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"What? Whoa." I heard Barry's voice come from the living room as I slowly walked downstairs, yawning quietly, he laughs, "No! Huh?"

My footsteps halt when I walk into the living room, "What- did I just walk into?"

I stood there, rubbing the sleep away from my eyes, yawning again, which is cut off with a small shriek, due to Barry scooping me into his arms then plopping onto the couch with me on top of him.

I opened my eyes, my eyes falling onto the tv, Barry speaking up, "I'm just catching up on all the TV I missed while I was stuck in the Speed Force. When you've been gone six months, the world is a minefield of spoilers. But Cisco hooked me up with the 1,000-times sped up version of my favorite shows."

"Aw, Jon Snow died." Barry pouts, but then suddenly his features turn into a shocked pleasing expression, "Oh, he's alive!" Then his expression falls confused, "Huh-"

"Okay- wow." I scoff, looking at him, "That just screams instant headache."

"Not when you're the fastest man alive." Barry winks at me, leaning up, pressing his lips into mine, but pulls away at the sound of his phone buzzing, as he pulls it out, "Joe needs us at a crime scene-"

"Oh- I can go get dressed then-" I start, moving off his lap, standing up.

Barry cuts me up, catching my waist as he stood up, "You know what- take your time. I'll give you all the details about the crime scene."

"If you insist-" I dramatically say in a jokingly way, dropping back onto the couch, grabbing the binder on the small table by the couch, "I should get through this binder with the time on my hands though- it's filled with our neglected wedding plans and it'll most likely take me all day."

"Oh, no. Don't worry about it." Barry slips on a jacket, "I'm done with it."

"You're- done with it?" I repeat, looking up at him.

"Yeah, I finished it this morning-" Barry smiles, "I locked in a caterer, I got you your favorite flowers, I put a deposit on a venue with an amazing view, I got that seven tier triple chocolate cake-"

My eyes are wide, "I don't know if I should hug you or kiss you right now. I mean- you got everything covered."

"So my lovely fiancée can remain stress-free." Barry leans over, pressing a kiss to my lips, then fixes his jacket, "Save me a bear claw?"

"I'll bring one by when I meet you at Star Labs-" I smile lightly, placing the binder down where I picked it up from, as he shoots me a smile, then whooshes off.

-

"The Cortex's quantum algorithm should decrypt this code in no time." I heard Cisco's voice come from the cortex as I walked down the hall, heading into the cortex, "That should help us ID our new hacker."

Cisco's words fade when his eyes landing on me, the corners of his mouth turning up, noticing my appearance, "Oh- ho- ho- she's back!"

I roll my eyes lightly playfully, as he referred to my freshly cut medium length hair, and the missing septum ring that I had just taken out and decided to only put in once in a while.

Iris nudges my shoulder, "We missed you."

I smile at her, walking over to Barry, holding up the small foam plate, a bear claw resting on it, "I brought you a bear claw."

He smiles, thanking me, kissing my cheek, stealing the bear claw, taking a bite, as I threw out the plate.

"Anyway," Cisco began, "While we wait, I got a little welcome back gift for you." Cisco signals for us to follow him, "Come, come. Walk with ya boy. Gather round, class."

He rips off the sheet, revealing to us the new suit he had made for Barry, "Ka-blam!"

"I mean, that was cool reveal and everything, but I've seen that suit. I've actually already worn it." Barry shrugs, finishing the last bit of his bear claw.

"Yeah," Wally sat in a seat, "We all know you gave Barry's suit a nice little fancy makeover."

"Yeah, but you don't know what you don't know.And underneath all thisthed beautiful, I've built in self-repairing armor, nano-liquid circuitry, full-spectrum scanning, and a whole bunch of other big words." Cisco brags, as he presses a few things on his tablet, the suit whirring, "Chief among them. Your very own custom-made HUD. This thing is loaded with maps, schematics, delivery menus.You know that Thai place you like so much?

"Yeah, love the Pad See Ew." Barry smiles.

"You know how we Pad See do." Cisco and Barry do a handshake, causing me to let out a laugh.

"Dude, this is awesome." Barry steps closer to the suit, "What else does it do?"

"Well, lucky for you, I even wrote you an instruction manual." Cisco hands him a huge binder.

"Yay." Barry says sarcastically.

"You act like you can't read that in less than a millisecond." I pat his shoulder, patting Cisco's shoulder next, "Really good work."

"I know." He smiles cheekily, leaving the cortex.

"I'll look at this later." Barry sets the binder down, "Um, I gotta get back to CCPD-"

"That's where I'm heading-" I grab my car keys, starting to head out, as Barry catches up to me.

"And you can blame this on Cisco, but I'm thinking Thai tonight?" Barry suggests, his arms held out as a shrug.

"Sounds good." I kiss his cheek.

Before we can even made it out the cortex, the alert starts beeping rapidly, causing me to halt in my tracks and run right back into the cortex, hopping into the seat, looking at the monitor that sat in front of me, "There's a car going 120 swerving between lanes. You both need to get out there-"

"That's one car." Barry scoffs, "I got it." He disappears, his suit along with him.

"But, I can help-" Wally's voice fades when Barry is already gone.

"Sorry, Wally." I sigh, looking at the monitor.

Barry voice comes in through the comms, "Okay, guys, it's a runaway. Driver's trapped inside. I'm gonna change his trajectory."

"Okay, then turn him left." I instruct, "There's a turn-off for runaway trucks coming up. Just clear a path and the car will come to a stop there."

"No, no, no." Barry goes against my orders, "I'm gonna push him right. That street's empty. I can help him there."

"Barry, don't-" The sound of tires screeching meant he had already done it, causing me to sigh, "You can't go down that road."

"What? Why?" asked Barry.

"They started construction on that street three months ago. It's completely blocked-" I told him.

The sound of tools cranking and the vanished screaming revealed that Barry had saved the man, causing me to sigh and fall back into my chair, crossing my arms.

Soon enough, Barry shows back up, as we all crowded around the parts of the car Barry had brought back, Cisco speaking up, "I know a guy almost died, but what happened to this sexy beast here today- is the real tragedy."