Covert Affair [Snowbarry Spy AU]

As Time Flows By

Caitlin rubbed her eyes for what felt like the thousandth time in the past hour. She was currently observing a tissue sample in her microscope, but every time she would put her eyes against the eyepiece, her mind would drift away and her sight would blur. Somehow, she couldn't manage to concentration decently today. It didn't help that she had a tone of work to do and zero motivation.

Was it weird that, every time she would look at the green fluorescence from her sample, she would think of two particular green eyes?

'Yes that's totally messed up' she thought to herself, rolling her eyes.

But she couldn't help it. Caitlin had been spending so much time with Barry in the past few weeks that he was almost constantly on her mind. She was switching her microscope off, deciding to work on something else, when she felt the vibration of her phone in her lab coat pocket. She shook her head in amusement as she took her gloves off. Without even looking at her phone, she already knew who had sent her a text.

After throwing her used gloves away, she picked up her phone and read the text from Barry that was waiting for her.

'You and me. Tonight. 8 O'clock. Central Movie Theater. You don't have a say in this, I already bought the tickets ;)'

Caitlin let out a small giggle and had to put her hand on her mouth to stop the high sound to expand itself. He always seemed to lift up her mood when she was having a bad day, even without being in the same room as her.

She quickly tipped in her reply: 'I'll be there! ;)'

To be honest, she had had a say in this, they had talked about going to see the adaptation of one of her favourite books for a while now. She would just let him think he had the power this time because he had taken things in his own hands. She couldn't help the goofy smile plastered on her face right now. Things had been going really great. She sometimes felt guilty to feel this good because of a guy, she couldn't help feeling like she was cheating on Ronnie.

She perfectly knew it was ridiculous, and that it would go away with time. But the feeling was still there. And Caitlin was also afraid to dive in, head first, in something that would put her heart on the line. Though it was probably already too late for that.

"Soo Caitlin..." A teasing feminine voice behind her brought her out of her daydreaming. "Who's the hot guy you've been dating lately?"

Caitlin's smile immediately disappeared from her face. She had been tense all day long, stressed out from too much work, and Barry's text had managed to coax a small moment of joy for her. The last thing she needed was Lisa Snart getting on her nerves. Caitlin put her phone back in her pocket, took a deep breath and turned around to look at her co-worker.

"I'm not dating anyone, and it's none of your business anyway." Caitlin replied coldly.

Lisa Snart was also an engineer at S.T.A.R. labs and probably one of the persons she could bear the least. Caitlin felt like the only job she was good at, was pissing her off. She sometimes wondered if she hadn't stolen her engineer degree or something.

"Tsk tsk tsk, don't lie to me Caitlin, I saw you with that hot dark haired guy the other day." Lisa's snaky voice made the hair at the back of her neck stand up.

She was probably referring to Barry picking her up after work. It had become kind of a routine, every few days, he would pick her up and they would go somewhere together. They didn't do anything fancy, but Caitlin liked how normal it felt, not having to go back to her empty apartment right after work, just spending time with him.

"It's Dr. Snow to you, Snart." Caitlin hissed through grit teeth.

Lisa flinched slightly at the injunction. Caitlin was the person in charge in this part of the lab. And though she wasn't the kind of person to abuse of her power, it felt good to put the other woman back in her place once in a while.