Notes:
A few days ago, (11 according to Tumbrl) @asmilinghopelessromantic said she wanted this prompt written:
Barry gets into the annoying habit of randomly yelling “THE FLOOR IS LAVA” and then one day Caitlin gets fed up and freezes his converses to the floor. “You’re protected from the lava now,” she says before kissing his cheek and strutting out like a QUEEN while Barry is calling her back because shit it’s hard to speed himself out of thick ice without help.
I thought it was cute and I need it a time away from my current fic so, here it is, it just a small, and goofy fic. I really hope that you liked it :D
It wasn't uncommon for Team Flash to find new and exciting ways of unwinding after a long week of solving crimes, and saving the city; on some days they would go to Cisco’s apartment to see one of his favorites Sci-Fi movies, on other days, they would go to the bar, where somehow Barry, and Caitlin always mend up singing Summer Nights, on the days where they just were too tired, they often went to CC Jitters to enjoy the free time and the smell of freshly brewed coffee. In the years, they have been together Caitlin has learned to be open to trying new things, like that day when Barry and Cisco convince her to rock climbing, and laser tag, but when it came to finding new ways to bond and relax, things were getting out of hand.
It was a late Tuesday night, when Caitlin in her Frost costume heard Cisco yelled, "The floor is lava!", in no time, The Flash took both Frost and Vibe in his arms, taking them away from danger, but when he placed them back on the floor, to examine the surroundings, he realized the floor where they were previously standing was perfectly fine. "What the frack dude?" Said a rather confused Barry.
"Don't tell me you have never played that game?" Was Cisco’s quick and cheerful response, without realizing his mistake.
"What? For real man? I thought that Volcānus* was awake, and you were just playing?" Barry snaps at Cisco’s response, in any other situation the speedster would laugh at his friend’s response, but the fight with Volcānus, their newest metahuman who could control fire, and whose favorite way to use his ability was in the form of lava balls or converting the floor into lava.
"Sorry, it's just that Volcānus last attack made me remember that game." This time after seeing Barry’s exasperation, Cisco wasn’t as cheerful as he was moments before, feeling guilty for worrying his friends with his over joy as he saw one of his favorite childhood games come to life right in front of him.
Upon seeing Cisco’s distress Barry’s features soften, turning from exasperation to amusement at his friend childish spirit, "It's ok dude, and you know what?” Said Barry with a mischievous glint in his eyes, “I think you’re right, the floor is lava." Yelled an over excited Speedster.
"Not cool man!" Was Cisco quick response, before opening a portal to the nearest surface he could find. While apparently, The Flash and Vibe were too busy trying not to touch the "lava" floor, Frost was left alone with Volcānus and the icy prison she captured him.
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Caitlin knew that the game where “The floor was lava that couldn't be touched” was go-to for many kids, but played by two adult friends as metahumans, it turned out to be a much more serious challenge, especially when you no longer were a child without powers. The game was simple; when one says; “the floor is lava”, the other has five seconds to get off the floor — by whatever means necessary.
She believed that there was a time, and place to do everything, and playing said game when the three of them were on the outside of the City in an abandoned factory with almost nothing around but debris and dust, following the lead from another metahuman, and Barry yelled the floor is lava, "Oh! Not now!" Cisco yelled rapidly opening a portal, to what it seems from where she was standing like an old garbage can of some sorts — in which of course he fell into.
"A little help please?!" Eco Cisco’s voice thru the abandon, and derelict factory, followed by Barry's contagious laugh.
While The Flash kept making fun of his distress friend, Vibe was trying desperately to get unstuck, but having his hands in the garbage bin didn’t help his case at all; "Man, it's not funny! I actually got STUCK in the bin!" Caitlin saw Barry standing next to their friend laughing at his expenses, deciding to teach him a lesson, she decided to take her time to reach them.
"Finally! Would you be so kind to help your lover over her to get me out of the bin, pretty please with a cherry on top?" Came Cisco’s plea, after seeing the reluctant look on Barry’s face.
"Barry, please, just get him out of it, I'm really hungry and in desperate need of a shower." But before the Dr. Could finish pleading with her boyfriend he got Cisco out of the trash can. And flashed the three of them to STAR Labs, where they could finally eat and rest.
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Things continue like this for the past three weeks, every time try got some sort of "free" time, one of them would yell “The floor is lava” and all hell broke loose, but somehow they seem to have a silent agreement to not play the game in STAR Labs, which lead to her tolerating their behavior longer than she should, but when Cisco fell on her from the ceiling she had enough, "Really? Now, you’re playing this silly game in the lab?" When Caitlin was finally back on her feet she was determined to give them the scolding of their lifetime, but when she finessed cleaning herself, the sight in front of her won her over, there in front of her, she saw the most important men in her life looking like a pair of puppies being scolded, and just like that all her anger went away.
Taking advantage of Caitlin’s slip, both heroes answered in chorus, "We are sorry Caitlin.”
Trying to something a little bit more Barry continues pleading to Caitlin’s soft side, "We truly are Cait."
“Yeah! It won't happen again, we swear." Came Cisco’s fast response, not wanting to lose the momentum.
She gives them a measured look before answering them, “Ok, fine, but if I see you playing this game again you will suffer the consequences, deal?”
“Deal!” They answer. She huffs, she wants to believe them, but she knows they won’t be available to maintain their promise.
Their promise lasted one hour.
Caitlin is in the pipeline when, Barry pass next to her frantically running thru the hall, trying to look for a place to take shelter, "Barry! Stop! Why are you still running?" Came Caitlin exasperated replied. Barry answers her between labs, making very difficult to decipher his message," Floor. Is. Lava. No. Place. To. Run. To."
"What do you mean?" An exasperated Caitlin yelled to the air that Barry left behind. "Cisco. Hide. Everything." Looking at her surroundings she realizes that indeed every “safe” place was gone, there was no chair or table where Barry could hop on to protect himself from the “lava”.
In a mix of wind and opening portals, Caitlin reached her point of no return, when Barry was back in the room searching once more for a “safe surface” she lowered the room temperature making him slow down to a stop, "Cait? What's wrong? What are you doing?"
“I had enough of this little game of yours." Before he could do anything, Caitlin froze his feet to the floor, creating a thick block of ice between the floor and himself. "What are you?"
"This way the floor won't do any damage to you." Said a smirking Caitlin to a lost speedster before tenderly kissing him on the lips.
"Wait! Cait! You can't leave me here!" Came Barry’s pleads, trying to phase out from the thick block of ice his girlfriend just capture him, but the temperature in the room was too low and the ice was to tick, it was going to take him longer than usual to get out.
“Cait! Where are, you going?” And with a tender kiss, Caitlin left the speedster loss of words by her betrayal (yes, it hurt Barry that much), "I'm going to teach Cisco a lesson, I think it's time both of you to end this game."
But he didn’t have enough time to surrender to his misery because from afar he could hear Cisco’s distressed voice; “Caitlin?! What are you…? Please don’t….! Put that snowball down!”
“Well done Elsa now my GOT t-shirt is ruined!” Bad move, was Barry´s first thought at Cisco´s reply’s, Caitlin hates when they called her Elsa, and as if on cue, Cisco yelled, “I’m sorry! Please! Don’t go all Killer Frost on me!” Followed by Cisco’s distressed yells and Caitlin snowballs colliding with him.
Just another Tuesday in the life of Team Flash.
This was lightly based on an article I read about two friends that took the floor is lava game to the next level.
*Vulcan (Latin: Volcānus or Vulcānus; pronounced [wɔlˈkaːnʊs], [wʊlˈkaːnʊs]) is the god of fire including the fire of volcanoes, metalworking, and the forge in ancient Roman religion and myth.
