[ Cisco's reply is immediate and uncharacteristically succinct. ]
i won't.
[ Honestly, he should have seen this coming. He'd even forecasted it. How had he managed to convince himself it wouldn't? A few minutes later he pulls himself together enough to tap out, with shaky fingers: ]
i just wanted to confirm it was her. i was gonna text & make sure you saw but you did so it's all good. i'm not gonna say anything else except answer questions about timeline stuff if she asks i guess.
please don't freak out, i'm not gonna make trouble.
[ He knows what he's got to do, but... it's difficult to find the words. ]
before you say anything or even think about deciding anything just... listen, okay? i've had a really, really great time with you these last few months. you're awesome and i just wanted to say how much i appreciate everything you've done for me. it meant a lot to me that i got to have that and i haven't got any regrets.
but i don't want you to worry about me now okay? you don't have to come up with a big speech or justify yourself or let me down easy. i know i seem really unstable sometimes but i'm not gonna have a breakdown or whatever. i totally get it. iris is your fiancee. you love each other and you were gonna spend the rest of your lives together except you couldn't. but now you can. you've got her back and you're probably not gonna believe me but i'm seriously happy for you guys. i'm still gonna work just as hard on finding a way to get you back to central city, and we can totes still be friends, so please just... don't feel guilty on my account. don't worry about how you're gonna break the news. all you've gotta do is say 'thanks it's been nice' and that's good enough for me.
and... a bit of advice i guess even though you didn't ask. i get why you don't wanna tell iris we were an item at first but even though it's awkward you might not want to put it off too long because she's a reporter and she'll hear from someone or find out on her own eventually. but like i said i won't say anything to her.
[ Cisco hits send as soon as he finishes typing, without reading it all over, before he loses the courage to. ]
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i won't.
[ Honestly, he should have seen this coming. He'd even forecasted it. How had he managed to convince himself it wouldn't? A few minutes later he pulls himself together enough to tap out, with shaky fingers: ]
i just wanted to confirm it was her. i was gonna text & make sure you saw but you did so it's all good. i'm not gonna say anything else except answer questions about timeline stuff if she asks i guess.
please don't freak out, i'm not gonna make trouble.
[ He knows what he's got to do, but... it's difficult to find the words. ]
before you say anything or even think about deciding anything just... listen, okay? i've had a really, really great time with you these last few months. you're awesome and i just wanted to say how much i appreciate everything you've done for me. it meant a lot to me that i got to have that and i haven't got any regrets.
but i don't want you to worry about me now okay? you don't have to come up with a big speech or justify yourself or let me down easy. i know i seem really unstable sometimes but i'm not gonna have a breakdown or whatever. i totally get it. iris is your fiancee. you love each other and you were gonna spend the rest of your lives together except you couldn't. but now you can. you've got her back and you're probably not gonna believe me but i'm seriously happy for you guys. i'm still gonna work just as hard on finding a way to get you back to central city, and we can totes still be friends, so please just... don't feel guilty on my account. don't worry about how you're gonna break the news. all you've gotta do is say 'thanks it's been nice' and that's good enough for me.
and... a bit of advice i guess even though you didn't ask. i get why you don't wanna tell iris we were an item at first but even though it's awkward you might not want to put it off too long because she's a reporter and she'll hear from someone or find out on her own eventually. but like i said i won't say anything to her.
[ Cisco hits send as soon as he finishes typing, without reading it all over, before he loses the courage to. ]