A Thousand Years- Snowbarry Soulmate AU

Chapter 8

It was quite the miracle that Caitlin managed to pull. The first person in human history to bring a soulmate back from the dead let alone one that they weren't bonded to. It was completely unprecedented. 

Though Barry was still quite weak and still spent most of his time in bed though he had begun to take short walks with Caitlin whenever she visited which was very often. By now, she had broken things off with Ronnie and he understood and she did love Barry very much but they wanted to take some time to get to know each other better. After all, they didn't really have much of a chance to before now. 

His parents had also begun to warm up to her especially now that she'd saved him from death. They seemed more than happy for her to spend so much time in their home with their son. The couple even got to explore some of their newfound powers together as soulmates. Often, they could feel each other's emotions and hear one another's thoughts and could calm each other with just one look. It was a little strange at first but the more they practised it the more natural and normal it felt.

They'd even kissed a few times though they both agreed that the first time was the best. They'd been sitting up in his room on his bed, leaning against each other just talking about their lives when it happened. They found themselves gazing into one another's eyes all of a sudden and that naturally led to them leaning in. Their lips met and there was a crescendo of feeling in their hearts. They could both feel it themselves and off of one another, making it double. It quickly became very passionate and Barry was surprised that it wasn't awkward seeing as it was his first kiss but perhaps that was because they were soulmates too.

"We shouldn't... you're not strong enough yet for... anything more," Caitlin said quickly as she pulled away. Her arms had been around his neck and he had pulled her flush against him in a passionate daze. 

"Oh... Yeah, you're right" Barry replied, swallowing hard as he blushed bright red.

"Was that your first kiss?" she asked with an inquisitive smile.

"Er... yeah... kind of" he nodded shyly, blushing even deeper. 

"Really? I'm your first. Well, I suppose I prefer things that way. I don't want any girls from your past coming along and stealing you from me. Though you did seem very good at it, hard to believe that you've never done it before" she teased, kissing his cheek. 

"Well, that might just be because we're soulmates. I don't know... but you are my first. You'll be my first... my first time too when we... well, you know" he mumbled, barely able to look her in the eye as he spoke.

"Well, I'm sure that we'll be great at that too. Besides, I'm sure you've read as many texts about it as I have and when soulmates... make love it's impossible for it to be bad. Their love is more than enough to make it better than anything else on Earth. There is no way that you won't be amazing and better than any of my previous boyfriends. And if it makes you feel better, I've only ever done it with Ronnie so you'll be my second person ever and I was always... shy when it came down to it. Just like you" she tried to comfort him, attempting to cast than calming aura over him. 

"I can't imagine you being shy about anything" 

"I wasn't always so confident, you know. When I was little, I used to hide behind my parents' legs whenever I saw a stranger and I used to cry when my parents left me by myself for too long. I hated pre-school because of it and I found it really hard to make friends, I had to play all by myself" she replied.

"Really? You just kind of described what I was like at that age too. Well, other than the crying thing. But I guess we aren't as different as I always thought we were. Soulmates indeed..." he paused for a moment. "But there is something that we need to talk about. Our binding ceremony... or in the common saying- our wedding"

"I know, we must have it six months after we find each other and we are bonded like every other couple. I'm sure it won't talk long for us to plan it. We just have to contact The Evergreen Church and they'll send us a minister for the date. We don't want anything too lavish or fancy, do we? We can just invite our families and close friends and I suppose we should invite Professor Michaels and the doctor for all he has done for us"

"That sounds perfect. You know, I really think we should have a romantic dinner together, just the two of us. Like a date" Barry suggested, kissing the top of her head as she snuggled into him.

"Barry, you know we can't go out anywhere just yet. I know you're getting restless staying in all day but we'll be able to go out as soon as you are strong enough. You did die. No to mention, the press- they will be swarming us now that our story is out. Everyone will want to come to interview us, I doubt we'll be able to get a private moment alone" she protested.

"I know that. What I think we should go is get my parents out of the house for the evening, they do really need a break, or even for the weekend so we can have the house to ourselves. Then we can make dinner and have it here. Our own home date. And seeing as we'll be all alone maybe we could... work on me not being a virgin" he finished nervously, finally being able to look her in the eye.

"I... Well, that does sound very nice but I don't want you to... to hurt yourself. I don't know what I'd do if something were to happen to you if I were to lose you again" Caitlin replied worriedly. As much as she wanted to find out what truly being with her soulmate would be like, the last thing she wanted was for things to go wrong.

"Hey, you won't lose me. How could I get hurt? How could things go wrong? I can hear your thoughts and feel everything that you feel and I know that you're scared but we'll be together and a soulmate can't hurt another soulmate especially doing that. At least let me have the choice and if we have to stop then we'll stop but I want to try. I've waited long enough, don't you think? We both have, I don't want to wait any longer. I want to be with you" he attempted to persuade her, looking her deep in the eye with hope. 

She took a deep breath and looked up at him. All her worries just melted away when he looked at her like that. She couldn't help it- she was his and he was hers. They belonged together and putting this off seemed wholly unnatural.

"O-okay, we can try but no promises alright. If there is a single sign that you are in pain then we will stop and you know there's no point in hiding it from me because you know that I can feel it if you are in pain or discomfort. I'm not taking any risks with you" 

"Yes, ma'am" he smiled, kissing her cheek before kissing her lips passionately before she could change her mind. If she thought about it at all then she most definitely would so making her mind go completely blank by kissing her seemed like the right way to go.

"It's not fair that you can get me to do whatever you want just by kissing me and looking at me like that. You know now that I just can't say no to anything that you ask" she breathed out as she pulled away from his lips with a grumpy face at the power he had over her now. 

"Well, you know that you have the same exact power over me too, right? If you really wanted to then you could use that exact same power to talk me out of making love to you but you don't. That means that deep down you want it just as much as I do and you just won't admit it to me or yourself. I can feel it you know" he teased, kissing down her neck.

"Is it so bad to want to know what it's like to be with my soulmate? Is it so wrong to be a little curious? I don't deny that I want to... I just know in my head that we probably shouldn't just yet. But... to hell with it. We're meant to be together, why should we wait any longer?"