I don't own the Flash or any of its characters.
A/N: This is some light Snowbarry fluff, with like a bunch of other characters. I wrote this because I'm waiting for my laundry to finish, and I'm bored. Anyways, sorry for any mistakes and please enjoy :)
They all stood at the starting line together, Cisco was tied Nora, Joe was tried to Cecil, Ralph to Harry, (much to his frustration) and Caitlin to Barry. At first Nora and Barry wanted to enter the three-legged race together, but everyone else shot them down instantly, for obvious reasons, so it was decided that Caitlin would be with Barry and Cisco with Nora. Team Flash was far to competitive and so it was unsatisfactory that there was going to be a third, second and first place in their race, which meant Harry and been roped in and had his leg tied to Ralph's, much to everyone else's amusement. "Three!"
"You ready?" Cait whispered into Barry's ear,
"Two!"
"Born ready," he responded, moving quickly to stand in a running pose,
"One!" Everyone was prepared and ready, "Go!" At once the teams took off hobbling awkwardly together trying to run in a smooth motion, with one of their legs tied to their teammates. Initially it was Nora and Cisco in the lead, then the wind blew. Cisco's fabulous curls were in his face, and he spluttered on his hair and temporarily blinded he stumbled forward effectively dragging Nora down with him. The two fell to the ground. Taking advantage of their predicament Ralph and Harry forged ahead,
"Move, move!" Harry could be heard yelling at his teammate, Ralph, growing frustrated began to stretch his legs, so he was taking longer strides, for a couple of seconds this seemed to work and the two remained comfortably in first place. Before to long though, Ralph's tactic backfired on them as Harry could not match the strides of the man beside him. And the two fell down. Hard.
From a comfortable second place, Caitlin and Barry made their way into first. They passed the crumpled forms of Barry and Ralph who were having a heated argument on the ground and knocking each other over as they tried to get back on their feet. Barry whipped his head around quickly, "We are in first!" he exclaimed excitedly to Caitlin,
"Well yes, I can see that Barr, there is no one in front of us," she told him, laughing a little.
"Oh yeah," Barry said, Caitlin laughed again, and they kept hurrying forward. They moved in sync with the other person, their heart's light and full of joy. Soon enough the finish line was in sight, "I can see the finish, we've got this, we are going to win!" Barry exclaimed excited. Caitlin was about to tell him to relax a little, they hadn't won yet, but before she got the opportunity to say anything, Barry had let his excitement get the better of him and he flashed forward ever so slightly. This however was enough to drag the doctor forward and trip over her own feet, she tumbled to the ground and Barry fell with her.
"Oof," Cait huffed out as she hit the ground, winded.
"I'm sorry, so sorry, are you alright?" Barry asked slightly panicked,
"I'm fine, honestly," she told him sitting up slowly,
"I guess I got a bit excited there," he confessed,
"Yeah, just a little," Caitlin joked with him, Barry laughed in response. "Come on, we've still got to finish this race," Caitlin told him, and she stood up with the hero. The two reached the finish in a much calmer fashion, they crossed the line together with huge smiles on both their faces. In front of them stood Nora and Cisco,
"Did you guys win?" Barry asked them,
"Nope, second," Cisco informed them, a frown on his features, he looked upset at his position in the race. Competitive.
"Who won then?" Caitlin wondered out loud.
"Us!" A voice called out, all four heads turned to see Cecil and Joe, standing proudly with their cheap trophy. The only two who hadn't fallen over had won. They had taken things slow and steady and had won easily. Almost like the tortoise and the hare, the irony was there, if you weren't to upset over losing.
"So, we lost?" Barry asked, somewhat sadly,
"Nope, you guys came third," Joe told him, sticking a third-place sticker on both of their shirts, he then placed a second-place sticker on the shirts of Nora and Cisco. Caitlin turned back to face the finish line, what she saw there amused her greatly. She tapped Barry's arm to get his attention. There almost at the finish line, were Harry and Ralph, tripping over each other's feet and yelling at each other. It was absolute chaos. It took them another minute to complete the race, and which point everyone else there, were standing watching them.
"Ugh," Harry muttered when he crossed the line, "I'm so glad that's over."
"You're glad! I'm glad, being paired with you was awful," Ralph complained,
"Hey, being paired with you was no picnic either sweetheart," Harry snapped. The two could have kept fighting for a while so Joe hurried over and slapped to participation stickers on each of their shirts, which ended up, shutting them up pretty quickly. Laughing Barry took Caitlin's elbow and led her away from the group,
"I know we came third, but I think we made a pretty awesome team Dr Snow," he joked
"I think we did Mr Allen," she joked right back and pulled him into a hug. Whether it was fighting meta's or a three-legged race, they made an awesome team.