ϟ barry allen | the flash

[supertardiness]

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[lowerlipthing]

So... This might just be an example of me handling something. Somehow.

[She rubs her inner arm gingerly.]

I guess I must've handled whatever it was. [Did she know too much about something? What if Barry's some kind of mafia contact?? ]

[supertardiness]

Yeah, maybe.

[He sighs a bit, before looking down at the paperwork again.]

Why don't we table this until Cisco gets back? I could run out and get us some pizza or something?

[lowerlipthing]

[She's not hungry. It feels like she might never be hungry again, the way everything still feels off. Could it have been appetite-related? This seems extreme for a new diet pill.]

That's the second time you've brought up Cisco. Is he a friend of yo--ours?

[supertardiness]

[He nods a bit, because man this was going to break Cisco's heart.]

Yeah. He's your best friend, actually. You guys have been through a lot together.

[lowerlipthing]

Then I'll probably want to get some space heaters going while you're making a food run. It's not exactly room temperature in here.

[It seems particularly important to do something to get rid of all the frost, especially now that they're settled in it.]

[supertardiness]

[He's about to correct her that he isn't going to be gone that long, but it'll give her something to do, at least.]

Yeah, sure. There should be some in one of the supply closets down the hall. I'll go grab a few pizzas and I'll be right back.

[And with that, he'll zip out in a streak of red and gold.]

[lowerlipthing]

[He leaves and it sets everything flying in a burst around him. She's left to her own devices then to pull flying paper out of the air and try to reorganize it. There's something vaguely familiar about the shade of annoyance, but nothing to tangibly take hold.

But the paperwork brings new glimpses of things and subsequently new questions. When he returns, she'll be ready for him.]

When were you going to tell me about Killer Frost?

[The "hello" is implied.]

[supertardiness]

[Cue Barry, standing in the middle of the office with a tall stack of pizzas with an adorably dumbfounded expression on his face. He didn't think this occasion would take a turn to Killer Frost quite so quickly, but here we are.]

... I was working up to it?

[That's not a good answer, Barry.]

I didn't want to freak you out until we knew for sure she was relevant.

[lowerlipthing]

Well I'm officially freaked out, so I guess you're late.

[ her lips press together. ]

Have I been hurting people, Barry?

[supertardiness]

No. No no no no no.

[He moves to place the pizza down on one of the tables and takes a few steps closer.]

Killer Frost isn't you, specifically. Killer Frost is you from another Earth.

[lowerlipthing]

Then why does it look like a freezer suffered acute emesis all over my workspace?

[ She barely knows this man, and his dismissal feels like a betrayal somehow. ]

[supertardiness]

Because you and Killer Frost have the same metahuman ability. But you are very different people, who lived very different lives. I thought that Cisco built you some power suppressing tech to help you control it, so my brain didn't go there right away.

[He had had time to think it over on the run there and back, and this makes the most sense.]

You must have been looking for a more permanent solution without looping us in.

[lowerlipthing]

So the only way to keep me from killing people was to wipe everything clean. [She hugs her arms against her chest, frowning. That's not at all what he said, but perhaps that's the part he didn't want to say.] One supposes I probably deserve whatever comes next.

[supertardiness]

Hey, hey.

[he reaches forward slowly, reaching for her arms gently as a gesture of comfort]

That is not what I'm saying at all. You didn't do anything wrong. And you and Killer Frost are very different people with different situations. There's no saying that you would deal with your power in the same way.

[As far as Barry is concerned, #teamcaitlin.]

I actually think that you were trying to suppress your ability, not your memories. It just ... backfired and got your memory instead.