[meme] christmas means k-i-s-s-i-n-g

[scovilles]

mistletoe meme!

hello friends! you've stumbled upon the dc universe's newest crop of hanging mistletoe - with your new favorite person! whether it's magical compulsion, that you're trapped until you kiss, or just tradition and social pressure, you've been caught under the mistletoe and that means you have to kiss.

get ready to pucker up, buttercup!

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barry allen

[supertardiness]

[advena]

[ hey! look! in the sky! it's a bird... no, it's a plane... no, it's mistletoe! above the punch bowl, tied to the ceiling with jingling bells and brightly colored ribbon, the mistletoe lures all of the universe's most smoochable soloists to the best part of the holiday season.

to her credit, kara manages to beat down most of the blush that colors her cheeks, thanks to a hearty sip of ice-cold punch and a little bit of zen mantra. well, she manages pretty well, but it all comes right back the second she leans over to press a quick kiss to barry's cheek. or what was his cheek, before he turned towards the sounds of the bells.

might be better described as the general area of dimples that should not be legal on this or any earth.

in any case, the blush is there to stay, and so is the smudge of her lipstick on his face. ]

[supertardiness]

[Barry looks over at the surprise kiss. It's not that he hasn't been expecting it, being under the mistletoe, but a kiss on the cheek from Kara still catches him by surprise. He glances over in surprise, before ... a slow grin crosses his face.]

You know, I'm not sure that fulfills the tradition.

[advena]

No?

[ consider her properly embarrassed, in that case. the punch cup in her hands serves as a useful distraction; it allows her to busy her mouth with sipping carefully at the cool liquid, and to occupy her hands enough to keep them from gesticulating wildly. ]

What does?

[ smooth, kara danvers. real smooth. make barry allen do all the work. ]

[supertardiness]

[Well, Barry had already sort of signed himself up for that when he went to correct her. He grins a bit, the kind of grin that comes with the little smoothness he does have, only managed to be mustered in rare moments like this one.]

I think it has to be a little more like this.

[He's also going to take hold of that punch cup with one hand because it would be incredibly awkward if she happened to come up for a sip as he was trying to kiss her.

After that, fully cognizant of the fact that she could chuck him across the room (literally) if he took a step out of line, he leaned in to kiss her, simply and respectfully, and hope that she kisses him back.]

[advena]

[ like what? her mouth parts to parrot back the obvious response, only to have the punch taken from her hands by barry's nimble fingers. a glance down, and then back up, might betray her surprise, but when his mouth is warm against hers, surprise melts into happy approval.

barry can certainly check kissing an alien (and getting kissed by one) off his bucket list now. leaning up on her toes, her now free hand rests against his shoulder, balancing against him for a moment before pulling away and rocking back on her heels.

a little breathlessly, she quips back, ] So you're the expert on mistletoe?

[supertardiness]

[He grins at that, a bit wide because she kissed him back, which is always an excellent sign that he happens to be on the right track. (And he kissed an alien. That's pretty cool.)

All the same, he's mostly just glad it went well, he's more than willing to take her quipping in stride.]

Well, yes, I like to think so. It's very clear in the mistletoe rules.

[advena]

I don't think I've ever seen a rulebook for mistletoe. I think you might have made that up.

[ not that kara's complaining. the fact that she's grinning, leaning into his space, still close enough to easily slide her hand on his arm, should give barry allen plenty of signals that she's pretty comfortable with this change of pace.

she likes barry. he's friendly and smart and fun and a challenge in all the right ways. a little mistletoe just adds an extra thing to like about him. ]

[supertardiness]

[Barry certainly doesn't seem to mind either. He likes Kara too and sure. There's the whole alternate universe complication, but they're figuring out ways around that. Slowly.]

I did not make that up. You can ask anyone here, there's totally a rulebook.

[He totally made it up, there is no rulebook, Barry's just being dumb.]

[advena]

[ thankfully for kara, cisco's handy dandy universe hopper has already come in handy a few times. and since they've determined that texting across universes can be achieved with a few (probably illegal) modifications to phone signals, keeping in touch is easy as pie.

preferably as easy as chocolate pecan pie, if kara has any say in the matter. ]

Oh yeah? You want me to go ask people - ask Cisco and Caitlin, maybe? If there's a rulebook for mistletoe on Earth 1 that says you're supposed to do that?

[ she laughs, a bright and unrestrained sort of laugh that tugs at the corners of her mouth and pulls all her breath out at once, and wrinkles her nose at him. ]

You sure about that?

[supertardiness]

[Oh ... wait are they actually going to bring other people in on this? Crap. But he's too far in to stop now, so he just nods his agreement and tries not to look flustered about it.

The things you talk yourself into Barry.]

Yeah. Yeah, I'm definitely sure. Ask any of them.