When Cisco dies, Hartley doesn't take no for an answer and devises his own plan to bring Cisco back at any cost.
When Barry gets a bomb slapped on him by the Trickster, it's left up to Hartley to save the day while Barry re-enacts the movie Speed. And Hartley does a great job. A better than great job, considering he managed to get Trickster Jr. to flip sides. But he also gets hurt. Just a little, but that doesn't make Cisco feel better at the sight of his arm in a sling. (S1 AU)
Cisco hasn't had a vacation since before the accelerator exploded. Which Hartley has decided is a problem needing remedying. He needs to be shirtless on a beach with a fruity drink stat, and not just because Hartley wants an excuse to ogle his boyfriend in swim trunks. But first they have to actually get there. (AU)
Cisco discovers that Hartley knows a few more languages than advertised. Including Klingon. ("It's supposed to mean 'we should feast' right? I didn't just butcher the pronunciation, did I?" Hartley shook his head and then, slowly and unsure, he said, "did you just call me handsome?")
Skirts that swish, Cisco decided, really were the best. (AU)
Hartley has learned through life repeatedly not turning out how he wants that 'perfect' is more pipe dream than reality. Wait for the perfect moment too long and life will pass a person by. But it seems maybe Caitlin Snow hasn't quite figured that one out yet. (Pre-show AU and pre-relationship for Hartley/Cisco)
Hartley's health hasn't been the greatest lately and he comes back from a week off to find a new guy on his project who is most definitely not a senior level mechanical engineer with several years of experience like Hartley'd asked Harrison to hire. But it turns out Cisco Ramon is absolutely the guy Hartley wants around when an already bad day winds up going straight to hell.
The first rose is waiting for Cisco when he gets home from work, tucked into the handle of his front door.
Lisa decides to make homemade apple cake. Hartley volunteers to help. Naturally Cisco's going to come home to a mess. (Alternate Universe; Hartley/Cisco and QPR Hartley Lisa Cisco)
Hartley's got the perfect life. A job he loves at Mercury Labs, a first date planned with his cute coworker, and a great relationship with his family. So... he's not sure where this unsettled, nagging feeling that none of this is real could be coming from. (Season 3 AU)
The sky is clear as they walk out of midnight mass together and Hartley could swear there are more stars in the sky than normal. It's a quiet, peaceful moment and one Hartley wants to treasure for years to come.
After coming out to his parents as gay, Hartley had thought he'd finally feel free. Instead he feels stuck between one moment and the next. They won't talk to him, but they haven't disowned him either and Hartley has to wonder why. He'd hoped they'd accept him and planned for them disowning him and instead he's stuck between the two, still wondering what his future holds.
When a local television station decides to pull off it's own little home town baking competition for the winter holiday season, Cisco agrees to be part of the show since the winnings would all go to a charity of the winner's choosing. He's less than thrilled, however, to learn one of his competitors on the show is going to be his former high school rival, Hartley Rathaway.