Lisa decides to make homemade apple cake. Hartley volunteers to help. Naturally Cisco's going to come home to a mess. (Alternate Universe; Hartley/Cisco and QPR Hartley Lisa Cisco)

Being with Kara makes Lena feel like she can touch the sky. Sometimes quite literally. (drabble)

Barry gets Caitlin a kintsugi heart necklace for Christmas. The symbolism isn't lost on her in the slightest.

Hartley's got the perfect life. A job he loves at Mercury Labs, a first date planned with his cute coworker, and a great relationship with his family. So... he's not sure where this unsettled, nagging feeling that none of this is real could be coming from. (Season 3 AU)

Hartley's managed to avoid meeting the Wests thus far, but it was really only a matter of time before his luck ran out. He's been a little worried that they'll resent him for waking up when Barry hasn't yet. Meanwhile, Jerrie has an idea for making up for her brother missing Christmas. (Pre-Season One AU)

(Armageddon AU) Chester honestly hasn't given Allegra that much thought since Ryan's friendship helped mend the broken pieces of Chester's heart. And, sure, having her back is uncomfortable and awkward, but he still wouldn't have dwelled on it if not for Alex Danvers deciding to be a bull in a china shop. (Queerplatonic Relationship - Chester Ryan)

Barry didn't have time to really look at the suit he was wearing before, with what felt like the whole Justice League trying to kick his ass. Or possibly kill him, depending on what they were like with Eobard Thawne on their side. But now he had a few moments to stop and really look at the yellow suit he's wearing and, well... it's not what he was expecting.

Iris is a superhero now. Asking out her crush should be a lot easier than this. To be fair, though, Caitlin's stuck in the exact same predicament. (Alternate Universe)

Ryan and Amanda don't move to Central City intending to ask Chester to join their relationship. But it's certainly a very nice bonus. (Chester/Ryan/Amanda)

The sky is clear as they walk out of midnight mass together and Hartley could swear there are more stars in the sky than normal. It's a quiet, peaceful moment and one Hartley wants to treasure for years to come.

"You're not going to fall asleep before midnight, are you?" Harry asked, half teasing. "I'm supposed to be the old man around here, remember?" "Yeah, that's why I'm cutting you off the caffeine." Cisco yawned and snuggled against Harry's shoulder. "I don't even want to know how many cups you've had today. Let's make cutting back your New Years resolution." "Blasphemy."

Ralph's life may have recently jumped tracks from a noir novel to a super hero comic book, but he's still a PI at heart. Not that he needs to investigate his coworkers to know that something is seriously weird with regards to Harry Wells. It was, honestly, only a matter of time before he asked someone.

After coming out to his parents as gay, Hartley had thought he'd finally feel free. Instead he feels stuck between one moment and the next. They won't talk to him, but they haven't disowned him either and Hartley has to wonder why. He'd hoped they'd accept him and planned for them disowning him and instead he's stuck between the two, still wondering what his future holds.

Truth be told, Willow Rosenberg is not Anya's favorite person. And Anya is well aware the sentiment is mutual. Add to that the fact that Willow and Oz's relationship seems so solid and, well... Willow's the last person Anya would have expected to come to her for help getting vengeance, but apparently it's just one of those days. (Season 4 AU - Part 4 of a series)

Kara decorates their bedroom for Christmas and, well, Lena's got only one objection.

When a local television station decides to pull off it's own little home town baking competition for the winter holiday season, Cisco agrees to be part of the show since the winnings would all go to a charity of the winner's choosing. He's less than thrilled, however, to learn one of his competitors on the show is going to be his former high school rival, Hartley Rathaway.

Iris fears nothing. Not even telling the cute PhD student she likes that she wants to take her on a date. It's got nothing at all to do with proving Barry wrong. That's just bonus. (Alternate Universe)

With the Glades destroyed, Tommy dead, and Oliver run off to an island off the coast of China, Felicity realizes its time to stop waiting for a hero to comes save them. She may not be able to save people with punches and arrows, but she's smart and she's kind and those qualities have to count for something. She can't save a whole city, but one person is totally doable. (S1 AU)

Kara blushed and shrugged. "I know they're predictable, but that's kind of the appeal. They emphasize the importance of celebrating family - biological, adopted, and found - and communities coming together. And no matter what the stakes, there's always a happy ending."

Tony Woodward wakes up on the floor of the factory where he works - worked - and he almost writes off the memory of falling into a vat of molten steel as some kind of bizarre hallucination from hitting his head after being pushed over the railing. Except there's the little fact of him being naked and surrounded by dried steel all over the work floor... (Season 1 AU)