[ Cisco doesn't think he's ever watched the sun coming up with as much dread as he does that morning. The blinds in his room are drawn, but he can gauge the oncoming of dawn by how much brightness filters through them. He can hear birds first, and then slowly, a dull grey light.
There's nothing left to be done. Cisco's showered and shaved and gotten dressed already; he's already made Harry's gift and shoved it in an inconspicuous-looking box, tucked that box into Harry's backpack with a simple post-it that says 'to remember me by'. Cisco doesn't think he would have the courage to give it to Harry alone without crying, and if he did it in front of Barry or Caitlin... they'd gotten this far without knowing about him and Harry. Might as well leave it that way.
So he sits on the bed beside Harry, listening to the sounds of oncoming day and hating them. Harry looks so different when he's asleep. It's possible that watching him rest like this is creepy, but right now Cisco doesn't care. It's his last chance to do so.
The gift itself had probably been a bad idea, too. But it's getting to be a kind of tradition, and who is he to go against that? It's only a few small things. Some clearboard markers, a joke about all the times he made Cisco throw him one or get new ones. A tomato-sized rubbed ball with a bit of masking tape labelling it 'throw me'. A Big Belly Burger keychain, for obvious reasons. There's also a thumb-drive filled with pictures. Not just the few that Harry had allowed Cisco to take of the two of them together. Pictures of Harry with Barry and Caitlin that Cisco had taken, or of him talking with Joe, of Iris and Wally and Jesse.
And tucked in with the rest, Harry's metahuman detection watch. Cisco had felt a bit bad, taking it, but he'd been careful, making his adjustments. Wrapped around the band of the watch is another small note, explaining:
blue light + sound = breach nearby blue and red light + vibrates = breacher nearby
Just because Zoom is gone doesn't mean there won't be more threats, and it had been easy enough, setting the watch to detect people or objects vibrating at the wrong frequency for Earth-2. Easy enough to work it in alongside the metahuman detection process. Cisco remembers when he hated this watch, and Harry for using it on him. Now, he takes comfort in tucking it away in that box, hoping it will keep Harry and Jesse safe.
When Harry finally starts to stir, it's almost 7 AM. Cisco brings in a mug of coffee for him, sets it on the bedside table - any other day he would have told Harry to go and get it his damn self, but there's no harm in being accommodating just for today. Not like he's setting any precedents that will matter. He bends down to kiss Harry's temple, smiling a little at the wild state of his hair. ]
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There's nothing left to be done. Cisco's showered and shaved and gotten dressed already; he's already made Harry's gift and shoved it in an inconspicuous-looking box, tucked that box into Harry's backpack with a simple post-it that says 'to remember me by'. Cisco doesn't think he would have the courage to give it to Harry alone without crying, and if he did it in front of Barry or Caitlin... they'd gotten this far without knowing about him and Harry. Might as well leave it that way.
So he sits on the bed beside Harry, listening to the sounds of oncoming day and hating them. Harry looks so different when he's asleep. It's possible that watching him rest like this is creepy, but right now Cisco doesn't care. It's his last chance to do so.
The gift itself had probably been a bad idea, too. But it's getting to be a kind of tradition, and who is he to go against that? It's only a few small things. Some clearboard markers, a joke about all the times he made Cisco throw him one or get new ones. A tomato-sized rubbed ball with a bit of masking tape labelling it 'throw me'. A Big Belly Burger keychain, for obvious reasons. There's also a thumb-drive filled with pictures. Not just the few that Harry had allowed Cisco to take of the two of them together. Pictures of Harry with Barry and Caitlin that Cisco had taken, or of him talking with Joe, of Iris and Wally and Jesse.
And tucked in with the rest, Harry's metahuman detection watch. Cisco had felt a bit bad, taking it, but he'd been careful, making his adjustments. Wrapped around the band of the watch is another small note, explaining:
blue light + sound = breach nearby
blue and red light + vibrates = breacher nearby
Just because Zoom is gone doesn't mean there won't be more threats, and it had been easy enough, setting the watch to detect people or objects vibrating at the wrong frequency for Earth-2. Easy enough to work it in alongside the metahuman detection process. Cisco remembers when he hated this watch, and Harry for using it on him. Now, he takes comfort in tucking it away in that box, hoping it will keep Harry and Jesse safe.
When Harry finally starts to stir, it's almost 7 AM. Cisco brings in a mug of coffee for him, sets it on the bedside table - any other day he would have told Harry to go and get it his damn self, but there's no harm in being accommodating just for today. Not like he's setting any precedents that will matter. He bends down to kiss Harry's temple, smiling a little at the wild state of his hair. ]