an. So second update of this week, and coincidentally this also “fits” into the prompt for day 4 of westallenhiatusweek, coincidentally, so just going to pretend this is a submission for that. Hope you enjoy.
?: where Barry Allen is a bumbling Science teacher, and Iris West is a slightly awkward English teacher, and they each have a crush on the other one, but neither one of them is going to make a move without some help.
“You´re staring!” Linda pointed out with the usual bite in her voice. Iris was effectively ripped out of her thoughts, and stared at the fellow English teacher. Linda had her usual blend of annoyance and genuinely caring about Iris, her job and food look on her face. The everything kind of sucks, but at the same time I really like it look, that nobody who hadn´t seen it in person, could really understand completely.
“I am sorry, what?” Iris asked, slightly disorientated. Was Linda saying she was staring at Mr Allen from the science department? Because she was, but she wasn´t about to admit it right now. He was really cute, and he was really nice, and yeah, she should probably stop that train of thought right there. Iris bit her nails, which was a bad habit that she should really have given up at this point.
“You´re staring,” Linda said, and gave her another look. Iris really didn´t want to pick a fight with Linda in the corner of the teacher´s lounge, with the science department´s employees in the other end of the room. There was about ten teachers today at that table, but Barry Allen could clearly be seen from where they were sitting. Which might have been a factor, in where Iris had decided to sit, once she´d finished her class before lunch. “Ask him out, he´s single, Ramon told me.”
“They´re friends?” Iris asked. Linda just shrugged. Linda got along really well with Cisco Ramon, even though they didn´t work in the same departments, but Iris knew the two of them mainly talked about music. Neither of them were fans of talking about personal stuff, apparently with the exception of Iris´ personal stuff. But then again her crush on Barry Allen was more than a little bit embarrassing, even if Barry and Iris were sort of friends. But they weren´t exactly close friends, they passed by each other in the hallways, talked at school events, and he always had one of the nicest smiles, Iris had ever seen on his face, whenever he saw Iris.
“Oh, don´t give me that look, you know you want to ask him out,” Linda said, mercifully lowering her voice a little. Iris was this close to thanking some kind of higher power for that.
“Yes, but that doesn´t mean, I want to gossip about it in the teachers’ lounge, Lin,” Iris bit at her. Linda gave her a slightly amused and practically gleeful smile. Iris sighed heavily. Lost course clearly. But Iris West never gave up that easily. She was going to ask Barry out eventually, just not- just not right now.
“Look, go ask him out and I´ll leave it alone. He likes you, I can tell. And you´re a grown ass woman, Iris,” Linda continued, her tone nicer than it had been before. Iris scoffed. “Pretty please?” she asked again, and Iris sighed heavily, knowing she had lost the battle. She had to at least get up from her chair and go talk to him, even though she both wanted to and really didn´t want to. But before Iris could work up the courage to get up, Linda had already pulled her up. Mercifully, people were beginning to mill out of the teachers´ lounge.
“Hey, Allen, you know Iris,” Linda said, as they came to a halt by the table. Barry looked up from the material he had been in the middle of going through. He had to push up his glasses, because they slid down his nose. He was a geek, a really huge geek actually. He wore a tweed suit, round glasses and he constantly looked like he had a lot to do. He was cute in that nerdy professor way though, but then again her own students described her as the most boring looking, fun teacher they´d ever had, with her slacks and hair always in a bun. So no wonder, she thought a nerdy looking professor was really really cute. But anyway, Barry´s mouth was moving, so better keep focus.
“Yes-“ he began, and his smile was absolutely and completely brilliant. But again keep focus, Iris. His voice was shaking and he was fiddling nervously with his hands. He suddenly looked down at her, and actually met her eyes. Something in Iris´ chest clenched, and Barry pushed his glasses up his nose. “I do know her,” he said, his voice soft and warm. He was still staring at her, the kind of stare that made Iris´ breath catch in her throat, and her heart quicken.
“I wanted to ask you something,” Iris said, trying her hardest for a bright smile, which was hard because honestly she just felt nervous about this. She could talk to him fine at any other occasion, but this, knowing what she was about to ask him was terrifying in all honesty. She would have run away to the north pole, if Linda hadn´t probably still be standing right behind her. But Iris was too nervous to even look back and check for moral support. “Do you want to go have a drink sometime? Or it doesn´t have to be a drink- Just you know, go somewhere after work- together.”
“Are you asking me out?” Barry asked, the words rushing across his lips. He sounded confused, but other than that, Iris couldn´t figure out exactly what he was thinking. It was hard to hear, in his tone of voice, and she would be lying, if that wasn´t just a teeny tiny bit worrying.
“Yes! No- Maybe, I don´t- Yes,” she blurted out. Barry looked more than slightly confused, until the last yes, where a small smile spread across his lips. But Iris felt like she had to say it again, and say it right this time. Even if she suddenly noticed, Linda wasn´t standing around as her backup anymore. “Barry Allen, do you want to go on a date with me?”
“Yes,” he said simply, and pressed a kiss against her cheek. Iris froze completely, and Barry quickly pulled away from her, like he was slightly horrified by what he´d just done. Iris was pretty sure, her heart was beating at a thousand miles per hour, and her skin was tingling. She wished he would have lingered a little longer. She wanted to kiss him, just on the mouth, but that was a little bit too forward, so instead she just met his eyes, and gave him a warm smile. He was blushing. “I am sorry, Iris. I shouldn´t have done that, that was a little bit weird.”
“I don´t mind,” she said quietly, and squeezed his hand slightly, and there was the bright and beautiful smile, she´d liked ever since she saw it the first time, again.
an. okay lets just get it out of the way, I know this is late. I have had a lot of problems over the last week, both writing-wise and other that didn´t make this fic being finished earlier possible. Regardless, I hope you enjoy this update, and I promise we´ll be back to normal next week
Earth 34: Cosmoville is the superhero capital on this Earth, a shining metropolis kept safe by the light brigade. Among them are two speedsters, The Flash and Lighting Girl
Everything slowed down around Iris. It always did, whenever she was running. Her heart was pounding in her chest, and like electricity ran through her veins. She was used to the feeling, of course of moving at top speed. But nevertheless, Iris loved running. There was nothing quite like it, and despite living in the city of superheroes, she had yet to meet anyone, who could understand the feeling. Nobody in the entire universe. Well except maybe one person.
He was running next to her, the Flash. He had moved here from Central City a couple of years ago, as far as she knew. That was at least how it had made sense to her, and she was a journalist by trade. They ran together often, they rarely talked, but every now and again they did. Iris had realized, she was glad he was there. She had had her powers her whole life, but she hadn´t realized, how alone she felt until one day the Flash had shown up. “To the city limit?” she asked, the only response she got was a wide grin.
They reached the city limit in roughly 20 seconds, and they really hadn´t been in a hurry. The two of them stopped on a desolate field, in between some trees. It was about ten at night, so the air was cold and the dark shrouded them. His eyes were shining, and he had such a soft and nice look to them, that it caught Iris off guard. He was a superhero; he fought bad guys every day, even more than she did as Lightning Girl. But nobody could give her as soft a look, as he could. “Are you ever going to let me see your face?” Iris asked, her voice the first thing to break the silence. They spoke at their speed, super speed, nobody could hear them but themselves.
“Are you ever going to let me see yours?” he asked, his voice teasing. Iris gave him a smile, and if it had been lighter, she could have sworn she saw his cheeks redden. But it was not that dark, even though she couldn´t be sure, he was actually blushing. She crossed her arms and gave him a sly look.
“You could have just asked,” Iris bit back, but with no venom in her voice. Then she saw him move his hands, and slowly pull his cowl down. Iris let out a shuddering breath against her will, and she knows, she is staring at him. He has brown hair, pale skin and a nice handsome face. She has known him for so long, and now she can finally put a face to her Flash. She wondered when she started thinking of him, as her Flash. He looked down to the ground, and bit his lip.
“Your turn,” he said under his breath, and Iris complied removing her hood, and her mask. If she´d thought, she had been staring before, he was most certainly staring at her now. She let out a long breath, as he stepped closer to her, pausing for a long moment. “You´re beautiful,” he said softly, and something inflated in her chest.
“You too,” she replied without thinking. She hurried to get her point across, because this was embarrassing. It was surprisingly hard to actually talk to him, after just running with him for as long as she had. “I mean- You´re really handsome. And you know- You don´t exactly have to wear a mask. It´s nice to meet you, Flash, is what I´m trying to say.”
He chuckled at that, and then they looked at each other again. Iris let out a long heavy breath, before she rose to her tiptoes and kissed him. It wasn´t like kissing a stranger. Maybe it should have been, she didn´t even know his name. But instead there was a strange familiarity, it came from running together for so long, and it was okay. It clicked, magic puzzle pieces or whatever. His right hand cradled the back of her head, and Iris angled her head slightly, leaning into his touch. It was funny in a sense, she didn´t even know his name, and here she was kissing him. But maybe that was because she had realized something, he was the only person who truly knew her. The only person who knew what running at the speed of sound felt like in your bones.
There was a quiet silence between them, as they pulled away from each other a little. Iris rested her forehead against his. She felt like, she should say something. Like they should say something. But neither did, neither said a word. Instead, Iris angled her head a little, and kissed him again, this time deeper and slower. His mouth opened, and her tongue moved inside his mouth, and he sighed heavily, pulling her closer to him. His fingers rested on the small of her back. The two of them had never really needed to say anything, and it didn´t seem like they were starting now. They finally came up for a breath, and for a long moment they were silent once again. “Actually my name is Barry,” he whispered under his breath, as they pulled away from each other.
“Mine is Iris,” she whispered softly, and she couldn´t help but love the brilliant smile on his face.
do I like them: I have a lot of faves, you know? but lisa hits that top tier of holy obsession, alongside carol danvers and the batgirls and peter parker
5 good qualities: Lisa is stunningly loyal, extremely self-confident, fantastically witty, remarkably clever, and she reads people really, really well
3 bad qualities: she’s vindictive and she holds grudges, and she can be pretty violent when she’s acting on those
favourite episode/etc:
Favorite ep: Family of Rogues (emotionally vulnerable Lisa, no matter my annoyances with the perpetual damsel-in-distress syndrome The Flash suffers from, is a sight to behold)
Favorite Issue: Flash vol 1 #257 (my diabolical drama queen at her finest: she figures out who the Flash really is, sets up a plan to kill his entire family, is willing to die for that revenge, debuts a variety of tech she created herself, and ultimately fails due to that delightfully Rogue-ish habit of using themed weapons) (special shout out to that arc where she made out with Barry to make Central turn against him, though)
otp: killergold is my holy grail, but I ship Lisa with pretty much all the ladies + Cisco (and Roscoe in the comics, sort of? I like how their relationship provides Lisa with that stereotypically masculine storyline of a loved one’s death motivating them to become a villain, at least). ALSO and I’m adding this later because I forgot, I totally ship her with Selina Kyle despite the fact that I don’t think they’ve ever been on panel together. Morally ambiguous ladies robbing banks and making out is forever my life.
brotp: Ciscoooooooo, Cisco and Lisa being besties is one of my favorite things
ot3: Lisa/Shawna/Caitlin :D (especially with Cait as Killer Frost, for that Central City Sirens feel)
notp: ahh? I have no idea?
best quote: “Not all of us can be doctors” in the show, and “You wouldn’t dare–for one thing, Mother would never forgive you for snuffing her favorite daughter!” in the comics
head canon: ahhhhhh I have so many Lisa headcanons. Hmmmm, okay, well, on the one hand I really like the thought of pansexual Lisa, but my favorite sexuality headcanon is actually straight up gay–Lisa Snart who never realized having romantic or sexual feelings for girls was even a thing that could happen for a long, long time, so she made it well into adulthood (and through multiple pretty serious relationships with guys) before she realized she had zero interest in anyone but the ladies.
Lisa Snart who still falls back on a habit of flirting with anyone and everyone because, despite knowing how to manipulate people’s emotions, she’s quite awful at accessing her own and having meaningful conversations with people without keeping up her defenses of sarcasm and flirtation.
Lisa Snart who struggles with internalized sexism and heteronormativity and doesn’t know what her personal style is, just what she needs to wear to get certain reactions out of people (specifically guys).
Lisa Snart who unintentionally sabotages most of her relationships with women because of those same issues with accessing and expressing her emotions, even though she’s a romantic and loves big gestures and dramatic speeches.
hey!!! so if you're considering continuing/expanding anything from your flarrow femslash week stories, i'd say either day 1 because FAKE DATING YES or day two because it's such an interesting concept and i feel like you could do a lot with it! aaaand for a 50 word character story how about lisa snart?
Thank you! I might do day two then because I have more of an idea where I’d go with it.
This can be read as goldvibe, but focus is on the gold-gun.
Also, its a little over 50, but the point still stands.
Lisaaimed the gun at Cisco before shooting the bank guards on either side of him.She watched him cringe at each shot and felt her heart twitch at the sight.Still, they both knew the weapon was non-lethal, so she didn’t hold back toomuch. For a touch of show, she blew imaginary smoke off the top of the gun. “Asalways, your craftsmanship on this is amazing. Really helps a girl make aliving.”
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