we fall in love till it hurts or bleeds or fades in time.
[ barry allen x original character ]
[ book one in the red series ]
[ the flash season one ]
STATUS: COMPLETED
[ STARTED: december 9th, 2021 ]
[ FINISHED: january 26th, 2023 ]
[ 100k reads...
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CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR barry's being weird
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THE LAST THING Juliet wanted to do was be dragged on a double date between Iris and Eddie and Barry and Linda and be a fifth wheel, but she also didn't want to be alone.
Turns out, she ended up being alone. Juliet laid on her couch in her apartment, her cheek in the palm of her hand. A box of pizza was in front of her, and she was eating it as she watched Cinderella — the original version from the 50's. Don't ask why she was watching it, she just was.
Suddenly, her phone rang. Juliet paused her movie and set down her pizza crust in the box. She looked to see that it was Cisco calling. Juliet answered.
"What's up?" Juliet asked.
"There's a silent alarm that's been tripped at the Central City Morgue," Cisco revealed.
Juliet's eyebrows knit in confusion. "Who the fuck would want to rob a morgue?"
"Exactly what Dr. Wells said. Well, minus the curses. Barry'll probably meet you there."
She hung up the phone. Juliet discarded her dinner and movie and teleported away from her apartment. She teleported into her suit back at S.T.A.R. Labs before going to the morgue. Juliet appeared in a room, and Barry sped in next to her. She gave him a fleeting smile, but Barry looked like he had just seen a ghost. Juliet momentarily shook it off, reminding herself to ask about it later. The two of them wandered further into the room. Her heart instantly sank at the sight of the coroner, dead on the ground.
"What's going on?" Cisco asked. "What do you see?"
Barry didn't answer. He seemed speechless for some reason.
"Barry?" Cisco urged. "JJ?"
"The coroner's dead," Juliet answered.
The two superheroes went away for a moment when they noticed police sirens coming. They put their suits back at S.T.A.R. Labs and reappeared at the crime scene, both with coffees and their CSI cases. Juliet frowned as she noticed Barry stop in his tracks and get shouldered by a walking officer. He seemed awfully . . . jumpy.
"Hey, Barr, Jules," Joe began. "What's with all the water? Did the sprinkler system go off or something?"
"What?" Barry questioned as Juliet went to respond. "No, I checked the sprinklers. They're all intact. But the water has ice in it." He walked over to the dead body. "And the bruises on the coroner aren't just on his face. Check — look at his torso."
