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#21 - Grief

Barry never stopped grieving for his mom. Not a day went by that she wasn’t on his mind. For many years, he’d been determined to get justice for her murder. After that long full of heartache, he never would have anticipated that justice wasn’t what she needed to rest peacefully.

All she needed was what every loving mother to walk the earth wished… that her child was okay, he was safe, that he was a good person. He could give her a glimpse of that, and held her hand while she took her last breath. They found their peace together.

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#26 - Blanket

Barry was feeling the exhaustion right down into his bones. Lying on his stomach on Felicity’s bed, his Flash suit strewn haphazardly on the floor nearby. He could hear her in the bathroom, but he was barely awake.

She came to bed just as his eyes were closing, and tenderly pulled the blanket up over him. She was quiet and gentle crawling in beside him, careful not wake him when she tucked the edges in around him. The last thing he was aware of before sleep fully claimed him was a soft kiss to his forehead.

Finally, he could relax.

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#13 - Queasy

Nightmares weren’t foreign to Barry. What was foreign was dreaming that the woman he loved was being tortured and murdered by the person who had killed his mom and very likely wanted him dead too. The nightmare was so vivid, like he had been right there watching it and he woke abruptly, heart pounding, breathing shallow.

He sat up in bed, blanket pooling around his waist. Sweat was dripping down his temple, and he wiped a hand over his face, feeling queasy and woozy. Lines were so blurred right now; what if this was a memory of an alternate reality?

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Ten things that changed your life

(1) The Reverse Flash
(2) Mom's murder
(3) Dad's unjust imprisonment for it
(4) Joe and Iris
(5) Meeting Felicity Smoak
(6) Getting struck by lightning
(7) Metahumanage... metahumanism... metahumanity?
(8) S.T.A.R. Labs
(9) Cisco & Caitlin (I'd be dead many times without them)
(10) Murdering, evil bastards
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#32 - Snuggle

The first time Barry surprised Felicity for an impromptu snuggle when they first started dating, he was second-guessing his choice, wondering if she would think he was a creeper. When she woke, he was lying on the bed beside her dressed in a cow onesie to match her PJs with a bunch of pink roses.

“Uh, is this okay…?” he asked sheepishly when she definitely got a fright waking up to a surprise bed warmer.

She broke into a goofy giggle with an inelegant but adorable snort. “More than,” she confirmed, paving the way for many more surprise Flash visits.

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#27 - Shiver

It was easier these days to visit his mom’s grave, so he visited more often. That morning, when he was crouched there placing some roses on her grave, the winter chill caused a shiver to sweep down his spine, goosebumps prickling his skin beneath his Flash suit.

His head whipped around with a suspicious narrowing of his eyes that skimmed over the sprawling cemetery. Was he being watched, or was he just even more paranoid than usual now? “You took her goddamn life, at least give us some privacy!” he shouted into the nothingness.

He had to get her justice.

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#09 - Bed

Barry was discovering yet another perk of being the Fastest Man Alive. The morning after a super hot date the night before, you could make a romantic breakfast in a flash. Collectively, he was absent from Felicity’s bed all of two minutes, now he was proudly carrying through waffles, juice, coffee, strawberries, and a single red rose, proud grin in place… which was all he was wearing.

He set the tray on her dresser where it could wait for a few moments longer. Instead of serving it up, he slipped back under the covers with her for a morning ‘snuggle’.

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#43 - Surprise

Barry just arrived in Felicity’s living-room to surprise her when his phone started ringing with a call from Cisco. His arm still wrapped around her waist, he brushed a kiss to her a lips and then answered the call. Something was going down, he needed to get back ASAP.

He stifled a groan, giving Felicity a mischievous smile. “Can’t. Bad stomachache. Really bad diarrhea,” he lied. Before Cisco had a chance to ask him if it was at turbo rate, he ended the call. The inside joke had them both laughing as Barry caught Felicity’s lips in another eager kiss.

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