[Honestly, there's very little that Eddie wants less than to make Cisco feel down on himself for his gentleness, his kindness, his willingness to overlook faults in the people he cares about. That's one of the things Eddie finds most attractive about him, and he would never want to make him feel like it's a bad trait he should shed. So when Cisco takes a deep breath and looks at him and gives him that tiny nod, Eddie releases a breath of his own and smiles at Cisco, his eyes warm.]

Alright then, we'll start with learning about body language tells, later on today or tomorrow or whenever we're up to it.

[Then Cisco is rubbing his fingers against his scalp again, massaging around the base of the horns, and Eddie makes a soft groan in his throat at it, eyes sinking shut. The contact makes it easier to respond to Cisco, his voice quiet.]

I guess...I get it. He was in love with her. He was in love with her for a long time, a really long time. But he never said anything. I was the one who said it, you know? I was the one who...who treated her with respect and was honest with her. I was the one who was there beside her, every day.

[A pause, and he's quiet for a moment. It's funny, he hadn't even realized that he was this angry about it until he'd started saying it out loud.]

I feel like he thought he was entitled to her. Like he took advantage of her fascination with The Flash to set up this scenario where he was...the exciting other man, tempting her away because he was too scared to tell her how he felt without a mask on. And then he did, and she said no, and he just kept pushing...