Fic: The Important Part

For hedgiwithapen  on Tumblr, who asked me for a story involving “comfort after nightmare”

The Important Part

The cortex was 3 am quiet, the only sounds the clicking of her computer keys and the soft, deep breathing of the man in the bed. Caitlin had kicked off her shoes and pulled her hair into a loose braid to keep it out of her way as she worked, drinking lukewarm coffee to keep herself awake.

Not that what she was working on was so very important. Her priority, more than usual, was her patient.

The first sound of distress brought her up out of her chair and over to the bed. “Cisco,” she said. “Cisco, it’s okay. Can you hear me? Wake up. It’s okay. You’re dreaming.”

They’d spent the past week in cross-dimensional pursuit of a meta who used fear toxin on his victims. The Scarecrow was safely in Iron Heights now, but Cisco had gotten a faceful of the stuff. Even though they had an antidote on hand, Batwoman had said regretfully that the aftereffects would linger for about a day.

The aftereffects proved to be intense drowsiness, and when Cisco did fall asleep, awful nightmares.

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Tags:Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, killervibe, fanfiction, mosylufanfic lives up to her damn name, okay this turned out angstier than I meant, but in fairness, it is for Hedgi, the flash