[It was almost as difficult for Eddie to believe as he can tell it is for Cisco. So he's quiet, for a moment, lets Cisco think it over, process it, and he tries to figure out how to respond. After all, he and Cisco had never really hung out much. Like with Caitlin, probably even moreso, Eddie had never really wanted to insinuate himself between Cisco and Barry, who were so obviously close friends, who had been working together since Barry had awakened from his coma. Knowing as he does now that Barry had always had a thing for Iris and that, to some extent, on some level, Barry's feelings were reciprocated, had made Cisco feel somehow even more off-limits. Eddie doesn't have many friends, himself, but whatever determination he'd had to make friends with Barry's friends had faded when he realized that there were sides, and that trying to get closer would mean, in a way, asking them to take sides with him. Besides, Cisco has probably heard every mean thing that's crossed Barry's mind about Eddie, and Eddie can't really blame him for venting those things to his best friend.
So when Cisco says that it's good to see him, he laughs softly, self-deprecatingly again. He's about to speak up and give Cisco an out if he wants it, when Cisco suddenly blurts out that thank you for what he'd done.
For a moment, Eddie can't breathe, he can't speak, his throat feels tight, and he smiles at Cisco.]
I...yeah. It's...
[It isn't very often that Eddie gets caught off-guard like this, that he has no words. 'You're welcome' seems so disingenuous, but it wasn't nothing either, so he can't say it was. So he bites at his inner lower lip, gathers his thoughts, and then smiles a bit.]
I'm just glad it worked. It must've worked, since you're here, and you remember...
[He trails off, takes a deep breath, and then lets it go. And for a moment, when the tail end of that breath is leaving him, he feels abruptly free. Barry isn't here. Eddie is dead, and Barry and Iris are free to be together if they want. There are no sides to choose. He can befriend Cisco and Caitlin if he wants to, and he finds that he very much does.]
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So when Cisco says that it's good to see him, he laughs softly, self-deprecatingly again. He's about to speak up and give Cisco an out if he wants it, when Cisco suddenly blurts out that thank you for what he'd done.
For a moment, Eddie can't breathe, he can't speak, his throat feels tight, and he smiles at Cisco.]
I...yeah. It's...
[It isn't very often that Eddie gets caught off-guard like this, that he has no words. 'You're welcome' seems so disingenuous, but it wasn't nothing either, so he can't say it was. So he bites at his inner lower lip, gathers his thoughts, and then smiles a bit.]
I'm just glad it worked. It must've worked, since you're here, and you remember...
[He trails off, takes a deep breath, and then lets it go. And for a moment, when the tail end of that breath is leaving him, he feels abruptly free. Barry isn't here. Eddie is dead, and Barry and Iris are free to be together if they want. There are no sides to choose. He can befriend Cisco and Caitlin if he wants to, and he finds that he very much does.]
How long have you been here?