[Eddie lets Cisco lead him over to the table, help him sit down, and watches Cisco as his boyfriend sits close by. Instinctively, Eddie reaches out for Cisco, his hands resting against the tops of Cisco's thighs, he squeezes gently, tentatively, just wanting the contact. Somehow, he hadn't realized how distressed he was until Cisco addressed it directly by helping him sit, looked at him like he was distressed.
Now Cisco is talking, looking at him right in the face, and then reaching out to touch his knee while he speaks, soothing, reassuring. It's hard, though, to believe it, what Cisco is saying. To really accept it. The truth is that Eddie had already felt a lot of the things Eobard said before he said them - he'd suspected he was losing Iris, he'd felt like a sham, he'd felt like a loser. Hearing them out loud from someone aside from himself only seemed to confirm those thoughts.
Lowering his gaze, Eddie licks his lips and lifts one of his hands, dropping it over Cisco's, avoiding eye contact as Cisco says that he matters, that it's important, and Eddie shakes his head.]
It's all in the past now, so it doesn't really matter. I came here, and I have a fresh start, you know? I shouldn't be... [He gestures vaguely.] ...like this.
no subject
Now Cisco is talking, looking at him right in the face, and then reaching out to touch his knee while he speaks, soothing, reassuring. It's hard, though, to believe it, what Cisco is saying. To really accept it. The truth is that Eddie had already felt a lot of the things Eobard said before he said them - he'd suspected he was losing Iris, he'd felt like a sham, he'd felt like a loser. Hearing them out loud from someone aside from himself only seemed to confirm those thoughts.
Lowering his gaze, Eddie licks his lips and lifts one of his hands, dropping it over Cisco's, avoiding eye contact as Cisco says that he matters, that it's important, and Eddie shakes his head.]
It's all in the past now, so it doesn't really matter. I came here, and I have a fresh start, you know? I shouldn't be... [He gestures vaguely.] ...like this.