"Do you want me to flash you home?" Barry offered as they both walked out of STAR Labs, locking it up securely behind them.

They had just finished up a couple crime-fighting gigs. None of them had been too major, only one had been caused by a meta-human, but there had been many. So since it was well after midnight everyone had fled to go home, except for the two of them who had stayed behind to clean up the day's mess in the lab.

"No…" Caitlin let out, surveying the star-filled sky as they walked. "It's a nice night. I think I'll walk."

Barry nodded, but remained by her side. "Mind if I join you? I don't like the idea of you walking alone in the dark."

Caitlin fondly rolled her eyes at her friend, though his protectiveness of her was appreciated. "I can take care of myself," she noted, wiggling her hands up for him to see the slight frostiness emancipating from them, causing him to chuckle. "Plus, I don't live that far."

"I know," he agreed, and he wasn't just saying that to appease her. Even before she got powers or knew how to fight, she was always able to take care of herself somehow and someway. "It just makes me feel better, knowing you're getting home safe."

"If only we had some type of device that we could call or even message each other on, to let us know the other arrived home safely…" she teased, knocking into his shoulder playfully, but consequently the move threw her off balance as they stepped on some black ice. "Oof!" she let out as her butt harshly met the ground. "Ow…"

Barry couldn't help but cackle, his eyes crinkling and body scrunching from the hilarity. "Who would have thought that Frost's downfall would be ice?" he joked, looking down at her with amusement spread across his face.

"Ha ha," Caitlin let out dryly, unamused. She then leaned up to pull at his hand, making the speedster slip on the slippery surface too. The biochemist satisfyingly smirked. "I guess ice is the Flash's downfall too."

"That was low, Snow," he remarked, but his lips still displayed the goofy lop-sided grin he was wearing prior.

It was then that Caitlin saw a couple small snowflakes land on Barry's face, right on top of the freckles sprinkled across his cheeks. She looked up into the blackness of the sky and saw more of the white dust beginning to fall down. The doctor contently sighed at the sight, opening her hands to catch a couple of the snowflakes.

"It's getting all in your hair," he commented, chuckling as he ran his fingers over the white specs in her curls. "You look like an old woman," he teased.

"Well, you're no better," she shot back, ruffling his hair with her hand.

He batted her away. "Hey, hey! Watch the hair."

Caitlin snorted. "Okay, Travolta."

Barry tilted his head to the side, thinking. "I do sing a great rendition of 'Summer Lovin,' as you may remember."

Caitlin groaned in the residual embarrassment she still had of that night, despite it being a few years ago. She looked over at Barry, who was smiling cheekily at her. "Don't you dare, Barry," she warned, just knowing what he was about to do.

"Summer lovin had me a blast," he began to sing.

"Barry Allen!" she hollered playfully, slapping him lightly on his arm.

Laughing, Barry retaliated back, fingers outstretched, tickling her sides. "Summer lovin happened so fast," Barry continued to sing. Caitlin recoiled, giggling manically as she fell back on the snow-festered street. Barry followed, hovering over her as he continued his assault.

Moments later he paused in both his activities. "You okay?" he asked with a chuckle, taking in her labored breathing, her chest rising up and down.

"Yeah," she managed to whisper out through breaths, but her lips were lifted on the one side in a small smile. "You're an effective tickler."

Barry barked out a laugh, a puff of his breath a mist in the cold air.

It was then he realized he was still hovering over her. He made to move, but suddenly stopped, feeling rooted in place as he gazed down at her. With the way the streetlights were highlighting the beauty of her face and the still falling snow landing all around her, she looked like a snow angel. His heart started to race erratically.

"Barry?" Caitlin whispered softly, noticing his distraction.

Without much further thought, Barry leaned down and kiss her delicately on the lips.

Her eyes curiously met his as he backed away, a million and one questions swirling around her brown eyes. "That – That was unexpected," she stuttered out faintly.

Barry cleared his throat as he maneuvered himself around so that he was sitting beside her rather than suspended over her. "I'm – I'm sorry, Cait," he began to apologize, rubbing the back of his neck worriedly. He couldn't even look at her because he was feeling so guilty. He shouldn't have done that.

Taking a deep breath, Caitlin sat up. "It…wasn't a bad unexpected thing," she quietly confessed.

Barry thoughtfully looked over at her, studying her nervous demeanor. "It wasn't?"

Caitlin shook her head and bravely sought out his hand to hold. "Not in the slightest…" she admitted with a timid smile, watching their joined hands. A grin quickly found its way across the speedster's face too.

With Caitlin's encouraging words, he cupped her cheek with his free hand, her eyes so big and alluring as she briefly glanced at his lips before meeting his gaze.

This time they both leaned in, meeting halfway as their lips met. Their previously held hands detangled as Barry's went to hold the other side of Caitlin's face, while both of Caitlin's gripped the front of his coat. The kiss was slow, tender and sweet, just like the atmosphere around them. There was no rush or urgency behind the kiss, both wanting to learn and remember every movement and feeling.

After a minute or so, they separated, both breaking out into a small chuckle as they met each other's eyes, unbelieving of what just transpired.

Caitlin bit her lip as she distractedly played with the buttons on his coat. "I wanted to do that for a while now," she told him.

Barry's heart felt like it catapulted at the declaration. "Me too," he softly said, leaning forward again, but only to rub his nose along the side of Caitlin's affectionately, causing the doctor to hum out in bliss.

She leaned back, watching him tenderly, but frowned as she saw his nose turning red. "You're cold," she noted.

Barry shook his head stubbornly. "I'm fine," he insisted.

"My place isn't far," she pointed out. "Why don't you come over to warm up?" she innocently asked. "I can make coffee or even hot chocolate. I also have a fireplace and have this really heavy blan-"

She was cut off by a swift kiss from Barry, effectively silencing her cute ramble.

"We – we can do some more of that too…" she stuttered, still flustered from the kiss.

Barry laughed. "Sounds like a plan."

A/N: If only we could see something like this on the show. But alas! If you liked this, leave a review and let me know! :) You're feedback means a lot to me. And as always, if you have ideas for other oneshots, let me know.

REVIEW REPLY:

Guest: Thanks for reviewing!

Guest: Yeah, if one person is gonna interrupt my snowbarry, I'd rather it be Cisco - and he has a knack for it to, huh? lol. Glad you enjoyed the Caitlin and Barry's mom singing off key, lol. Thanks for reviewing!

ShanouNash: I always love learning about stuff from their childhood on the show. So I like adding stuff like that into my stories. I'm glad you enjoyed that part! Thanks for reviewing!

xaina.x: Ooh, a wayyy in the future one with a little Snowbarry family. I love it. I will try to figure out something for that. Thanks for reviewing!

Raquel: Aww, I think what we have is called Secret Santa, but ours maybe a little different, but I really like your idea. I will try to see if I can write something about it. Thanks for the suggestion and for reviewing! :)