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[goodviberations]

Who: Cisco
What: Vlogging for his peeps
Where" Downtown

[The feed cuts on to a smiling Cisco as he walks down the street in downtown LA. It's bright and sunny outside- not that that's odd for Los Angeles- and the good weather clearly has the meta in high spirits.]

Dude, where is everybody? It's such a nice day. The sun is shining, birds are singing. Literally. Check it.

[The screen flips to show a flock of birds occupying a nearby tree. They're very clearly not native to southern California, but Cisco has gotten used to the weird. The image flips back to face Cisco. At the very edge of the screen, there's a white light. One of the time portals has opened up behind him, but he doesn't seem to notice.]

Anyway, I was thinking of doing something today. Haven't really figured out what, but if-

[The whole image shakes, then blurs before the phone clearly hits the ground and the screen blacks out entirely. There are sounds of a struggle, shouts in an ancient-sounding language and the vibrational sounds of Cisco's powers.

And then there's silence.]

Comments

[snowandfrost]

[That catches her by surprise]

Mick? He seems nice enough.

[goodviberations]

Yeah, surprisingly enough.

[Sorry, Cait. He'd realized telling Barry about his crush was a bad idea. You're gonna have to wait for his admission.]

Either way, I'll make sure someone's around in case I need help.

[snowandfrost]

Why surprising? Seems like his time with the Legends has turned a lot of him around from when we first met him.

[goodviberations]

Yeah. Yeah, that's definitely true.

[He'd seen it firsthand. Mick isn't the same guy who'd kidnapped them.]

[snowandfrost]

And besides, aren't you rooming with him? You wouldn't stay with him all this time if he wasn't a good person.

[goodviberations]

He saved my life, Cait. And then he got powers that really freaked him out, and I couldn't...

[Cisco shakes his head.]

Yeah. He's a good guy. As long as you don't try to tell him that.

[snowandfrost]

[None of them would, really. She chuckles a little]

What does he do if you try?

[goodviberations]

Mostly growl and threaten to do unspeakable things to my hair. Not worth the risk.

[snowandfrost]

[She gasps]

Not the curls!

[goodviberations]

Not appreciating the sarcasm, Cait.

He would totally do it if I bugged him enough.

[snowandfrost]

[She hugs him]

He doesn't understand the unwritten law. One does not mess with the curls.

[goodviberations]

Still, I'm gonna be hiding my shampoo whenever I'm not in the shower. Just to be safe.

[snowandfrost]

Good call. Maybe hide some here.

[She looks around then back at him, lowering her voice]

It's still weird to see so many people at STAR Labs.

[goodviberations]

You're not wrong.

[It's like it was before the particle accelerator. Sometimes it gives him the heebie jeebies.]

[snowandfrost]

Almost like how it was before, isn’t it?

[goodviberations]

Almost.

[It's moments like this where he remembers everything they'd lost. There are days he still misses Ronnie like a physical ache, and he can't imagine what it must be like for Caitlin. And despite everything he'd done, everyone he'd hurt, sometimes Cisco even misses Wells. Thawne. Whatever. The man had been his mentor. A father figure his own dad had never come close to.]

[snowandfrost]

[Some days, it feels like she can't get out of bed. But she pushes herself to get out because...well, she can't get Ronnie back. Not even after all they've been through. Wordlessly, she hugs Cisco again.]

[goodviberations]

[Cisco returns the hug warmly. It's easy to get lost in everything that was taken from them, but they still have each other. That's enough.]

[snowandfrost]

[They do. They have each other. They have Barry. And if they're going to be stuck here, they at least have that to depend on]

Check in with me tomorrow morning? I wanna make sure that your wounds heal up correctly.