say what you will about the cw flashâs writing but the amount of foreshadowing thatâs actually done well in the first two seasons is crazy and itâs shit you wouldnât even notice or realise was foreshadowing until you rewatch it like season one episode seven with dr. wells naming people that died as a result of the particle accelerator explosion and him adding in people we will see in the show later
UGHHH I am nervous I have never made a req before but could you do fluffy Harry Wells.....idk that is all I have
A/N: Oh don't you worry your pretty little head I've been waiting for a request like this. Enjoy your meal!
NOT Jealous
Summary: Cisco's teasing pushes Harry's jealousy to the surface after a late-night spat over data.
Itâs nearly midnight at S.T.A.R. Labs, and the lights in the cortex hum a dim gold, flickering over blueprints scattered across the main table.
You and Harry have been going back and forth for hoursâdebating stabilizer configurations for the particle core.
The argument started logical. It turned personal somewhere between âyour math is wrongâ and âyouâre infuriatingly smug.â
âSmug?â Harry snaps, glancing up from the schematic. âIâm confident. Thereâs a difference.â
âSure,â you mutter, scribbling on your tablet, âconfidence with a side of condescension.â
He sets his stylus down, voice sharp. âYou know, if you actually listened instead of improvising, we might have solved this an hour ago.â
You glance up, unbothered. âAnd if you tried not to micromanage every molecule that moves, maybe youâd see Iâm right.â
He blinks at youâslowly, like heâs recalculating. Then he exhales through his nose, âYou are soââ
ââbrilliant?â you interrupt with a grin.
He gives a short laugh despite himself, muttering something about âarroganceâ as he turns back to his monitor.
Itâs quieter for a moment. The sound of typing fills the room. The air hums between youâan unspoken rhythm youâve fallen into over the past few weeks: argue, solve, argue again, somehow end up respecting each other more than before.
You sneak a glance at him. He looks tired. His shoulders are tense, his dark hair messy from running his hands through it too many times. The sleeves of his black shirt are rolled up, veins visible where he grips the table edge.
You shouldnât stare. You do anyway.
A voice cuts through the silence, âWow. The tension in here could power the Speed Force.â
You both turn. Ciscoâs leaning in the doorway, tablet tucked under his arm, grin way too smug for this hour.
Harry groans. âRamon.â
Cisco steps closer, eyes flicking from you to Harry. âYou two been at this all night? Because the airâs thick withâwhatâs the wordâunresolved something.â
You roll your eyes, but laugh, âJust working.â
âRight. Working,â Cisco says, drawing out the word, then looking towards you, âSo, I was actually coming to ask if you wanted to help me recalibrate the holo-sim tomorrow. Could use someone who actually listens to my ideas.â
Harryâs head snaps up,âSheâs busy.â
You blink, âI am?â
âYes,â he says shortly, âwith our stabilizer test.â
Cisco raises a brow, âI thought that was done.â
Harry glares, âItâs not.â
âMmhm,â Cisco hums, clearly enjoying this. âOr maybe you just donât like sharing.â
Harryâs tone drops dangerously low. âDonât you have somewhere else to be?â
You jump in, trying to diffuse. âCisco, Iâll check the schedule tomorrow, okay?â
Ciscoâs grin widens. âOh, sure. Donât let me interrupt your lab date.â
Harryâs glare could fry a satellite. âRamonââ
Cisco just laughs, holding up his hands. âAlright, alright. Message received. You two have fun doing⊠science.â
He winksâwinksâat you before strolling out.
Youâre left staring after him, face hot, when Harry cuts in, âHeâs insufferable.â
You turn to him, crossing your arms. âYou could just say you were jealous, you know.â
His head jerks up, eyes flashing. âJealous? Donât flatter yourself.â
You raise an eyebrow. âYou literally barked at him for asking a work question.â
âThat wasnâtââ He stumbles for words, visibly thrown. âI wasnâtâ Itâs about efficiency. He distracts you.â
You grin. âOh, so now you notice when Iâm distracted.â
He looks like he wants to argue but canât. His lips part, close again. He finally mutters, âYouâre impossible.â
âThanks,â you say sweetly, turning back to your tablet.
The next half hour is quietâexcept for the occasional sigh or muttered curse from Harryâs corner.
Your energy dips. The numbers blur. You press your palm against your temple, fighting the wave of exhaustion.
Harry speaks suddenly, his voice gentle, âYou should go home.â
You shake your head. âStill finishing the resonance model.â
âYouâre half-asleep.â
âSo are you,â you murmur.
âI handle it better.â
You snort softly. âThatâs debatable.â
He opens his mouth to respond, but the words never comeâbecause when he looks over again, your head has dipped forward, your tablet sliding from your grip onto the desk with a soft thud.
Harry freezes.
Youâre out coldâcheek resting on your folded arms, hair falling into your face. Completely still except for the slow rise and fall of your shoulders.
He exhales, rubbing the bridge of his nose. âUnbelievable.â
Still, he crosses the room. Gently, he lifts your tablet out of the way and sets it aside. His fingers hover, uncertain, before he shrugs off his jacket and drapes it over your shoulders.
The smell of his cologne fills the airâfaint spice and coffee grounds and something sharper, cleaner.
He hesitates again, eyes lingering on youâhow your hand is curled under your chin, how the tension in your face finally looks gone.
âStubborn girl,â he mutters softly, almost fondly.
He brushes a stray strand of hair behind your ear before sitting down beside you. His eyes flick to the screens, pretending heâs checking data, but he doesnât look away from you for long.
He doesnât notice Cisco leaning in the doorway again until the man whistles quietly.
âOhhh, busted,â Cisco says under his breath.
Harry jerks up, startled. âRamon, I swear to Godââ
Cisco grins. âYou know, for a guy who says heâs not jealous and not soft, youâre really bad at proving either.â
Harry growls low in his throat. âGet. Out.â
âFine, fine,â Cisco says, backing up. âBut sheâs gonna know you like her when she wakes up wearing your jacket, man. Just saying.â
He leaves before Harry can throw something.
The silence returns, heavy but strangely peaceful.
Harry glances at you again. Your lips twitch faintly in your sleepâlike you heard some of that.
He exhales, leaning back in his chair. âYou drive me insane,â he says quietly. âAnd I canât even bring myself to mind.â
You wake a little while later, groggy and disoriented, warmth pressing against your shoulders. You blink down at the jacket, then up at the man sitting a few feet away, typing furiously, pretending you donât exist.
âYou stayed,â you mumble, voice rough from sleep.
He doesnât look up. âSomeone had to make sure you didnât drool on the prototype.â
You smile faintly. âThanks⊠for the jacket.â
âIt was that or a hypothermic corpse,â he says without missing a beat.
You chuckle softly. âYou could just admit you care.â
His typing slows. He glances at you, expression unreadable. âYouâre persistentâ
âMm. You like that about me.â
A pause. The faintest curve tugs at the corner of his mouth. âGo home.â
You stand, still wrapped in his jacket. âI will. But Iâm keeping this. At least until tomorrow.â
He raises a brow. âYou will notââ
âToo late,â you say, heading for the door.
He calls after you, âThatâs a limited-edition Earth-2 leather compositeââ
You grin, half-turning. âGuess youâll have to come get it.â
For a moment, something unguarded flashes in his eyesâequal parts exasperation and fondness.
Then he mutters, âGod help me,â under his breath as you disappear down the hall, your laughter echoing softly behind you.
Telling a family their loved one has died is never easy. That's why doctors have a variety of techniques for breaking the news. [...] As for my family, we had our own way of breaking the news. We did it with cake.