Day 10 - Christmas Cookies
“I thought you said you knew how to bake?!”
The alarm in the kitchen went off wildly. Black smoke emerged from the edges of the oven beginning to spread around and form up at the ceiling, Hal rushed over quickly turning the oven off. Then opening and grabbing the tray from inside with the pair of mittens on his face. Panicking Hal placed the tray onto the corked placeholders, and gazed at the now completely burnt cookies.
Hal shook his head. “I can’t believe we burnt these cookies.”
“I told you,” Sirius scowls. “I know how to cook. Baking isn’t exactly my strong point!”
“You should have said something!”
“I did. Twice!”
Hal slams hands on the table. “What are we going to do? Barry will be home! I wanted to get these cookies done and ready for us to surprise him!”
“We could make another batch?”
“There’s not enough time! Not with his super speed!”
Sirius hesitated. “... Store bought?”
“Screw it. I don’t think we have a choice. If we’re past enough we can-”
“Before what?” Barry asked, appearing in between them curiously.
Hal and Sirius immediately jolted. “B-Barry your home early!”
“Day finished.” Barry says, gazing pensively around the room before his eyes landed on them. Frowning thinly. “Were you both baking?”
“Trying to,” Sirius murmured as Hal glares. “We were trying to bake you cookies.”
“Christmas cookies,” Hal says with a sharp look towards Sirius before gesturing towards the burnt ones on the tray. “It didn’t come out well.”
Barry blinked owlishly and looked towards the cookies that sat on the tray. Not even hesitating, popping one straight into his mouth earning a cry from both of his lovers while chewing the cookie down and swallowing with little to no problem. “Well,” He says. “It isn’t the best cookie I’ve ever had. But a little burnt never hurt anyone, and with my metabolism, I can eat them in on problem.”
“R-really?” Hal asks as he exchanged a grateful look with Sirius.
Barry chuckles. “Next time make sure that Wally, Bart, Harry, and Kyle are here to supervise. Okay?”
“Deal.”
Sirius grins. “So can we still decorate them?”
“Please do.”