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It had been a month since we had locked Savitar in the Speed Force. We had not seen any signs of Savitar or Alchemy, and everything was back to normal, whatever normal was for us anyway. Barry and I had unpacked a few things, mostly just the bed and nightstands. I had fully moved out of my apartment and broke that lease, Barry and I's things in cardboard boxes around the room.

Barry lets out a scream in his sleep, jolting awake, causing my head to snap towards him, his breathing distressed and uneven. I was already half awake, his screaming fully waking me up as my hand touched his bare forearm, my voice raspy, "Hey- are you okay?"

"Yeah- I'm fine. It was just a bad dream. Just go back to sleep." Barry mumbles, sitting up, turning his back towards me.

"I've been awake for over an hour-" I sit up, the silk sheets rubbing against my skin, pulling Barry's t shirt that I wore down. "Do you wanna talk about it? You have my undivided attention."

"No- you know what I wanna do?" Barry turns, crossing his legs, facing me, grabbing my hands, "I wanna unpack. It's been a month."

"No changing the subject, Bartholomew." His full first name rolled off my tongue smoothly, as I held back a small laugh.

"Am I in trouble?" Barry shoots me a boyish grin, his hair a mess from being sleep.

"No-" I trial off, I moved onto his lap, letting go of his hands, resting them on his bare chest, "But, this the third night in a row I've woken up to you screaming from a nightmare."

Barry wraps his arms around me, pulling me closer, "I know something else that's happened three nights in a row."

My eyes widen, my pointer finger shooting up, pointing at him, "You. You are dirty."

His smile widens, pressing a kiss to my lips, but unfortunately has to pull away at the sound of our phones buzzing.

I groan, throwing myself back, attempting to fall back into the bed, but Barry's arm keeps me in place, his other hand checking his phone, "There's a fire-"

"Go save the day, Flash." I lean back more, arching my back, in attempt to make him let go, his lips pressing a small kiss to my lips, before running, changing and leaving the loft, my back softly falling into the comfortable bed, a small smile on my face.

-

There was a new robber running around town. Barry had hesitated to stop him, and was now at edge when Wally jumped in and saved him, stopping him.

We were all in the cortex, ready for the Star Labs museum opening, awaiting for Wally and Barry's arrival. HR had given us a tour earlier, showing up the hologram of Cisco he had made for the tour guide, but throughout most of it, I was napping as Barry gave me a piggy back ride around every part HR showed.

I wore a navy blue jumpsuit, it was long sleeved and was plunged, the entire top material completely made out of lace. I wore a navy bra right under it, to make sure it blended in with the suit, my feet wearing black heels to go with it, my hair being straight.

"Wally, congratulations. That was amazing." Iris' voice breaks me out of my thoughts, my eyes landing on Wally, Joe with his arm wrapped around him, Barry following right behind him.

"Great job, Wally." Caitlin smiles at him.

"Nice work." I smile at Wally also.

"Kid Flash, let em know." Cisco hyped up, high fiving Wally. "That's how it's done."

"We just deposited Plunder in Iron Heights." Wally smiles, proud of himself also.

"His real name is Jared Morillo. Turns out he's wanted for a string of robberies from here to Star City." Joe informs us.

Barry finally speaks up, what he says catching all of our attention, "Wally, what was that? I mean- you're supposed to be shadowing me."

"Wait- you're mad at me? I thought-" Confusion washes over Wally, seeing that Barry was the only one who was bothered by his actions.

"Observe and learn. That's it." Barry snaps, his voice raising lightly.

"Barry. He saved your life." I stare at him, my eyes slightly wide at how he was snapping at Wally.

"That's it." Barry snips, raising his voice at me also.

"Barr, ease up." Joe looks at him, trying to calm him down.

Barry took off his gloves, turning, starting to walk away, "I'm sorry Wally, but if you can't learn how to follow orders, this deal between us, it's over."

"Barry." I raise my voice, catching his attention quickly, his head snapping over to me, his feet coming to a stop.

"A word." I sternly said, turning away, walking into another room, a sigh coming from Barry as he walks right behind me, looking down at me when we're alone.

"What the hell is going on with you?" I question immediately, "Wally- saved your life. Your head hasn't been in the game since this robber showed up. And you're upset with him?"

"Listen- I don't need a talking right now." Barry rudely stops me from talking, keeping a straight face.

"I'm not giving you a talking. I'm asking you what the hell is wrong. You've been having nightmares, and now you're snapping on Wally for the wrong reasons." I cross my arms.

"I'm fine. My dreams have no relation to this. I snapped on Wally because he isn't following my orders." Barry shot at me.

I raised my voice slightly, "Maybe it's a good thing he isn't following orders. You're not exactly being the best team leader right now. You've hesitated so much with this robber- it was a good thing Wally did what he did."

"You don't know about this, Zee." Barry also raises his voice at me.

"You're right, I don't. Because you won't tell me. You let me be there for you. You aren't telling me what's going on with you. You're keeping it all to yourself, and completely shutting me out." I raise my voice fully to the point where I was shouting, but then I stop myself, letting out a breath, "You know what- you can tell me if you want to. As much as this is making me upset- it's your privacy. But- being in a relationship means sharing what you're feeling."

Barry sighs, opening his mouth to speak, but I cut him off, "I don't want to hear it." I put a strand of my hair behind my ear, "I'm going to go downstairs. By everyone else. You need to get dressed for the opening."

With that, I left him alone in the room, making my way downstairs, where everyone stood. I was barely down there for a minute until Barry shows up right next to me, "Caitlin, where is everyone? Nobody's here."

"Nobody showed up." Caitlin quietly answers.

"For real?" I look at her, walking over to her quickly.

Barry comes up behind, setting his hand on my lower back, leaning into my ear, "You look very pretty by the way."

I keep my gaze on the ground, just simply quietly thanking him.

A few minutes later, two people show up, thinking that this was free, and eventually get scared away due to the malfunctioning Cisco hologram.

"It's not working. I don't know why." HR sighs.