[ There is something so careful in the way Finn asks that; Cisco doesn't know why, exactly, but it pierces through that shell of numbness around him, makes his eyes suddenly go hot with tears and his throat feel tight. He manages to swallow back the surge of emotion, but he doesn't trust his voice. Mutely, he nods, and when Finn hugs him, Cisco squeezes his friend tightly, eyes shut. Finn will be able to feel the way Cisco is shaking - all the adrenaline and stress have left him a little trembly.
Hoarsely, he manages: ]
Thank you for coming.
[ And he's glad that Finn offered; he wouldn't have known how to ask, but it's good to have someone there, even if they are not speaking. It helps, more than Cisco would've thought, not to be alone. There aren't many people he'd be okay with letting see him like this. But Finn will understand. Cisco's sure of that. Finn had trusted Cisco, when he was having such a hard time with those fireworks. He'd trusted Cisco with the story of his past. And Cisco is willing to trust him, in return. More than most other people he's met in this place, Cisco is fairly certain that Finn is, deep down to his bones, a good person. ]
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Hoarsely, he manages: ]
Thank you for coming.
[ And he's glad that Finn offered; he wouldn't have known how to ask, but it's good to have someone there, even if they are not speaking. It helps, more than Cisco would've thought, not to be alone. There aren't many people he'd be okay with letting see him like this. But Finn will understand. Cisco's sure of that. Finn had trusted Cisco, when he was having such a hard time with those fireworks. He'd trusted Cisco with the story of his past. And Cisco is willing to trust him, in return. More than most other people he's met in this place, Cisco is fairly certain that Finn is, deep down to his bones, a good person. ]