The Trade
Harry Wells x Fem Reader
Tags: @eonash @twilightlover2007 @yetanotherwells
Summary: It's the holiday season and Y/N's favorite time of year. Knowing Harry is upset not being with his daughter to celebrate the holidays. Y/N knows the perfect gift for him.. even if that means she has to sacrifice her freedom to get it.
Content warning: kidnapping, taunting, and a big cliffhanger
Word count: 1404 words
She should have been at the West House celebrating the holidays with her friends. Though, the last few days were bothering Y/N as she was interacting with her favorite grump from Earth-2. He was not himself. He was withdrawn, barely made smart insulting comments to Cisco, and barely bantered with her. It didn’t take her long to figure out why. He was missing his daughter and not being able to celebrate the joyous season with his family. So that was why she was in the industrial district shivering in her long sleeve dress, doing nothing to retain warmth, instead of enjoying Grandma Esther’s egg nog.
Y/N heard a car door slam and peeked from around the empty rig where her own car was parked. Seeing Harry get out of the S.T.A.R Labs van. She decided to move closer to get a better view as she reached the S.T.A.R Labs van as a breach opened, and Zoom appeared. Y/N pressed herself flush against the vehicle as she peeked over with wide eyes watching the speedster approach Harry.
The two men were having a discussion she couldn’t make out what they were staying and was focusing on staying out of sight. A flash of light illuminated the night sky as another breach opened only for it to close just as fast as Zoom returned with a young woman with short brown hair her clothes dirty. “Jessie,” she whispered to herself. Harry embraced her tightly, and just as quickly as she was in his arms, a father and daughter reunited. She was gone, and he was holding air. Y/N’s heart broke for the scientist. She wasn’t close enough to see his face, but she knew that he was in pain, losing his daughter for the second time.
Zoom returned once again and began to speak. Her heart pounding in her ears, her body had started to move before her brain could catch up with her. “Zoom!” Y/N screamed out her voice, not sounding like her own, as it echoed throughout the open space. Both men looked in her direction, Harry’s eyes widened as his mouth parting slightly stunned.
The evil speedster turned back Harry, “I told you to come-“
Y/N held up her hands and interrupted him, “He didn’t know I was here, Zoom. I saw him leave I followed him. He had no idea I was here.”
Zoom sped up to her, causing her to stumble slightly. He circled around her like a shark stalking his prey. He stopped behind her, his masked face close to her ear as he whispered, “Is that so?”
She forced herself to straighten her back, resisting the urge to shiver at his close proximity. “Yes, and I have an offer for you.” She moved her head to the side to meet his gaze, staring into his black orbs as lightning was rippling off his body. She provided some distance between her and the speedsters, walking towards Harry on the platform.
Harry’s blue eyes locked on hers as he grabbed her arm and whispered, “What are you doing, Y/L/N.”
She gave him a small reassuring smile and patted his hand slowly removing his hand from her arm. She turned back to Zoom, who followed her back to the platform, choosing not to use his speed, “Don’t keep me waiting.”
Y/N took a deep breath and took a step away from Harry and closer to Zoom, “I propose an exchange,” she met his eyes, and a shiver rippled her body this time. “Give Harry back his daughter,” Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Harry’s head snap toward her, but she refused to meet his gaze.
Zoom tilted his head, “In exchange for?”
At this question, Y/N turned to Harry and gave him another smile, his face a combination of realization and shock on his face. She turned back to the evil speedster, “Me, Zoom, In exchange for me.”
“No! Absolutely not.” Harry protested, reaching out to grab her hand, but she moved too quickly to for him to pull her away and got closer to Zoom.
“Think about it. If you keep his daughter, you only hurt two people. But as someone who is close to Team Flash, you take me, you can cause pain to a larger number of people.”
“What makes you think that I wouldn’t just keep you both?”
Y/N bit her lip in contemplation of the question. She crossed her arms, “Because you take me, you agree to my terms. Leave Harry and His daughter here on this Earth and let them live with the guilt and the pain of someone sacrificing herself to protect them. A pain that would be lifelong.” She shrugged, secretly hoping that he would take the bait.
Zoom walked up to her, his tall frame crowding her space, his face getting close to hers, “What are your terms?”
Y/N tampered her excitement that her plan was working, “Five minutes to say good-bye to Harry.” She added, “That gives you enough time for you to grab Jessie.”
Zoom moved from her face and nodded his head, and sped into a breach.
Y/N turned to Harry, who had tears in his eyes. “Princess,” He whispered.
She briskly walked towards the scientist, “Don’t. I’m doing this to save your daughter, and I don’t want you to feel guilty.” She grabbed his face gently with both of her hands and pressed her forehead to his. “Listen to me, okay? You are going to go to the West house and tell them what happened to me.” As her eyes were closed, she could feel his hands wrapping on top of hers. Her voice waivered slightly as she continued, “Then you tell them to close all the breaches.”
She felt his hands pull hers from his face as he lifted his head. Her eyes opened, and he began shaking his head fervently, “Absolutely not, I know I’m not the only one who will object to that idea. We will not leave you stranded alone with him.” He squeezed her hands, “I will not leave you.” He whispered.
She met his eyes, taking in the vibrant shade of blue, committing it to memory as she smiled, “They will if you tell them that’s the only way to keep this city safe from him. Harry, they will listen to you because they trust you just like I do.” She pulled her hands away only to embrace him in a hug.
Y/N felt his arm around her waist, the other holding the back of her head tenderly. His voice waivered as he asked, “Why? Why are you doing this, Y/N? You could walk away right now.”
The younger woman pulled away from him and smiled, “It’s the holidays, Harry. You should have your family with you on the holidays.”
Harry rubbed his hand over his face, “Princess, I-“ He looked at her, not knowing what to say, so instead, he grabbed the back of her neck and crashed his lips onto hers.
Y/N felt butterflies in her stomach as she returned the kiss, though it was brief. She pulled away from the kiss right as the breach opened, and Zoom and the young girl emerged. The two faced them as they walked toward them. Y/N turned back to the Earth-2 scientist, “Promise me that you will have the team close the breaches.”
Harry gives her a curt nod, pain in his eyes, “I promise, Princess.” The young woman that was in Zoom’s captivity rushed past them into her dad’s eye.
In a moment, she was thwarted from Harry and suddenly in a cage in a dark grungy room. Her hands bound above her head. She struggled in her bonds as Zoom’s voice boomed through the cave, “You are a fool.” His voice grabbed her attention.
Y/N gave him a sly smile, “Funny a lot of people tell me that, and yet I now get to confront you, alone,” she paused and looked in his direction, “Jay.”
Zoom stood still for a brief moment, Y/N’s heart rate speeding up. Then he reached back and pulled his mask off to reveal what the young woman had been suspicious of the whole time. Jay revealed his face with a maliciously smiling at her as he sped closer to her. He grabbed her by the jaw, forcing her to look at him. “Oh sweet little, Y/N, we’re going to have so much fun.”
TO BE CONTINUED..
