I don’t give a damn about your bathroom. Oh, but I do care that you kidnapped me.

WESTALLEN WEEK 2020 DAY 6: Tropes/Themes

Speaking of late! /o\ This ended up a little more vague than I wanted, and a little more coldwestallen, but I hope you like it!

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Barry sank onto the sofa and rested his elbows against his knees, his thoughts spinning in circles. Chester had mentioned Snart, and Barry couldn’t help but wonder what other things had changed since they’d recreated the universe. He shouldn’t go looking. It never turned out well when he did.

A quick fill for the “How might Len surprise Barry on his birthday?” prompt on @coldflashweeks​. (A week late because writer’s block is a bitch.)

“Barry, be careful. Cold has to be somewhere in that building. I’ve traced the sig—”

Cisco’s voice abruptly went quiet the second Barry stepped through the door. Weird. Barry frowned and poked his earpiece, but the radio stayed dead. Not even static, just silence.

Great.

It was the worst time for a communication blackout. Barry had been out all night rushing from one Flash duty to the next, and while having his team in his ear was always reassuring, he would have needed their guidance a lot more now that he was about to face Snart than he had earlier when he was getting Mrs. Menzel’s cat down from the apple tree in her backyard.

As if summoned by Barry’s apprehension, Snart stepped around a corner, right into Barry’s line of sight. He didn’t look like he was spoiling for a fight, his goggles pulled down and his Cold Gun aimed upwards, lazily resting against his shoulder. For once, he wasn’t even wearing his trademark parka.

Barry allowed himself a second or two to stealthily appreciate what a striking figure Snart cut in a form-fitting black turtleneck and criminally tight jeans, before he sped off to grab the Cold Gun. Or at least that was what he meant to do.

He reached for the Speed Force, but nothing happened.

The lightning he was used to have coursing through his body failed to come. Without the momentum, it was like his feet were tripping over an invisible wire while his body lunged forward. Stumbling, Barry barely managed to stop himself from falling on his face.

What the—

“Looks like the Scarlet Speedster isn’t quite so speedy today,” Snart drawled, satisfaction in his tone as he watched Barry’s struggle to stay on his feet.

One of 2 or 3 boards I have with Iris as the Flash.

I wish to thank the following authors for their fanworks (fic, art, headcanons, you name it) that have made me laugh, cry, throw things, scream at a cliffhanger, sob at angst, delight in whump, squee at fluff, revel in found family, pine over ships, sigh at a perfect turn of phrase, and generally wish I could do more to thank you than just hit ‘comment’.

@itsflake @joanthangroff @zariadriannatomaz @bold-sartorial-statement @coldflasher @unwittingcatalyst @coldtomyflash @bathoryangel @kleptoandpyro @heyheyohsorry @hfeproductions @moriavis @barrylen @stillthewordgirl @areyouscarletcold @tobyaudax @wonderingtheblue @tigstripe @stillnotginger10 @dragongoddess13 @ittybittymattycommittee @the-batty-beater @agnesclementineblog @agentmarymargaretskitz @purpleyin @kattahj @kiddystormi @firesoulstuff @captain-truffles @sugar-haus @greensphynx @arodrwho @sproutwings @zaritarazi @juniwonderlandart @lacommunarde @niennavalier @jewishgarygreen @terrayoung @jessicamiriamdrew @stungunmilly2 @peppersandcats @yesokayiknow @nixie-deangel @ruthc93 @pintosketches @dragonydreams

If I haven’t included you, it’s because of the 50 tags per post limit - I hope I’ve made it up to you by the (delighted squeeing) comments I always try to leave on fic. I love you all. You don’t know how many bad days you’ve made better. So, thank you. <3

And a special thank you to people who are really sweet about reccing/reblogging and commenting on my stuff. Extra thanks to @ardentlinguist @tarrinatopaz and a bunch of people including some in the list above but I ran out of tags but you know who you are...

Thank you!

how his dad was famously sent to prison for his mom’s murder, discovered to have been framed the entire time, exonerated, disappeared, returned, and then died himself; meanwhile, the csi guy was fostered as a kid by a detective in the city police department, whose daughter dated his partner for a while until the partner died on the job, along with the science tech entrepreneur who turned out to be the fraud behind star labs and the real muderer of csi guy’s mother; meanwhile, the csi guy spends most of his non-work hours (and most of his work hours) at the now disgraced star labs even after all that shit went down with his mother’s real killer, because they had rescued him from a nine-month coma when he was struck by lightning, and even though the research think tank was responsible for over 90% of the actual science mysteries in town, its primary and apparently only staff members still consult for the central city police department despite recruiting a private investigator who was formerly a dirty cop in the department; meanwhile, the daughter started her own newspaper and reports on all the above, and is now married to the csi guy, who was later accused of murder and sentenced to jail himself, only to be exonerated when that guy ended up not even being dead; meanwhile 

Ray: You don’t have to.

For the anon who asked me, um, several months ago. Sorry this took so long!

Coldflash favorites:

Since We’ve No Place to Go by @lenleolenny

I Think I Love You by @sugar-haus (WIP)

These Violent Delights by @coldtomyflash

costumes optional by @lenleolenny

when the work of grief is done by @moriavis

Cold Doesn’t Bother Me Anyway by @nevcolleil

plan on me by @areyouscarletcold

A Week on Rogue’s Mountain by Chichirinoda

Tell Me What You Want Me to Say by @giraffeter

in the middle of the night (when the wolves come out) by @lenleolenny

I can reach any star by @joanthangroff

Everything Carries Me to You by @moriavis

Surrender by @cocoa-the-maniac , @ladyofpride

Chasing An Echo by @moriavis

Job ohne Nachtzuschlag by @sinaida9 (German)

A Matter of Time by @gracecursedart (WIP)

those three words over even “I love you” by @lenleolenny

Cold Hard Cash by @meowitskatmofo

Silhouette by @crimsondomingo

Skin That’s Mine by @coldtomyflash

Nothing Burns Like the Cold by @beautiful-thensad-thensadder

Things I Cannot Control and Do Not Admire by @nafeathers

Unusual Bedfellows by @lady-divine-writes

The Prize Is The Game To Come by @bold-sartorial-statement

Cool Cat by @barrylen

Untitled Hostage AU by @areyouscarletcold​

OT3 favorites:

I Don’t See an Easy Way to Get out of This by @asexual-fandom-queen (Coldwestallen)

But Needs Must as the Devil Drives by @coldtomyflash (Coldwestallen)

Ice Hot Lightning by @coldtomyflash (Coldflashwave)

Paid for by the Hour by Murreleteer (Coldflashwave)

A Flash of Trouble by @katyakora (Coldwestallen)

unforeseen obstacles by @barrylen​ (Coldwestallen)

A Box of Precious Things (Before the Hurricane Strikes) by @beautiful-thensad-thensadder​ (Goldencoldflash)

Unexpected Development by @robininthelabyrinth​ (Coldflashwave, WIP)

Waiting Room by @sophiainspace (Coldwestallen)

Leonard Snart Rewatch: The Flash, 1.22