Polar opposite {Snowbarry}

The sun is also a star

Sandra exhales deeply and she smiles a little. Barry felt the collective exhale around the room and he nervously chuckles once more.

"Well, personally I would like to say thank you for everything you've done... and you are quite handsome, Barry. How old are you?"

"I'm almost 34" Barry leans against the arm of the chair and she nods before exclaiming in surprise "wow... wow... that is young" they both laugh and he nods looking to his arms "yes... it's pretty um..." his voice trails off.

"So Barry, tell me..." she paused and then he rubs his chin "what motivated you to become a superhero?"

"Um... well" he looks at the camera then he clears his throat and looks down at the arm rest " well my mother was murdered in front of me when I was eleven..." she hums sadly and she nods " I'm so sorry..."

"Yeah.." he whispers before continuing and looking up to her face "I just wanted to prove that my dad was innocent... and I did." He laughs a little and she smiles "I want to help people you know? I want people to feel safe.."

"Is that why you're finally revealing your identity?" Sandra questioned and then Barry smiles again while pointing to her "you are a very sneaky reporter, Sandra" they both laughed again

"But yeah... yeah... I recently had something happen with my girlfriend and I realized how important it is to trust the people in your life" he ran his hand through his hair slowly and she snaps her fingers.

"Damn, girlfriend" she repeats and Barry laughs loudly. "Yeah... she is amazing.." his voice coos full of love, Sandra nods softly "is that the woman in the video?" She motions to the screen behind them and the clip of him hugging her with the gun plays.

"Yeah. That's my girl" he blushed darkly then looked back to the reporter.

"Do you wanna tell us about the background of this video? Like why you were holding a gun and yelling?"

"I was mind controlled I believe? There was this evil meta human who looked at me and I just felt all of these feelings of anger towards her... just straight up rage and betrayal.." she nods again while crossing her legs at the knee.

"This video looks really emotional... can I ask you a personal question, Barry?"

"You might as well" he chuckles and then she laughs as well "Yeah... yeah... um Has there been a point in your life where you couldn't seem to handle it? Where it all just seemed to be colliding with you, all the bad?" His smile fades slowly and then he glances to the intruding camera and he nods "yeah..." his voice involuntarily cracks and then she glanced at the camera as well.

" there have been so many points... I was a really sad kid... you know? I just wished it would end... no more crying... no more heart break... just darkness..." he stares at his hands as he spoke and for a few minutes she didn't say anything.

"I remember when I was younger... I always saw my mom struggling with drug abuse... my dad would tell me I had to stay strong but I- I didn't know how" he looks up at her eyes and then he gently nods.

"Shared sadness..." he mumbles then she gave a weak laugh.

"About this girlfriend!" She immediately chirped up and he nods then wipes his under eye quickly.

"How long have you two been together?" Sandra sets her hands on her knee while Barry grins ear to ear.

"That cheered you right up didn't it?"he laughs loudly and she smiles.

"We have been dating for almost... five months? Six in a half maybe?" Sandra exclaims in surprise.

"You are a man of commitment huh?"

"Hell yeah!" She whoops and he nods "always... I just feel so many emotions... Love is such a strong one for me..." Sandra Awwws and that makes Barry flush again.

"You are such a sweet boy" he laughs a little and he shakes his head " I'm not that sweet.."

She raised her eyebrows in surprise and he motions for her to scoot closer "last night my girlfriend sat me down on our bed and she..." he whispers the rest in her ear.

Sandra blushed and then she exclaims shocked " Barry Allen! We cannot say these types of things on live television!" He laughs while clapping excitedly.

"So I have another question for you before we have to go..." he boos and she smiles nodding " I know it's so sad"

"When you defeated knockout, aka Lexi LaRoche. How did your girlfriend react? Was she scared? Was she happy you finally caught the bad guy?" He smiles a little before nodding slowly.

"She was extremely proud... um I think we both were just so happy that all the killing was finally over..."

"Do you know about the metas getting their powers back?" He nods while humming "yeah, actually I got mine back as well"

Sandra exclaims in surprise again "you lost your powers? For how long?" He exhales dramatically "I don't even know... Lexi held me in this under ground prison for what seemed like forever... since there wasn't any windows it just stayed the same lightness and darkness all day"

"Oh god I can't imagine how that must've been.." Barry nods while looking off into the distance "I'm so sorry..." Sandra said and she reached over touching his arm.

He looks up at her eyes then he nods again and sighs " uh I actually have to get to this thing...."

"Right! Well thank you so much Barry, and thank you for saving the city countless of times and never looking for a thank you" she stands up and she puts her hand out to shake.

"Pshtt! Are you kidding me? Get over here!" He widens his arms and he pulls her into a tight bear hug. She exhales sharply but she hugs him back giving a short laugh.

(I'll use this little section to take suggestions for the story. More fluff, more drama, more smut, plot ideas, etc...)