Taking pain away

"I didn't find him," Barry breathed out noisily, literally flying into S.T.A.R. Labs, sinking into a chair and taking off his mask, "how was I supposed to find him at all, if what you soulmates can be understood only by touching each other?" the guy who ran around the city for several hours waved his hand and everything turned out to be useless. Only at this moment did he look at his friends and the younger Snart. There were no faces on them because they were all very, very pale. "What?" the hero instantly tensed up, "what happened?" "He's getting worse, Barry," Lisa sobbed, "if there really is no soulmate, then Lenny can…" She didn't finish because she started choking when she tried to squeeze out the word "die". Cisco hugged the girl, stroking her hair, and then whispered softly: "Everything will be fine, he will definitely be found…" Gradually, the Glider quieted down, only her shoulders were still shaking. "Did he not come to his senses?" Flash frowned. "No," Caitlin shook her head, while everyone else watched as a superhero costume appeared on a mannequin, and Barry turned out to be dressed in a gray T—shirt, a sweatshirt with the inscription "S.T.A.R. Labs" and jeans. The team went to Snart's bunk to monitor his condition. He was choking, then he could breathe normally again, but Snow was afraid that the man would suffocate after all. Suddenly Leonard began to toss around on the bed again and whisper in delirium: "Don't touch Lisa... no... No… Please...". His sister howled softly and buried her face in Ramon's T-shirt. Almost without thinking, Barry touched Snart's hand to somehow show him that he was not alone, that there was someone nearby and supporting him, and then stared in amazement at the glowing palms. On their glowing palms, damn it! The guy heard a friend whisper to his beloved, "look...", so he turned his gaze to the same shocked friends and Lisa, dumbfounded, but happy. "Barry..." she breathed out, "you can save him... please help him..." the girl stretched out pleadingly looking at the guy, folding her hands in a prayer gesture. Allen glanced at Caitlin, who nodded, smiling. Ronnie, hugging her from behind, raised an eyebrow questioningly, saying, "why are you procrastinating?". Joe just shrugged, Iris nodded her head with a sly smile, and Eddie tilted his head to the shoulder, agreeing with his fiancee. Indeed, why did he hesitate? They turned out to be soulmates — it absolutely did not want to fit in him head — he could help Snart wake up. Barry could not even think that this would be exactly the case, that they would turn out to be kindred spirits and the universe would make fun of them in this way, but still he took his soulmate by the hand again and concentrated, closing his eyes. At first, a fierce cold spread through the guy's veins, and then Flash felt a pleasant tingling warmth somewhere in his fingertips. He gave himself a clear command: "help To Leonard Snart to my soulmate to wake up from a nightmare and take away his pain". Caitlin decided that Allen needed a chair to sit and not stand, so Ronnie brought it and put it next to the cot on which Snart was lying. With a grateful nod to Firestorm, Barry sat down on a chair, not letting go of Leonard's hand.

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Several hours have passed, the Flash team has already gone home, because it was late in the evening, and Snart did not come to himself, although he began to breathe evenly and was no longer suffocating almost. "Almost" — because Barry had to leave him for a short time due to natural needs, and whenever Allen came back, the first thing he heard was muffled wheezing. Barry was very worried about the fact that the elder Snart still hadn't woken up, but he tried not to despair, he believed in the best until the last, because if they were soulmates, then he could help him, he should help him. Flash didn't sleep most of the night, but closer to dawn, the guy dozed off, not letting go of the man's hand from his. In his half-sleep, it seemed to him that Captain Cold tensed and stirred, and then Bartholomew woke up.