distance ? barry allen [1]

38. not superstitious but a little stitious

"Your ATOM suit; quite the technological achievement, Mr. Palmer. I'm impressed." Wells stated, wheeling over to him.

"And he is never impressed," Caitlin nodded approvingly.

Ray gave Wells a thankful nod, "Well, thank you, but I can't quite seem to keep it up."

"He means the suit," Felicity interjected, coming up behind him.

"Yeah, I mean the suit." Ray nodded. Spencer noticed Barry's hand go to cover the second-hand embarrassment on his face and smiled herself.

"Yeah. I can attest that everything else works just fine," Felicity continued for some reason, wrapping her arm around Ray's. "There's nothing we need to fix in That area."

"No, no, no," Ray laughed, "The sex is great."

"God, there's two of them," Caitlin muttered as Cisco and Spencer laughed to themselves.

"I know from Felicity that you have been very helpful with Barry and the Flash suit," Ray went on, pushing past the awkwardness, "And I was hoping to get another set of eyes on my..." He turned to Felicity.

"Problem."

Ray nodded, "Problem."

Wells let out a small laugh, "Any friend of The Arrow's is a friend-"

"Hell, yes," Cisco interrupted, already on board with working on the Atom suit.

"Uh, guys," Barry spoke up with a slight stutter, "We kind of have a lot going on already." Off of everyone's blank stares, Barry turned to Spencer for some help.

She cleared her throat, nodding eagerly, "Oh, yeah, Barry's right. There's a meta-human killer that can control a whole swarm of bees, remember?"

"Cool," Ray smiled, then off of Felicity's hard stare, amended, "I mean, awful."

"I'm sure Caitlin, Spencer and I will provide ample support, Barry." Wells un-assuringly assured him.

"And I will be happy to sit this one out," Cisco smirked, excited about his new project.

Barry narrowed his eyes in slight annoyance. Spencer wanted to say something else but Felicity already seemed to take things in her own hands.

"Ray, why don't you stay here and work on your suit while Barry and I run to Jitters for some java?" She suggested.

"Sounds like a plan," Ray nodded once before joining Cisco by his suit.

"Coffee?" Felicity asked turning to Barry.

"Sure," Barry sighed, scratching the back of his head.

He began following Felicity out of the room, leaving Spencer to help Caitlin on the bee issue. However, he didn't exit the room without sending her an apologetic smile which she appreciated.

~

"So, you and Barry seem to be pretty close lately," Caitlin commented casually while she and Spencer were seated behind the monitors in the cortex.

Spencer froze briefly, glancing around to make sure Dr. Wells was out of earshot which he was. "What do you mean?" The blonde didn't take her eyes off the screen in front of her and she looked for places where these killer bees could strike next.

"Well, you seem to be spending a lot of one-on-one time together," Caitlin shrugged, "You've been sneaking off places, sharing not-so-secret looks. Is there something you're not telling me?" She tried to sound stern but in reality she was excited by the idea of her two friends finally realizing their feelings for one another are mutual.