[ Cisco trusts Eddie and his awareness of his own motives. But he can't help thinking that, well... Eddie had gotten back together with Iris. He had gotten involved with Taako, who kept people at arm's length. Perhaps Eddie had started to understand what he wanted from a relationship, but he wasn't insisting on it, until he broke things off with Taako.
And Cisco knows that Eddie isn't really looking for some kind of explanation, or even speculation, about why Taako had kept him at a distance. It was too late for that to matter, anyway. ]
Yeah. I get that. You deserved a chance. You were- were ready for it to be something more.
[ And, the unspoken end to that sentence implies, Taako was not. Cisco strokes the pad of his thumb across Eddie's cheek, his jaw, feeling the scrape of his stubble. His face softens with a very small smile, and in a whisper he says: ]
But I gotta admit... I'm kinda glad he didn't. 'Cause I'm selfish, and otherwise I might not have gotten my chance. And now- I can't imagine my life without you in it.
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[ Cisco trusts Eddie and his awareness of his own motives. But he can't help thinking that, well... Eddie had gotten back together with Iris. He had gotten involved with Taako, who kept people at arm's length. Perhaps Eddie had started to understand what he wanted from a relationship, but he wasn't insisting on it, until he broke things off with Taako.
And Cisco knows that Eddie isn't really looking for some kind of explanation, or even speculation, about why Taako had kept him at a distance. It was too late for that to matter, anyway. ]
Yeah. I get that. You deserved a chance. You were- were ready for it to be something more.
[ And, the unspoken end to that sentence implies, Taako was not. Cisco strokes the pad of his thumb across Eddie's cheek, his jaw, feeling the scrape of his stubble. His face softens with a very small smile, and in a whisper he says: ]
But I gotta admit... I'm kinda glad he didn't. 'Cause I'm selfish, and otherwise I might not have gotten my chance. And now- I can't imagine my life without you in it.