Prompt: 67. Snow
Word Count: 311
Rating: PG
Summary: Tommy hates winter.

Stupid

It was one of those cold winter days where there wasn't too much snow on the ground, but the air itself was still frigid. There had been a warm snap a few days ago which hadn't succeeded in doing anything except melting the snow into sludge, and covering the streets with black ice. Stupid ice. It was just so hard to see.

It was hell to run on that kind of slick surface. Oh sure, Tommy was a speedster. He went fast, faster than anyone else in the world. It didn't stop him from tripping when he slipped on ice, and went over the curb. Stupid curbs. Always right there when he was about to stop skidding.

No one would notice if Tommy fell on his ass, because he'd fall and pick himself up again before they could even blink, but... well ... it still hurt. And even though his costume wouldn't tear, the wetness of it all was annoying. His palms, his knees, his back, everywhere was damp and clammy and the moisture stuck just underneath his clothes where it wouldn't dry away. Stupid costume. Kept all the water in all the wrong places. And then it started to chafe. The horror.

Alright, so Kate said that the speed of his running should evaporate all the wetness off, and that he was just imagining the chafing, because it wasn't happening. And Vision agreed with her. It didn't make him feel any better, because he knew that his suit was covered in growing patches of wet, and everything itched, and why couldn't the stupid winter just end already?

But it wouldn't, and now it had started snowing, and fat white clumps of ice were falling from the sky. And they would whirl around in the air in an 'elegant waltz of grace and light' if you were to believe Cassie. But Cassie was a romantic. Tommy knew what would happen. Those innocent little bits of fluff would pile up and dust the ground and make it even harder to avoid the stupid ice.

Stupid snow.

Stupid winter.

Stupid Kate for making him join in the hope that he could blow things up and get some nookie too.

Stupid Tommy for believing her.