[ Even when Eddie isn't speaking, Cisco can feel the tension in him, the mechanical way that he moves. Even before Eddie explains, he can guess that this wasn't something planned, and that Eddie is still a little in shock about how it had turned out. It's probably still sinking in... ]
Ah.
[ It's a simple, one-syllable response, but there is understanding in it. Eddie and Taako had had a talk - something that Cisco knows the both of them had been avoiding, consciously or unconsciously, for a while. That is after all why it had been Cisco to explain to Taako about Eddie's relationship with Iris and all the complicated messy fallout from it - because Eddie hadn't wanted to talk about it. And it is why it had been Cisco to explain to Eddie that Taako's lifespan worked differently, that deep emotional relationships with regular humans were difficult and inadvisable due to that - because Taako hadn't wanted to talk about it. He'd seen the seeds of this (and, he thinks, with a horrible sinking in his guts, maybe helped to sow some of them).
He wonders if it ever could have worked out, between them. It had always been pretty clear that they enjoyed each other's company, that they cared about each other. But if all it had taken for things to end was one thorough conversation... maybe it just wasn't in the stars. ]
Hey. That's not selfish at all
[ Cisco sighs, heart aching for the both of them. He moves on instinct, bringing a hand up to smooth Eddie's hair back out of his face, the way he had done so many times for Caitlin when she had curled against him like this, after Ronnie died. He doesn't really know anything about Eddie's love life before Iris, but in his last two relationships, well. Eddie's not wrong, when he says that he wasn't the first priority. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, depending on the people, and depending on the dynamic. But for Eddie, it's clear, it was very very much a bad thing. ]
You deserve that. To be a priority. It's not stupid to want that. To- to expect it.
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Ah.
[ It's a simple, one-syllable response, but there is understanding in it. Eddie and Taako had had a talk - something that Cisco knows the both of them had been avoiding, consciously or unconsciously, for a while. That is after all why it had been Cisco to explain to Taako about Eddie's relationship with Iris and all the complicated messy fallout from it - because Eddie hadn't wanted to talk about it. And it is why it had been Cisco to explain to Eddie that Taako's lifespan worked differently, that deep emotional relationships with regular humans were difficult and inadvisable due to that - because Taako hadn't wanted to talk about it. He'd seen the seeds of this (and, he thinks, with a horrible sinking in his guts, maybe helped to sow some of them).
He wonders if it ever could have worked out, between them. It had always been pretty clear that they enjoyed each other's company, that they cared about each other. But if all it had taken for things to end was one thorough conversation... maybe it just wasn't in the stars. ]
Hey. That's not selfish at all
[ Cisco sighs, heart aching for the both of them. He moves on instinct, bringing a hand up to smooth Eddie's hair back out of his face, the way he had done so many times for Caitlin when she had curled against him like this, after Ronnie died. He doesn't really know anything about Eddie's love life before Iris, but in his last two relationships, well. Eddie's not wrong, when he says that he wasn't the first priority. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, depending on the people, and depending on the dynamic. But for Eddie, it's clear, it was very very much a bad thing. ]
You deserve that. To be a priority. It's not stupid to want that. To- to expect it.