Fighting For Love (FlashxReader)

Chapter 45

Cisco pulled another all-nighter, and this time, he was successful. Cisco had managed to track the metahuman after he left the precinct and using traffic cams, he found that the metahuman had been hiding out at one of Devoe's old warehouses where he kept Barry and Y/N when he kidnapped them.

Joe had brought in a few officers to help Cisco take down this metahuman who they later found out the name of...Carter Duncan.

After arresting him, Cisco put Duncan in the pipeline, safely locked away. Luckily, the power dampeners seemed to stop the effects of his powers on the victims, as well as Barry and Y/N.

Though it took a few days, Barry was finally starting to feel better, slowly getting back to himself.

Currently, Barry sat on the bed in the med bay, Caitlin looking over him to make sure he was actually okay. Barry waited patiently for Caitlin to run every test in the book on him.

"Are we done yet?" Barry jokingly asked as Caitlin finished one final test on him.

Caitlin playfully shook her head at him, "Yes," she replied. "You are free to go home," she added.

Barry nodded, standing up. "And what about Y/N?" he asked. Barry knew that her condition wasn't improving quite as fast as he did, but then again, she had been whammied by this metahuman far worse than he had.

Caitlin sighed, "She's improving, just not quite as fast as I'd like her too, but she was also hit harder by this metahuman."

Barry looked down, knowing how awful Y/N must feel right now. "Can I take her home at least?" he asked.

Caitlin contemplated the idea for a moment, she nodded slowly, "Uh, yeah. She should rest at home, as long as you're there to look after her I think that should be okay. But if anything, anything at all happens, bring her back here or call me," she told Barry.

Barry hugged Caitlin and thanked her for everything she had done for him and Y/N before he headed into the Cortex and saw Joe, Harry, and Cisco waiting for him.

"How are you feeling?" Joe asked as Barry approached the group.

Barry shrugged, "Better, now that is," he answered. "Y/N's still not doing too well, but she's getting better."

Harry nodded, "That's good. Cisco and I think we found a way to track Devoe and his pocket dimension breaches," he explained to Barry.

Barry's face lit up at the idea, "That's amazing, when can we start tracking him?" Barry asked, his voice sounding eager.

"Once you get better," Joe answered. "Tracking him does no one any good if you and Y/N aren't at 100%"

Barry sighed, glancing down slightly as he realized that Joe was right; if he and Y/N went out after Devoe now, they would only end up hurting themselves in the long run. He nodded slowly, "Yeah, we can wait," Barry replied.

"Get some rest, you and Y/N both, you'll need it," Harry advised as he left the Cortex with Cisco. Joe lingered for a moment, hugging his son before he left to return to the precinct.

Barry sauntered around the Cortex for a moment before heading back to the med bay and to Y/N's room. He watched as she rested somewhat peacefully on the bed for the first time in a long time, Julian hadn't exaggerated when he told Barry that Y/N was in a far worse state than he was.

His eyes lingered over Y/N for a moment before he sat down beside her. Y/N felt the bed dip and she slowly opened her eyes as she felt one of Barry's hands resting over the top of hers as he woke her gently.

"Y/N, sweetheart, are you awake?" he asked her softly.

Y/N nodded slowly, snuggling herself further into the warmth of the blankets. "Yeah, I'm glad to see you're feeling better," she said stifling a cough.

Barry rushed to grab her a glass of water which Y/N gladly took a sip of as she sat up slowly. "Thank you," she replied.

"Come on, let's get you home so you can rest," Barry said slipping his arms around her as he picked her up bridal style. Y/N nuzzled herself into Barry's chest as he held her close, still with a blanket draped around her. 

Seconds later, Barry had sped them both back to the apartment and upstairs. Y/N smiled as Barry gently laid her down on their bed, covering her up with a second blanket before tucking another pillow behind her head. Barry had laid out movies and plenty of other things to keep Y/N and himself occupied while she got better.

"You don't have to do all this," Y/N reminded him as he crawled into the bed beside her, wrapping one of his arms securely around her.

Barry shrugged, kissing the top of Y/N's head. "But I wanted to," he told her.

Y/N rested her head against Barry's chest as he started a movie, "Don't you have to go to work at some point?" she asked, looking up at him slightly.

Barry shook his head, "I told Singh I was still under the weather and wanted to spend some time with you until you got better, he said that he understood. I'm not going anywhere."

Y/N nuzzled herself back into Barry's side, "Good; because I've missed this," she said.

"Me too," Barry added. "Get some rest," he mentioned.

Y/N yawned before closing her eyes and slipping into a deep sleep with Barry's arms wrapped around her. Barry smiled as she heard soft snores coming from Y/N a few minutes later, he too later found himself drifting off.

Both of them were finally at peace for the first time in a long time... at least for now, that is...