Violent Delights and Ends

Chapter 9 - A bittersweet reunion

Barry finally reunites with Iris and Joe and tells them what happened to him without revealing all the details. Later when he and Iris are left alone things take an awful turn.

Authors note: trigger warning because there's talk of rape in this chapter. And it's not Patty friendly. No hate to people who likes her. She's just a villainous vampire in this story.

Barry's POV

I entered the living room and Felicity must've told Iris and Joe to wait there. Because my heart nearly broke when I saw them. I thought I'd never see them again and here they were right in front of me.
  They both got up from the red couch with tears in their eyes when they saw me and Iris approached me first and tossed herself in my arms. I held her as tight as I could while I tried to avoid to breathe in her magical scent the way I used to do. Her perfumes were always the best. But I couldn't risk such a thing now. But I couldn't care when I was finally being able to hold her again. I can't believe that I'm holding Iris West in my arms again I thought and squeezed her even tighter, but careful to not to hurt her with my vampire strength.
  "Oh my god, it is you." She sobbed as she released the embrace to cup my cold face in her hands and she definitely noticed that. "But oh my god... Barry, you're freezing and you're so pale, sweetie." she sniffled before she placed a gentle kiss on my lips. And I wanted to kiss her back more than anything, but I was afraid of my own strength and the part of me that was calling out for her blood. But I still allowed myself to cup her face while I gently returned the soft and tender kiss and relished in the fact that she was here. And I could feel her lips against mine again and her salty tears mixed with my own. I wasn't even aware that I was crying.
When our lips parted she took a step back so I could hug Joe as well. "My sweet sweet Barry Allen." he said with a crack in his voice and pulled me into his arms while he broke into tears. I felt like that little kid again that he found on the street after my parents had been killed. And I couldn't hold back a sob either.
  Joe was still crying while he held on tight to me and then I looked up over his shoulder and noticed Oliver in the living room chair watching the heartfelt reunion. When I met his gaze he smiled softly at me. "Thank you." I mouthed while I held his blue eyes.
  "You're welcome." he mouthed back with a tender look in his eyes before I closed my eyes again.
Then Joe finally let go of me and the three of us went to sit down on the couch while Oliver poured whiskey into three more glasses. He was already nursing a glass of his own. But both Iris and Joe were too busy fussing over me to care about the drinks which was good because they would notice that I didn't touch mine.
  "What happened to you, sweetie?" Iris asked before she added. "I mean it's okay if you don't want to talk about it, but you were gone for two whole years..." she said softly while she joined her fingers with mine. She didn't seem that bothered at all by my cold skin. Maybe she thought it was because I had been held hostage for two years? Which wasn't far from the truth.
"I think I actually need to talk about this to be able to process everything..." I said quietly but looked over at Oliver in his chair for permission. Like I told him earlier I would try to be as honest as I could without revealing all the supernatural details. And the werewolf gave me a curt nod to go on and tell them.
"I can't reveal the name of the horrible man who was holding me hostage because he'd hurt you both if he knew that I had found you guys again. And he even knows where you live so I just can't tell you." They looked at me with worried eyes, but seemed to understand. Iris at least. Joe looked a bit more skeptical. I knew it was his cop instincts taking over, but he remained quiet.
"Being stuck with that monster was horrible. I was forced to do a lot of things that I would never want to do. He made me hurt people, even though I've always just wanted to help the less fortunate people. And he had others to do his dirty work too. A sweet young girl named Jesse, a former doctor, Caitlin and two criminals Snart and Rory plus this poor engineer called Cisco who had to keep the security on the place updated." While I was reminiscing about my horrible experience I was suddenly reminded about the fearful night when I was turned and the first time he forced me to hurt someone.