Summary: Stumbling in the dark, feelings are alight with spark
Team Flash or the trio of Barry Allen, Cisco Ramon, and Caitlin were all inside Cisco's house. They decided to have a little Christmas bonding time between the three of them since metahumans weren't really giving Flash, Vibe, and Frost time to enjoy the holidays.
"I thought you invited Harry over." Caitlin asked while preparing the nachos and sometimes playfully slapping the hands of Barry and Cisco, already reaching for the delicacy in front of them.
Cisco rolled his eyes, "I thought too. But Harry's a grinch, Cait. He'll probably just be rolling his eyes at us and ruin Christmas movies." Barry chuckles, "He said he'll be going back to Earth 2, spend some time with Jesse and Wally."
The curly haired man grins widely at the success of stealing a nacho from Caitlin, who sighs, "Poor couple." He tries his luck again but a spatula hits his hand, "Caitlin!" She smirks at him; eyes flashing blue causing Cisco to sigh and stop his invasion of Nacho Land.
Barry laughs at their antics, smiling widely because he missed these moments with his best friends in the whole world. It's been a while since the three of them had the time to go out and enjoy the wonders of life.
Using his super speed, Barry got at least five pieces of Nachos and gobbled it up then grinned innocently at Caitlin. She shakes her head in disbelief while Cisco frowns at him, "You didn't even share, man! Elsa here's very territorial."
As the words left his mouth, Barry gulped as Caitlin's brown hair turned white and looked at him and Cisco menacingly, "Hello, boys. Get out of the kitchen or I'll forget that Caity considers the two of you her brothers."
Snowballs were formed in her hands and faster than the Speed Force, shots were fired at the poor souls trying to conquer Nacho Land.
"It's ready!" Caitlin smiled widely as she placed the tray containing a plateful of nachos, two boxes of pizza and donut, two buckets of chicken wings, and a pitcher of iced tea.
She sits between Cisco and Barry, who still had snow in their hair. Turning to Cisco, "There's still snow near your ears." She smirked at him, who grumbled quietly and not daring to call her Elsa.
Caitlin turns to Barry who was vibrating himself, probably warming himself up. She smiles sweetly after he finishes vibrating, "Still cold, Flash?" Extending her cold hands to his cheek causing Barry to flinch and get her hand just in time, "Cait!"
Pulling her hand away, she bursts out laughing; happy for being able to tease the two most important guys in his life. "Before you turn full on cold again, let's start the movie." Cisco suggested and started playing Home Alone.
Thirty minutes into the movie, "Guys, this is boring. How about we just play some Uno?" Cisco suggested while pausing the movie. Caitlin nods while eating a slice of pizza and Barry does the same while gobbling up two donuts.
The trio sat on the floor, forming a small circle and played Uno. Caitlin won the first three rounds, "Are you cheating us?!" Cisco said as Caitlin placed her final card, a plus four card. She giggles, "Just luck, I guess."
Barry, on the other hand, only had two more cards in his hand, "I guess it's time I beat you, Flash." Cisco said with a mischievous glint in his eyes, glad that he has a plus two and four in his hand.
The speedster looks at Caitlin, "What color, Cait?" She pouts, thinking of what to pick while Barry chuckles at her adorableness. "Red!" Barry grins widely, "Uno!" He places down two cards, a red skip and red reverse card.
Cisco groans in defeat while Barry looks at Caitlin, "Thanks, Cait." She looks at him and smiles widely, "No problem, Barry." Vibe looks at his two best friends, "Wow, the two of you planned that? I feel so betrayed and disappointed." The other two superheroes laughed while Cisco shakes his head and smirked.
Laugh all you want, let's see who'll be laughing later. Cisco thought as they started another round, Barry and Caitlin smiling at each other. For the next five rounds, Cisco surprisingly won all of it.
"Now that's what I call cheating, man." Barry complains while Caitlin nods, "Excuses of the losers. And from the wise words of Dr. Caitlin Snow, 'It's just luck, I guess.'" Cisco quips with a poor imitation of Caitlin's voice.
The speedster laughs loudly while Caitlin playfully slaps Cisco's arm, an amused smile on her face. Laughter and witty remarks continued being exchanged from the trio as they continued playing Uno, then Monopoly, and Scrabble.
It was Barry's turn, he was thinking of a good word to submit. Cisco was the highest scorer, having a large lead against him and a single point lead from Caitlin. As he was about to place his tiles, the lights went out.
Caitlin let out a little squeal, "I was just surprised!" She explained while Cisco shrugs and Barry smirks at her in the dark. "I still see your smirk, Barry Allen." He laughs at her remark.
"That's strange, why would the lights go out suddenly." Cisco wonders and stands up trying to walk through the darkness. Barry checks his phone, 11:45:27 PM.
Cisco notices this and grabs it, "Hey man, I'll borrow your phone just for flashlight." He quickly leaves his best friends, grinning widely and went upstairs.
Barry sighs and glances at Caitlin, who was across him, "Don't you think he was acting weird, just right now?" She chuckles quietly, "Not sure. We're all weird, anyway." He grins at her reply.
The pair talked a bit, enjoying the comforting silence that the darkness provided. Barry focused on Caitlin's voice, enjoying it. Well her talking voice, not the singing one. He chuckles quietly, remembering the lines of Summer Nights plus an adorable and drunk Caitlin Snow.
"Okay, it's been awhile." Caitlin says slowly standing up while Barry does the same, "Cait, be careful." She starts walking blindly and expectedly trips on the Scrabble board.
"Eeek!" She squealed while Barry tries to catch her through the darkness, also stepping on some of the Scrabble tiles and the box of Uno. Caitlin tumbles forward to Barry, sending both of them falling down.
"Ouch." Barry groaned as they landed on the couch, rather than the hardwood floor. He felt a warmth sensation on his cheeks, feeling the body of Caitlin pressed against his while he tightens his grip around her.
Caitlin felt her face flushing red, feeling the arms wrapping around her body. He's so warm. She thought and unconsciously snuggled a bit closer, enjoying the warmth he was radiating.
The two continued awkwardly cuddling each other through the darkness. Then, the lights were suddenly back on. The Christmas tree lights up, blinking in different colors.
She looks down and blushes, greeted by a stare from the fastest man alive. "Thanks." Caitlin mumbles while Barry smiles shyly, "Anytime." Her heart was beating fast and she was sure he could feel it too.
Barry clears his throat, his heart wanting to break out of his chest. Her doe brown eyes were staring at him, whose face is undeniably as red as his Flash suit, closed the gap. Caitlin does the same, wanting to do this years ago.
As the clock struck 12, their kiss lips met in the most magical and best way. Barry sits up, placing Caitlin on her lap; her legs wrapping around his waist. The pair continued kissing, savoring each other's taste. She felt his hands pull her face closer while her hands ruffled his hair.
This continued for a while, "Should I leave?" A voice asks causing the two to back away from another, clothes rumpled and hair messy. Barry looks at Cisco, "The lights are back on." He points out with a blush. Caitlin nods and fixes her hair, "Yeah." Her face was red causing Cisco to laugh.
Caitlin was drinking a glass of water in the kitchen, heart still beating fast. I kissed Barry and I liked it. Oh god. She hears Frost giggling inside her head, You two, would make quite the pair. Frost said with a smirk.
She blushes more and drinks another glass of water. "Cait?" Barry asked causing her to jump a little and turn around. "Barry!" He walks closer to her while she avoids looking at him.
"About the kiss earlier, I want you to know that I want more." Barry said while looking at Caitlin. She looks back and blushes causing Barry to turn red, "What I meant with more is… I want more than just kissing you. I want to… give us, a shot? I mean, we do make quite a pair."
Caitlin smiles at him, "I would like that too, Barry." He grins back and grabs her hand, "Merry Christmas, Cait." She squeezes his hand, "Merry Christmas, Barry."
Cisco rolled his eyes, "Merry Christmas, you filthy animals." He said loudly while eating a chicken wing, smiling at the hearty laughter he heard from the kitchen.
When the lights went out, our hearts and feelings went all out.
A blind midnight kiss, perfect for two people oblivious to their own feelings.
A/N: Almost at the end! Hope you all had fun reading this story (even though it's been uploaded late). Thank you for reading! :)