[ Cisco listens, and much the same as how the pieces had fallen into place for Eddie, a few strange and unexplained things are now making more sense to him, too. He'd heard Caitlin joke now and then about lightning psychosis, but he'd never gotten her to explain what she meant by it. He'd assumed it was just an inside joke. They'd cooked up plenty of those, spending so much time together in S.T.A.R. Labs.
And he remembers Barry's certainty, after he broke up with Linda, that things were about to change between him and Iris. That was a detail that had gotten lost, overshadowed by everything that had come immediately after it. Cisco had completely forgotten it until just this moment. ]
I think you must be right. I wasn't really around for any of that, but... the way you're telling it, it definitely fits.
[ Not a particularly flattering moment, for Barry, to be sure. But Cisco also remembers Barry being so quick to hug him and forgive him, when he admitted to telling Snart his secret identity. How could Barry be such a hero, and so kind to his friends, and such a complete dick when it came to anything involving Iris? Cisco just doesn't get it.
He's pretty much avoided talking about the Iris and Barry and Eddie situation to Eddie thus far, but he thinks, if ever there was a moment, this is it. ]
It matters. Even if you're never going back to Central City. Stuff... has an impact, and things got pretty messed up between the three of you. I don't think it was anyone's fault, but I think maybe it was a little bit less your fault than both of theirs. I mean, I'm glad she and Barry hook up in the future or whatever, but you deserve to be happy, too.
[ Cisco looks down at Eddie's hand, on top of his. He seems to notice for the first time how tightly his fingers are woven together, that his nails are digging into the skin. He releases them deliberately, letting out a slow breath. And, well, Eddie's hand is right there. Might as well hold it. Nothing funny about that. It'll have to do, in lieu of acknowledging what Eddie said about the memory of Wells upsetting him. Because that shit is tightly locked up in the corner of his mind and he's not about to go messing with that containment system, thanks very much. ]
What d'you mean?
[ Cisco doesn't really know anything about Eddie's high school, or what it might have to do with people not sticking around. ]
no subject
And he remembers Barry's certainty, after he broke up with Linda, that things were about to change between him and Iris. That was a detail that had gotten lost, overshadowed by everything that had come immediately after it. Cisco had completely forgotten it until just this moment. ]
I think you must be right. I wasn't really around for any of that, but... the way you're telling it, it definitely fits.
[ Not a particularly flattering moment, for Barry, to be sure. But Cisco also remembers Barry being so quick to hug him and forgive him, when he admitted to telling Snart his secret identity. How could Barry be such a hero, and so kind to his friends, and such a complete dick when it came to anything involving Iris? Cisco just doesn't get it.
He's pretty much avoided talking about the Iris and Barry and Eddie situation to Eddie thus far, but he thinks, if ever there was a moment, this is it. ]
It matters. Even if you're never going back to Central City. Stuff... has an impact, and things got pretty messed up between the three of you. I don't think it was anyone's fault, but I think maybe it was a little bit less your fault than both of theirs. I mean, I'm glad she and Barry hook up in the future or whatever, but you deserve to be happy, too.
[ Cisco looks down at Eddie's hand, on top of his. He seems to notice for the first time how tightly his fingers are woven together, that his nails are digging into the skin. He releases them deliberately, letting out a slow breath. And, well, Eddie's hand is right there. Might as well hold it. Nothing funny about that. It'll have to do, in lieu of acknowledging what Eddie said about the memory of Wells upsetting him. Because that shit is tightly locked up in the corner of his mind and he's not about to go messing with that containment system, thanks very much. ]
What d'you mean?
[ Cisco doesn't really know anything about Eddie's high school, or what it might have to do with people not sticking around. ]