[ Cisco lets his tone sink lower, like Harry's, but the look on his face is just as stubborn as before. Even if Harry ends up still saying no, it's important for Cisco that he understand what it is he's saying no to. That he doesn't mishandle this crucial moment and then end up regretting it for a long time after. Maybe kissing Harry while drunk had been a bad idea. They should have talked about this first, and then moved onto the kissing later.
Except that Cisco would not have had the confidence to make his case so strongly, if he didn't know, for sure, that some part of Harry wanted him. That he wasn't setting himself up for complete humiliation ]
This is like, the ultimate moving on. If I can kiss you and think about only you, that means I'm... getting past it. Getting healthier, or whatever. And I'm not sayin' that that's the reason I did it, like as some kind of test for myself. Not at all.
[ In for a penny, in for a pound: he'd damned himself already so he might as well just come out with all of it. ]
I did it because I like you. You, Harry. [ Cisco swallows, tilts his chin up higher, defiant and trying for dignity even though it's hard, at the moment. ] You don't have to protect me from myself, or anything like that. I'm an adult and I can make my own decisions. And I decided that you needed a good kiss and I wanted to be the one to do it.
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[ Cisco lets his tone sink lower, like Harry's, but the look on his face is just as stubborn as before. Even if Harry ends up still saying no, it's important for Cisco that he understand what it is he's saying no to. That he doesn't mishandle this crucial moment and then end up regretting it for a long time after. Maybe kissing Harry while drunk had been a bad idea. They should have talked about this first, and then moved onto the kissing later.
Except that Cisco would not have had the confidence to make his case so strongly, if he didn't know, for sure, that some part of Harry wanted him. That he wasn't setting himself up for complete humiliation ]
This is like, the ultimate moving on. If I can kiss you and think about only you, that means I'm... getting past it. Getting healthier, or whatever. And I'm not sayin' that that's the reason I did it, like as some kind of test for myself. Not at all.
[ In for a penny, in for a pound: he'd damned himself already so he might as well just come out with all of it. ]
I did it because I like you. You, Harry. [ Cisco swallows, tilts his chin up higher, defiant and trying for dignity even though it's hard, at the moment. ] You don't have to protect me from myself, or anything like that. I'm an adult and I can make my own decisions. And I decided that you needed a good kiss and I wanted to be the one to do it.