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ok but is comparing me to an appendix cute or is it creepy? because i think it might be creepy
and just to be extra clear, are you asking me to come have a drink with you as an example of how you'd ask someone out for a drink or are you actually asking me out for a drink
and just to be extra clear, are you asking me to come have a drink with you as an example of how you'd ask someone out for a drink or are you actually asking me out for a drink
Edited 2016-02-15 03:05 (UTC)
doubt it. he's more of a tech guy.
don't tell me, you're another science fanatic obsessed with time travel.
don't tell me, you're another science fanatic obsessed with time travel.
[ The delay's expected, but the answer still feels lackluster when he gets it — it's short, civil. Barry drags a hand over his jaw and considers answering with either nothing or something just as distant. That feels bizarrely dishonest, too.
Harry had said there was nothing they could do about it. They couldn't stop Eobard's future when it was already in their past. But the way he'd said it had said plenty, the I, that silent admission that he'd been complicit in Harrison Wells' death. ]
i'm here if you need to talk.
[ Harry won't take him up on the offer, but he doesn't regret sending it. ]
Harry had said there was nothing they could do about it. They couldn't stop Eobard's future when it was already in their past. But the way he'd said it had said plenty, the I, that silent admission that he'd been complicit in Harrison Wells' death. ]
i'm here if you need to talk.
[ Harry won't take him up on the offer, but he doesn't regret sending it. ]
[ There's no response for at least an hour. Harrison had every intention of letting it lay there. But then again, he'd also had every intention of not having the day go disasterously wrong. Which it does. Which usually seems to be the case with him these days. And in the near future too, apparently.
He stares long and hard at his device, pulling Barry's last message up and chewing at his lip idly. It was just a formality. It was just a polite way of ending the conversation. Harrison eyes it flatly, then taps out a message quickly and sends it before he can stop himself. ]
There's nothing else to say.
He stares long and hard at his device, pulling Barry's last message up and chewing at his lip idly. It was just a formality. It was just a polite way of ending the conversation. Harrison eyes it flatly, then taps out a message quickly and sends it before he can stop himself. ]
There's nothing else to say.
for whatever it's worth, none of it's on you.
[ It isn't worth much. Barry knows that the same way he knows he'll never be able to give up his own guilt — over his mom's death. Over Eddie and Ronnie and literally everything that's happened since they let Eobard walk out of that cell.
And he might not ever completely believe Joe and Iris and everyone else when they try to shoulder some of the blame, try to convince him it isn't his fault — but it still matters, having them there to say it. Another delay, though this one's short. ]
cisco almost died because of me. you're the only reason he's still alive. you made the right call. or you will, i guess.
[ It isn't worth much. Barry knows that the same way he knows he'll never be able to give up his own guilt — over his mom's death. Over Eddie and Ronnie and literally everything that's happened since they let Eobard walk out of that cell.
And he might not ever completely believe Joe and Iris and everyone else when they try to shoulder some of the blame, try to convince him it isn't his fault — but it still matters, having them there to say it. Another delay, though this one's short. ]
cisco almost died because of me. you're the only reason he's still alive. you made the right call. or you will, i guess.
[ It's probably good that he's alone at the moment, because Harrison lets out a bitter laugh when he receives Barry's messages. Of course he made the right call — he's been making the "right call" his whole life, no matter what happens to everyone else, himself included. That's what got them into this whole mess to begin with.
He rubs at his face with a hand, then sends off a few rapid-fire texts. ]
The right call isn't always the best one, Barry.
But I'm glad to hear I made the right one when it came to Cisco.
(don't tell him that.)
The fact remains. Harrison Wells and Tess Morgan's blood are on my hands, not to mention any future they would have had. And I have to live with that.
He rubs at his face with a hand, then sends off a few rapid-fire texts. ]
The right call isn't always the best one, Barry.
But I'm glad to hear I made the right one when it came to Cisco.
(don't tell him that.)
The fact remains. Harrison Wells and Tess Morgan's blood are on my hands, not to mention any future they would have had. And I have to live with that.
[ The first text earns a surprising spark of anger, because he knows that — he knows it so well that he hates himself for it, and having it offered up like a lesson feels patronizing even though he knows it isn't. But Barry knows that anger's misplaced, and it's easy enough to swallow when it's chased by that simple admission of affection for Cisco.
Now it's his turn to almost drop the conversation, again, and the text he finally ends up sending is one he regrets quickly. ]
yeah, well if you figure out how, let me know. i could use some tips.
[ It isn't the honesty he regrets. It's the fact that it's flippant, crass, making light of the blood on both of their hands. ]
Now it's his turn to almost drop the conversation, again, and the text he finally ends up sending is one he regrets quickly. ]
yeah, well if you figure out how, let me know. i could use some tips.
[ It isn't the honesty he regrets. It's the fact that it's flippant, crass, making light of the blood on both of their hands. ]
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