for snowbarry_otp
"Have you ever wondered?"
His voice rang out in the silence of the late afternoon chill, echoing through the walls as it grabbed the attention of the only other occupant of the room.
She slowly dragged her eyes away from where it had been focusing on a slide under the microscope, tugging her lower lip from the confines of her teeth as she spoke.
"About what?"
He shrugged, paced a few steps around her desk to lean on the table in front of her, arms hanging loosely on his side.
"I don't know. It's just that lately, I've been catching myself thinking about the multiverse more frequently than before." He cocked his head to one side as he voiced out his curiosity to her.
Her reply was a simple understanding smile, "Probably because of what we've been encountering these past few months."
He nodded, thoughts drifting back to the events that had happened the last few months. Visits from people from other earths had actually became another Tuesday for them. Cisco almost convinced them into think of a "safe word", something that only the original team Flash should know in case some weirdos from other earth would try and steal their identities. And hearing one of his another ridiculous plan, he got shot down even before he could justify his case.
But it didn't mean that Barry wasn't left wondering, because he did and still does, more than what he expected himself to.
"It's just, you know. There are probably a thousand possibilities, scenarios and different outcomes happening right now in different earths and sometimes even when I thought I'm immune to the thought of anything impossible happening, I can't help but feel like I can't just wrap my head around some things-" He cut himself off before he do more damage to Caitlin's ever so ready ability to listen to his rambling, "I'm rambling, sorry."
Caitlin's initial response was to say that it's okay, drop the subject and go back to finishing her work but the way Barry's eyes lit up, the excitement rolling off him as he indulge himself into exploring his old passion and love for science, has her changing course.
"Yeah? What kind of things specifically?" She asked and the way Barry's lips quirk into a smile like he did once when he was ten and won in the science fair, is more than enough to put a smile on hers too.
"Hmm." He looked thoughtful, amused that she had delved herself into this geek out session with him despite knowing how much it irks her leaving her work undone.
The hypothetical lightbulb lit up above his head as he spoke, "Ah! Say for example, Dr. Snow. What day is it today?"
Caitlin didn't give him the satisfactory of answering right out, like she knew and was waiting for this day to come because she doesn't.
Or that's what she makes herself believe.
After everything she's been through the past year or so, she believes she's not in the right place to look for a bailout date during Valentine's this year. Not that she's looking but somehow, this day has her reminiscing about her past relationships or the lack thereof and maybe, just maybe, her heart has been healed enough for her to be open to love again.
Find someone to be crazy about.
She smiled at the memory, her eyes subconsciously drifting to Barry's. His awaiting smile bringing her back to the question at hand.
"14th of February." She replied nonchalantly, face turning into a calm demeanor.
"Valentine's Day, exactly!" He exclaimed, eyes still had that excited glow. "And have you ever wondered? While the two of us were sitting here, busying ourselves with work, what our some world versions are doing right now? At this very moment?"
