[ Cisco huffs a tiny laugh when Eddie says he's bad at taking to people about important things when it's scary. Eddie might be the one feeling the effects of that tendency, right now, but Cisco has been there before. Plenty of times. How long had it taken him to confess to Caitlin about the guilt he felt over Ronnie's supposed death in the pipeline? How many weeks had he put off mentioning the fact that he was getting distressing visions of being murdered, just because he didn't know how to bring it up? ]
First of all, when you're outta this hospital, we're marathoning those movies. The extended editions, and that's non-negotiable. And second...
[ He hesitates, struck once more with an awareness of how much impact his words might have. Why could things never just be simple? Had things been simple between Eddie and Taako before, and now Cisco had come in with his big fat mouth, and crossed the streams? Swallowing, he picks up the sentence once more: ]
...second, you shouldn't be getting relationship advice from me or from any fantasy novels. Fiction makes everything look way simpler than it actually is, and as for me... it's not like I'm some sort of expert on romance. I mean, obviously. The last person I sorta went on a date with turned out to be Lisa freakin' Snart and I ended up getting held hostage for a weekend, so y'know, pretty sure that of the two of us, your instincts are way the hell better.
[ Cisco adds the part about Lisa to be self-deprecating, to maybe coax a smile to Eddie's face. But that last bit, about Eddie trusting his instincts, he means in all seriousness. One thing Cisco had definitely picked up in this months of consulting for the CCPD was just how many cops had a lot of faith in their own intuition, and just how often that proved to be a good call. Eddie might not have known that elves age slower, but he knows more about Taako and his relationship with Taako than Cisco does.
He should probably not say anything more about this, considering the damage he might have already done. But Cisco is feeling guilty in the extreme so he adds, in a rush: ]
And anyway, Taako said his sister had a human boyfriend, so it's not, like, impossible.
[ He doesn't want Eddie thinking that the whole situation is completely hopeless, that there aren't ways to make it work. ]
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First of all, when you're outta this hospital, we're marathoning those movies. The extended editions, and that's non-negotiable. And second...
[ He hesitates, struck once more with an awareness of how much impact his words might have. Why could things never just be simple? Had things been simple between Eddie and Taako before, and now Cisco had come in with his big fat mouth, and crossed the streams? Swallowing, he picks up the sentence once more: ]
...second, you shouldn't be getting relationship advice from me or from any fantasy novels. Fiction makes everything look way simpler than it actually is, and as for me... it's not like I'm some sort of expert on romance. I mean, obviously. The last person I sorta went on a date with turned out to be Lisa freakin' Snart and I ended up getting held hostage for a weekend, so y'know, pretty sure that of the two of us, your instincts are way the hell better.
[ Cisco adds the part about Lisa to be self-deprecating, to maybe coax a smile to Eddie's face. But that last bit, about Eddie trusting his instincts, he means in all seriousness. One thing Cisco had definitely picked up in this months of consulting for the CCPD was just how many cops had a lot of faith in their own intuition, and just how often that proved to be a good call. Eddie might not have known that elves age slower, but he knows more about Taako and his relationship with Taako than Cisco does.
He should probably not say anything more about this, considering the damage he might have already done. But Cisco is feeling guilty in the extreme so he adds, in a rush: ]
And anyway, Taako said his sister had a human boyfriend, so it's not, like, impossible.
[ He doesn't want Eddie thinking that the whole situation is completely hopeless, that there aren't ways to make it work. ]