[open] we tried to bury it and rise above

[spellslots]

who: taako/taaquito and you
what: catch-all + an open prompt for AU shenanigans
when: latter half of June
where: all around!!
warnings: violence/threats of sexual violence in the thread with smokedout

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[franciscoramon]

[ Cisco's grateful there seem to be no hard feelings about the breach of Taako's privacy. And it does him some good, hearing someone else acknowledge, for once, that his powers kind of suck. At least, as they currently manifest themselves.

But then Taako is going on, telling him that what he'd seen is good, that despite the tears it had helped him. Neither of them may actually understand it, but it means his sister isn't lost forever. That thought coaxes a tiny, wan smile to Cisco's face. It's kind of a strange thought - his visions bringing some measure of hope and solace to someone. That's only happened one other time, with Sand Demon, right before he'd come here. And as much as he'd like to dismiss his vibes as entirely a menace, maybe that's not quite the case.

Cisco doesn't quite trust his voice, and besides he doesn't know what he'd say in the first place. So he merely acknowledges Taako's roundabout thanks with a nod. It seems wrong, or at least a little contradictory, to feel a tiny rush of happiness over what had just happened. But if it's really true that he'd been able to give Taako evidence that things aren't as bad as he thought they were... wouldn't that be something? ]

We should head back before some monster decides to make us lunch.

[ There is an implied "if you're up to it?" in that statement; Cisco gets to his feet, glad to see that the post-adrenaline shakes have almost completely died down now. ]

[spellslots]

[The implication is noted, and Taako gives himself another couple of seconds to get it together, leaning back and looking up towards the sky as he just breathes, almost like he's taking the whole world in from this new perspective.

Lup's not gone.

That changes everything, and with the tears and grief out of his system, Taako feels so much lighter. He hops to his feet, then reaches out to catch Cisco's wrist, holding him place for just long enough that Taako can lean in to give him a light kiss on the cheek.]

If you tell anyone about this, I'll totally kill you. [His voice is cheerful as he steps back, and it's only a little bit forced.] Ready when you are.

[franciscoramon]

[ Cisco worries for about 1 millisecond when Taako takes his wrist that he'll have another vision. He tries braced against it, and it's a relief when nothing happens. But that little moment of doubt means that he's distracted and that brief kiss to his cheek catches him completely off guard. Cisco actually lifts a hand up to cup his cheek where Taako had kissed it, his expression gently stunned.

The action, to him, speaks much louder than the ominous threat that comes after. Even if Taako used to be a mercenary, Cisco doesn't think he'd really kill him if he talked to someone about this. Probably. But since he hadn't been planning on telling anyone in the first place, it all works out. ]

My lips are sealed.

[ And he mimes zipping a zipper across his mouth. He might not be a great liar when directly confronted, but that doesn't mean Cisco's bad at keeping secrets. The trick to it is just to never let anyone suspect there's anything hidden in the first place. ]

Anyway even if I wanted to, which I don't, there's no way I could tell anyone because that'd mean telling them about my powers which is so not happening, so it's like, mutually assured destruction, man. No one wins in that situation.

[ It's true that Eddie knows about his powers, but Cisco figures it's up to Taako how much of this he tells Eddie and when, and he's not going to come close to interfering with that.

The two of them begin to make their way back towards the city, and it's not as thrilling as it had been riding Garyl, but Cisco appreciates the quiet. He thinks maybe the both of them needed a bit of it. It had been a pretty damn eventful day. After a little ways, when he's starting to settled down after the emotional rollercoaster, Cisco starts to talk about the most innocuous thing he can think of, which in this case just happens to be a guy he'd briefly dated in college who was really into hiking and rock climbing and posting facebook photos of himself in a kayak with a sunset in the background, that kind of thing. As they walk Cisco describes their fourth and final date, when the guy had tried to get Cisco to come hike with him to see a waterfall, and just about everything conceivable that could have gone wrong did. It was a funny story - unfortunate, but only in a frivolous rom-com kind of way. And it fills up the silence and passes time while the two of them walk. ]