The Flash: One-Shots: I'll Always Come Running Home To You

Our Little Adventure

Dedicated to @CamrynKissel, @bloodypunkk, and NoraXSWest-AllenFam for their amazing support of my Arrowverse work!

I cannot thank you both enough for your kindness :)

Author's Note:

I thought that I could start this series off with a nice nostalgic callback to the first family we ever saw in the series, the Allens. I feel like Nora and especially, Henry Allen are such underrated characters in the grand scheme of the show so, I was really excited to get to write with them.

This one-shot is based on the story Barry vaguely talks about in the third season involving his parents and his favorite ice cream shop. Ironically, that specific story actually changes in the fifth season when Nora mentions that his favorite ice cream shop is Happy Harbor instead of it being located in Masonville so, I kinda had to improvise a little as to its location. Lol.

Anyways, hope you all enjoy reading this story as much as I did writing it :)

"I can't believe today's finally the day! Mom and Dad are going to take me to Masonville so we can see Einstein's Exposition of Scientific Invention!" Thought Barry as he hurriedly stuffed his remaining necessities into his red backpack, excitement practically radiating off of his wide smile.

There was nothing Barry was more obsessed with than learning every single wacky scientific theory brilliant geniuses like Albert Einstein or Galileo Galilei discovered (well, other than the indescribably wonderful Iris West. But personally, I don't think that really counts because that's not an obsession, it's true love). This fact clearly didn't go unnoticed to his perceptive parents either for they not only managed to get all three of them tickets to the expo, but had also agreed to take one of their only days off of work that month to take their son there.

They really are the bestest parents ever!

Barry quickly grabbed his bright yellow pencils and notebook from his bedroom's short, wooden desk (he'd always loved drawing pictures of his favorite scientists' inventions), his feet skidding against the ground with almost as much impatience as the six year-old felt.

"What else, what else, what else?" Contemplated Barry, his fingers pressed to his temple, thoughtfully.

After everything his parents had done to give him a perfect day, there was no way he was going to mess it up by forgetting anything.

"Did you forget to grab your lucky Aquila keychain?" Asked a calm man's voice as he leaned up against Barry's bedroom door frame, his decently muscular arms crossed over one another, playfully.

He wore a casual tan dress shirt that was untucked from his black jeans, his unruly brunette hair dancing goofily atop his oval head. Never had Barry met someone as supportive as his hilarious father.

He always knows how to make me laugh, especially when I'm sad. Like when I accidentally burned those cookies with mom and he taught me his special trick of whipping icing into star shapes. But really any trick I get to learn from him is special.

"My Aquila! That's exactly what I was forgetting!" Exclaimed Barry as he raced around the room, running straight towards his dresser for a speedy grab-and-go, only he didn't exactly calculate his movements as well as he intended to.

"Barry, look out for the-" started Henry as he swiftly extended his arms out to try and stop his son, but he was racing past too quickly for his father to catch.

"Ahhhhhh!" Screamed Barry, his arms flailing out in panic as he flew towards the large piece of wooden furniture.

Why didn't I just walk?!