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[franciscoramon]

oh, natch.

[ 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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[He has definitely not forgotten evil Cisco, considering he's had at least one (1) weird sex dream about it, but Taako has the tact not to mention that, so he's just going to move on.]

Listen, if I didn't know half the shit I do it would definitely sound crazy but I do know the shit I do about Wells and it kinda seems like something he'd pull? Keeping you isolated was only gonna help his plans.

[It's a common abuse tactic, but Taako doesn't really know enough about that to comment on it, so he's just going on his gut instinct, which is: Wells was a fucked up, controlling asshole.]

Remember how I'm a wizard? And my sister with a fondness for fire is also a wizard? Whatever weird shit your powers throw at me, it's pretty unlikely I'm gonna lose my eyebrows to it, so, you know.

But that's all G, you kids have fun and then we'll have even better fun with horror movies.

[franciscoramon]

[ That was pretty much what Cisco had been thinking. The more distance he has, the easier it's getting to see the patterns. How Wells had recruited vulnerable people, isolated them, pitted them against each other, made them idolize and rely on him. Gross. ]

yeah.
anyway it doesn't matter cuz he's fucking dead now 🎉

[ Wells is dead, and Cisco has a date, and new friends who care about him and treat him well, and he's pretty sure that by any metric that means that he won. So there. ]

i'm not really worried about your eyebrows.
but if it ends up amplifying my powers in some way or making them easier to trigger and someone's nearby
i'm almost definitely gonna get vibes about like, them. because proximity.
and i've already invaded your privacy like way way way more than i ever meant to.
i don't wanna keep doing that to you.

you better pick a good movie. choose wisely.

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[who taught him memes]

Kinda been for tit for tat on that whole... thing but like, I get you. Thanks.

[As much as it worked out fine, everything that Cisco has seen, sometimes it's still weird to remember how much vulnerability that he's shown around the guy.]

I will pick an amazing movie.