Paradoxical Labour (Epilogue)
Summary: Y/N wanted her husband back and she didn’t care if she had cross through a million parallel universes, she’d find him but she nor he had any idea just what would happen when she would. (I haven’t gotten up to season 3, but I couldn’t wait to write something about Savitar, considering I spoiled it for myself, so if Savitar seems OOC, then I’m sorry and this is more AU than anything else.)
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Flash (2014) or anything associated.
Warnings: The word: shitload and shit but other than that, nothing. Just a lot of family fluff with both Allen families.
Savitar x Reader (and Barry x Reader from Earth 1)
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“Barry and Nora Allen, I want you down these stairs in three seconds!” Y/N hollered from her place against the banister of the staircase, her foot tapping dangerously as she rested her hand on her heavily pregnant tummy, her wedding and engagement rings displayed easily.
It had been eleven years since they had gotten back together.
Eleven years since Void Y/N and Savitar had barrelled into their lives and left with their baby Thomas and a matchmaking session in their wake.
Now, Y/N was Dr. Allen, the most promising and talented obstetrician of her generation in Central City hospital along with her husband, Barry who was the head of the CSI Department in the CCPD and also Central City’s hero: The Flash.
Married and already having furthered their careers, Y/N and Barry a beautiful baby girl, who was now a four-year-old kindergartner.
Nora, already a very bright child (thanks to Daddy, Auntie Cait and Uncle Cisco), was following in her father’s nerdy footsteps with his love for science and even giving the other children a demonstration of it at recess (which only resulted in a minor explosion of pressured air being released in the sandbox, fortunately no eyes were assaulted with sand considering Nora had already supplied her eager audience with a bunch of 3D glasses, their mouths were another story. Barry had never been more proud of his daughter despite his promises to the minders to lecture her). But apart from that, she was a completely normal girl with no sign of the Speed Force in her genes.
Y/N and Barry were counting their lucky stars for that reprieve as there were too many enemies of the Flash that were still at large and neither parent wanted their daughter mixed up in that hectic (and frankly severely dangerous) part of their lives. They were incredibly thankful for the lack of Speed Force energy running through Nora.
With a gust of wind, Barry was right in front of his awaiting wife, his cream cardigan fluttering behind him and his Vans slightly smoking with residual friction, his hair slightly wind-blown as he winked at his wife who was more than done with her husband’s antics.
In his strong arms was their brown-haired, hazel-green eyed daughter, giggling from the after effects of her Daddy’s speed, her white tutu sparkled in a rainbow of colour in the bright afternoon sun. Nora’s Disney princess t-shirt risen above her tummy from Barry’s fingers knotted into the material and her long hair tangled in front of her face, metallic pink leggings twinkling in the light also.
Both had the same, massive grin on their faces, “it was 1.4 seconds if you were wondering.” Barry told his wife cockily, biting his lower lip as his reading glasses slipped down his nose slightly as hazel-green eyes glinted with mischievous intent. Y/N rolled her eyes at him before easily fixing their daughter’s wild mane of chestnut-brown hair, reminiscent of her father. Y/N quickly straightened up both her Allen children (because Barry was definitely a child most of the time) before giving them a stern glare. “We were supposed to be there ten minutes ago. What did I say about creating a volcanic simulation before we have to be somewhere?”
“Not to do it.” Both Nora and Barry trill monotonously in unison.
“Exactly, so now neither of you are getting dessert when we come home tonight.”
“Mummy~!”
“Y/N~!” Both Barry and Nora moaned in exasperation.
“No! You both know the rules and you both chose to disobey them, my punishment stands.” With that, Y/N whirled away, skirt swishing around with her and she started toward the front door, her bag swaying in the crook of her elbow as she opened the door. Nora barreled out of the house, running to the car with her Captain America backpack and her children’s book of chemistry as she jumped in the car and into her own child seat as gentle, thin arms wrapped around Y/N’s pregnant tummy as Barry’s warm lips pressed the spot behind her ear, his glasses removed, leaving his beautiful hazel eyes clear.
“What about my midnight snacks? Are you going to keep me from those too?” Barry’s hands slowly travelled down to her hips and then to the sides of her thighs.
“Well. . .” Y/N’s voice wavered softly, “maybe I can just give you a little leniency on those specific snacks. I benefit from those too.”
“Ah~, I see. So when it includes your needs, it’s perfectly acceptable. Have I got it right?” Barry’s lips slowly made a gentle trail from her collarbone, up the side of her neck and targeted the sensitive spot behind her earlobe.
“Now you’re getting it, baby.” Y/N chuckled, sighing in pleasure as his lips completed their trip multiple times before he slowly pulled away.
“In this instance, I’d demand you take me back to the bedroom and change the schedule from midnight to midday just this once.” Slowly pulling away from Barry, she turned, capturing his cheek in her warm hand, “but we have somewhere to be, Mr. Allen and our baby girl is waiting in the car.” Patting his cheek, she waddled from the driveway to the car. With a gust of wind, Barry was holding the door open for Y/N with a soft grin.
“Tonight then, Mrs. Allen. Our midnight snack will be a three course meal.” With a quick kiss, Barry helped Y/N in before shutting the door and appearing in the driver’s seat, the car rumbling to a start before they pulled away from their home and the Allen family made their way to their destination, listening to Nora’s hypotheses for a better volcano simulation.
Standing in the middle of the beach with their picnic blanket set out, the Allen family took their seats and started nibbling on the fruit that Y/N had prepared. “You were worried we’d be late? Remember who we’re meeting?”
“Shut up, Barry.”
“What? I’m stating the obvious, honey!”
“You’re gonna get an obvious smack at the back of your head if you keep goin’ the way you are.” Y/N glared at him teasingly before winking.
“Hormones.” Barry murmured, pouting down at his giggling daughter who was wrapped up in her Mummy’s arms. “One minute your Mummy is as sweet and fluffy as a marshmallow, the next she’s ready to bury me in the backyard. I don’t know what to do with your Mummy with anymore, Spark.”
Nora’s laugh was infectious as a portal opened to the side of them, a few meters away. The harsh breeze wafted over them as a group of four made their way into their world. “Mummy, Daddy- who are they?” Nora questioned, looking at her mother and father with a confused expression on her youthful features.
“You’re about to find out, baby.” Y/N smiled down at her daughter as the four shadows grew closer to the blue energy before Void Y/N and Void Barry stepped out of the breach with their two boys on either side. Thomas looked exactly how his father did at eleven-years-old, with a cheeky grin at his parents. They also had another son with his father’s hair and his mother’s E/C eyes, looking the same age as Nora.
“Mummy, Daddy! It’s you!” Nora squealed, bounding out of her Mummy’s arms to see the newcomers. “Wait. . .Daddy, his face is different.”
“Yeah, Spark. You remember how Uncle Cisco was talking about the other versions of Mummy and Daddy in the different worlds?” Barry asked Nora as he helped Y/N up slowly, his hand caressing her swollen belly as she shakily got to her feet, holding onto Barry’s hand to steady herself.
“Yeah.” Nora answered, trying to remember Cisco’s words.
“These are our-”
“Doppelgangers.” Nora answered, much to her parents surprise as she looked up at them, “what?” She questioned innocently, “Auntie Cait taught me that word.”
“Of course she did.” Barry murmured exhaustedly. No matter how many times he told his coworkers/best friends to slow down on teaching Nora so many complicated terms and things a kindergartner shouldn’t know, they had never lightened their knowledge around her; much to his chagrin.
“Yeah, baby. They’re our doppelgangers, but not every version of us is the same. Remember that, sweetie.” Y/N smiled down at Nora approvingly before both parents took her hands and they walked to their doppelgangers who were preoccupied with their children.
“Okay, you two, no funny business.” Void Y/N warned her kids playfully yet sternly. “Tommy, no showing off by running on water and Grant, no sand tornadoes. It took me two weeks to get the sand out of my ears last time.
Both Thomas and Grant snickered but nodded in acquisition as Void Barry slung one arm over Tommy’s shoulders and Void Y/N wrapped her arms around Grant’s as they met their Earth 1 counterparts halfway; the exact same large smiles on the identical couples faces.
“It’s been eleven years-” Y/N started.
“And we still look damn good!” Void Y/N ended as both women cackled with laughter before meeting in a tight hug before gushing over E1 Y/N’s unborn child.
Both Barry’s shook hands, smiling brightly. “Lookin’ good, Barry.” Earth 1 Barry grinned, no animosity held between either Barry after eleven years of peaceful coexistence.
“Well, for what it’s worth, you’re not looking bad yourself, Barry.” Void Barry chuckled as his Earth 1 original pulled him in for a hug, both men patting their twins backs before parting as did both Y/N’s.
“Well, let's start the introductions.” Barry grinned, one arm slung over his pregnant wife’s shoulders and his hand curled over Nora’s shoulder. “I’m Earth 1’s Barry Allen, this is Earth 1’s Y/N and this is our beautiful daughter: Nora Caitlin.”
“Hello. . “ Nora partially hid behind her Daddy’s legs, eyeing the familiar strangers in front of her.
Void Barry took hold of his beautiful wife and waved his two sons over. “Well, as most of you know, I’m Barry Allen from Void Earth and this is my gorgeous wife, Y/N and our two sons, Thomas Joseph and Grant Sebastian.”
E1 Barry and Y/N smiled brightly when they watched both boys smile brightly. “Wow. .” Their eyes watched Thomas, the last they saw of him was when he was a newborn, delivered by both Caitlin and Y/N and now here he was in front of them, all grown up.
“Grant’s our resident little scientist in the family. He has an obsession with explosions for some reason. I wonder where he got that from.” Void Y/N quipped sarcastically, turning her eyes to her husband who looked away, looking sheepish.
“Sorry, honey.” All four identical adults shared a laugh.
“Hey, baby-girl, maybe you can tell Grant what you did in kinder-” Barry’s sentence paused as he looked down to his frightened daughter, staring at his time remnant with unease in her eyes. “Nora?”
Void Barry’s expression softened as he slowly bent down, lifting his sandy brown khaki pant legs as he crouched so he was at Nora’s level, the sun illuminated every feature of Barry’s face including the unsightly burn marks and his sightless pebbled eye that unsettled young Nora.
“Hello, Nora.” Barry murmured softly, ‘there’s no need to be afraid of me, sweetheart.”
“But they’re scary.” Nora whimpered, her eyes glued to the burns that marred the left side of his face as Barry chuckled at her bold words as he stopped the Earth 1 couple from lecturing their daughter about the use of manners and thinking before she spoke.
“Hey!” Thomas and Grant were quick to defend their father.
“Enough.” Void Y/N warned her sons sternly, giving them a motherly glare for good measure before turning back to Nora, her cotton cream dress folding against the sand as she crouched down, softening her voice. “Don’t pay them any mind, munchkin. They’re just very protective of their Daddy.” Nora nodded shyly, her eyes flicking from the former God of Speed back to her Mummy’s doppelganger. “So you’re scared of Barry’s burns, hmm?” Y/N gently caressed the mottled skin on the left side of her Barry’s face as she kept her eyes on Nora. His eyes fluttered closed, relishing her sweet touch as Nora nodded softly; her eyebrows creasing in worry. “Y’know, I was scared of his burns too when I first met him.”
“You were?” Nora asked, hazel-green eyes wide as she stared at Void Y/N who nodded.
“Mm-hmm, I was very afraid of him at first. He wasn’t in a very good place in his mind at the time and he was very mean to everyone.” Void Barry sighed, looking down in shame at those tainted memories but listened to his wife, who wisely left out the parts of him being hellbent on being Savitar: The God of Speed and killing her Dad and his ex-fianceé and taking over the world.
“How did you stop being scared?” Nora questioned.
Void Y/N smiled reminiscently, “well, that’s easy!” She giggled, “when he smiled at me.”
“Huh?” Nora hummed, confused.
A soft smile played upon Void Barry’s lips as both Earth 1 Barry and Y/N looked to each other, a knowing grin curling their lips.
“Y’see,” Void Y/N leaned in, looking around conspiratorially, like she was going to reveal a high priority government secret with her doppelganger’s daughter. Nora couldn’t help but lean in, eyes alight with wonder and curiosity, “there’s a very special smile that my husband can do that can instantly stop you from feeling afraid of anything. It’s a very secret smile so you have to be extra polite if you want to see it. Do you wanna see his special smile?”
“Yes, please!” Nora bounced on her feet excitedly, turning to Void Barry who heaved out a sigh, making a show of being exhausted.
“Oh, I don’t know. I don’t think I can reveal the secret.” He shook his head tragically.
“C’mon, Dad! Show her the smile!” Tommy grinned as Grant nodded, giggling.
“Yeah, Daddy!”
“Now I wanna see this special smile.” E1 Barry grinned as his wife nodded in agreement.
“Oh, I don’t know.” Void Barry shook his head, looking to his wife and Nora, the latter giving him the cutest puppy-dog eyes he had ever experienced as Void Y/N winked at him.
“You’re welcome, baby.” She mouthed before slowly rising from her crouch to rejoin her sons and made her way to her unbiological twin.
Void Barry turned to look at Nora who was staring at him without any ounce of the fear she had been experiencing beforehand. “Okay, I will show you on one condition.”
“What is it?” Nora asked, practically trembling with excitement.
“Whenever you see someone who's like me or someone who is different, never judge them for how they look, okay munchkin? Because nothing but what's in here, matters.” Void Barry gently pressed his finger to her chest, over her heart, “remember that, okay?”
Nora nodded in agreement, “okay.” She whispered, hazel green eyes hard with determination before her entire expression melted into one of pure awe as Void Barry showed her his ‘secret’ smile, lips parted to show white teeth, eyes crinkled, cheeks pulled up and lips curled into a beautiful, pure Barry Allen smile.
“Atta girl.”
“Daddy! Daddy! He has your secret smile too!”
“I thought he might, Spark.”
Void Y/N smiled down at her husband before looking up with a sparkle in her eyes, “so,” she lifted up her own picnic basket, “who’s ready to eat?!”
After feasting on the delicious meals crafted by both Allen wives, everyone split to do their own thing, leaving both Barry’s lounging on the picnic basket, lazily picking at a group of grapes off their stems and gorging themselves on the leftovers.
“So, two speedster sons? Can’t be easy.” Earth 1 Barry commented, swallowing a portion of grape and cheese while watching Tommy, Grant and Nora make sandcastles not too far away from them.
“It’s not. They run around everywhere at top-speed. I’m just glad I’m faster than them for the time being.” Void Barry sighed, gesturing with a cube of cheese in his fingers, “but Y/N can stop them with just one word. It’s a sight to behold.” His lips curled into a gentle smile as he watched his sons before popping the cube in his mouth, “and what about Nora?”
“We were lucky. She didn’t inherit my speed which in this Earth, it’s a good thing; too many enemies of the Flash and if there was another speedster running around, theories might arise and I’d never forgive myself if Nora or Y/N were targeted as a result.” Barry sighed, taking a long draught of his homemade lemonade.
“Then it was good thing that I never decided to pursue the same heroic life choices my original has kept up with all these years.” Void Barry commented, sipping at his peach iced tea that he sneakily sped into Central City to purchase.
“It’s actually been pretty quiet these past few years, so I can’t complain much.” E1 Barry shrugged his shoulders before asking, “so what did you decide to do in your Earth?”
Screwing the cap on his tea with long, deft fingers, it took a moment for Barry to gather his thoughts before he started to speak. “It took a long time for me to decide what I wanted out of the new, carefree life Y/N and I just started together now that there wasn’t a paradox coming at me full force.” Void Barry sighed, eyebrows creasing as he lost himself in his thoughts, eyes glassy as he stared up at the intense blue sky, “I started off with odd jobs to help Y/N out with the finances and I got pretty good at it but I quickly realized it wasn’t enough to help out as much as I wanted, especially with Tommy as a newborn. I decided to go back to my old roots. After a shitload of forgery, I got a job as a forensic scientist in our city’s police department. Shortly after my third year, I was promoted as head of the department. I’m sure you are too,” Earth 1 Barry scratched the back of his head, chuckling at his time-remnants sharp observational skills, “after that, I trained a few rookies here and there. Then I surmised that maybe being a teacher might be better for me.” Void Barry sighed gently, “I’m now a professor in the science department. Forensic science to be more accurate.”
“I’m happy for you. You’ve got yourself sorted, you have a beautiful family and I’m sure, a wonderful home.” E1 Barry complimented, a grin overtaking his features, “I have to ask,” he hesitated slightly, hazel-green eyes looking over his time-remnant before Void Barry’s gesture to continue, “are you alright with being Barry again?”
That question took Void Barry’s breath away, a small sniffle-laugh escaping as his fingers gently rubbed his chin in contemplation, “when I first met Y/N, I would demand that she call me Savitar considering at the time I was too warped in my own ideas that being you was my worst nightmare.” He explained as E1 Barry nodded for him to continue, “she outright refused to call me Savitar and instead adopted her nickname of ‘Cheese Face’ until I told her what my name used to be.” Both Barry’s chuckled as they turned their gaze to their wives that walked along the beach, the tide washing over their bare feet as they conversed back and forth. “Her vow at our wedding ceremony was to always remind me of who I am and to always be my side to do so.” Void Barry smiled reminiscently before popping another grape in his mouth as an excuse to collect his thoughts and continue, “When Tommy was born, I found myself slowly getting back into the swing of things as Barry Allen instead of Savitar. It was so much better being Barry when I had Y/N and my son and everything flowed together and I’ve been Barry ever since,”
E1 Barry nodded, ripping his eyes from his beautiful wife before turning to look at himself, “I’m glad you were able to get your happy ending.”
Mismatched eyes met with familiar hazel green, “and you too, brother. I’m glad you took the risk and reconciled with Y/N instead of staying with Iris.”
“Well, when I’m right. . I’m right.” Both Barry’s chuckled before turning their attention back to their children and wives respectively, “I’ve never been happier.”
“I hear you.” Void and E1 Barry took a long drink of their respective beverages before going back to idle chatter about their families.
Void Y/N walked along the beach with her E1 doppelganger next to her as they chatted about their lives, “y’know what’s crazy?” She asked, twirling her wedding ring around her finger.
“What?” E1 Y/N asked as a soft, content smile curled her lips up as Void Y/N chuckled reminiscently.
“We’re all here because I went into labour eleven years ago with my first son in what was probably, the worst timing of history.” Y/N chortled as E1 Y/N joined in.
“Oh my God, you’re so right. The amount of trouble we went through, the walls and security nets we put up, only to crumble and fall at Star Labs’ rooftop. I wouldn’t change it for any of the worlds.” E1 Y/N looked up to the sky, her hands gently running over her pregnant belly that contained her child that would be coming in the next few weeks.
“Neither would I.” Void Y/N agreed as both women eyed their Allen’s sitting together, attacking the food that both Barry’s had sped over for their hungry families, “c’mon, let's go get some before my sons devour it all.”
“They’ll have to fight a pregnant woman and I don’t think they’re ready for the nightmare they’re about to face.” E1 Y/N cracked her knuckles jokingly as both women shared a laugh.
Void Y/N ran up ahead as E1 Y/N waddled behind her before stopping and she bent slightly, rubbing her swollen stomach, groaning in discomfort. “Honey, are you okay?” Barry piped up as all Allen’s had their eyes on the groaning woman. Barry didn’t move from his place considering it was probably Braxton Hicks contractions as Void Y/N knelt behind her husband, her arms snaking around his shoulders as he pet her hands, holding onto them.
“G-guys. .” E1 Y/N shakily murmured, looking down. All eyes followed, only to see a growing dark puddle in the sand between her bare feet, all manner of hazel green and E/C eyes widened. “I. . I-I think I’m going into labour.” Her body started to vibrate, the image of E1 Y/N blurry, the complete same visage as Void Y/N.
“Oh, shit.” E1 Barry, Void Barry and Void Y/N spoke in unison before looking at each other, panicked, “not again!”
GUYS! I FINISHED IT! FINALLY! I’m so sorry it took me so long to complete, I’m battling with fucking terrible Writer’s Block and it’s skull-fucking the creativity out of me, I apologise.
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