Deepest desires of Iris West

Another strike for Lucifer Morningstar. Takes place, when Barry and Iris have the talk in the Speed Cannon chamber in 2x20 with Barry powerless to stop Rupture and Zoom.
Disclaimer: I do not own Arrowverse or Lucifer.

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Barry and Iris were at the Speed Cannon chamber, talking about their feelings, wondering if they were meant to be together but then…

"Well, well, well, aren't you a lovely delight to see, the two of you, like peas in the pod, are you?" A man in a suit with a British accent approached them.

"Excuse me, who are you? How did you get here?" Barry asked.

"Well, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Lucifer. Lucifer Morningstar, privileged to meet you, Mr. Barry Allen." Lucifer introduced himself.

"We kind of have a moment here, Mr. Morningstar, so if you would please—" Iris started.

"Well, actually, I came here to talk with you, Iris. You are wondering if you and Mr. Bartholomew are meant to be together, right? Just because of some article from the future and a parallel universe?" Lucifer asked.

Barry was hesitant to speak, just as Iris. "Well, I think we might be meant to be together, so—"

"No, no, let the lady speak." Lucifer then looked Iris directly in the eyes, using his charm. "Why don't you tell us and Mr. Allen mainly your real, deepest desire? Do you care about Barry Allen?"

Iris felt dazed, as if the world was spinning before she was put under Lucifer's spell. "I care about the Flash…" She said, as if she was under some trance.

"That's not an answer. Do you care about Barry Allen or the Flash?"

"I… want to be with the Flash because the romance with a superhero sounds great. A romance with a CSI lab geek is… dull…" Iris confessed.

"So you don't care about Barry at all?" Lucifer asked coyly.

"Can't say that I really do…" Iris said and Barry stared as his jaw almost fell to the floor.

"Well, I got what I came here for." Lucifer smirked, turning to Barry. "I think you and Iris need to clear the air. Buh-bye!"

Lucifer whistled, putting his hands into pocket as he walked away and as soon as Iris recovered from the trance, she realized what she blurted out as she met Barry's eyes as he stared at her with a mix of incredulousness, disbelief, anger and betrayal as he scoffed with his jaw wide open and Iris reeled away nervously, letting out silent uncomfortable squealing. "Uh…"

Barry seethed, looking like if he was going to blow his top.

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Another win for the Devil himself. Lucifer Morningstar strikes back, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!
Prior to 2x20 Iris didn’t express any romantic feelings towards Barry and let’s face it, the only reason she started to think that they were meant to be were the news article from the future written by Iris West-Allen and the fact that they were married on Earth-2. Until then, it’s stupid to believe that they were in love with each other, Iris even encouraged Barry to have a closer and more honest relationship with Patty.
Please review and let me know if you have enjoyed this one-shot.
With regards
Bl4ckHunter

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Mondo1682 Thu 28 May 2020 11:03PM UTC

Even the fact that iris had her own love intrest in her new boss. Plus the fact patty left. And the quick relationship with season 3. Makes me actually respect olicity more. As their relationship was made maturely. Kudos. "And another one bites the dust. Lucifer style!"
P.s. i love to see what happens afterwards. After lucifer desires them.

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1. Bl4ckHunter Thu 28 May 2020 11:04PM UTC
  
  No kidding.
  
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Doctor_Anthony Thu 20 Aug 2020 04:14PM UTC

Personally I like to think Iris always did have some romantic feelings for Barry, she just didn't know it at that point, or was denying it. One of my friends long had a crush on a childhood friend of ours, me and others knew it for years but it took them a long time to realize it themselves and start dating. That does happen sometimes in life.
Patty was honestly too much like Barry for them to work as a couple. i know from personal experience, it's not good to date someone who is exactly like you, you'll end up hating one another, that's what happened to me with an ex girlfriend of mine. Plus around that time Iris was still grieving over Eddie's death from season 1, so she no doubt encouraged Barry to be with Patty wanting someone she cared about to find love and be happy.
And 1 thing I gotta ask, why did you block me on FF.net?

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1. Bl4ckHunter Thu 20 Aug 2020 04:20PM UTC
  
  Fair enough on Iris's romantic feelings but it felt to me that she had not considered Barry a love interest at all until she found out about the news article from the future and that her name would be "Iris West-Allen".
  I can see why other people might have some issues with Barry/Patty, due to them having too many similarities but I had no problem with it and actually liked the pairing but fair enough.
  Well, I did hear about you and Thunder getting into some ridiculous arguments with others and no offense and respectfully, after getting some rather offensive and vulgar comments because of my disapproval of WestAllen from other pro-WestAllen users, as a precaution, I blocked the people I know support WestAllen, sorry if it offended you but I hope you understand my decision.
  
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2. 1. Doctor_Anthony Thu 20 Aug 2020 04:44PM UTC
    
    Well it didn't feel that way to me, maybe seeing the news article made Iris start to realize maybe she did have feelings for Barry and didn't know it before and maybe didn't see that article as destiny, seeing as something that could happen. After all the future isn't written in stone.
    Fair enough, you liked the Barry/Patty pairing. I personally didn't myself, but that's just my opinion. Patty/Cisco would've been interesting if Patty had been kept on in the show.
    My nephew known as Thunder only put up another review on a story of Aragon's after it got deleted, he's stubborn and doesn't like seeing reviews deleted, plus he's a bit of a hot head, in response Aragon wrote one of those stories he writes, with my nephew being killed by Deadpool, thankfully his older brother persuaded Aragon to remove the story.
    I haven't really gotten into any arguments. Aragron blocked me after I sent him a PM in regards to that story Phillipe363 uploaded with allegations against actress Candice Patton asking where he learned of this so I could look it up myself online, instead of replying he blocked me, as did Phillipe before I could send a PM to him asking for where he learned on this.
    Finally got the answer to that here on AO3 after having to ask in comments twice on here, after the first one deleted with no response and I was accused of harassment. I was merely looking for evidence to back up the claims, as I'd looked up online and found none and I'm a freelance journalist, figured if there was proof I could write a news article on it. Aside from 1 tweet from years ago on Twitter, there was nothing else If there was more proof it'd be all over the news and no doubt Candice Patton would've been fired from the show like what happened to Hartley Sawyer recently over those vile tweets that came to light.
    And Stand with Ward and Queen blocked me after I said in a review to one of his stories that if the Crisis xover caused a Westallen break up like he said he wanted done in the authors notes, people would've been unhappy about that there'd have been a backlash and later explained in a PM why Barry and Iris isn't incest like some think it is, such as himself.
    That isn't arguments, that's merely differences of opinions that should be respected, I respect their opinions despite the fact those 3 writers blocked me on FF.Net.
    You didn't offend me. I just wanted to know why I had been blocked. For what it's worth, I'm sorry to hear you got such comments from Pro-Westallen users in the past. Not all of us are like that.
    
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  2. 1. Bl4ckHunter Thu 20 Aug 2020 04:51PM UTC
      
      Perhaps on Patty/Cisco and yeah, now that I think of it, they could perhaps be a good match.
      I see on Thunder.
      Fair enough and true enough on Candice Patton and Hartley Sawyer. Honestly, as far as I know, it was just one tweet from Candice Patton from long ago, which perhaps earns her a benefit of the doubt but Hartley Sawyer had several tweets over the years which should have gotten in fired.
      I can respect your opinions as long as you respect mine, which you do but sometimes I get some, let's just say, overreacted criticisms from pro-WA users simply just because I pair Barry with someone else than Iris, such as Caitlin, Kara and Patty. Thank you for understanding.
      
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    2. 1. Doctor_Anthony Thu 20 Aug 2020 05:01PM UTC
        
        They'd be a good couple. Could be an idea there for a future story.
        I agree that Hartley deserved to be fired for those tweets.
        I respect your opinions and I know you'll respect mine. No need to thank me I always try to be understanding and listen to the other side in an argument, probably why I was good on the debating team in college.
        I hope you'll unblock me on FF.net, as if there any of your stories I like, I'd like to be able to review them on there.
        Have a good day.
        
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      2. Bl4ckHunter Thu 20 Aug 2020 05:02PM UTC
        
        I have and you too
        
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        Doctor_Anthony Thu 20 Aug 2020 05:11PM UTC
        
        Good. I will.
        
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fantasylover4evr Wed 16 Jun 2021 04:55PM UTC

Thank you!! I was so mad when they pushed this version of Iris with Barry, I wanted to scream.

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1. Bl4ckHunter Wed 16 Jun 2021 05:06PM UTC
  
  Don’t blame you
  
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2. 1. fantasylover4evr Sun 20 Jun 2021 11:38PM UTC
    
    Thanks :D
    
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Fireflyarc Wed 22 Dec 2021 12:59AM UTC

Thank you!
Goodness ..when i saw they were almost like siblings i was like...why have them be interested in each other like that.
Iris loving the streak i could see

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