[For a moment or two, he chews on his lower lip, avoiding Cisco's eyes for a moment, when his boyfriend reminds him that he had told him about Iris. It's not so much the repeated story that's making him feel so exposed and vulnerable, though - it's the repeated pattern. Iris, and then Taako, both people who he'd been more invested in than they had been in turn. He's not sure what that says about him...maybe that he's not worth being invested in, maybe that he has low self-esteem. Either way, he's embarrassed about it, keeps his eyes down, and shrugs a bit.]
I'm a romantic at heart, I guess I learned that. I tried to do casual and short-term and I just can't.
[Finally, he lifts his eyes, when Cisco says he's glad that Taako hadn't given them a chance, because he's selfish and he wanted his own chance. For a moment, Eddie smiles at him, bright and warm, and the horns start to fade away, dissipating.]
I'm kind of glad too. I know now, I want something long-term. Preferably something forever, you know? And I think this, with you and me...I think that's what this is.
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[For a moment or two, he chews on his lower lip, avoiding Cisco's eyes for a moment, when his boyfriend reminds him that he had told him about Iris. It's not so much the repeated story that's making him feel so exposed and vulnerable, though - it's the repeated pattern. Iris, and then Taako, both people who he'd been more invested in than they had been in turn. He's not sure what that says about him...maybe that he's not worth being invested in, maybe that he has low self-esteem. Either way, he's embarrassed about it, keeps his eyes down, and shrugs a bit.]
I'm a romantic at heart, I guess I learned that. I tried to do casual and short-term and I just can't.
[Finally, he lifts his eyes, when Cisco says he's glad that Taako hadn't given them a chance, because he's selfish and he wanted his own chance. For a moment, Eddie smiles at him, bright and warm, and the horns start to fade away, dissipating.]
I'm kind of glad too. I know now, I want something long-term. Preferably something forever, you know? And I think this, with you and me...I think that's what this is.