No, not me. I actually met up with Clark, that guy who goes by kansas on lock box, and I was trying to help him with clothes but the guy is. Massive. Like every day in the gym, male hourglass figure massive.
This guy makes me look anemic. He's gonna need alterations.
[ Cisco got distracted between the texts and comes back to see both on his device lined up, and yeah, he thought it might be admiration before but now he's definitely getting an insecurity/inferiority vibe. ]
ok but you need to either bring him over or take his measurements and bring those over or else i can't do shit.
i think you should lift however much you wanna lift.
look you know the whole fitness thing really isn't my scene so i don't know if this is a case where you're like getting inspired and i should have your back and come over there to hand you towels and be in your raining montage. or maybe you should ask if the two of you can work out together and become gym bros, is that a thing? but if you're asking me because you think i think you're not buff enough, dude.
[ Cisco thinks that's the better of the two options, too. ] cool, we've got some measuring tape in the workshop, i'll bring it with me. when? did you mean today?
maybe he can be your gymbro here. it's serendipitous!
[ As for the rest of it, Cisco knows better than to just tell him not to feel that way, or that comparing his body to anyone else's is a stupid thing to do. That wouldn't help at all, and Cisco knows the context for Eddie's insecurities. ]
how about instead of going to the gym to lift more you just come back to my place and lift me a little bit. that counts as strength training and i promise i'll be a lot more appreciative than the free-weights 😍
[ Plus that'll give him the opportunity to remind Eddie just how much he likes his body exactly the way it is, which is really something better shown and not said, or at least, said and shown at the same time. ]
Not sure. I'll have to get hold of him and see when he's able to come over.
Maybe. I guess. I'll have to ask him. It's been a while since I worked out with anyone else.
Also. Serendipitous. Good word.
[Eddie was expecting to be told he shouldn't compare himself, or encouraged a little, told he's fine as he is. Cisco's response is somehow so much less cliche and so much more meaningful than that.]
You know what? That sounds like a perfect plan. You should totally tell me when all the gaps in your schedule are, and I'll fill them with this new weight lifting regimen you've proposed. ;)
we should probably do the whole fitting thing at your place it's nicer.
..................and my room's kind of a disaster right now. i couldn't find my copy of half-life 2 and i got carried away. i may have taken literally everything off the shelves looking for it.
(harry was laying on it. i swear she does this stuff on purpose)
hell yeah, i'm not just some pretty face, i've got the vocab skills to pay the bills. i had to take the SAT same as everybody else.
[ The fact that he's willing to boast even this much about anything school-related is actually not a small sign of trust, all things considered. It's not often Cisco brings that kind of stuff up, but he knows Eddie won't resent him for it, or think he's being conceited. ]
wow would ya look at that my schedule suddenly got a whole lot emptier how bout that?
I was going to say your place is fine, but if you tore it apart looking for Half-Life then yeah, my place is better. I'll come by and fix that for you if you want, by the way.
(What a typical cat.)
I would ask you what your score is, but you're what? 24? Even if you graduated early, I think we took different tests. But hey, at least I got my Masters so that's something.
I'll come help. I'm sure some of the mess is probably mine.
You're not, but I do. In Criminology. It's not required by any means, but it helps if you're looking to make detective before you're 30. I went straight from high school.
That's fine, I have my 'wherever' restrictions too. But. Whenever is totally fine by me.
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that's so awesome. what kind of classes do you even take for that? muggers 101? elementary principles of 'trusting your gut'? senior seminar on tracking down fugitives like a boss?
Haha. Mostly it's learning about the criminal justice system and how it works, psych, sociological issues that impact crime, ethics, procedures around evidence, stuff like that. It was actually really great.
You're amazing. By the way. Thanks for cheering me up.
damn, that's impressive, though. no wonder you were so good at it. which one was your favorite class? was it like a separate program? did you have some choices over what you took or is it a set trajectory?
(i don't mean to give you the third degree here i guess i just never really thought about where you would learn all that stuff)
There were a few different courses I could've taken for the same career advance, like Criminal Justice. I chose Criminology because it dug into why instead of just how to punish, if that makes sense. I just think the 'why' is more important. My favorite classes were the psych ones, I think. Anything that helped me understand why crime happens and how criminals' minds work. It's definitely come in handy with solving a lot of cases.
And I don't mind. I love talking about this stuff. :)
And fine, but it still means a lot.
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i guess even though i've been helping at the ccpd there's still a lot of cop stuff i don't really know about. i just get to come in and make toys and leave all the not-fun bits to everyone else.
idk maybe it makes me a bad person but i've never really cared about the why. probably good there are people out there like you who do though.
Yeah you mentioned helping out the ccpd. Are you doing more than just the boot and the special meta cells?
It doesn't make you a bad person. I guess it's like you and your anti-meta devices. You have to stop it so you figure out how it works so you can figure out how to shut it down. Except with all of crime and not just one meta. It's something you do because you're interested.
that and a couple other things. i'm technically the scientific advisor to the task force on metahumans... so basically, joe calls me when stuff gets weird but not 'get barry right now' weird. captain singh has me help look through the open cases that might be metas-related but no one in the department can tell. mostly it's for low-level stuff that we don't want to bother barry with.
yeah, but figuring out how to stop metas makes sense. that's science. people do NOT make sense.
guess that's why you're the detective and i'm not. the whole crime-fighting thing was kind of an unexpected plot twist for my career.
[For a moment, he's incredibly sad. The grief swamps him just for that moment, when he imagines his life back there and how it could have been. Probably broken up with Iris, because he's gained too much clarity to think that they could have lasted, and-]
We would've been working pretty closely if I was still around, I bet. Probably flirting a lot too. ;)
[Making a joke helps, and he feels better about it, lets go because he has a future to look forward to, even if it's not that one.]
That's cool, though. I'm glad the metas are being addressed and that you're helping. Working with Singh can be a challenge but I bet he likes you a lot.
How are him and Rob doing? I hope they're well.
Haha, see, people make more sense to me than physics. And yeah, this is what I wanted to do ever since I was a kid. I really love it.
[ He doesn't imagine it's the easiest thing for Eddie to talk about but... still, talking is good. Talking about it is better than all that not-talking-about-it they had both done. ]
oh yeah. we would be driving joe up the wall.
it's not actually a challenge at all. singh tolerates me, and i don't have to worry about him firing me or whatever because there's no one else willing to do the job, and i'm pretty much just doing it because joe asked. he definitely does not like me but i actually think he's pretty cool, in a grouchy way.
they're good. married now. we all got to hear his endless complaints about rob's new obsession with agave nectar for like, a week. but i think they're really happy.
guess it's good we can stick to our strengths then.
....I have a really bad habit of making inappropriate comments about my sex life to Joe. We would be killing him. Or he'd kill me. Probably that second one.
You do realize that everything you just said means Singh probably totally likes you? He's a hard-ass but I always get the feeling he has a soft spot for his people, and you're one of them now.
I'm so glad their wedding went off smoothly and they're happy. Thanks for telling me.
oh my god you mean when you were with iris? that musta been all kinds of awkward.
sometimes i get that feeling, too. and then sometimes i get the feeling he actually can't stand any of us??? except maybe joe. but, like, who wouldn't love joe.
same back at you.
(i ought to have figured about the psych stuff at least, since you deal with my semi crazy ass on the reg)
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why, you got something that needs hemming?
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No, not me. I actually met up with Clark, that guy who goes by kansas on lock box, and I was trying to help him with clothes but the guy is. Massive. Like every day in the gym, male hourglass figure massive.
This guy makes me look anemic. He's gonna need alterations.
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oh, hey, i talked to him, he seemed nice. kinda shy. wouldn't have guessed him for a giant.
ok find whatever you can that is big / long enough to at least get onto him and then i can take them in from there
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He is shy. Really nice guy, I just wish I knew his workout routine.
I got the clothes already while we were hanging out. I'll bring them over.
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Do you think I should lift more?
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ok but you need to either bring him over or take his measurements and bring those over or else i can't do shit.
i think you should lift however much you wanna lift.
look you know the whole fitness thing really isn't my scene so i don't know if this is a case where you're like getting inspired and i should have your back and come over there to hand you towels and be in your raining montage. or maybe you should ask if the two of you can work out together and become gym bros, is that a thing? but if you're asking me because you think i think you're not buff enough, dude.
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[Okay, that was a lot.]
Gymbros are definitely a thing, I've even had a few. Just not here. And, I mean, he is pretty inspiring.
I think it's mostly that last thing though. I mean, not necessarily that you think it, just that I'm not.
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maybe he can be your gymbro here. it's serendipitous!
[ As for the rest of it, Cisco knows better than to just tell him not to feel that way, or that comparing his body to anyone else's is a stupid thing to do. That wouldn't help at all, and Cisco knows the context for Eddie's insecurities. ]
how about instead of going to the gym to lift more you just come back to my place and lift me a little bit. that counts as strength training and i promise i'll be a lot more appreciative than the free-weights 😍
[ Plus that'll give him the opportunity to remind Eddie just how much he likes his body exactly the way it is, which is really something better shown and not said, or at least, said and shown at the same time. ]
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Maybe. I guess. I'll have to ask him. It's been a while since I worked out with anyone else.
Also. Serendipitous. Good word.
[Eddie was expecting to be told he shouldn't compare himself, or encouraged a little, told he's fine as he is. Cisco's response is somehow so much less cliche and so much more meaningful than that.]
You know what? That sounds like a perfect plan. You should totally tell me when all the gaps in your schedule are, and I'll fill them with this new weight lifting regimen you've proposed. ;)
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..................and my room's kind of a disaster right now. i couldn't find my copy of half-life 2 and i got carried away. i may have taken literally everything off the shelves looking for it.
(harry was laying on it. i swear she does this stuff on purpose)
hell yeah, i'm not just some pretty face, i've got the vocab skills to pay the bills. i had to take the SAT same as everybody else.
[ The fact that he's willing to boast even this much about anything school-related is actually not a small sign of trust, all things considered. It's not often Cisco brings that kind of stuff up, but he knows Eddie won't resent him for it, or think he's being conceited. ]
wow would ya look at that my schedule suddenly got a whole lot emptier how bout that?
💪 💪 💪
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(What a typical cat.)
I would ask you what your score is, but you're what? 24? Even if you graduated early, I think we took different tests. But hey, at least I got my Masters so that's something.
I'm very glad to hear that. So are my biceps.
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(she's a terror)
dude how did i not even know you had a masters? i'm a terrible boyfriend. tell me more?
let me pencil you in for 'whenever, wherever'
(okay maybe not TOTALLY wherever i do have some limits)
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You're not, but I do. In Criminology. It's not required by any means, but it helps if you're looking to make detective before you're 30. I went straight from high school.
That's fine, I have my 'wherever' restrictions too. But. Whenever is totally fine by me.
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that's so awesome. what kind of classes do you even take for that? muggers 101? elementary principles of 'trusting your gut'? senior seminar on tracking down fugitives like a boss?
looking forward to it 😚
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Haha. Mostly it's learning about the criminal justice system and how it works, psych, sociological issues that impact crime, ethics, procedures around evidence, stuff like that. It was actually really great.
You're amazing. By the way. Thanks for cheering me up.
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(i don't mean to give you the third degree here i guess i just never really thought about where you would learn all that stuff)
that's what i'm here for.
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And I don't mind. I love talking about this stuff. :)
And fine, but it still means a lot.
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idk maybe it makes me a bad person but i've never really cared about the why. probably good there are people out there like you who do though.
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It doesn't make you a bad person. I guess it's like you and your anti-meta devices. You have to stop it so you figure out how it works so you can figure out how to shut it down. Except with all of crime and not just one meta. It's something you do because you're interested.
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yeah, but figuring out how to stop metas makes sense. that's science. people do NOT make sense.
guess that's why you're the detective and i'm not. the whole crime-fighting thing was kind of an unexpected plot twist for my career.
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We would've been working pretty closely if I was still around, I bet. Probably flirting a lot too. ;)
[Making a joke helps, and he feels better about it, lets go because he has a future to look forward to, even if it's not that one.]
That's cool, though. I'm glad the metas are being addressed and that you're helping. Working with Singh can be a challenge but I bet he likes you a lot.
How are him and Rob doing? I hope they're well.
Haha, see, people make more sense to me than physics. And yeah, this is what I wanted to do ever since I was a kid. I really love it.
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oh yeah. we would be driving joe up the wall.
it's not actually a challenge at all. singh tolerates me, and i don't have to worry about him firing me or whatever because there's no one else willing to do the job, and i'm pretty much just doing it because joe asked. he definitely does not like me but i actually think he's pretty cool, in a grouchy way.
they're good. married now. we all got to hear his endless complaints about rob's new obsession with agave nectar for like, a week. but i think they're really happy.
guess it's good we can stick to our strengths then.
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You do realize that everything you just said means Singh probably totally likes you? He's a hard-ass but I always get the feeling he has a soft spot for his people, and you're one of them now.
I'm so glad their wedding went off smoothly and they're happy. Thanks for telling me.
And yeah. I could never do the things you do.
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sometimes i get that feeling, too. and then sometimes i get the feeling he actually can't stand any of us??? except maybe joe. but, like, who wouldn't love joe.
same back at you.
(i ought to have figured about the psych stuff at least, since you deal with my semi crazy ass on the reg)
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You're right, though. It's impossible not to like Joe, even though I did kind of hate him sometimes. Just a little.
And you're not crazy. At all.
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