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 FORTY-FOUR trapped
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JULIET FOLLOWED AFTER Barry into the treadmill room, watching as he buttoned his shirt back up after getting out of his suit. She looked up at him and gave him a small smile, placing her hand on his back and rubbing it comfortingly. Barry gave her a sort-of strained smile back and leaned down, pressing a kiss to the top of her head — something that had become so normal, but still managed to make her weak to her knees.
"Mr. Allen," Dr. Wells stated, and she looked back to see him coming into the room. Juliet's eyes slightly narrowed at him and she felt the familiar itching of energy at her fingertips, but she ignored it. "Tonight, at the fire, I saw hesitation. I saw you doubting yourself. Why is that?"
"I don't know," Barry answered, starting to pull on his jacket, which made Juliet drop her hand from his back. "Uh, I guess I was afraid I couldn't save everyone, even with J there."
He then reached down, taking Juliet's hand in his. She immediately laced their fingers together, and the two headed over to the door.
"Right," Dr. Wells agreed. But if there is anything that I have learned in our time together, Barry, it is that the only thing standing in the way of you achieving every goal that you set for yourself is you." His eyes slid over to Juliet, and she felt a shiver go up her spine. "The same goes for you, Ms. St. James. There is no limit to how strong you two will get or how fast you will go or how powerful you will become. Everything that you need, you already have."
Juliet fucking hated how much she took those words to her heart. She shouldn't, considering he was a lying evil speedster from the future, but . . . shit, those were really good words of inspiration.
"Thank you, Dr. Wells," Barry replied. The two headed back over to the door, but Barry paused for a second. "You know, we couldn't have done any of this without you."
"I feel the same way about you both," Dr. Wells revealed.
Juliet slightly tugged on Barry's hand, urging her to come along with her. The two walked down the hallway, and Juliet could tell from how tense he was, and how tense she was, that him being so nice to them when he was actually a horrible person was making them all kinds of confused.
They went back to Joe's house. Juliet sat on the couch, her knees tucked up to her chest, her gaze set on the coffee table in front of her. Barry sat on top of one of the tables in the living room while Joe stood in the dining room, leaning against the chair as he listened to them.
