushing against Len's skin. This is probably the most intimate they had ever been together and it felt like everything they had been through was leading to this, Barry liked how slow Len was taking things between them as it showed how serious the man was and Barry really found that quite refreshing.

Len was silent and unmoving for a moment. "Barry," he said and it sounded quite pained "what are you doing?"

"Nothing," Barry huffed out amused, wondering how Len would react if he started to press his lips against the exposed skin of neck "why, what's wrong?" he asked innocently. Barry chuckled softly at the slight whine that escaped from Len's mouth, he moved his gaze upwards to see Len shift slightly and before Barry could open his mouth to ask if Len was uncomfortable with Barry showing some affection, Len had his hands on either side of Barry's head and was then pulling him and their lips were connected.

At first it was a bit rough, a clash of teeth and noses being bumped until it wasn't rough and Len's hands were softly caressing the back of his neck and the side of his jaw. Barry himself was using his hands to touch the side of Len's face and curl around the back of his neck.

Soon enough air was becoming essential and they were pulling apart, foreheads resting against one another and Barry felt at peace.

"You don't know how long I've wanted to do that," Len said.

Barry smiled "You know you're soon be sounding like you stepped out a romcom if you keep talking like that," he said repeating the words Len once said to him.

A/N: Hey everyone, I AM SO SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG! my laptop broke and had to be sent back to the shop to be repaired AND IT TOOK A BLOODY WEEK! I was so not happy. I know this is an incredibly short chapter but I wanted to give all you lovely patient people something for being so patient with me.