Central City had just had its first snowfall of the season the night before. Five inches of the white powder were now on the ground, and although Barry had to be more careful running around in it, the child in him still was ecstatic. He always had loved the snow, winter easily being his favorite season because of it.
Finishing work early, Barry sped over to STAR Labs, finding Caitlin and Cisco doing their usual tasks when the city was oddly quiet. Cisco was working on his gloves, trying to fix out a kink, whereas Caitlin was in the med bay, going over some of his recent tests results.
"Hey," Barry greeted after sliding into the cortex.
Both Caitlin and Cisco stopped what they were doing and came into the main room to greet him.
"So…" Barry started, pursing his lips as he tried to find a way to ask, "are you guys doing something super important, that can't wait?" he asked.
Cisco and Caitlin looked at each other, both shrugging. "I don't think so," Caitlin answered for the two STAR Labs employees. "Why?" she curiously questioned.
Barry's face broke out into a huge grin. "It's just that it snowed and, I don't know," he said rolling his shoulders bashfully, "I wanted to make a snowman or something."
Caitlin giggled, finding the speedster quite amusing. "Barry Allen, how old are you?"
"What?" he asked, only getting mildly flustered. "Age is just a number."
Caitlin affectionately rolled her eyes.
"Dude, I'm in," Cisco said, already crossing the floor to where he hung his jacket and other winter accessories. "I'm like going stir crazy in here. I need to do something fun and youthful," he dramatically stated.
"You were just playing rock 'em, sock 'em robots with Wally this morning," Caitlin pointed out, biting on her lip in an effort to refrain from laughing.
Cisco looked away from his friends. "That doesn't count," he muttered, swooshing his scarf around his neck theatrically.
"What about you, Dr. Snow?" Barry then asked, turning to his personal physician, smiling encouragingly.
"I don't know…" she said, wincing slightly.
Barry clasped his hands together. "Pleaseee," he begged, sticking his lower lip out, pouting. "Snow can't be fun without Snow, of the Caitlin variety."
Caitlin shook her head humorously, finding Barry's pout to be quite convincing though. "I would, but I'm not exactly dressed to go out in the snow," she said, pointing down at her dress and heels.
With a quick gust, Barry was gone, and before they couldn't even say a word, he was back, holding out clothes for Caitlin to change into.
"Did you seriously just…?" Caitlin started to ask, though her answer was right in front of her. "Nevermind," she said, taking the clothes and boots he brought for her and walking into the other room to change.
Barry grinned winningly, rubbing his hands together excitingly. "This is gonna be great!"
…
"Okay," Barry said as he and Cisco lifted the snowman's head onto his body. "Now we just need stuff for his face and arms."
Caitlin quickly morphed an icicle in her palm. "Will this do for a nose?" she asked.
Barry grinned, taking the newly formed object from her. "This will be perfect," he said, eyeing it in awe before placing it in the middle of the snowman's face.
"Do we have buttons or something inside, Cisco?" Barry asked, after searching in his immediate area for something to use was futile.
Cisco scratched his head, thinking. "I think I still have some at my workbench," he said. "I'll go check," the engineer said, already walking back into the building.
Once Cisco was out of sight, Barry turned to Caitlin, grinning mischievously. "You want to have a little fun with Cisco?" he asked.
Caitlin gave him a funny face. "Fun, how?" she asked cautiously. "Wasn't building a snowman supposed to be the fun?"
"And it was," Barry admitted, nodding. "But…" he began, reaching down for a wad of snow and compacting it into his hand to make a snowball. "What's more fun than an old fashioned snowball fight?" he asked, wiggling his eyebrows.
The bio-chemist couldn't help but grin at his antics. "I would say that this is a bit cruel, but considering Cisco has not stopped calling me Elsa, you know from Frozen, I think it's time I finally got a little payback," she said, forming a ball of snow in her hand, smiling impishly.
Barry stared at her for a moment, his lips raising in an unbelieving smile, his eyes darkening just a couple shades darker. "That was kinda hot," he said.
Caitlin rolled her eyes, causing Barry to laugh as she pushed him closer to the front doors of STAR Labs, getting ready for their attack.
They only had to wait a few minutes before Cisco walked out, holding a box full of buttons and other little trinkets that they could use. Looking up from the box, however, Cisco then saw he was alone. "Barry? Caitlin?" he called out confusingly.
Barry and Caitlin looked at each other, arms poised and ready to throw. "Hey, Cisco!" Barry hollered, and just as the engineer turned to his friend, he was hit with two snowballs right in the chest.
He was left stunned for only a moment before he saw an influx of snowballs making their way towards him. "Oh, hell no!" Cisco said, dropping the box to take cover behind the snowman.
And although they hit their target, Barry and Caitlin didn't relent as they hurled more and more snowballs his way, some hitting the snowman, others whirling passed it. Time to time they would see a lone snowball thrown their way, but it would barely reach their feet.
"This is not fair," they heard Cisco yell. "Not only is this two against one, but one of you is making these at super speed while the other is forming them magically in her fist! This is like a 300 execution, instead with snowballs!"
Barry and Caitlin laughed heartily, collapsing to the snow-covered ground tired and worn out from throwing. They laid side by side next to each other, trying to catch their breaths from all their snickering.
"That was strangely therapeutic," Caitlin let out, chuckling lightly to herself, turning her head to look at Barry.
Barry turned his head to view her. "It was," he agreed, smiling contently at her, his eyes so soft and steady, like she was the most interesting thing in the world.
"What?" Caitlin asked, feeling self-conscious by the way he was looking at her.
He grabbed her mitten-clad hand, holding it securely in his own. "I just love you," he expressed gently. "Thank you for playing in the snow with me."
She smiled brilliantly, eyes shining and regarding him lovingly. "Of course," she said, moving closer to kiss him sweetly on the lips. "And I love you too," she told him against his lips, caressing his cheek tenderly.
Barry only grinned before grasping her chin and bringing their lips together once more. They quickly deepened it as they tugged each other closer, revealing in each other's warmth, more so now because the ground beneath them was so cold.
"Hey, lovebirds!" they heard above them. Barry and Caitlin stopped kissing to look up just as Cisco hit them with a snowball to their respective chests. "Take that, Speedy and Elsa!" he hollered victoriously.
Caitlin let out a yelp as she scrambled to get up. "Stop calling me Elsa!" she yelled running after her friend, forming snowballs to throw at the engineer.
Barry got up, taking in a deep breath, letting the cold air fill his lungs, watching his girlfriend and best friend with a goofy grin. He chuckled at the sight of Caitlin and Cisco having a ball, laughing hysterically as they pelted each other with snowballs that rarely landed.
Quickly making another batch of snowballs, Barry ran off to join Caitlin and Cisco. Not only because he loved snow, but because snow was even better when you enjoyed it with the people you loved.
A/N: Whew, done! This took forever, but it's here! I hope you all enjoyed it; it's another little goofy one. Remember to leave a review with your lovely thoughts! :)
REVIEW REPLY:
Thanks for reviewing xaina.x, Raquel, caitlinmontgomery, AReiss215, flashport90, and ShanouNash
masso 2010: I'm sure if Cisco was in the same situation (though not with Caitlin most likely, lol) then he would understand. haha! Thanks for reviewing, and when I get some time to read again, I will definitely check out your story! :)
Tyrala1: Considering I only have one more oneshot left and I already know what it is, I don't think I'll be able to write something like that for you. Sorry. But thank you so much for reading and reviewing! :)
