𝐉𝐎𝐋𝐓 - caitlin snow

11. Cause and Effect

"What kind of idiot still thinks I can't outrun bullets? So what are we gonna call him?" Barry came into the room after defeating a jewel robber.

"You mean like a nickname?" Wally questioned.

"Yeah. Cisco does it for all of them, he's like the master of it. Can't just call him Suspect on a Motorcycle, Right? What do you think?" Barry looked to Cisco.

"I don't know."

"I'll take this one. Uh, The Crook. Lame? A Five-Finger..." Barry trailed off.

"How about Thief? He robs stuff. Let's just call him Thief. Gotta get to the gym. Excuse me." Cisco said coldly.

"The gym? Is he... is he, like, working out now or..." Barry joked.

"You know, Barry, sometimes your jokes just aren't very funny." Caitlin excused herself to follow Cisco.

"Sorry." Anna mouthed as she walked out the door, leaving Barry, Iris, Wally, and Joe.

"It's only been a few months since Dante was killed by that drunk driver. I'm sure he just needs a little bit more time." Caitlin explained when Cisco had left the room that was filled with awkwardness.

"Wait, why is he so mad at me?"

"Oh, no. I'm staying out of that."

"Cait, he'll... he'll barely look at me unless other people are in the room." Barry pleaded.

"Maybe it's just easier when the rest of us are around. "

"Do you think maybe you could convince him to come with you to my house for dinner tonight? So I can try to fix things between us, maybe between Joe and Iris, too. Just all of us together again in one room and try to work this out once and for all. Think you can do that?" Barry said with a sad face.

"Okay."

"How are you gonna get Joe and Iris there though?" Anna questioned after a beat of silence.

"I have idea's."

"This hits the spot, huh?" Barry said, breaking the silence at the dinner table.

"You can thank Grandma Esther."

No, I mean, it's good. I just meant, um... all of us, actually, just here, together. I was actually thinking, um, that maybe it'd be fun if we all went away together for a few days. Just like a little Team Flash vacay."

And do what?" Iris asked.

"Bond. Reconnect."

"You mean like a retreat?"

"With trust exercises? "

"Epic fail, party of six." Cisco muttered.

"I just... I just feel like we're not the team that we were or can be." Barry stumbled on his words.

"No one?"

"I'd be down for it." Wally answered.

"Same." Anna placed her fork down.

"Okay. So other than Wally and Anna, I'm the only one that thinks that's a good idea?"

"I don't think The Flash really takes vacations."

"Especially with all these husks showing up all over town."

"Speaking of husks, I'm glad you're finally ready to open up about them." Iris butted in.

"Iris, I already told you, I can't tell you anything about this case."

"Oh, really? Because that's not what I was told." Iris gave a blaiming look to Barry.