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Sorry for the long wait! <3

The Rogues go on vacation together to Aruba! They've all been bored and cranky with no new exhibits, good scores, or interesting mischief to be had, especially with the Flash away on Justice League business.

So team Mom, Len is not amused by this, packs them all up for a flight to Aruba (he trades a favor for a private plane and Mark pilots it, because like hell he's trapping himself in an RV with all of them for a days long road trip).

They split their time between a hotel and Mick's personal beach cottage.

Len spends the majority of his time watching the rogues within the hotel where it's cool, Mick keeps an eye on them at the beach, Lisa takes over when they go shopping or touring.

Hartley enjoys some local wine and food tastings with music, Shawna loves the party scene, Mark catches a few local sports, Roy takes in the sights and enjoys some painting, Sam and Rosa have some romantic evenings, and Axel, well so long as he doesn't get arrested or blow anything important up it's fine. Probably.

They're all surprised when each of them runs into Barry.

They're on relatively fair terms as it’s been years and they've all come to an agreement after helping each other out more than a few times and Barry’s tangoed with the timeline enough that it's fixed a few things between them. (Clyde was killed by Eobard instead of Joe, etc)

Things are a little awkward at first, though it leads to Len actually leaving the hotel (albeit at night) to scout out the scarlet speedster.

They meet up at a quiet bar on the beach with a bonfire and the stars. Len learns that apparently the last mission with the Justice League was a particularly rough one and Barry needed time to himself away from everything.

They spend the entire night talking and, with the help of speedster alcohol, actually dance. They fall asleep on the beach until morning where they go their separate ways. They meet up again every other night, sometimes just relaxing in the waves.

Barry ends up spending a little time with each of the other rogues throughout the days and nights of their vacation.

Mick gives him a place to crash when he doesn't want to go back to his hotel room alone. They cook together, read old scifi books, and Barry gets to read some of Mick's manuscripts for his upcoming novels.

Hartley and Barry talk for hours about science and some of the things Barry has seen and learned during his missions. Shawna helps Barry relax and have fun for a little while, definitely a lot of karaoke. Lisa helps him pick out new clothes for himself that feel a little freeing, embracing new sides of himself (and giving her playful details about Cisco).

Axel shows him the firework shows he's been helping out with and the fun toy and science workshops he's been going to. Roy talks to him about comedy shows while they both sketch together. Sam and Rosa take him dancing and he barely has time to think about anything much less the dark parts of his mind.

Mark takes him sailing. They take turns showing off their powers, feeling the way they feed and build off of each other. They talk about growing up, about family and the ones they've lost.

Eventually it's time to go home. The Rogues and Flash go their separate ways, knowing they'll see each other again soon, maybe or maybe not on the same side.

It's back to business as usual.

At first.

It's starts small for some of them. Len drinking alone like he's waiting for someone until he catches himself. Mick feeling dissatisfied with his writing but no one's advice feels right. Hartley feels frustrated and is unable to make progress on his projects. Mark is moody and his power feels restless, like its missing a piece it never knew it had until it was gone.

Barry struggles between wanting to go on another vacation but also secretly knowing it wasn't just the location that he misses.

The others notice and decide to try to give them a nudge. Or a shove with a golden high heel.

They stage a big heist at different points of the city until the Flash is exhausted. They then grab him and take him to Saints and Sinners for what turns into a specially prepared dinner party the other Rogues weren't aware of until they wake up from their drug induced nap.

Lisa stays just long enough to make it clear they had better talk things out before she gets back from her date with Cisco. Rosa and Sam wish them luck and head out. Shawna, Axel, and Roy go catch a movie.

Dinner goes well, they all talk (even if things go off the rails a dozen times) and clear the air.

This is tough for me. It’s not a notp but I don’t especially ship it so I’ve never given it much thought. They’re a side ship (not endgame) on something I’ve never got around to posting, but there’s a pretty large extenuating circumstance that thrusts them together in that story.

So for me - extenuating situational factors that push them together ^^; That’s my answer. Which is a totally unsatisfying one, probably.

I do like to work with extenuating situational factors for a lot of my stories though, you might notice. Needs Must involves a literal curse, and Melancholic Temperament involves de-aging. 73 Seconds involves a case and Barry and Len working together. Tumbling Together involves neighbors, and AATJS is soulmates. 

In the majority of my stories, I thrust people either into an extreme situation, or else into extended proximity with one another, and then let things develop from there.

And I think you could take any one of those setups and apply them to Mark and Barry just as well? Taking a case-setup sticks the closest to canon. Mark needs Barry’s help with something, potentially (for the sake of pulling on Barry’s sympathy and getting him willing to actually help instead of hauling Mark to prison) - finding and saving his daughter (who doesn’t need saving but Mark isn’t fully in the loop).

Cue Barry being forced to see Mark as a person with feelings and family and come to understand more about how his powers work (i.e., take a cue from at least one verse of the comics and tie them to his emotions, make it clear the tsunami he made (and which was erased from the timeline) was out of grief-fuelled rage), have them talk about other things like Clyde’s death and Barry’s own discovery of his powers, and have them acknowledge those issues with the pipeline. Have them bond with shared humour because Mark definitely has a sense of humour. Put them in a foxhole together. Let Mark make the first move - a quick, sharp, electric kiss. But just as Barry’s responding, have him pull back, go to save the day or whatever, and make Barry chase him (figuratively and literally). 

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FlashWeather/ColdFlash AU

One of Barry’s worst nightmares has come true. Yet another nemesis, and one of the worst possible people, has learned of his secret identity; Mark Mardon.

However, Mark has no interest in selling the Flash down the river, or even using it to seek revenge. No, he’s found something much better to use this newfound information for; leverage, or, more specifically, extortion.

During his ‘research’ of Barry Allen and the Flash, he found out something that was worth more to him than retribution; that the Flash can time travel, that it was possible to save Clyde. That he could have his brother back.

Now if he can just convince Barry to go along with it, everything would be perfect.

But Barry has learned his lesson (again) and he’s not about to mess with the timeline (again) for anything less than a catastrophe (…again). No matter how guilty he felt about not being fast enough, good enough, to prevent Clyde’s death.

But Mark’s not taking no for an answer and is pulling out all the stops to get on Barry’s good side, to show that he can change, that he could keep Clyde on, well, not so much the straight and narrow, but at least obedient to the Rogue’s Rules. Something Lisa Snart had made a point of enforcing if anyone wanted to stay in her city.

(Even if Leonard Snart had mysteriously disappeared, it didn’t mean the city’s underworld no longer had a ruler. Honestly, the queen of gold was even more terrifying than the king of cold.)

Barry can’t go anywhere anymore without a certain weather meta dogging his steps, as it seems the rogue has made it his personal mission to make sure the reckless red speedster doesn’t get himself killed before he can save Mark’s brother.

In spite of themselves, their prolonged exposure to one another mixed with Barry’s stubbornness and Mark’s persistence, the two get closer and things between them become more electrically charged than their respective abilities that seem to be trying to draw them together like magnets. As if it weren’t enough that Mark insisted on sticking to him like a burr, but that their powers, when not pitted against one another, seem to feed off of one another like some sort of twisted and orgasmic form of symbiosis that Team Flash are all too eager to study.

But Mark can’t be sure if he really wants Barry, or if his feelings are just desperation mixed with addiction after being alone for so long. Barry feeling much the same, as well as unable to trust Mark’s intentions regarding ‘them’.

Barry’s reservations and denials are breaking down; now he just can’t decide if he’s refusing out of responsibility, or fear of Mark abandoning him once he has what he wants.

When Barry gives in and finds a way to save Clyde and preserve the past and future, things look complicated but promising.

Then Leonard Snart sweeps in like a blizzard, returned from the dead and now a meta on equal footing with the most powerful on top of his already legendary skill set. The only thing seemingly stopping him from an attempt at world domination is his newly chosen career as an (anti-)hero (trust Leonard Snart to figure out how to make super-heroism pay).

Safe to say, Cold is back, and he’s looking for more than a chance at working things out with Team Flash.

Mark had gotten his brother back and just settled into this strange new world order, and had finally been ready to work on proving his seriousness about their relationship to Barry, prove to him they could make things work. The last thing he needed was a rival who already had one foot in the door to Barry’s life and his heart; as if the cold bastard didn’t have enough going for him, he had to make a move for Flash too?!

Now Barry is more confused than ever and his heart is being torn in two when he’s faced with two paths to choose from with yet another crisis on the horizon. Will he go left, or will he go right?

But maybe the right path for them all is more straightforward than he thinks.

This post is to see how much interest there would be in a Flash Big Bang! The plan would be to start sign ups in July and work through to the beginning of December, with beta reading happening sometime in November.

The Big Bang would be themed around any and all Flash/Barry Allen ships, and all comers would be welcome.

So honestly, this ship really isn’t my cup of tea but I’m gonna try my best for you Nonnie.

The first time a natural lightning storm happens after they’ve been hooking up for a while, well, it’s quite an eye opener for Mark. He knew Barry was sensitive but damn!

So its an enjoyable night for them, Barry especially when he literally came so hard he passed out. And Mark? Mark’s always enjoyed an enthusiastic and responsive partner like Barry is.

It doesn’t hit Mark until a few days later, that hey! Barry was super extra the night of the storm, I’ll just whip one up and get him going….only..it doesn’t work for some reason? So Mark pulls in Hartley, cause he’s a kinky little shit but he’s a smart kinky little shit who’ll help Mark conduct an experiment.

Only the results? They aren’t what Mark was hoping they’d be. Turns out Mark’s lightning doesn’t affect Barry the way natural lightning does.

And yeah, Mark’s totally bummed out but it does mean from then on out, he definitely clears their schedules when natural lightning storms hit Central.

(And sometimes if he can talk Barry into it, surrounding areas as well.)