[ Once Eddie meets his gaze, Cisco smiles - soft, serious, but affectionate as well. He brings his other hand up so he can hold Eddie's face gently between them, rubbing a thumb against Eddie's stubbly cheek as he murmurs: ]
It's okay to say 'jealous'. To feel jealous. It's not something to be ashamed of. It's, like, a totally normal human emotion.
[ Cisco has his own issues around trust, but fortunately, none of them have to do with other people not trusting him. So it doesn't bother him, that Eddie might be stressed about this. In fact... ]
I... don't think anyone's ever felt threatened before, over me. I didn't even realize that might've been what was going down 'cause... 'cause no one's ever wanted me enough to really care, you know?
[ That is a small revelation about his own life that he's going to have to unpack later; for now, though, Eddie is his focus. And the first thing he wants to do is reassure him: ]
I haven't kissed anybody, Eddie. I mean, I did, but like, on the forehead. Stuff like that.
[ Cisco pauses a moment, realizing that in this case, specificity might be helpful. He'd made a bad call, letting it go so long without discussing this. He doesn't want to give Eddie's imagination room to fret. So he looks up at to the side, thinking back. Once he's sure he's recalled every time, he looks back at Eddie and says: ]
I got stuck with Taako and a couple girls I'd never met before named Izzy and Daenerys, and we just waited it out and talked. Uh... the first time I got stuck it was with Genji - that cyborg ninja guy I told you about? That was before I knew what the colors meant, so we tried like... I kissed his hand, and he kissed my cheek and my forehead and then that finally worked. But at least that meant that when I got stuck with Rey, I knew kissing her forehead would do it, and she's like, basically my little sister at this point, so I did that. And with Tony Stark it was, like, butterfly kisses, which was still super embarrassing because he's old enough to be my dad and I kind of look up to him a lot. But that was it.
[ Cisco moves forward, pressing his forehead to Eddie's forehead, voice lowering as he says: ]
I'd rather wait five hours than like, kiss kiss somebody who wasn't you. You know that, right?
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It's okay to say 'jealous'. To feel jealous. It's not something to be ashamed of. It's, like, a totally normal human emotion.
[ Cisco has his own issues around trust, but fortunately, none of them have to do with other people not trusting him. So it doesn't bother him, that Eddie might be stressed about this. In fact... ]
I... don't think anyone's ever felt threatened before, over me. I didn't even realize that might've been what was going down 'cause... 'cause no one's ever wanted me enough to really care, you know?
[ That is a small revelation about his own life that he's going to have to unpack later; for now, though, Eddie is his focus. And the first thing he wants to do is reassure him: ]
I haven't kissed anybody, Eddie. I mean, I did, but like, on the forehead. Stuff like that.
[ Cisco pauses a moment, realizing that in this case, specificity might be helpful. He'd made a bad call, letting it go so long without discussing this. He doesn't want to give Eddie's imagination room to fret. So he looks up at to the side, thinking back. Once he's sure he's recalled every time, he looks back at Eddie and says: ]
I got stuck with Taako and a couple girls I'd never met before named Izzy and Daenerys, and we just waited it out and talked. Uh... the first time I got stuck it was with Genji - that cyborg ninja guy I told you about? That was before I knew what the colors meant, so we tried like... I kissed his hand, and he kissed my cheek and my forehead and then that finally worked. But at least that meant that when I got stuck with Rey, I knew kissing her forehead would do it, and she's like, basically my little sister at this point, so I did that. And with Tony Stark it was, like, butterfly kisses, which was still super embarrassing because he's old enough to be my dad and I kind of look up to him a lot. But that was it.
[ Cisco moves forward, pressing his forehead to Eddie's forehead, voice lowering as he says: ]
I'd rather wait five hours than like, kiss kiss somebody who wasn't you. You know that, right?