[ Cisco feels a little twist of guilt, when Eddie says that about Taako. Because he's pretty sure Eddie is right, there, and that Taako doesn't really open up willingly to almost anyone. Cisco had gotten a glimpse under that joking armor of Taako's, when he'd had that vibe of Lup, and Taako had broken down crying out of nowhere. But that was different - Cisco's lack of control over his own stupid invasive powers had forced that moment of honesty, and afterwards Taako had threatened to kill Cisco if he told anyone. He doesn't really think Taako would hurt him, but he is sure that he would get very, very, very mad. ]
Sounds about right.
[ He hadn't thought through that teasing question, and he sees how it's going to backfire a few seconds before it does. That dry little laugh from Eddie does not bode well, and then he starts listing all the reasons his life sucks. Cisco's not sure if it's going to be more harmful or helpful. Maybe it's better not to bottle it up, after all. Or maybe he's a fucking idiot who is encouraging Eddie to wallow when he ought to be doing the exact opposite.
Either way it's a little too late to back out, now. So he listens, quiet and still, except for when Eddie says the one who stabbed him was apparently not some random criminal but someone he looked up to. And... Cisco hadn't known that. He twists his hands together in his lap, fingers tightly interlaced. And it's somehow worse, seeing Eddie realize the parallel. But Cisco swallows and locks that shit down before any sort of feelings about it can fully surface. He's getting to be a pro at compartmentalizing. ]
Alternate-timeline cheated? You mean... are you talking about in the timeline Barry erased? The one where I bit it?
[ Why yes, he is using humor to make it easier to talk about that timeline, thanks very much. Cisco has a hard time imagining Iris outright cheating, but then... it wasn't as if there weren't moments where Barry was sabotaging her relationship with Eddie. As the Flash, as himself. And he knows things had been... messy. Right up until the end. ]
Okay, I'll give you that the stabbed-in-the-heart thing sucks. And we both know I know what I'm talking about, there.
[ See? It's funny. (It's not, really, but Cisco IS trying). ]
But I don't buy that you're bad at making friends. You're like, one of the nicest guys I've ever known. Even Yuri likes you, and I'm pretty sure that kid doesn't like anybody.
[ It's not like Cisco knows the Russian kid or anything, but meeting him once had told him all he needed to know about his particular brand of teenage misanthropy. It had only been the mention of Eddie that had gotten him to grudgingly behave like a decent human being, and that said a lot. ]
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Sounds about right.
[ He hadn't thought through that teasing question, and he sees how it's going to backfire a few seconds before it does. That dry little laugh from Eddie does not bode well, and then he starts listing all the reasons his life sucks. Cisco's not sure if it's going to be more harmful or helpful. Maybe it's better not to bottle it up, after all. Or maybe he's a fucking idiot who is encouraging Eddie to wallow when he ought to be doing the exact opposite.
Either way it's a little too late to back out, now. So he listens, quiet and still, except for when Eddie says the one who stabbed him was apparently not some random criminal but someone he looked up to. And... Cisco hadn't known that. He twists his hands together in his lap, fingers tightly interlaced. And it's somehow worse, seeing Eddie realize the parallel. But Cisco swallows and locks that shit down before any sort of feelings about it can fully surface. He's getting to be a pro at compartmentalizing. ]
Alternate-timeline cheated? You mean... are you talking about in the timeline Barry erased? The one where I bit it?
[ Why yes, he is using humor to make it easier to talk about that timeline, thanks very much. Cisco has a hard time imagining Iris outright cheating, but then... it wasn't as if there weren't moments where Barry was sabotaging her relationship with Eddie. As the Flash, as himself. And he knows things had been... messy. Right up until the end. ]
Okay, I'll give you that the stabbed-in-the-heart thing sucks. And we both know I know what I'm talking about, there.
[ See? It's funny. (It's not, really, but Cisco IS trying). ]
But I don't buy that you're bad at making friends. You're like, one of the nicest guys I've ever known. Even Yuri likes you, and I'm pretty sure that kid doesn't like anybody.
[ It's not like Cisco knows the Russian kid or anything, but meeting him once had told him all he needed to know about his particular brand of teenage misanthropy. It had only been the mention of Eddie that had gotten him to grudgingly behave like a decent human being, and that said a lot. ]