"We're ready whenever you are, Barry." I told Barry as he ran in the Speed Lab, Barry's voice coming through, "I'm ready!"

"Are you serious?" Cisco looks at me.

"Please Cisco, just one more." I press my palms together, pleading, "I won't ask again."

Barry was training, trying to be fast enough to run into a breach Cisco would make, so he would be fast enough to do the same for Devoe.

I was dressed in black joggers, a white sweater, a braided beige beanie on my hair to contain the slight mess of my straighten hair, white slip on vans on my feet.

"She said two hours ago." Cisco shot me a look.

"You and I both know he's not gonna stop until he makes it through." I walk over to him, a innocent smile on my face, my palms still presses together, "Come on, just one more. You know how Barry gets."

He squints his eyes at me, before exhaling, "One more."

"Thank you." I chirp, Cisco walking to where Barry would come out from, holding his fist up, opening a breach.

"All right, here we go." I said to Barry, standing behind Cisco, "Three- two- one. Now!"

Cisco closes the breach right before Barry can get through it, Barry grunting, "Damn it! One more."

Cisco exhales deeply, "Zee?"

"Barry- let's take five." I began, crossing my arms.

"No, not until I get this, all right? Come on." Barry turns to run again.

"Listen, Miyagi-" Cisco began, "I've been here all day, opening breaches, all right, so unless you wanna rub your hands together and do some magic shoulder popping-"

"I'm not rubbing your shoulder." Barry stares at him, exhales.

"That's what I thought. I'm taking five." Cisco starts to leave the room.

"Hey, come on!" Barry tries to stop him.

"I'm taking five!" Cisco ends the discussion,'leaving the room.

"I- I don't understand why I can't get this." Barry breathes heavily, walking over to me.

I hum, "I don't know, maybe because we've been at this all day and you've been up all night?"

"That shouldn't matter." Barry shakes his head.

"Barry, a bridge closes in three -picoseconds. Picoseconds are a thing?" I look at him, confusion falling over me, as he shot me a look. I clear my throat, "Besides the point- Devoe's could shut even faster. Look, I'm just saying that this might not even be the best plan to catch him anyway."

"It's a plan, you know." Barry exhales, sitting down, "It's the only one we have right now."

"I know- we don't really have anything else right now." I walk over, sitting next to him, "But, you gotta stop acting like this is our only option."

"I don't know, Zee, but, I mean, we need something. We have no leads on the next three bus metas, no way to track Devoe, no way to stop him." Barry sighs lightly raising his voice, stressed, "I mean, he can't be this smart."

I got silent, as he sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose, "I'm sorry, but, I mean, we've been at this for months, and we have nothing."

"Well-" I began, looking at him, "Maybe- that's what's placing a wall between you and- something to help us- something to go off on. You know, sometimes you have to take a breather and let the answer come to you. Do something else for a bit."

"Like what?" Barry questions, looking at me.

"Date night." I shrug, wrapping an arm around him, "You know, we haven't had any quality time, just you and me, since our honeymoon."

"Which was severely cut short." Barry comments.

"That's right." I smile softly, "We deserve a night to ourselves. I know, we're always preoccupied with the team and all-"

"We're also Barry and Zee." Barry nods, "No, you're right, yeah. All right, I'm gonna make a reservation tonight, someplace very romantic."

"Or-" I drop my head down, looking at him directly, "Instead of throwing the money that you don't have because of your recent unemployment and your refusal to apply at Big Belly Burger-"

"Zee-" Barry lets out a light breathy laugh at my joke.

"Okay-" I laugh quietly, "We could just-"

He cuts me off, "No- I want to treat you. I'll make a reservation, okay?"

"Fine." I give, pointing at him, "I'm only giving in this time."

Barry smiles lightly, nuzzling his head into my shoulder, my head leaning against his, "How is it we live together, work together, sleep in the same bed together, but it stills feels like we don't spend any real time as husband and wife?"

The device chirps, Harry's voice coming in, "Allen- other Allen- I mean- god- The Allens-"

The sound of shuffling, the voice completely changing to Cisco, "Zee, Barry, we need you in the cortex."

"You know, I really like the sound of your last name being Allen now." Barry smiles at me.

"Oh?" I smile softly.

"Yeah, Detective Allen." Barry presses his lips into mine, a smile on both of our lips.

Harry's voice comes in again, "I said, now!"

I pull away from Barry, "Duty Calls, Barry."

"All right, let's go." Barry pecks my lips, getting up with me, as we made our way into the cortex.

"So what's this?" I question as Barry and I stood by Harry, Caitlin and Cisco, looking down at what they brought us up here for.

"This is a signature field, mapping every time DeVoe's gone in and out of his layer in the pocket dimension." Harry points.

"All of these?" Barry questions.

"All of them." Harry confirms.

"So, how did you do this?" I look at him.

"I didn't do it, actually." Harry admits, "Ramon did."

"But all I did was just come up with a really complex and eloquent algorithm to track the warping signatures." Cisco trails off.

"Don't do that, all right? Don't do that. Don't be modest." Harry told him, "All right? It's unbecoming."

"You're unbecoming." Cisco shot at him.

"You wish I was unbecoming, all right?" Harry shot right back.

"Do you know that these are Devoe?" Barry stops them, questioning.

"These are Devoe, all right?" Harry starts pointing at different locations, "This is when Marlize grabbed him from Izzy at Lawrence Hills. This is when he showed up at Iron Heights prison."

Caitlin leans over, "This is Devoe's house."

"And this is the alleyway in the city center, where he abducted you." I point, looking at them, "How long has this been going on?"

"Oh, wait for it." Harry pauses, looking at Cisco.

"The past three years." Cisco answers.

"Three years?" Barry repeats.

"Devoe orchestrated everything to get the people he wanted on the bus." Caitlin spoke, "He's been planning this a long time."

"We got a planner, just like Thawne." Cisco held his own shoulder.

"So, how do we use this?" Barry asks.

"All we can do right now is just wait for the next marker to appear, try to get the jump on him." Cisco tells us, "That and keep an eye on Ralph, using the old buddy system."

"Has anyone seen Ralph today?" Barry questions.

"No, he's downstairs, moving in." Caitlin informs us, "He's very nervous."

"I don't know why." Harry says.

"I don't know why either.  He's a superhero. People with powers are ready for anything." Cisco walks backwards, turning, only to let out a shriek, "Ah! Son of a breach!"

"Sorry-" Jesse Wells says with wide eyes as we look back at her, "I just came in through the breach room."

"Hey, Jesse, welcome back." Caitlin greets her, "What are you- what are you doing here?"

Jesse's eyes are fixed on Harry, Harry looking right back at her, Jesse holding some sort of cube.

Barry's head peaks from behind Cisco, "Wally's not here."

"Is that a breakup cube?" I question, looking at Harry, "You have your daughter a break up cube?"

"It's not a- I'm gonna- you know what-" Harry grabs his daughter, leaving the cortex.

A few minutes later, the alarm starts blaring, my head snapping towards Cisco who was already looking at the monitor, "What's happening? Where is that?"

"One of the hangars out at Waid Airfield." Cisco types away.

"Joe said CCPD was escorting ARGUS there this morning for something." I say, looking back at Barry, "Barry-"

"Yeah, we gotta go." Barry squeezes my shoulder, running off

"We'll meet you there." Caitlin said, slowly leaving with Cisco.

"Cool, I'll come too." Jesse spoke, "Could use the distraction."

My hands type away on the screen, staring at the footage that rested in front of me, speaking into the comms, "Guys, seven officers and ARGUS agents down. They just blew open the ARGUS transport container. West side of the hangar. One armed assailant inside."

"Got it!" Barry's voice comes through the line.

"Just you and us now." Barry's voice comes through the line again, showing me that they had defeated the threat.

"Nice work, everyone." I sigh in relief.

-

[ barry's pov ]

Everyone was frozen. Everyone was still. Everyone and everything that surrounded Jesse and I, was still. I slowly walked over to what was in the container, my eyes widening, tearing off my mask, Jesse coming to my side, speaking, "Oh, that's a nuclear bomb."

"I know." I sigh.

"And its core has already gone critical." Jesse spoke, our eyes glued onto the bomb.

"I know." I exhale.

"The second we slow down, it's over." Jesse said.

"I know." I look at her, "That's not helping."

"Well, how long do you think we have?" Jesse questions.

"We just have to keep moving till we figure out a way to stop it." I walk away from her, setting away from the bomb.

"Okay, we could run it to the Badlands." Jesse suggests.

"No, if we run that long, it'll speed up the reaction." I shook my head, denying, "We won't make it outside the city before it explodes."

"Well, we can't run everyone outside the city." Jesse exhales, "We're talking hundreds of thousands of people. I mean, if there were more than just the two of us, there's not enough time."

"Wait, that's it." I snap my fingers, "Jay Garrick."

"What about him?" Jesse questions.

"Uh, he might know what to do." I told her, "Go to Earth-3, get him, bring him back here as fast as you can, okay?"

Jesse nods, running off as I slowly walk over to Cisco, softly whispering to myself, "I need you right now, man."

I touch him, "Hey."

"Whoa, what is going on?" Cisco looks around, amused.

"You're moving with me at super-speed." I told him.

"What? Is this what it looks like when you run?" Cisco asks, "I have to say, it's a little uneventful."

"Hey, come with me." I lead him to the bomb, keeping my hand on his shoulder.

"I'm guessing this is our Ark of the Covenant." Cisco stares at it.

"Something like that, yeah." I nod.

"Whoa- yeah, that will definitely melt your face." Cisco stares at it, "That looks like an experimental fission engine, deuterium isotopes. That would make this an inertial confinement cage to stop the radiation. But with enough pressure, the isotopes inside, they split, they produce heat, they produce light. It starts out blue, turns yellow, turns purple, and then it's game over."

"Just please tell me there's a way we can undo it." I plead.

"I think we're way past that point." Cisco looks at me.

"We have to do something." I exhale.

"What if what if I breach it to a dead earth- like I did with Fallout?" Cisco suggests.

"Of course, yeah." I nod, backing away with him, "That's a great idea. All right, do it."

"What's wrong?" I question when Cisco's breach doesn't fully open.

"I think I might be all breached out." Cisco says, "I don't know, I think I breached one too many times today."

"No, that's not it." I shook my head, "A breach is a folding of space-time, right, so when we're moving this fast, we-"

Cisco cuts me off, "When we're moving this fast, when we're moving in Flashtime, then we don't have the time necessary- for a breach to form."

"Exactly." I nod.

"Then that means I can't-" Cisco gasps for air, falling into my chest, "That means I-I can't-"

"Hey-hey." I caught him, "What's wrong?"

"I don't know." Cisco admits.

"You're not a speedster." I sigh, "Your body can't handle moving this fast very long. I gotta let go, all right? Come here."

I run him back to where he was, Cisco grabbing my arm, "Wait- ask Harry. He'll know."

"All right. I hope so." I say, letting go of him, running to Star Labs and into the room Harry was in, touching his shoulder, "Wells-"

"A-Allen-" Harry musters out, "Uh, why are you touching me?"

I swallow, "Listen, you're in Fla- you're in Flashtime, yes."

"Flashtime? What is Flashtime?" Harry questions.

"I didn't- Cisco just came up with it." I began.

He cuts me off, "Wait, you did this with Ramon before you did this with me?"

"Hey, we don't have time!" I caught his attention, "The alarm that we left for was an ARGUS transport. It had a fission engine in it-"

"And it exploded?" Harry starts to ask.

"That's why I'm in this Flashti-" I start.

He cuts me off, "Wait Jesse. Where's Jesse?"

"She's no, she's fine." I assure him, "She left. She went to-"

"Okay, Allen, that's great, because if this city's gonna explode, you need to send her as far away from here as possible-" He let's worry of his daughters safety gets the best of him.

"No, listen- listen, she went to Earth-3 to get Jay Garrick." I told him, "We need his help."

"Allen, no, no, no, no, we cannot let her-" Harry began.

"Hey! Right now, I need your help, okay?" I caught his attention, "How do I stop the reaction?

"You can't stop this." Harry spoke, "You have to send it away from here."

"Well, I can't. Cisco can't open a breach." I told him.

"Cause there's no time." Harry realizes, "But you can."

"What do you mean?" I question.

"Allen, you can." Harry tells me, "Allen, listen to me, space-time breaches and the portal to the Speed Force operate under different physics. You open a portal to the Speed Force. You send it there."

"What will it do to the Speed Force?" I question.

"What is- why am I weak?" Harry leans into his chair.

"Wells- I know." I held onto him, "Wells, hey- It's the speed- listen to me, will an explosion that big affect the Speed Force?"

"I don't think so." Harry admits.

My eyebrows furrow, "What? What do you mean you don't think so? "

"I don't know." Harry sighs.

"Wells, hey, look at me-" I began, only to be cut off by a voice from behind me.

"What the heck?" Jay Garrick's voice comes from behind me, my head turning, my gaze landing on Jay and Jesse.

"Get her out of here." Harry says the minute his eyes land on Jesse, "Allen-"

"All right." I nod, letting go of him, looking at Jay.

"How'd you do that?" Jay questions.

"Um, I'm not sure." I admit, "I've- I've been able to do it ever since I came out of the Speed Force."

"That's a hell of a new trick." Jay admits.

"Look, right now-" I start, wanting to explain to him what was going on.

"I know." Jay nods, "Jesse showed me the nuke. We're in trouble, kid."

"Well, I don't know." I run a hand through my hair, "Wells has an idea that he thinks might work."

"Yeah? What is it?" Jesse questions.

"We send the bomb into the Speed Force, let it detonate in there." I told them.

Jay's expression changes, "Like hell you will."

"What do you mean? Why not?" I question.

"Because, Flash, if you do that, we may lose the Speed Force forever." Jay exclaims.

-

"We need to hurry." I say, walking over to Caitlin, touching her arm, "Hey."

"I see all these frozen people around me, Flash, and this time, it's not my fault." Killer Frost jokes.

"We need your help." I told her.

"Three of you now." Killer Frost eyes, "What's going on?"

"The cargo in this container." I began.

"It's a nuclear bomb." Jay continued.

"Yeah, and it went kaboom." Jesse finished.

"Dandy." Killer Frost exhales.

"Come here." I pull her over to where the bomb is, "We need you to cool it down."

"You want me to cool down a nuclear reaction that's already gone critical?" Killer Frost cackles, then notices the look on our faces, "You're serious?"

"Quickly, please, Ms. Frost." Jay prefers.

"All right, let's give it a whirl." Killer Frost nods, giving it her best shot, "Didn't go quite how I expected."

The bomb reacts, the container holding it cracking, light shining through it, everything freezing in its place again, as I hesitantly spoke, "Try again."

Killer Frost shrugs and goes at it again, only getting weaker, starting to fall as I caught her, her breathing uneven, "Huh, so that's what heat feels like."

"You're burning up. Come on." I lead her back to where she was before, "I have to let you go, all right"

"Barry?" Killer Frost stops me, "Don't let Caity die."

I nod, letting go of her, looking at Jay and Jesse, "Now what?"

"Guess we have to find that fusion machine after all." Jesse sighs, but then a thought pops into her head, "Wait a second, what if we're the machine?"

"How so?" Jay questions.

"Well, you said that we could offset the energy of the bomb with the energy from nuclear fusion." Jesse looks at him.

"Theoretically." Jay nods.

"Right, and the reaction in that container's giving off, I don't know, 3 million tons of energy?" Jesse guesses.

Jay nods again, "Give or take."

"So, 3 megatons of energy, that's 3 billion joules.
Each lightning bolt gives off roughly 1 billion joules, so if we all throw a lightning bolt- at the same time- It could be enough." Jesse looks at the both of us.

"That's enough." I nod, practically jumping at the opportunity, "That'll work. Let's do it."

We all run in a circle, running enough to throw a lightning bolt, Jesse and I doing so, Jay falling to his knees, my head snapping towards him, crouching next to him, "Jay! Hey-"

"I'm not used to going this long." Jay admits, breathing heavily, sweat dripping from his forehead.

"Hey, hey, hey, it's okay." I rub his back.

Jay breathes, "Damn legs- don't work like they once did. I'm not gonna be able to finish this one, Flash. I'm sorry."

"It's okay. Just rest." I told him, rubbing his back.

"I'm so sorry." He apologizes one last time before freezing in his place, still like everyone else.

-

Beads of sweat slid down my head, tears slipping down my cheeks as I weakly punch the wall of the hall I was tiredly making my way down. My breathing was uneven in exhaustion, walking into the cortex, my eyes landing on Zee Allen.

She stood behind the console, completely frozen, turned to the side, her beanie slightly slipping off her head, her hair cascading down her shoulders, my eyes trailing down her hair, noticing the few inches it had grown since I had gone to prison.

One hand rested on the necklace I had given for for Christmas so long ago, her other hand at her side, her gaze fixed into nothingness.

Another tear slipped my eye as I took in that this could be the last moment that I saw her, a whimper leaving my lips as I walked over to her, my breathing uneven, grabbing onto her forearms, "Zee-"

She flinches at the sudden touch, not expecting me to be here, her eyes wide, glued to me, grabbing onto my arms, "Barry-"

"You're moving as fast as I am-" I exhale, one hand going to her face, "Like in the courtroom."

"What? Why? What're you-" The questions flew out of her mouth instantly, her head turning, looking at the screen that displayed everything back at the hanger, her eyebrows furrowing, pointing at the screen, looking back at me, her lips lightly pursing together, "That's not good."

"Zee-" I swallow, "I can't- I can't save us this time."

"What're you talking about- what do you mean, you can't save us?" She blurts out quickly, her eyes staring into mine, flashes of confusion, and fear shining in her eyes.

"There's a bomb-" I start to tell her, small cries leaving my mouth, "A nuke, it's already gone off."

"What?" She questions, blinking, looking between the screen and I, then placing her hands on her chest out of habit, "Barry- but there's a way. There's gotta be something that you can do- you always find a way."

"I can't stop it." I tell her, squeezing my eyes, more tears falling, sniffling, her eyebrows furrowing once more, "No, listen, I tried. We tried everything. We tried lightning, we tried cooling it down, reaching into a dead earth, but there's nothing that will work. I don't know what to do."

"Hey- hey-" She holds my face, trying to comfort me.

My voice grows weak, "As soon as I stop, it's gonna-"

"I know-" Her soft voice sounds, as I wrap my arms around her tight, holding onto her tiny body, her arms wrapping around me, holding me, the soothing sounds of her voice quietly sounding in my ear as she spoke, "It's okay- calm down."

"I don't know how much longer I can hold out." I cry out, my forehead leaning against her shoulder, my voice weak and raspy, "I'm so tired."

"It's okay, Barry." She rubs my back, her hand touching the back of my neck, a small gasp leaving her mouth, lifting my head, her hand touching my forehead, "Oh, my God, you're burning up."

"I've been at this for a while-" I admit, breathing heavily, "For me."

"Look at me-" She places her hands on my neck, looking into my eyes, "Look at me."

"I'm sorry." I held her wrists, sniffling.

"Don't apologize to me." She weakly smiles up at me, nodding at me lightly, accepting that this could be our last moment together, "Don't be sorry. Just- look at me. Be here with me-"

"If this is my last moment alive- I'm so happy I got to spend it with you." She admits, her eyes lightly watering, as I leant my forehead against hers, "Every moment with you, Barry, has always been amazing. Whether it's- the last moment of our lives- or when we first met. Every moment."

"You're my lightning rod, Zee." I cry out, holding her face, leaning my forehead against hers, my eyes closed.

"That has got to be one of the cheesiest-" Zee began to say, but her voice fades, her eyes trailing away from me as she was now deep into thought. causing me to tilt my head up and look at her.

"What?" I question, "What?"

"You tried to use lightning-" Her head snaps up at me, her eyes wide with thought, "You used a lightning toss-"

"We tried." I say in defeat, "It- it didn't work. If it was powerful enough, it could've fused the split atoms, it could've negated the effects of the bomb, but I can't do it alone. I can't-"

"Right, because you can't generate that kind of energy." She points at me, "But- the Speed Force can, Barry. You don't have to have enough power to negate the effects of the bomb- because the Speed Force does."

"What?" I question, confusion falling over me, wanting her to go more into depth.

"When you went into the Speed Force-" She started, "The entire city was almost destroyed because of that lightning storm the Speed Force unleashed on us- one of those-"

"One of those bullets would be more than enough, but I- I can't." I held her face, my eyes glued to hers, "How- how could I draw that out?"

"Piss it off-" She blurts out, grabbing onto my shoulders.

"Zee-" I exhale, staring at her, not knowing where she was getting at.

She shook her head, snapping her fingers, "No, listen, when we got you out of the Speed Force- when we freed you, Cisco and Caitlin, they used a Quark Sphere programmed with your genetic marker to trick the Speed Force into thinking that you were still in there. You get that- and you'll piss the Speed Force off- and boom- lightning storm."

"I just need to get that sphere, and the storm will chase me." I say in realization, my eyes slightly widening at the idea.

"A lightning rod to bring out the lightning." She claps her hands together once, proud of how she had come up with that.

I press my lips against hers roughly, before pulling away, smiling at her, hope pouring into my chest.

"Go save the day, Flash." She softly smiles up at me, my heart melting at the sight.

"And come back to you as fast as I can." I smile at her, letting go of her, watching her still up, as I start running back to the hanger.

-

[ zee's pov ]

"Today, I showed you how easy a city can fall. Mark my words, nuclear power will bring only destruction to the world. You'll see it again, and when you do, you'll all remember the name, Veronica Dale, and fully understand my actions. Eden Corps! Eden Corps! Eden Co-"

Cisco turns off the video, "I feel like she's saying, Eden Corps."

Joe chuckles, pointing at the now black screen, "As in blasting everybody back to the days of the Garden of Eden. This was to air after the city fell. Found her manifesto at her apartment. Environmental activist turned animal liberator- turned domestic terrorist."

"Turned craycray." Cisco remarks.

"How did she find out about the ARGUS drop anyway?" Iris questions.

"Somebody must have tipped her off." Barry shrugs, as he stays laid on the medical bed, laying his head on his arms, as we all stood around him, in Star Labs.

"Devoe." Caitlin instantly answers.

"But why would he, or she- whoever- why blow up the whole city?" Cisco begs the question, "Why kill nearly everyone here?"

"Maybe there is no method to the madness." Joe shrugs.

Jay Garrick walks in, smiling, "Well, this was fun, as usual, but it's time for the ol' Crimson Comet to head back home."

"Thanks for your help, Jay." Barry thanks him.

"Yeah," I shove my hands into my pockets, shooting Jay a genuine smile, "If you- Barry and Jesse- the entire city could've been blown to ash-"

"You were a big part of that, Zee." Jay smiles at me, not letting me give them all the credit, "Credit where credit's due."

"My sentiments exactly." Barry smiles up at me.

"So, when you get home, you need to rest." Caitlin hands him Jay something, "Your glucose levels are pretty low."

"Thanks." Jay smiles, "When I get back, I think I'll be doing nothing but getting rest."

Cisco questions, "Meaning?"

"I've been at this hero game a long time, a long, long time, and after today, I'm thinking about trying my hand at something new." Jay admits.

"Like what?" Barry asks.

"For starters, training someone to take over." Jay looks at us.

"There's another Flash on your earth?" Cisco questions.

"There will be-" Jay's smile widens, "-soon as I'm done training her."

"Her?" I muster out, a smile forming on all of our faces.

"Well, do you think we're good with the Speed Force?" Barry asks

"Well, if not, we'll find out soon enough." Jay nods towards him, "Always a pleasure, Flash."

"Always." Barry nods, Jay Garrick leaving the room.

"So, you need to rest as well, Mister." Caitlin tells him, "No running, no Flash. Your system is taxed."

"I'm good." Barry told her.

"You will be, but you're not yet." Caitlin shot him a look.

"That's right." Cisco says, "Anything comes up, we got it."

"Zee, make sure this man rests." Joe points at me, as they all leave the room, leaving Barry and I alone.

I look at Barry, crossing my arms, as he spoke, the smile not leaving his face, "You know, I realized a couple of things- when I was in Flashtime."

"Oh yeah? What're those things?" I question, as Barry scoots over, moving his arms from under his head, opening them for me. I smile, climbing next to him.

He wraps his arms around me, "Well I'm more than fast enough to catch Devoe. We just need to know when he's coming out of the pocket dimension sooner."

"Well, we'll obviously figure that out soon enough." I draw shapes on his chest with my finger, as he rubs my back, "We're Team Flash."

"Yeah, we are." Barry kisses my head.

"What's the other thing?" I ask, looking up at him.

"You were right about taking a breather." Barry looks at me, "Just a moment with you, being grounded again, everything becomes more clear."

"You-" I point at him, "I love you."

"I love you too." Barry chuckles lightly, rubbing my back, "I'm sorry about date night."

"Don't be." I pat his chest, and as if on cue, his stomach growls loudly, I smile up at him innocently as I drum my hands on his stomach, slipping away from him, running into the cortex.

"Wait, where are you going?" Barry calls out after me, "You're supposed to make sure I rest-"

I grab the three bags of Big Belly Burger that sat on the console, walking back into the room, holding up the bags, "Since we didn't get to make any reservations, I went up and picked up some food."

"Oh- you're an angel." Barry places a hand on his growling stomach, as I smile with my teeth, walking over to the bed again, sitting down where I was a few seconds ago.

"I originally was gonna pick up some Thai- but, they were closed." I place the bags down, opening them, pointing at him before pulling anything out, "I call dibs on all the fries."

"What?" Barry gasps lightly, "That's ridiculous."

"Hey now-" I place a fry in his mouth, "You can't blame me."

"Awh- now you can't keep those all to yourself." Barry pulls me into him, closing into him, wrapping his arms around me, his hands digging into the bag.

"Okay- fine." I dramatically say, propping one in my mouth, leaning back into him, kissing his cheek.

authors note:

ok, for everyone who reads this, comment how you would describe zee, like what you think her characteristics areee.