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kitmerlot_1213This is a 305 word The Flash drabble for the Numbers Challenge at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
1_million_words ENJOY!
Caitlin wasn’t going to pretend that Julian’s keeping his distance from her didn’t hurt, especially because he wouldn’t give her a chance to defend herself.
Julian’s belief that she’d only befriended him because she needed his help if she wanted to remove her Killer Frost powers was not only insulting but completely wrong.
Her only goal was to help the brilliant yet socially stunted man because she saw herself in Julian’s cold commitment to his work and she didn’t want him suffering alone like she did before she had the great fortune in coming to work at S.T.A.R Labs and making the closest friends she’d ever had in her life.
And she wanted the same for Julian.
So Caitlin had begun to spout random facts she learned as a way to draw Julian out of his self-imposed shell and to show him she was sincere in her offer of friendship.
Her first attempts at starting a conversation were met with studied indifference or blank politeness but then Julian had smiled slightly at one of her more bizarre pronouncements and Caitlin realized that was the key in getting Julian to talk to her again.
She waited until Julian walked back into the main lab and right before he was about to sit down, she announced: “Did you know there’s a city on Earth 56 that only has a population of 650?”
Julian shook his head silently at Caitlin’s hopeful expression, not quite ready to give in. A minute passed and Caitlin could see he was having some kind of internal debate before he finally decided to speak. “A population of 650 hardly makes a city.”
Caitlin smiled as brightly at Julian as if he’d just offered her a million dollars. “Well, it’s a population of koala bears, so that’s pretty bad ass if you ask me.”
1_million_words ENJOY!Caitlin wasn’t going to pretend that Julian’s keeping his distance from her didn’t hurt, especially because he wouldn’t give her a chance to defend herself.
Julian’s belief that she’d only befriended him because she needed his help if she wanted to remove her Killer Frost powers was not only insulting but completely wrong.
Her only goal was to help the brilliant yet socially stunted man because she saw herself in Julian’s cold commitment to his work and she didn’t want him suffering alone like she did before she had the great fortune in coming to work at S.T.A.R Labs and making the closest friends she’d ever had in her life.
And she wanted the same for Julian.
So Caitlin had begun to spout random facts she learned as a way to draw Julian out of his self-imposed shell and to show him she was sincere in her offer of friendship.
Her first attempts at starting a conversation were met with studied indifference or blank politeness but then Julian had smiled slightly at one of her more bizarre pronouncements and Caitlin realized that was the key in getting Julian to talk to her again.
She waited until Julian walked back into the main lab and right before he was about to sit down, she announced: “Did you know there’s a city on Earth 56 that only has a population of 650?”
Julian shook his head silently at Caitlin’s hopeful expression, not quite ready to give in. A minute passed and Caitlin could see he was having some kind of internal debate before he finally decided to speak. “A population of 650 hardly makes a city.”
Caitlin smiled as brightly at Julian as if he’d just offered her a million dollars. “Well, it’s a population of koala bears, so that’s pretty bad ass if you ask me.”
