Cisco had been out on the balcony, trying to calm his emotions after the argument with Violet. He had stormed off, not wanting his emotions to get the best of him and potentially hurt someone. He slowly was calming down, downing drink after drink when his phone buzzed, playing a video. He sat still through it all of it, numbing taking in the information.He reached up to the collar that was around his neck, trying to pull it off. “What the HELL?” He yelled out to an empty balcony as he struggled with the collar.
“I know, I was just joking” She says looking at him a bit worried “It’s okay, thank you, you look good, is not a suit but is your style” She says with a gentle smile but then just looked at him a bit worried “What’s wrong? Cisco, you know that you can tell me everything, right?”
“I know you were. Sorry for my rudeness. I’m just frustrated because my sister isn’t listening to me, and I just want what’s best for her.” He sighed, shoving his hands in his pockets.
“Rum and coke please.” Steph smiled back, laughing again at his words. “Mine are usually bad pickup lines or weirdly sad. I’m a flirty and or slutty drunk, so it’s not always a smart decision.” She blushed a bit, realizing what she’d just admitted. “Mechanical engineer? Wow, that’s awesome. I’m impressed! And I understand that. I love Central, but Gotham will always be my home.”
“Terrible pick up lines are the best though!” He chuckled, ordering their drinks from the bartender. “I’m sure you’re not worse than a drunk Cisco,” he pointed to his chest, grinning. “I’ll have to show you around my lab sometime.”
Violet’s face hardened and her eyes began tearing up. “Well I don’t know. Nobody tells me anything. As far as I know every single god damn person in here is a superhero with special powers out to kill me. Everyone keeps their secrets to ‘protect’ me. So stick to your god damned plan. You can’t just switch it around saying ‘if you just knew’. Because I don’t know. So I judge off what I see and experience. And the man you are telling me is dangerous isn’t dangerous to me. He feels like home. So if my home is with some ‘super villain’ with a stupid ass name then so be it.”
“We are protecting you, Violet!” Cisco said in a solemn tone, hating to see his sister on the verge of tears. “We only want the best for you. If you want to know all these things, then by all means. Barry and I can sit down with you and explain it all.” It was taking every ounce of his being to keep a cool head. He knew that if he let his emotions get the better of him, the results wouldn’t be good for anybody. He felt a headache coming on strong, and he knew he had to get out of there, FAST. “I- I uh, I gotta go.” He stammered, grabbing his glass from off the bar before shoving his other hand in his pocket and dashing off to one of the abandoned balconies.
“Because you were too lazy to do it” She teased a bit and looked at her friend “I didn’t expect you here but I’m glad you are here, actually, I feel that I haven’t talk to you in centuries, I guess because we all have our own problems”
“I wasn’t too lazy, Caitlin. I just feel more comfortable in this.” He said bitterly, still reeling from the fight he had with his sister. “I’m sorry. That was rude. You look beautiful tonight, Cait.” He said in a gentle tone.
Violet stood up, looking quite upset. “Then I’m just as horrible of a human being, Cisco. Those are my people. Those were my family long before I fucked up your life and they’ll be my family far after you’re gone. Just because I can dress up in a fancy dress and pretend like Oliver is my dad and Felicity is my mom doesn’t mean that it’s real. None of this is fucking real.”
“Violet, you know damn well that’s not how I meant it. If you just knew what that man has did to me, to barry. I’m not the only person he’s hurt. Please just trust me.”
“Drunk texts are the best texts! Never apologize for those.” Stephanie laughed brightly before following him to the bar, smiling at him. “Awesome! So, what is your occupation Cisco? You know I’m a barista, but I don’t know much about you!”
“First, what are you having?” He smiled at the woman, admiring her laugh. “I will always apologize for my drunk texts, because they are extremely goofy, filled with pop culture references, and/or filled with science-y jargon.” He smiled, remembering the first time he drunk texted Violet. She was so utterly confused, she called to see if everything was alright. Ahhh, good times. “I’m actually a scientist, a mechanical engineer. Lived in Central City for a lot of my life, came back after college. Not really sure why, but I guess the home is where the heart is?” Cisco cocked his head to the side at the last sentence, as it sounded a lot better in his head.
Steph smiled a bit before shrugging. “Eh, you just seem like a great guy. I hope you don’t end up feeling too left out.’ She smiled a bit before handing his phone back to him. “You aren’t pestering! You’re hiding with me. Now, are we gonna go get that drink before I go find my date?”
“I’ll be fine, don’t worry. I’m always annoyingly texting someone, and it might be you that I drunk text, so sorry in advance.” He laughed, leading her towards the bar. “Yeah, let’s get that drink.”
Cisco: I fixed it!
Caitlin: What did you fix?
Cisco: Everything.
*LOUD EXPLODING IN BACKGROUND*
Cisco: … except that.
“Thank you, sir, “ she retorted playfully. “Well, like I said, I don’t go out much and see real people. But sometimes I change the channel to soap operas, mute the TV and speak what I think the dialogue might be,” she explained, hopping on to one of the bar stools and spinning around in it, “Let’s do those to guys. I bet they are talking about something really pretentious. You see Jeeves, my butler, wasn’t able to contact my chauffeur in time so I had to take a town car here! Can you believe that? I took a town car like some peasant!” she mocked the taller man, in a terrible British accent.
Cisco burst out laughing. “Wow. That was actually the best thing I’ve ever heard. I don’t think I can top it.” As he took a sip from his drink, he almost choked because he couldn’t stop giggling.
Cisco backup 