[ Cisco hadn't been sure whether Eddie would actually take the bait or not; he hadn't expected him to do it with such gusto. Maybe he's got a little bit of a competitive streak, didn't want to back away from a challenge. Then again, maybe he is just... less modest than Cisco, considering the way he just straight-up strips off his tank top right there in the open and pulls the other one on.
It's a weird sequence of events; Cisco looks away, automatically, before realizing that looking away is pointless when Eddie's about to be putting on something that leaves nothing to the imagination. So he looks back, and notices that, yep, Eddie sure is a very fit dude, no two ways about it. Cisco feels a little flutter of attraction somewhere in his gut, which he stoically ignores. Then Eddie turns a little and Cisco's eyes spot the scars - both of them. And that manages to douse the mood quite thoroughly.
Eddie's healing well, and he's clearly not in pain, but all the same Cisco's eyes move away quickly. The last thing he wants to be thinking about right now is Eddie dying, or Eddie nearly dying, or death in general. He's grateful when Eddie speaks next and gives him a distraction to seize on. ]
Oh, he did? That's an interesting interpretation of what actually happened. I bet he didn't even mention the part about the bees, did he?
[ Cisco shakes his head in a way that seems to suggest he's thinking "isn't that just like Taako?". But he gets the general sentiment of what Eddie is saying. He wants to see stuff that is interesting, not horrifying. And Cisco had gotten his fill of the latter already, earlier. ]
I can, uh, show you some of the booths with the not-completely weird stuff, sure.
[ He's careful to phrase it neutrally, so it's not about showing Eddie the things he, personally, likes. Because that's just... way too personal, thanks very much. ]
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It's a weird sequence of events; Cisco looks away, automatically, before realizing that looking away is pointless when Eddie's about to be putting on something that leaves nothing to the imagination. So he looks back, and notices that, yep, Eddie sure is a very fit dude, no two ways about it. Cisco feels a little flutter of attraction somewhere in his gut, which he stoically ignores. Then Eddie turns a little and Cisco's eyes spot the scars - both of them. And that manages to douse the mood quite thoroughly.
Eddie's healing well, and he's clearly not in pain, but all the same Cisco's eyes move away quickly. The last thing he wants to be thinking about right now is Eddie dying, or Eddie nearly dying, or death in general. He's grateful when Eddie speaks next and gives him a distraction to seize on. ]
Oh, he did? That's an interesting interpretation of what actually happened. I bet he didn't even mention the part about the bees, did he?
[ Cisco shakes his head in a way that seems to suggest he's thinking "isn't that just like Taako?". But he gets the general sentiment of what Eddie is saying. He wants to see stuff that is interesting, not horrifying. And Cisco had gotten his fill of the latter already, earlier. ]
I can, uh, show you some of the booths with the not-completely weird stuff, sure.
[ He's careful to phrase it neutrally, so it's not about showing Eddie the things he, personally, likes. Because that's just... way too personal, thanks very much. ]