ColdFlash (and other...) One-Shots

"Where's the Rest of the Popcorn?!"

Prompt: Person A strings popcorn on the Christmas tree while Person B eats all the popcorn.

Most of the decorations were up.  Lisa and Cisco were up in their apartment setting up the Christmas tree. Multiple bowls of popcorn sat on the coffee table in front of the couch where Cisco was, meticulously placing popcorn on a string while eating it. 

His mind was on a simple process: two popcorn pieces on the string and ten pieces in my mouth, and that was it. Lisa however, was facing the tree, trying to get the previous popcorn string onto the top of the tree, unaware of Cisco stuffing his mouth with popcorn. 

Not long after Cisco's hand met the bottom of the bowl and his heart slowed with eyes widening. Christmas was one of the Snart's favorite holiday. They took it seriously and Cisco knew that. He wasn't even done with the string in his hand. 

A voice broke Cisco from his trance. "Cisco, sweetie, can I get the next string of popcorn, please?" Lisa asked but didn't turn to him. She only had her hand out to him expecting to be handed the string filled with popcorn. Her hand was out for a while before it was closed and retreated to her side. 

She turned around, not entirely surprised to see the couch vacant and three bowls of popcorn, empty. She sighed loudly and let out a little giggle, and she thought Barry was the one with eating habit. 

She pulled out her phone and clicked the metahuman distress signal. In a flash, Barry stood in the middle of the living room and looked around frantically. 

"Where are they? Are you hurt? Where's Cisco? Is he ok? What hap-," Barry stopped when he saw a smirking Lisa. "Lisa," he said accusingly, "You can't just call the distress signal whenever Cisco does som...mething." He explained before he saw that it was only Lisa and him in the room.

"Well, why not? Cisco's a meta and I'm in distress. Doesn't that count for something?" She asked, faking innocence. "No, but seriously, Cisco ate all the popcorn that was supposed to be strung up on the tree and now I don't know where he went. Could you possibly.." She suggested. Barry sighed and raced out of the apartment. 

Barry came back a few seconds with a dizzied Cisco. "Dude, you can't just flash me back to the apartment?" Cisco yelled dazed at his speedster friend. He turned and his face fell. 

There, Lisa stood by the tree, hands folded across the chest. She had an unamused facial expression as she looked toward Cisco. Cisco could only give a sheepish smile as he held up a bag that consisted of three popcorn boxes. She couldn't help but smile and look down. 

A flicker of yellow and Barry was gone. Lisa walked up to Cisco and placed her arms around his neck. "What do I do with you, Cisco Ramon?" She asked as a kiss was placed on his lips. 

They stayed like that until Cisco broke away. "I think you should make the popcorn string now. " He smiled. There was a silence before both of them erupted in laughter. Lisa nodded her head, grabbed the bag and headed for the kitchen. 

Within a couple of minutes, Cisco was on the couch when Lisa came with two cups of hot cocoa in hand. One with the STAR LABS logo and the other was a solid color of gold with black stripes. She handed the white cup to Cicso and sat down. 

"I'm sorry...about...the, uh, popcorn." Cisco started. 

"That's ok, sweetie. I should've known you'd do something like that. I was mad, yes, but now I know why you left. Just, don't do it again." Her tone was playful but her eyes said murder. Cisco didn't know whether to look at her with fear or admiration. "Now let's, get the tree finished shall we and you're putting them up." She explained. Cisco nodded. 

 Cisco backed away from the tree and stood beside Lisa who looked at the tree as if it were a piece of artwork in an art gallery. "What do you think?" He asked. 

It was a moment before Lisa smiled. "It's perfect." She said finally. There, the pine green tree stood tall and glistening. Multi-colored lights were strewn across the tree's many layers. Snowflakes and lightning bolt ornaments glowed from the lights on the tree. Gold and silver tinsel wrapped around the tree loosely. Lastly, popcorn on string twirled around from the bottom to the tip-top of the tree. "It just needs one final touch." She explained. 

Going through the bin of Christmas decorations she pulled out a golden snowflake in the shape of a star. She walked to the tree and placed the snowflake on top. "Now," She started and backed beside Cisco again, "it's perfect." 

Cisco smiled as he wrapped an arm around Lisa's waist and she leaned her head on his shoulder. 

"Anything's perfect with you"