[Cisco's right - Eddie is startled, caught off guard, a little hesitant. It's true that people tell their families when they get engaged, and for a moment, he's just caught up in a swell of grief, wondering how his parents would have reacted, how excited his mom would have been, wondering if they would've liked Cisco or disapproved. They'd always been conservative, but it wasn't like they didn't know about him...

Exhaling a bit, Eddie lifts his eyes and looks at Cisco, and it's then that he sees the expression on his face, like he's regretting the offer he just made, like Eddie's reaction was bad and he's hurt him. Swallowing hard, he shifts a bit as Cisco sits beside him and rubs against the small of his back, offering support, and it's only when Cisco offers it that Eddie realizes how much he needs it. Leaning into his fiancé's side, he rests his head against Cisco's and closes his eyes for a moment.]

Thank you. It's a good idea, I just...you know, they think I'm dead. I've been dead for a while now, back home, right? What would they think...of a message that their dead son got engaged?

[Exhaling shakily, he nudges his cheek against Cisco's warm, smooth hair.]

I wish I could introduce you to them, take you to dinner with my mom. I think they'd like you. They'd try not to, they wouldn't think they would, but who couldn't like you? Who couldn't love you? You'd win them over in a heartbeat. I know you would.

[Turning his head a little, he presses a kiss against the crown of Cisco's head.]

I'd like to send them a message. Help me figure one out that won't freak them out?