"I'm sorry, one more time?"
Barry groaned and banged his head against the desk, showing no signs of moving from his newfound position. He was sitting in the Cortex with Caitlin and Cisco, both of whom were clearly quite amused. Barry, on the other hand, clearly was not.
"Cisco, I swear to God, if you ask one more timeā¦" Barry idly threatened.
"No, come on, I'm genuinely curious," Cisco replied, trying to keep a serious edge to his voice but failing; the situation was just too damn funny. "Please, grace us with the tale of how you managed to overshoot the precinct by 30 miles and end up in -"
"Don't say it, Cisco."
"- a lake."
Barry let out another loud groan, and Caitlin clapped a hand over her mouth, trying her best not to laugh for the speedster's sake; it wasn't going very well. Cisco, on the other hand, wasn't attempting to hold anything back at all now and was openly snickering at his friend, a wide grin spread across his face.
"I was tired, alright? I was up half the night with Iris trying to help her meet the deadline for the Flash article she insisted on writing," Barry muttered.
There was a beat of silence that followed, and then, "Was it dirty? I think I can kind of smell it on you."
"I took a shower!" Barry protested, finally bringing his head back up from the desk.
"Mmh, it wasn't long enough," Cisco said with a shrug.
Barry let out an exasperated breath, swiveling in his chair to look at Caitlin. "Will you please say something?" he pleaded, sure she at least would back him up.
Caitlin shrugged as well. "Thank God you don't drive or I'd be getting a phone call at three in the morning from China because you tried to drive five minutes down the road to Rite Aid," she said, an amused smile on her lips.
For a moment, both Barry and Cisco could only bring themselves to stare at their doctor friend, the one who was normally so serious. And then Cisco burst into a wild fit of laughter, which caused Caitlin to start laughing as well.
"That's it, I hate you both," Barry said, standing and running a hand over his face as both his friends continued their laughter at his expense. "I'm going home."
He cast one more look at the two of them as they kept laughing, though Caitlin was clearly trying to reign it in now.
Shaking his head, Barry made it a point to push Cisco from his chair before speeding out of the room, sending Caitlin into another fit of laughter as Cisco fell to the floor.
Prompt: Thank God you don't drive or I'd be getting a phone call at three in the morning from China because you tried to drive five minutes down the road to Rite Aid
