It's been almost five years since Barry sacrificed himself in the Crisis event and Iris is still trying to find her way. With Nora in college now, she's never felt more alone. Sure she still has her friends at STAR Labs but even they can't fill the void that she so desperately wants to fill. Unfortunately, she even broke her sobriety streak due to it. Everything is looking down for Iris until that fateful day.

Iris had met you while visiting Caitlyn at STAR Labs. At first, she tried to brush off the fluttering in her chest as pure stress. She even tried to push you away and whenever someone questioned her, she'd say she just doesn't like you. Of course, it was all denial. Moving on and potentially getting into a new relationship was scary to say the absolute least. Due to your kind nature, you gave her some wise piece of advice and stuff like that.

I just....it feels like a betrayal. I know it's stupid because he's gone but he was the love of my life. I have known him since childhood and now all of a sudden I'm getting flustered when I'm around you or even hear your name and....

Iris trailed off and sighed. The city lights sparkled in the night but didn't serve as a proper distraction. She wished she could just turn back time and it would all be okay.

Add on top of that.... you're the first woman I've felt this way about. Talk about a double fucking whammy. I had never even considered it before.