[ CIsco blinks a few times, surprised into silence for a moment. ]
Seriously? I thought...
[ He'd assumed that Eddie knew about that - at least the hostage bit, if not the fact that it had started with Lisa Snart luring him in. After all, Eddie always knew it was Cisco who had made the heat and cold guns. Cisco had just assumed that the CCPD knew they coerced him into making replacements. Or, well, at the very least, Barry had told Eddie about being the Flash pretty soon after that.
But apparently it hadn't been worth a mention, which is... a whole other thing he's not going to think about right now. Cisco hadn't realized that by giving that example he was signing himself on to explain the whole thing. But it's no matter: at least it might distract Eddie a bit from his own romantic troubles. ]
...nevermind. Doesn't matter. You remember back when that casino got robbed? It was around then. And it wasn't technically a date, really. I was at a bar with Barry and she walked up and I didn't know who she was, obviously. She pretended to be into me so I'd follow her back to where Snart and Rory were waiting, 'cause they wanted me to build them new guns.
[ Cisco gives a little shrug, thinks that he could leave it there. It's not something he likes thinking about all that much, and he likes talking about it even less. But... this is Eddie. Who is so brave, and courageous, and who would never even consider giving in to two criminal's demands, if he were a prisoner. Cisco doesn't want Eddie thinking he's a coward, any more than he already does. So, in a rush, he adds: ]
And I wouldn't've done it but they had my brother, too, so.
[ He finishes with a shrug, looking down at his hands in his lap. It isn't the whole story, of course, but it's plenty of it for the time being. Enough to make it clear that Cisco's bad judgment is not to be trusted, and that Eddie shouldn't be looking to him for any kind of wisdom in the field of romance.
Which is why he hesitates when Eddie says he doesn't know how to talk to Taako about it. He's already demonstrated that when he tries to make things better, he usually just makes them worse. He definitely shouldn't interfere any further. So his response is less practical tips and just a simple: ]
I'm sure you'll figure out a way.
[ And Cisco finally lifts his gaze again when Eddie says his life is a mess. ]
Hey, c'mon, now that's just a lie. Your life is the opposite of a mess. It's... neat. Or together. Or something like that.
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Seriously? I thought...
[ He'd assumed that Eddie knew about that - at least the hostage bit, if not the fact that it had started with Lisa Snart luring him in. After all, Eddie always knew it was Cisco who had made the heat and cold guns. Cisco had just assumed that the CCPD knew they coerced him into making replacements. Or, well, at the very least, Barry had told Eddie about being the Flash pretty soon after that.
But apparently it hadn't been worth a mention, which is... a whole other thing he's not going to think about right now. Cisco hadn't realized that by giving that example he was signing himself on to explain the whole thing. But it's no matter: at least it might distract Eddie a bit from his own romantic troubles. ]
...nevermind. Doesn't matter. You remember back when that casino got robbed? It was around then. And it wasn't technically a date, really. I was at a bar with Barry and she walked up and I didn't know who she was, obviously. She pretended to be into me so I'd follow her back to where Snart and Rory were waiting, 'cause they wanted me to build them new guns.
[ Cisco gives a little shrug, thinks that he could leave it there. It's not something he likes thinking about all that much, and he likes talking about it even less. But... this is Eddie. Who is so brave, and courageous, and who would never even consider giving in to two criminal's demands, if he were a prisoner. Cisco doesn't want Eddie thinking he's a coward, any more than he already does. So, in a rush, he adds: ]
And I wouldn't've done it but they had my brother, too, so.
[ He finishes with a shrug, looking down at his hands in his lap. It isn't the whole story, of course, but it's plenty of it for the time being. Enough to make it clear that Cisco's bad judgment is not to be trusted, and that Eddie shouldn't be looking to him for any kind of wisdom in the field of romance.
Which is why he hesitates when Eddie says he doesn't know how to talk to Taako about it. He's already demonstrated that when he tries to make things better, he usually just makes them worse. He definitely shouldn't interfere any further. So his response is less practical tips and just a simple: ]
I'm sure you'll figure out a way.
[ And Cisco finally lifts his gaze again when Eddie says his life is a mess. ]
Hey, c'mon, now that's just a lie. Your life is the opposite of a mess. It's... neat. Or together. Or something like that.