If you guys didn't know, Put Another Dime in the Jukebox is a companion piece to another collection called Feeling Good, the first installment of which is the primary basis for this couple. I'm not very skilled at writing cohesive storylines - mostly I just start daydreaming and random scenes begin to unfold, though if I marathon Flash before bed sometimes I dream things up too! So I just try to get those scenes down and do them justice for what they are, and I'm glad Barry and Cal are giving me lots of inspiration to expand and add to the progression of their relationship. I think they're cute and find them really fun to write, and I'm glad it seems others do too! I hope you check out Feeling Good if you haven't already?

The first 'I love you!' Hope you guys like it!

I don't own the Flash or the song Put Your Records On. Consider yourselves disclaimed.

It was after midnight on a Tuesday, and Barry and Cal had been back in the lab for close to an hour. There had been a rash of robbery/homicides in upscale neighborhoods lately, and the perpetrator had finally slipped up and left behind DNA evidence. They were in the process of running it through the system now, and hopefully soon they'd have a hit. They were working on reports in the meantime - the task only really required one of them, but they had been together when Barry got the call. After three months of dating he was still spending half his nights in her bed, and things were progressing quite happily in their relationship.

Cal hadn't thought to grab her laptop and both of their phones were close to dying, so they were working in silence for the first time in months. Barry knew it was only a matter of time before she couldn't handle it anymore, and only twenty minutes into their waiting she had begun to sing quietly on her own. They were seated comfortably on the floor, arms and thighs pressed together as they worked in their laps and Barry listened contently to her singing.

"Girl, put your records on
Tell me your favorite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans
I hope you get your dreams
Just go ahead, let your hair down
You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow"

She hummed through the rest of the song, and by now Barry had stopped working and was just watching her. The past three months had flown by, and Barry couldn't remember being this happy. It was so different from the way he'd felt about Iris, though those feelings had long since cooled. It was easy to just be around Cal - she recognized his bumbling for the flirting affection it was and returned it happily and even enthusiastically. She went full nerd the way he went full nerd, usually about video games or literature, and listened aptly when he went off on a tangent. He had never been starved for affection, Joe and Iris had made sure of that, but something in him just craved the way she looked at him waking up first thing in the morning.

"I love you," he said without thinking. As the humming stopped and her head snapped up to meet his gaze, he couldn't even find it in himself to be embarrassed. Blurting things out at her had worked in his favor more often than not, and though he hadn't considered the words before saying them, he knew the moment they left his mouth that he meant them to his very core.

Her eyes darted between both of his for several moments as a small smile grew on his face, before she grabbed the collar of his shirt and yanked his lips down to hers. Her arms went around his neck, holding tightly as he pulled her to him in return. She ended the kiss just as quickly, grinning widely.

"I love you too, B." His grin matched hers as he pulled her in again. The kiss quickly grew more passionate, and Barry's head was swimming as Cal pulled herself into his lap, straddling his hips and scattering their reports. He had just slipped his hand into the back of her jeans when the DNA results dinged, startling them apart. Cal glared at the machine as Barry leaned his head against the wall, sighing in exasperation.

"We have got to stop doing this at work."

"Well then you better get me home and out of these clothes right now, Mr. Allen, because this is happening."

I'm not fully content to leave it there, but anything I tried to write after felt forced. I hope you guys liked it!

Terra-Fair - Here you go! Thank you for taking the time to read and leave a review, I hope you enjoy this update!