Imagine This!

“(Y/N), good…morning?” “Is it morning? Heh…who knew.” You sipped your coffee.  “Dear, you can’t keep this up forever.” “Ehhhh, you don’t understand.” “I never do, according to just about all the people I encounter.” He rolled his eyes, the corner of his lip rising just slightly. “I understand you’re neglecting responsibilities. I understand I’ve barely seen you. And I understand you haven’t been at S.T.A.R. Labs in over a week. That’s…extremely unlike you.” “Perhaps.” You sipped your coffee again, shaking your cup a bit, trying to decipher how much was in it.  “Can you at least come say hello?” Julian urged, taking your hand.  You hesitated. “…I suppose.” Julian smiled. “Like, now?” You practically choked on your sip of coffee. “Are you nuts!? Look at me.” “You look lovely.” He kissed your forehead, guiding you off your stool while holding your hand. You glared playfully. “Don’t give me that look darling.” He continued. “They’ll be happy to see you. And if Allen asks about you one. More. Time. I swear I–” “Okay! Come on.”

No use letting his bitterness show, right?  “(Y/N)!” You heard Barry exclaim across the lab. Julian’s grip on her hand tighten. You looked at him with a smile. It loosened. You walked over to Barry, receiving a huge hug. “Barry!” You returned the hug, smiling weakly as his hands rested on your shoulders. “You’re shaking.” “Caffeine.” “You’re slightly pale.” You broke loose and turned to Cisco who was staring at her through squinting eyes with a tilted head. “Green isn’t a typical blush color.” Cisco let out suspiciously. “Cisco!” Caitlyn scolded.     The room became fuzzy, almost as if you were in a sitcom, and the television was losing signal. It blackened gradually, until you felt as if your head had detached from your body. The room became something different, completely different. Julian was lying in a lab that resembled that of a dentist’s office. His arm was extended as blood dripped out of it through a long tube. His head was covered in small electronic pieces. The monitor next to him was recording his brain waves. He wasn’t pale, he was white.     You reached out to feel his face. It was frigid. You suddenly yearned to see the color of his eyes you knew so well. Three colors, you had once counted. The crinkle on his forehead you knew too well from both his playful and concentrated faces were absent, as his eyebrows couldn’t burrow any longer. The lines by his smile weren’t to be traced with her thumb, his lips rested in a fragile frown. “Julian?” You whispered, resting your forehead to his. “Julian?” Your head rose cautiously and your eyes followed the tube trailing from his arm. His blood was going through a pump and reentering his body by his ankle. Upon further studying, your eyes began to fail you once more. Your vision doubled, until you saw nothing at all. “(Y/N)…love are you alright?” Your eyes opened wearily, revealing a frazzled Julian. “Don’t scare me!” Tears welled in your eyes. “What’s wrong? Love, you’re alright. Sleep deprived, but okay. Please get some rest. Even just a nap for starters. No, not a request. You will sleep.” Tears spilled from your eyes as he reprimanded you gently. “I’m sorry, no no, don’t cry. I just…I–.” You sat up succinctly to see a room full of concerned faces. “We have to do something.” You nodded to them. “What’s wrong?” Julian stood with you. “I saw…I saw the future again.” “The future?” “I think so.” “Why haven’t you mentioned—“ Barry began but Iris cut him off. “She’s been seeing something horrific, haven’t you? When you fall asleep?” You nodded. Iris came over, taking your hands. “What is it?” You swallowed, your eyes glancing to Julian, your head suddenly drooping. “Is it Julian?” Iris asked. Barry’s face seemed pained. He understood the agony through his futuristic vibes with Cisco. “Someone steals his mind Iris. I see…him motionless, turning in to something. A pump…a cold faced…I don’t know.” Julian put his arm around your waist, silencing you. “I’m here.” He whispered, kissing your cheek. Iris let go of your hands. “We won’t let it happen. Cisco, you’re going to have to vibe it.” “I can’t without—“ “I’ll do it.” You said. “No way.” Julian became protective. “If I need to live it again to figure out what to do about it, I will.” You kissed him leisurely. The two of you stood in an embrace for a few moments, staring in to each other’s somnolent eyes.

    Without another word, he zoomed off. I followed close behind him, leaning back and forth as the turns demanded of me. As the roads beneath us pasted without our second glances, I pulled up next to him. Winking, I slowed next to him long enough to watch his smile be bitten by his teeth. I inhaled charitably, that smirk poisonous, raising my eyebrows. My wrist snapped as I gave the motorcycle underneath me some more speed.     He trailed behind me, closely, but surely. The narrow back roads didn’t allow for him to pass me by momentarily. Lucky me. I was winning. The rain hurried from the clouds, leaving us drenched. Ahead of me I saw curtains of rain drops. They were cold on my nose, but warm to my hands. As I hovered from the ground, turning left, Lex made his way around me. Splashing me with a puddle as I became straight again. I could almost hear his chuckle in my head like an ear worm.       Alongside us was an ocean covered in ripples. He slowed down to admire both it and me. I couldn’t help but giggle. He rolled his eyes with a devilish grin, cutting in front of me. I made my way around him, leading to what was only best described as leapfrog on motorcycles. Every inch he had on me was taken away. Every centimeter I had on him was taken from me. The night sky was cloudy, but the air brushing across my face was warm, those gallons of raindrops a chilly contrast. It reminded me of the fire his warm fingertips left trailing down the side of my face while his lips grazed over mine.

He came to a slow as he came to a halt. Water came up all around him. As one of his feet touched the floor, I circled him, zigzagging around the lot right off the docks. He shook his head screaming to me. “You’re being naïve my dear. You are in-explicitly inferior to the complexity of my own authority in my province.” My bike came to a halt in front of him, water splashing us both. “Your province? You think you ride better than me?” “Get off the bike.” He almost demanded.

I laughed, getting off the opposite side he was standing. His fingers tapped the seat of my motorcycle as he walked around it. I walked backwards, away but around as well. “Precisely. Yet another range to my expertise.” “Don’t be cocky.” “Don’t be preposterous.” His hand reached for my belt, pulling me in to him. “Shouldn’t you know wearing grab-able items is absolutely ridiculous when trying to be snarky?” His free hand tapped my nose with his fingertips. Water dripped down his face, from the tips of his hair. It stuck to his temples and cheeks. “Snarky?” I whispered mischievously. I felt his hand grip my waist, his other trickling the side of my arm. My hands held on the the opening of his jacket. “Wise guy.” I snarled through a voice so low my words dragged like a moan.

    His hand went from my arm to my cheek. Warmth prickled my skin, just as I thought and remembered it to. His lips met mine as is he had been deprived. He backed my in to my motorcycle. I rested against it, his body pressed against mine as the frivolous kissing continued. As the kiss slowed, our eyes stayed shit and he nibbled my lower lip. I felt his smile form as his mouth let go. Eyes opening simultaneously, his eyes studied mine. Droplets were caught in his lashes.

“Tag, you’re it.” He whispered.