[ Cisco doesn't think he's even as cool as a dragon's toenail but no way in hell is he gonna risk another pep talk. ]
here i was hoping you'd forgotten about that dude.
ok ok you win, no need to pull receipts. we both know i can't compete with a century. but almost three years is a long time for a simple human who doesn't live a life of resetting cycles and time loops and all that.
[ Looking back, it is kind of weird that he'd gone that long without going on more than two or three dates with any one person. Cisco hesitates before he types the next bit, because he isn't sure he should say it. But... if there's anyone he could say it to, it'd be Taako. Talking about Eobard with Eddie is complicated because of all the shit between the two of them, and if anyone is likely to look at it objectively and not just immediately freak out and lose all sense of proportion, it is Taako. So he taps out quickly: ]
actually i know this is probably gonna sound crazy but i've kinda been wondering lately if maybe dr. wells wanted it that way. cuz the last steady relationship i had was before i got hired at s.t.a.r. labs and after that... any time i'd go on a few dates with someone who seemed super nice work would suddenly get super crazy busy and i'd be so tired and stressed out that things just kinda fizzled. or i would have to leave mid-movie or dinner because i'd get a call that something was breaking and i had to fix it right away or else catastrophe. i honestly have got no idea if i'm being wicked paranoid and making excuses for my sad ass love life tho or if it was like. a thing.
[ Anyway... that. ]
i gotta say you got way more tolerance for all this bullshit with my powers than i do, bro. ...i know i don't have to, but i think i will ask eddie this time just for my own peace of mind. and then as long as that's not a total shitshow, our horror movie night is gonna be l i t
[ Cisco knows that Taako is honest about what he is and isn't up for, but the more he thinks about it, the more he suspects this is just one of those times where his logic is not going to be able to overcome his instinctive fear of reaching that straw on their friendship's proverbial camel's back that is going to make Taako get sick of him. The situation might be different if there were a big button labeled 'off' on his fear that he'll alienate everybody he cares about if he's too much of a burden, but since there isn't... ]
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[ Cisco doesn't think he's even as cool as a dragon's toenail but no way in hell is he gonna risk another pep talk. ]
here i was hoping you'd forgotten about that dude.
ok ok you win, no need to pull receipts. we both know i can't compete with a century. but almost three years is a long time for a simple human who doesn't live a life of resetting cycles and time loops and all that.
[ Looking back, it is kind of weird that he'd gone that long without going on more than two or three dates with any one person. Cisco hesitates before he types the next bit, because he isn't sure he should say it. But... if there's anyone he could say it to, it'd be Taako. Talking about Eobard with Eddie is complicated because of all the shit between the two of them, and if anyone is likely to look at it objectively and not just immediately freak out and lose all sense of proportion, it is Taako. So he taps out quickly: ]
actually i know this is probably gonna sound crazy but i've kinda been wondering lately if maybe dr. wells wanted it that way.
cuz the last steady relationship i had was before i got hired at s.t.a.r. labs
and after that... any time i'd go on a few dates with someone who seemed super nice work would suddenly get super crazy busy and i'd be so tired and stressed out that things just kinda fizzled.
or i would have to leave mid-movie or dinner because i'd get a call that something was breaking and i had to fix it right away or else catastrophe.
i honestly have got no idea if i'm being wicked paranoid and making excuses for my sad ass love life tho or if it was like. a thing.
[ Anyway... that. ]
i gotta say you got way more tolerance for all this bullshit with my powers than i do, bro.
...i know i don't have to, but i think i will ask eddie this time
just for my own peace of mind.
and then as long as that's not a total shitshow, our horror movie night is gonna be l i t
[ Cisco knows that Taako is honest about what he is and isn't up for, but the more he thinks about it, the more he suspects this is just one of those times where his logic is not going to be able to overcome his instinctive fear of reaching that straw on their friendship's proverbial camel's back that is going to make Taako get sick of him. The situation might be different if there were a big button labeled 'off' on his fear that he'll alienate everybody he cares about if he's too much of a burden, but since there isn't... ]