u have fueled my love for barry x hartley x cisco,,, i need more
they all have nightmares you know, they’ve been through some pretty traumatic shit. it’s hard for any of them to sleep alone. so when they stumble into bed for the first time together, they’re all surprised to find that they actually managed to sleep through the night and into the next morning.
hartley, being hartley, had planned on sneaking out in the middle of the night, because he’s scared of feelings and attachment bc of past experiences and didnt want to have any conversations about those things in the morning, but he fell asleep. and he panicked a little when he woke up and realized he fell asleep in cisco’s apartment, and he was still there, with the sun starting to shine through the curtains. but then he realized he was comfortable and warm? and barry was still sleeping cuddled up to his side but cisco had apparently gotten up out of bed and was making breakfast for them, he could smell it through the hallway. and you know, he was feeling a little hungry, it had been a long night for the 3 of them, so he carefully detached himself from barry’s side and couldnt help laughing a little when barry whined at the lack of warmth next to him now. god, he had already gotten attached, hadn’t he? that wasn’t good. but still, he followed the scent of the bacon and eggs that lead him to the kitchen, where he saw cisco wearing a “kiss the cook” apron and you know? you know? why not? he did what the apron said, as cisco turned around to greet him, he walked right up to him and gave him a quick kiss on the lips and then settled down at the small kitchen table. cisco just laughed.
“good morning to you too,” he said. he was smiling as he turned back to finish preparing their food. hartley couldn’t help smiling in return.
barry stumbled out of the bedroom shortly afterwards and greeted cisco and hartley with a sleepy smile. hartley almost melted at how bright it was. he sat down next to hartley and for a moment hartley was scared that they were going to have to Talk. they were going to have to have a Moment, the three of them, in cisco’s kitchen, right at this very second. but then he realized, the other two were probably just as broken as he was, and maybe they could help each other heal. it didn’t have to be scary. it didn’t have to be bad. it could mean all the good things in the world, that the plague of misfortune that followed them might have finally resided because they found a safe haven in each other. hartley realized that he wouldn’t mind that.
