i've had a great life, iris

without you ... there wouldn't be the flash.

[westallengifs]

“It’s the type of relationship that I think everybody would like to have.”

— Grant Gustin on Barry and Iris at San Diego Comic Con 2018

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“Dear Iris,

                My name was Barry Allen and I loved Iris West.”

— Perfect Storm, The Flash v5 #44 (April 2018)

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“Someone who understands that time is precious, and right now is all we’ve got, relatively speaking.”

Bonus:

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He thinks that you like me, romantically.

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The Flash - Episode 4.23 (Season Finale) - Title Revealed

The Flash - Episode 4.23 - We Are The Flash (Season Finale) The episode will air on the 22nd May 2018.

[westallengifs]

We’re the Flash.

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You know you didn’t have to give up your speed, right?

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You told me that you used to be fearless. I know that you still are. You’re the bravest person that I know. You can do this. I know you can. Now run, Iris, run. 

[barryslightningrod]

Anybody Seen My Baby

Rarely if ever is Barry allowed the luxury of solace. Such limited relaxation is a consequence of juggling a demanding job, managing STAR Labs, and perhaps most taxing, speeding through the city to protect its citizens daily.

Whenever he is afforded the privilege of free time, he prefers to spend it like he is now, bundled in bed, each arm curled around an infant. He cuddles his children to his chest, basking in their dainty sighs and round, heavily-lashed eyes, and perhaps his favorite indulgence, taking shameless, long sniffs at their smooth skin. The scientist in him knows there’s some evolutionary significance behind that incredibly satisfying fresh baby scent, but the sentiment in him knows how fleeting it is and wants to cherish every part of his three-month-old twins who are already growing up too quickly, even in the eyes of The Flash.

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[barryslightningrod]

Going under a cut because this is a polarizing thing in fandom lately, but I want to be able to say what I think about the lack of sex [scenes] between Barry and Iris. If you’re tired of this discussion or if you’re just going to default to some variation of “it’s not a big deal” or if you’re going to make an assumption about my own sex life, then simply don’t click. I am not interested in a fight or debate or in having my opinion be diminished or ridiculed. If you do want to counter my point, you can do it respectfully. At the same time, if you do agree with me, please do not flood the inboxes of people who disagree to try to convince them they’re wrong. Everyone is entitled to their own perspective.

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[barryslightningrod]

Homecoming

“You’re my home.”

They barely make it through the loft before coats tear off, whip away, and fall carelessly to the ground. Aware of the severity of her own yearning for him over the past weeks, of her dread that her marriage was forever reduced to a series of exchanges through glass, of her fear that she would be a wife to someone she could never touch again, whenever she mustered the hope to imagine this reunion, Iris was certain she would be the more agitated of the pair, but she had underestimated her husband. Barry is the one who kicks the door shut behind them, drops the leftovers Joe insisted they take-his favorite meatloaf be damned-and tackles her to the staircase, not even bothering to head to the bedroom.

Clearly he wasn’t as enduring in prison as he would have liked her to believe.

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[westallengifs]

Her parents’ daughter

[westallengifs]

She’s got her man, that’s really the only thing she’s ever cared about - is Barry and getting to spend the rest of her life with him, in whatever form that looks like, even if it was on the side of the road, with, you know, grass rings [Caity: selling oranges]. She’s just happy that they got married and that they will spend the rest of their lives together.

Candice Patton

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My man’s on trial. He’s got some issues, but as far as him and Iris, as far as I know, they are okay.

Candice Patton on whether there might be trouble in paradise for Iris and Barry

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Well, [the wedding] did happen. It just didn’t happen the way that I planned for it to happen. And some very lovely friends of ours joined our wedding. And got married before us, and had a wedding after us too, on their own show. But Iris is handling it with grace.

Candice Patton 

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[elektranatchios]

Lightning gave me abs?