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22. Popular character you hate?

Kylo Ren. His redemption was poorly done, and…yes, he should’ve lived, but not for some awful romance plotline. He should’ve lived so that he could do the hard work of atoning.

Or they should’ve gone full-fledged villain with him. Because…they were going for Vader parallels, but they did NOT stick the landing at all.

23. Unpopular character you love?

Nora West-Allen! I understand the criticisms about her, which is why I only write her around the age of 18 (since imo that’s what she should’ve been), and there are some inconsistencies in what she knows about Thawne, but aside from that…idk I found her compelling and I love the Westallen family 🥰

(I also think she’s great in s7, even if I hated the Godspeed arc and that season as a whole)

26. Most shippable character?

Probably Iris honestly, she’s shippable with a bunch of characters 😂 notably Barry, Eddie, Kendra, and Caitlin!

Cisco’s also pretty shippable: Barry, Cynthia, Kendra, Kamilla (even Lisa, if you’re so inclined)

27. Least shippable character?

There’s a few that could fall into this category (Azula, Ozai, etc), but definitely Thawne. The thing he had with Meena in s8 was sweet, but they had to turn him very OOC to make it work, and we only knew this version of Thawne for an episode or two, so it wasn’t even enough time to get attached to them.

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(1 - first kiss, 5 - comfortable kiss)

“Cleaning up duty?”

Kendra turned at the sound of Iris’ voice, nearly knocking over the chairs she had just neatly set on the tables.

“I don’t miss that.” Iris grinned and continued walking in.

“You know I was pretty sure I locked that door…” Kendra began, raising an eyebrow at Iris who sheepishly held up her keys.

“I didn’t exactly return it when I quit.” Iris admitted, “Sometimes I just needed a quiet place to think.”

“Like tonight?”

“No…tonight I had better things in mind.” Iris reached out to catch Kendra’s hand and tugged lightly, leading her to the couch in the corner of the shop that customers were always fighting over. Iris flopped onto the couch, letting go of Kendra’s hand and then patted the seat next to her, “I haven’t gotten to see you much lately.”

“Well the time travel puts a bit of a damper on that,” Kendra admitted, they were only stopping by in 2016 and she’d returned to a place she had felt comfortable in. After life threatening mission pouring coffee was the tamest thing she could think of.

“You’re going to have to tell me how that’s going at some point.” Iris looked far too interested, like she had sensed a story and was never going to let it go until she found out the whole of it. It made her look far too cute in Kendra’s opinion and it was best to distract her.

“Hm, maybe another time, I thought you had other plans tonight.” Kendra said and Iris laughed in her agreement.

“I did,” She slipped an arm around Kendra’s neck and pulled her closer until their lips were just barely touching. Kendra smiled as she closed the space between them to complete the kiss, she nearly laughed when she realized that Iris tasted like coffee. She had thought she’d be sick of it given her job but on Iris it was completely welcome.

She reached up to cup Iris cheek as she pulled back just a little so they could both catch their breaths. “I really love the way you think.” Kendra stated, still grinning widely.

“I thought you would.” Iris looked proud of herself, “I just wanted to give you some incentive to keep coming back to this time and wow that is weird to say out loud.”

Kendra bit her lip in trying not to laugh at the bizarreness of the lives they lived, she was hardly one to talk about it. “I might need some more incentive.” Kendra said slyly, ducking her head just a little and Iris pulled her back in for another kiss.

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flarrow femslash week day 5: favorite trope (celebrity!au) and coffee shop au

“I’m pretty sure the only reason our relationship lasted four hundred years is because we kept dying before we could actually have a conversation.”

Kendra’s voice is thrumming with annoyance, noticeable even through the flat, tinny pitch given by the cell phone. Iris rises from her desk (makes a small, “stay, it’s good” wave to let Linda, halfway out of her chair to follow, know that it’s not some Flash-related disaster) and slips outside, where she can talk in reasonable peace. “What’s up?” she asks, leaning back against the wall.

“He’s such an asshole, Iris. I thought it was just that he was thrown off by remembering our past lives when I didn’t, but he’s like this all the time. You know what he said to me and Sara yesterday? ‘You two should stay back while we handle this.’” She sighs, and Iris can imagine her shrugging as she adds, “I mean, his abs are nice. That’s about the extent of his redeeming qualities.”

The alarm goes off and Iris’ hand reaches out to grab her phone and turn it off because it’s much too early after a night of helping to run around the city to stop a man that Cisco named ‘Mirror Master’.

She dozes for a little while longer until there’s a sudden gust of air from the windows opening.

“Aren’t you supposed to be up by now?” The bed dips as Kendra leans on it but Iris’ feigns ignorance.

“Iris.” Fingers ghost around her stomach and she bites the inside of her cheek to stop the laughter.

“I-ris.” Kendra elongates her name, rests her cheek against Iris’ stomach and her fingers now trail up Iris’ arm.

“I can’t be here for very long you know,” Kendra sighs and she sounds a little tired, “I left Sara alone with Snart and Rory and I’m afraid they’ll start another bar brawl.”

It makes her reminiscent of a week ago, when Kendra flew in and told the story through gales of laughter until Iris kissed her as a promise of making a different memory for that day.

“Come on, I brought coffee.” Kendra practically sings.

Iris opens her eyes.

“My hero,” She says playfully, laughing when she looks down to see Kendra pout.

“So coffee gets you up, not my being here.”

Iris sits up, jostling Kendra from her stomach and when she changes into a seated position next to Iris she leans in to press a quick kiss to Kendra’s cheek.

“You’re both welcome and appreciated.” A smile plays across her lips, “You’re an angel bringing coffee.”

“Wing jokes aren’t going to stop any time soon are they?”

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Angst

She starts to remember things slowly at first – the name of a flower, dark hair that falls around a blurry face that Kendra longs to push back, laughter against her skin and her name said with love –then all at once it hits her and she slams her hands into the wall and curses reincarnation for lifetimes without Iris.

AU

Maybe following the mysterious new archeologist at Central Museum for a story hadn’t turned out exactly as planned what with jumping on a plane and getting involved in some Indiana Jones adventure but Iris couldn’t deny that she wasn’t having fun with Kendra along the way.

Crack

Iris had seen some strange things since metahumans started popping up but by far her girlfriend building a nest out of actual twigs was beating them all out – she just hoped Cisco didn’t find out and declare a ‘love nest’.

Future Fic

Kendra spun Iris around their living room floor in celebration of her newly won Pulitzer – she knew it was only a matter of time before Iris got one.

First Time

She literally sweeps Iris off her feet, diving down to save her from the latest metahuman attack and Iris gasps in surprise and wraps her arms around Kendra’s neck as she holds her close, what Kendra isn’t expecting is Iris pelting her with questions and declaring an exclusive interview right after the danger’s dealt with.

Fluff

“I bet I could make a pillow out of your feathers,” Iris murmurs sleepily when she curls against Kendra who just came back in and hasn’t had the time to slip her wings off before collapsing on the sofa; Kendra mumbles something that might be agreement but falls asleep before she can really think about it.

Humour

“If you don’t give me back my laptop I’m changing your name to ‘Angry Bird’ in my next article.”

Hurt/Comfort

Iris’ hands are cool against her skin and Kendra shudders at the change, making Iris stop to look at her carefully until Kendra smiles; she knows in a few hours Iris will have her bandaged up and in bed with soup and her favourite shows on – a break from life threatening crisis only minutes before.

Smut

Their legs tangle together beneath the sheets and Kendra reaches out to drag her hand down Iris’ back, pushing her closer and making Iris’ breath hitch and stutter and she can see the sudden spark in Iris’ eyes and the challenge within that she readily accepts.

UST

This is really late and I’m so sorry for that but I hope you enjoy it. Many Thanks to darlinginmyway for beta’n and encouragements

Her new apartment was great for working. She was just outside the city so it mostly stayed quiet, and the balcony with a view didn’t hurt either when inspiration ran dry. A view she should have been enjoying right now instead of being hold up on her couch with a blanket around her shoulders, her laptop, and a bag of Cheetos keeping her legs warm.