joe west

Shortly after Barry is struck by lightning, Iris discovers that not only does he have a secret boyfriend, but that boyfriend is Leonard Snart, a notorious thief. She learns to trust him, however, as they both begin looking into Dr. Wells for Barry's sake. Over the nine months that Barry's asleep, their team grows and they discover more frightening details about the man who was currently keeping Barry alive. Together, they have to figure out the whole truth and make a plan to keep Barry safe before Dr. Wells catches onto them, or there will be no stopping him...

Barry can't handle being around his team after his dad is killed and Zoom is gone. Before he can take off and make things worse, creating Flashpoint, Leonard Snart stops him and makes him an offer to join the Rogues. But not as a Speedster. Leonard Snart wants the brain behind the mask. Barry takes a chance and joins the Rogues while letting Hartley Rathaway convince him to go back to school and get his PhD. Along the way, Barry finds he ended up with a whole new family. It takes some time, but he finds he never lost his old family either. It just took them a little while to remember he was as much Barry Allen, if not moreso, as he was the Flash.