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[franciscoramon]

i don't know, either.
but whatever it is, i don't think there's a wrong way to deal with the lucretia stuff
lup and magnus love her but they love you, too
they can't forgive her for what she did to you. only you can do that.

[ Cisco hesitates, before he adds the next bit. He's not sure if he should, if it will be crossing over some kind of invisible line. But it's late, and his heart is aching for Taako, so he writes: ]

i don't know if this helps at all (it probably doesn't) but i haven't forgotten
and i'm not going to. ever.
since things have calmed down between you two i've been talking to her more but
it's not like it never happened.

[spellslots]

[It's not crossing a line. If anything, Taako sits there and reads the text and tries not to get too fucking emotional about it, because that's exactly what it felt like. It felt like Merle and Magnus and Lup just forgot what happened, that it didn't matter enough, how Lucretia fucked him up. So it's a lot, for Cisco to say the opposite.]

Thanks, pumpkin. It helps.

[It's not a whole lot of words, but that's because he's busy fighting down the tightness in his throat and the threat of tears. This was probably a dumb idea, since now he's all worked up about this, but... he feels better, a little less twisted up. And that's something.]

[franciscoramon]

[ Cisco speaks Taako well enough by this point to know that sometimes, less means a whole lot more. ]

you sure you don't wanna hang out?

[ He's careful to phrase it that way, rather than the more honest are you sure you don't need me to be near you so you aren't alone right now. Give Taako some emotional deniability. ]

there's a new 24 hour diner a few blocks from here i've been meaning to try out
and you know it's a crime to go to a 24 hour diner while the sun's up so
it could be a perfect opportunity
get some milkshakes and see if they're everything they're cracked up to be

[spellslots]

I totally appreciate the offer, but I think I'm just gonna like, go back to bed

[He doesn't trust himself to be in public, even if it's somewhere quiet, even with Cisco.

So he offers a compromise, instead:]

I'll bring a coffee by your workshop tomorrow instead?

[franciscoramon]

sounds good to me.
☕️ 💯 👏🏽
sleep well.

[spellslots]

You too 😘😘😘