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She was never supposed to know about that picture. It was something he held close to his heart, something he took out every once in awhile as a reminder of the person he lost. It wasn’t supposed to be displayed but that day he’d stepped away from his desk for a meeting and had forgotten to put it away so when Laurel showed up, he found himself in an embarrassing situation. He never planned on her finding out but of course he stumbled his way through everything on the desk, knocking over just about every pencil holder to find a way to put it away. Once he finally settled on a drawer, he attempted to close it but the frame was sticking out of it only partially closed, him stepping in front of it and anxiously clearing his throat as he was finally ready to face her. “Oh pfft you say that as if I took you seriously or something,” he stated nervously with an uncomfortable roll of his eyes. He liked to think Laurel would never bring him harm but she was a badass it was hard NOT to take her seriously. He finally managed to shove the frame the rest of the way into the drawer before slamming it shut, tucking his hair behind his ear, thankful the food had arrived. “Hello have no fear, the food is here! ugh you’re a GODDESS” He exclaimed as he reached for a fry, practically spitting it out at her words of him being one of the most eligible bachelors, “well I am definitely a bachelor but I am not so sure how eligible I am . . . wait.” It took him a bit to let what she’d just said sink in, looking back over at her curiously and scrunching up his face in disbelief. “Girl, are you flirting with me?” He teased playfully throwing the fry in her direction mostly to hide the blush on his cheeks are her comments, playful or not they weren’t things he heard every day and coming from her it always managed to mean something extra special. He found himself hopping up on the desk she just abandoned, positioning himself just out of the proximity of the food and letting his feet dangle as he happily chowed down on the burger and taking a sip of the drink; he obnoxiously slurped it before setting it back down again. “I was literally JUST thinking how much I craved a burger and here you come as if an answer to my prayers. To what do I owe this pleasure? You were bored today, huh?” He joked.

Billy couldn’t help but laugh at the guy’s reaction. It’s what most people did. Although, he never really showed people like this. He always transformed himself where no one could see him. Just to keep his identity safe. Only Freddy and his other foster siblings knew about his secret. And now this guy. It was easier to confide in someone than wait for his siblings to arrive here. It wasn’t easy without them. “How I did that? Well, I just say this one word and I turn into a superhero. And an adult for that matter. But can you see now that I need another outfit? This costume… it attracts attention. But I’m not sure I’m allowed to take it off. Maybe it’s the source of my powers. I don’t know.” Shaking his head, he hadn’t tried taking it off yet, but he needed to try and cover it up. Just like Superman does. His outfit is so much easier to hide. “I guess it is. I’m still kind of learning. That wizard didn’t give me any information so I have to figure it all out for myself.” It would’ve been easier if he had some sort of idea of what he was supposed to do. “Do it again?”

Cracking his knuckles, he shook his head, ready to be transformed to his normal self again. Looking around real quick to see if anyone else was around, he said that one word again and transformed back into the Billy Batson everyone knew. “Cool party trick, huh?”

Cisco was far too amused and intrigued by the other guy’s abilities he didn’t really pay too much attention to the outfit but he could see where it was a problem. It attracted a lot of attention, the poor guy wouldn’t be able to be subtle if he tried. This was definitely unlike anything he’d dealt with before. He did a quick observe as he gave the guy a once over, walking around him in observation, tugging at his cape and analyzing it. “Whoa.” He breathed, “Dude, THIS is so freaking sweet!” He’d already made that much clear but he couldn't help but be in complete awe. “What else can you do? What are your superpowers?” He asked him curiously anxious to find out for himself if the other would let him. Cisco stood back to observe, using his fingers to stroke at his chin as if lost in thought, “Hmm I can definitely see where that is a problem, the glowing lightning causing the most attention, I will see what I can come up with to help stifle the glow. Cisco Ramon by the way, resident super hero extraordinaire.” He added with a wide smile before holding out his hand; of course he wasn’t worthy of a title like that one but he didn’t need to know that. He just wanted the guy to feel at ease he wasn’t completely weirded out by this. “Does it work when someone else says it or does it have to be you like if I did this, “ Finding himself looking around quickly to make sure no one was in plain side and reciting the word he’d quickly learned did the trick of ‘Shazam’ watching him in anticipating as if he was waiting for something to happen, he frowned, “ Ah well it was worth a shot,” he shrugged. “Having the ability to turn into someone else entirely, I wish I was YOU, bro! So many possibilities!”

caitlin didn’t know that there was any true version of herself that would value anyone above cisco. though she loved barry, iris and all the other members of team flash, their relationship was and always had been on a different level. they were closer than the others, a kind of family that was different. she thought that no matter how much love people were capable of, there was always someone in your life who was your ultimate priority. someone in your life who, ultimately, you would do anything for. whatever you had to do to keep them safe. for caitlin, that person was and always would be cisco. ever since they had started the job together at star labs, their relationship had only gradually grown closer. when she had begun to get her powers, begun to realise she was becoming the villainous version of herself they had known from other worlds. while she regretted pushing her friends away, she still knew why she had done it. she had done it because she had been afraid of what she was becoming yes, but she had also done it for two other reasons. the first was a fear that she would wind up hurting her friends if she stayed around them once she knew. the second, admittedly, was the fear that they would not want to be around her once they knew. that she would stay with them she would not only be hurting them physically, but would inevitably be pushing them away from herself. maybe losing them because of the personality changes that she was expecting to come alongside finding frost. there were things she regretted, yes, but coming back wasn’t one of them. not only because they’d helped her get a handle on frost, but because she loved them more than she could put into words. because these people were family and she would risk anything else above losing them. she high fived him when he offered it, admittedly feeling a little rush of something she couldn’t name in her stomach at the term of endearment he’d called her. “it wasn’t your fault,” caitlin began quickly, “i don’t want you to think it reflects on you that i didn’t tell you guys when i did because…” she trailed off, “because i thought bad of either of you. it was never that, it was… myself. it was me thinking i wasn’t worth it.” she paused, looking down. “i didn’t think either of you would want to be friends with that version of me. all the things frost had done by that point… the other frost, but still… her,” she looked down, but nodded. “no more secrets.” she didn’t entirely know how to handle that. was she carrying one right now? was it a secret how she felt or something she was still trying to figure out? she paused for a moment, sticking in place. if she was going to promise that, she had to really promise it. she didn’t mean to do it, it was like she couldn’t help herself. like a decision was made without her really intending to make it. she leaned forward, pressing her lips to his quickly, nothing more than a peck, before pulling back. “i’m sorry,” she immediately said, not knowing what had gone into this decision, not knowing if it had been the right one to make.

Cisco hadn’t intended to the night to go the way it was unfolding. He had spent his time trying to keep it cool around Caitlin, remain himself to the best of his ability, his silly, self-proclaimed funny, nerdy self but tonight something different was happening. He found himself feeling closer to her than before . He found Caitlin to be everything she thought she wasn’t. He remembered how scared she was when she would confide in him about Killer Frost and admittedly, he found himself to be scared of her too. Scared because that side of Caitlin was unpredictable. She was such a kind-hearted, gentle person that someone like that could have a dark side, he imagined it wasn’t going to be a very friendly one. Cisco always had faith in Caitlin, he always knew she had the power to fight whatever evil was inside of her. He never trusted there ever was an evil side. Caitlin and evil never belonged in the same sentence. He never doubted she was anything less than a good person. He found her to be the epitome of a good person and it hurt his heart every time Caitlin would confess to feeling as if she was going to turn into Killer Frost. She would never ever be her, little did he know she’d manage to work through the best of both worlds. He gently stroked at her arm as he listened to her explain how and why she felt the way she did, he frowned, continuing to run his fingers comfortingly along her arm, letting her talk but wanting to shoot down every word she was saying with everything he had. 

“How could you ever think you aren’t worth it?” He asked curiously, “you’re worth everything, Cait, everything, especially to me.” It frustrated him that she didn’t realize nor acknowledge just how great she was, how special. He found himself wanting to prove it to her so badly. “There is never a time when I wouldn't NOT be there for you, you know that.” He knew she knew that, she had to know it. He lived to make sure she knew that. Caitlin was amongst one of the most important people to him if not the most important. His heart was starting to pound at the mention of no more secrets, offering her a fake smile as his stomach began to tie in knots. He had found himself wanting to kiss her easily about 5 times just in the last several minutes little did he know she’d do just that as she leaned forward, the small peck meeting his lips, his eyes closed for a brief moment before springing open as he simply stared at her in shock, the shock turning into a grin as a small blush spread across his face. He licked his lips, using his hand to pull her face towards his, he shook his head, “Don’t apologize,” he whispered, “I’ve been wanting to do that. I am just sorry I didn’t do it first.” He took in another breath before leaning in to press his lips softly against hers only this time it wasn’t just a peck, he savored the feeling of his lips against hers, purposefully letting it linger for a few moments, his eyes falling closed. As they pulled away, he felt his body start to quiver slightly. The last thing he was was a good kisser and even worse boyfriend material as he smiled at her nervously, “oh man, did I just do that? did we just?” he questioned pointing between them covering his mouth with his hands. He was ruining the moment in the worst way but that was the way of his life. He looked back at her, “I am sorry, can we try that again?” He asked with a smug smirk, resting his hand against her cheek , offering her a small smile as he pulled her closer to him enclosing the gap to press another gentle kiss against her lips.

*· ☆,.- Well… that reaction was for sure new, and unexpected, and Rogue wondered if it was because of those comic books Kitty had been mentioning to her already. However, the guy was not shocked, or freaking out, so, maybe, it could have been worse. It was rare that people were not instantly scared of her, after all.

“Yeah,” she therefore finally said. Nodding slowly. “Yeah, that is me. Didn’t know I was that famous, really…. anyway.” The question made Rogue ponder for a small moment before shaking her head. “No. No weapon. More like something… to block my powers, should that be possible? Like, not entirely, more like - whenever I do not wish to use them? The serum I took has worn off, as you might know, and now I am back to not able to get too close to people without accidentally killing them. And that gets draining after a while, believe it, or not.”

Cisco was still too busy fanboying to complete comprehend what she wanted him to do. He covered his mouth with his hands in sheer excitement, “Didn’t know you are THAT famous? Dude, everyone knows who you are. Freaking Rogue from X Men!” He cheered more to himself than outlaid but he was sure it was still loud enough to be heard from several feet. He could understand why Rogue would want to block her powers, familiar with what her powers do he didn’t blame her and he could relate to the desire to block powers, only Cisco had his days of not wanting to be a meta at all hence why he spent endless months working on the meta human cure. He definitely didn’t blame Rogue for requesting something like this at all and Cisco knew exactly how to help her. He grinned confidently, crossing his arms over his chest with a nonchalant shrug, “I might have mastered the art of dampening powers in my day, sure.” He assured her, “So I’d definitely say it is possible.” It reminded him of the necklace him and Julian made for Caitlin to help dampen her powers, he’d never forget the look on her face when they surprised her at Christmas it was moments like that that made Cisco so thankful to be able to do what he does for a living. “I’d be happy to help but I have to ask, hot date?” He teased, giving her a playful nudge, “is there maybe a boyfriend or a girlfriend you’re hoping to touch in the near future?” Waggling his eyebrows playfully “What? I am just asking! Can’t blame the curiosity. I mean it DID kill the cat for a reason,” he joked.

The Black Canary. It was a title she hadn’t heard in the longest time and Cisco didn’t know that on the night before her untimely death, she was going to give up being the Black Canary. She couldn’t tell him that. Not now. Maybe not ever. He was the first one to believe in her, after all. To know she was exactly. “Maybe for you.” The words were out of her mouth before she could stop them. That was what set her apart from Team Arrow, she knew what secrets could do and though she was no saint, she was an open book to those she could trust. “Before I.. before that night… I was going to give up being the Black Canary.” She seated herself in the booth, needing to sit down knowing now death was all that was in store for her. There was no future for her after that. “Maybe I should be asking if you’re actually you? My resourceful friend Cisco?” God, she didn’t want to crack. And she definitely didn’t want him to leave her. She wanted to hold on longer. She wanted to go back and redo it over again. It wasn’t that she was afraid to die, she was simply afraid of leaving the ones who mattered the most to her. Her father. Sara. Cisco.. the way he looked at her, she knew she caused emotional suffering in his life. Something she never wanted to do to anyone. “I’m sorry,” she blurted out, hands reaching out to grasp his in a comforting hold. “I’m sorry I never said goodbye.”

He furrowed his brows in confusion with her comment about maybe to him. he wasn’t sure what that meant. Was she saying there was another Black Canary besides her? She would always be the original, no one else would be able to compare to her for him, it probably didn’t hold a lot of weight but he could tell in that moment it was all that mattered to Laurel and that is all that mattered to him. He could see her suffering, he could feel it through her words and he felt like a terrible friend being extremely clueless. To find out that she was THAT close to giving up. He followed her to the booth, concern on his face, reaching for her arm and giving it a small squeeze. He knew what a burden being a meta could hold on anyone, it wasn’t a life anyone chose and he’d been wishing it away for himself more often than not lately. “Hey for what’s it worth, Laurel, we all love you and will support you no matter what. You always deserve to do what makes you happy. Can I ask why?” He asked cautiously not wanting to bring back negative memories for her. “I mean right now I am just so happy to see you.” He assured her with a sweet smile but unable to keep from chuckling when she questioned if he was who he said he was, “pft girl, come on now, you know there is only one me.” He smirked, leaning back against the booth and crossing his arms confidently. The moment that soon faded into seriousness when she grabbed his hand, he frowned, leaning forward in the booth, squeezing hers back probably just a little too tightly. It was obvious he was trying not to cry scrunching up his face in attempt to not let the tears fall, he looked away from her, “Don’t.” He told her simply, not out of anger but just out of empathy, he didn’t want her to feel as if she had to apologize, “you don’t need to do that.” He finally found the courage to look back at her, taking her hand in his and giving it a quick kiss, “Good byes are overrated anyways.” he joked, “The important thing is you are here now and never need to say good bye so I am thinking it happened for a reason.” Realizing the way that sounded he quickly corrected himself, “not that your death happened for a reason I just mean you being here us meeting again happened for a reason.” He stumbled,  “Stop talking, Ramon.”

Peter felt a little bad for spilling the beans on his real identity, especially since he hadn’t told some of his other friends who he really was. But then again, this guy seemed pretty cool and probably could keep a secret. Maybe it wasn’t so bad. Mr Stark had come out as Iron Man. Everyone knew Steve Rogers was Captain America. They were all out in the open so why couldn’t he? It would make his life a little easier and then he didn’t have to sneak around so much anymore and lie to his friends. “Okay, you’re a little too excited about this.” Peter was a little embarrassed, but at the same time, it was also great to see someone be that excited to meet him. That has never happened before. Everyone was always talking and gushing about the Avengers, and he knew he couldn’t compare to any of them. He still had a lot to learn. “It’s nice to meet you too, Cisco. A childhood dream? That’s a little crazy as I’m pretty sure you’re older than me.” Scratching the back of his head, how was that even possible? He had only become Spiderman a few years ago. “I do, yes. Coolest weapon? Thank you. It’s no shield, hammer or armor though. Wait, you do? That would be perfect. I’d love to work on making some so that i’m always prepared if something happens. A new way to fight the bad guys? What exactly do you mean?” He already had this amazing instant kill function on his Iron Spider suit, but that didn’t blow anyone up.

“There is no such thing as too excited when it comes to freaking SPIDER MAN, BRO! I mean it is SPIDER MAN!” He exclaimed excitedly. No one was going to take this moment away from him. It wasn’t every day he gets to meet someone as awesome as Spider Man IN person, he’d have to tell . . . who could he tell? Who’d he be able to tell that would appreciate it nearly as much as he did? Caitlin but she wouldn’t get the importance of what a big deal it is she was still learning about X-Men. How was he going to explain to this guy while yes he is older than him but Spider Man in his universe had been around for awhile? A part of him even felt silly for believing all of this in the first place but it wasn’t the first time he’d witnessed fictional characters coming to life in this city. Everywhere he turned it seemed there was another one to meet. He blushed realizing he slipped up on childhood dream, nervously clearing his throat. “Uh well I just mean if I WERE a child, I’d be living my childhood dream. All of the young guys that would give anything to meet you and here I am. I am not worthy.” He stated assuredly as he gave a few quick bowing motions with his head and hands. He had to be the coolest person he’d met by far. And if this guy was going to let him help him with his web shooters, he’d officially have the best job ever. It still didn’t stop him from making a face in attempt to brush off his modesty about his web shooters, “PFT! anyone can wield a shield or a hammer, my friend, but not just anyone can save the hammer and shield wielders in a pinch you know what I am saying?” He encouraged with a waggle of his eyebrows. How easy would it be to drop said weapons while Spider Man had his attached to his wrists, pretty clever if Cisco had anything to say about it. Cisco let out a small cheer when he agreed to let him help him, the idea of getting to hang out in his science lab with Spider Man knowing when he shoots his web shooters it was him who helped him, it really was the dream. “Hmm?” He questioned him, so lost in thought about the web shooters he’d lost sight of what he’d said before, “Oh! I just mean sometimes you don’t always need a weapon. Sometimes it is just something as simple as using their weaknesses against them which in theory IS how you defeat an enemy but I can’t tell you the number of bad guys I’ve helped defeat without firing a single shot of anything.” He smirked, proudly crossing his arms over his chest.”But man, you and me? we got a web shooter date, mandate man shooter web date. No, that’s not right.” He frowned. “Webshooter mandate yeah that’s it. Mi casa es tu casa only it’s not really my house . . . you get the idea.”

*· ☆,.- “A dragon. Like I have told you.” Not an almighty powerful dragon when it came to magic, but Mushu was still having a few tricks up in his sleeve. And they yellow eyes thing always brought him joy when he could show it to others. “Sadly, there are no wings to add to make the whole show even more impressive. We Chinese drgaons do not have them, as you might know.” Which was really a shame, seeing Mushu could imagine that actually being a lot of fun. “I did not shock you now, did I?”

Cisco remembered how excited he was when he’d first met someone claiming to be Harry Potter’s daughter and very into dragons when he’d first arrived so naturally meeting someone that claimed to be an actual dragon definitely interested him. He quirked his eyebrows in curiosity, “like fire-breathing magic and wizard dragon?” He asked finding himself squinting to look at his eyes, “Sorry, dude but that’s just so cool,” he breathed. Cisco had been skeptical about all of these mythical creatures being real at first but he was starting to get used to the idea of these once fictional beings coming to life. “Well the only thing I think of when I think Chinese Dragon is Mushu or those big ass giant red ones for the Chinese New Year or something,” he smirked, using his hands to emphasize how big the red dragon is that comes to mind. “Are you telling me you are a Chinese New Year decoration? because now THAT is something I haven’t heard before and wouldn’t shock me, bro, it’d just plain freak the hell out.”

sara nodded, her head tilting as she looked to cisco waiting to hear more. “it’s kinda’ my thing too.” fixing what went wrong but normally making it worse before they made it better was kind of what the legends did and they did it well. there was no doubt in her mind that cisco wasn’t a good person, she’d heard and seen enough of who he was from team flash to know he wasn’t a bad guy. “only you can fix that cisco but i could really do with some help on this when you’re ready. okay?” sara could have gone in hard and pushed him. perhaps if he was a member of her team then she would have but he wasn’t. well, not in the sense that the others were. she also knew that pushing people when they really didn’t want to wasn’t always the best way to go about things either. it wasn’t like she’d come across any other familiar faces and it had taken her long enough to find him. she didn’t want to lose him. she couldn’t afford too. “and i hear you. maybe if i had my team here and ava… maybe things would be different for me too but i don’t. on top of that how do we even know this is real? there are people back home… wherever that is counting on me to get back to them.” that was her stand on the situation and that was her being as honest as she could be. did she get why he didn’t want to leave? sure. she just wanted him to understand why she didn’t fancy settling down in some crappy bar without the people she loved with her. “i’m a…” raising her eyebrow questioningly. “a legend?” it was something she had grown to be very proud of. that and her team. sara knew the second she saw laurel it would be game over. she’d never want to leave. she’d never want to be without her sister again and what if that’s exactly what this place wanted? her head ached with how fast her thoughts were trying to curl over themselves as she glanced back to him, glad that he wasn’t deciding to question her on it. “she always was strong my sister.” her words quiet but she wouldn’t ignore the subject completely, not when she actually wanted to know more. “uh… yeah. why not?” her expression unchanged when he seemed to be shocked that she wanted to have a drink with him. “keep asking and i might just change my mind.” a joke on her part now as she flashed him a smile, reaching her arm out for him to link. “where’s good to drink around here?”

Cisco looked at her in surprise with her response. It almost sounded sassy and since he didn’t really know Sara well enough to know if whether or not she was being serious, it took him by surprise, “Girl, did you just sass me?” He teased. He knew Laurel well enough to know she was strong as hell and he didn’t imagine Sara would be any different, neither one would willingly take any crap and Cisco respected woman like that. Most of the women between Team Flash and Legends were all strong badasses and every single one of them made him proud. Listening to Sara, his heart went out to her. Maybe he was in no hurry to get back but he couldn’t be selfish when a friend was asking for help and even though Sara was more of an acquaintance, Laurel was his friend and he’d do anything for her in turn doing anything for her sister because anyone important to his friends were important to him. Besides, this is the sort of things that Cisco strived on, figuring out situations like this one where he got to explore and find out what works and what doesn’t. There was still so much of the city he hadn’t seen yet that he wasn’t ready to leave but he could understand where she is coming from having people that were counting on her. He nodded his head in agreement. “No, you’re right just because I am not ready to go back doesn’t mean someone else isn’t.” It took him back to Caitlin and how despite her feelings on the meta human cure, she still put them aside to help him out to find one, that is what a real friend does. “I’ll help.”  He assured her with a sincere smile. His heart hurt to watch the obvious pain he could feel from Sara’s words when she mentioned her sister, he frowned, offering her a gentle pat to her shoulder, “I am sorry I didn’t mean to . . .” it wasn’t but a few short moments later when the topic of drinks came up again and Cisco found himself thankful for it, unable to keep from blushing when she threatened changing her mind. He wouldn’t doubt that she would either. He wasn’t exactly the sort of guy that was up on all of the cool bars but there was one, where he’d met Elena a few months back that managed to stick out. “Well hey! It is rare anyone wants to hang out in my general vicinity on a regular day.” he stated in defense, nodding his head towards the direction fo the bar, “I mean personally I am no expert but there is a pretty cool one up the street. The service isn’t bad and there’s karaoke and giiiirl let me tell you, you haven’t LIVED until you’ve seen my karaoke skills.”

*· ☆,.- “I am sorry!” She gave Cisco a sheepish smile. “Hrad to believe we both have been here for a while already, yet never managed to run into each other. I should have visited you. I am sorry! Again!” Thing was, Kara had tried to find a way to break the barrier, not only for herself, but also for the people who did wish to return home and found themselves trapped here. And Kara would not be Kara if she would not forget anything or anyone over her task at some point.

“And, I know? Like, I am sure at this point Clark would have noticed I am gone… you know, this special connection thing we are sharing. But you are right, no one can tell if time is passing differently outside of the barrier, or if their memories of us maybe get erased once we arrive here. No nice thought, but possible…” She sighed and shook her head.

“Right now I do work for the local newspaper, hoping to find something out, but, if their are any informations, they are hiding them very well. Might have to break into the White House, maybe. And, I know, no clever idea, but, since when have I been famous for them, right?”

Cisco couldn’t help but smile when Kara apologized for a second time, she was definitely really charming in an adorable way. She was one of those that made it difficult not to like. Sure the poor girl had an adjustment period getting used to her powers but who didn’t? It just made her real and relatable and that is something Cisco always admired and respected about Kara. “It’s all right, Kara, I didn’t visit you either, relax I was kidding.” He teased with a gentle smile thinking back to when he first arrived and came across Barry and how he had mentioned the speed force being the last thing he remembered. It got Cisco thinking about the memory altering and still curious if he was effected somehow or why certain people were and others weren’t. He stroked his chin slowly in curiosity when she suggested maybe the people back home got their memories about them erased. It was a very interesting concept and would explain why no one came looking though for Cisco the only people that would are already here. “Well the only ones that would be looking for me are already here,” He stated with a small shrug. The wheels in his head were already turning when Kara started mentioning what she did and maybe breaking into the White House. “Whoa, hold up!” Holding up his hands in attempt to pause the moment in time. “Did I just hear you say you might have to break into the White House?” He smirked, “Girl, you can't casually mention that like it ain’t no thang!” he emphasized dramatically. “Finally someone is willing to offer me some excitement! I hope you weren’t planning on doing that without me.” 

“Sorry, I didn’t mean for that to happen.” Billy shook his head, as it was never his intention to scare someone. He just needed advice and this guy seemed to be the closest to him. Not that he looked thirty five, but at least he was older than himself. “A dress shirt? I was looking for something more casual.” Sighing, he looked around but it was hard to try and dress as an adult when he didn’t really have a real adult figure in his life. Well, there’s Victor but that just wasn’t his style. “My dad? Uhm, not exactly… It’s kind of hard to explain.” Rubbing the back of his neck, maybe he should just show who it was really for. It would make things a lot easier. When the guy tried on the shirt, and then quickly grabbed one of those weird hats, Billy shook his head. “The shirt is nice but that hat… lose it. Not cool at all. Do people still wear those? It looks like something from the sixties or something. Or whatever age it was where they were popular.” The shirt definitely looked nice, but he wasn’t sure if it would really hide the superhero suit Shazam wore. Could that even be taken of? Or would he lose his powers without it? “Okay, I’m going to make this a little easier for you. I’ll go get the person it’s for. Just, stay here.” Getting into one of the dressing rooms, Billy cracked his knuckles before saying the word Shazam out loud, transforming him into the superhero. Stepping out of the small room, he showed himself to the other guy. “This is who it’s for. And as you can see, I need something to cover this suit up. It gets way too much attention.”

“Whatever that age it was where they were still popular.” Cisco mocked playfully mostly in teasing at how young the other man was. In reality, they probably weren’t that different in age so it felt slightly awkward but the spirit of his question touched him. Cisco wasn’t a person anyone would randomly come up to for advice. He usually was able to make himself scarce in the crowds. Cisco still obliged and lost the hat as instructed, tossing it back onto the nearest shelf. The guy seemed pretty nervous and he couldn’t figure out why. Maybe it was for his boyfriend and he was embarrassed to come out to him? Which Cisco could understand, not that he would mind or judge but that is difficult for a lot of people. He gently placed his hand on his shoulder at how nervous the other was acting. “It’s okay, relax, bro.” He coaxed gently, “Do you need to sit down, maybe drink some water or something?” Before he knew it, the other man disappeared into the dressing room, eyeing him suspiciously after him, “This is the most Mrs Doubtfire shit I’ve EVER seen.” He muttered to himself still feeling confused when the sound of the word startled him. When a grown man came out of he same dressing room the kid went into, Cisco’s eyes grew wide. “Wait, hold on, did . . . did you just see a . . “ before he was able to get the question out, the other answered his question, this WAS the same guy that just went into the room. He was a teenager and now he was an adult. Cisco looked him up and down in curiosity, letting out a low gasp and clasping his hands over his mouth. “Holy shit! How did you do that?!” A small squeal came out of his mouth as he grabbed for the guy’s arm in excitement. “You’re a freaking superhero, dude, that’s awesome! Oh! Oh! I got to see this. do that again.” He instructed as he stood back and crossed his arms over his chest. 

caitlin let out a laugh when she heard his comment about calling the x-men stuff. truthfully, the conversation didn’t have the most substance. they weren’t talking about something super serious or important, which was relatively uncommon and extremely refreshing for her. letting any significant amount of time pass without her seeing her friends made her feel as though she was starting to lose herself again. there had been a lot of loss and negativity in her life, something she knew both of her best friends related to pretty heavily as well, but it seemed like the best version of them was the version where they were together. it seemed, to her, as though they were happier with each other. all of them. they had all lost significant portions of their biological families. or, at the least, their relationships were less than warm towards them. she wondered, sometimes, whether they considered her family to the same extent that she did with them. with her relationship being as disconnected from her mother as it was, she was getting to the point that without team flash, there really wasn’t anyone else. “that is a yes, you can bribe me with sweets,” she agreed, holding her hands up in surrender. “candy is the way to a girl’s heart,” she said with a playful shrug, falling back into the couch beside him. despite the noticeable energy shift within their relationship, caitlin was never as comfortable being physically close to anyone, aside from those in her close circle of friends. it was partly frost, but it was more than that. caitlin just wasn’t necessarily the most naturally social person, not in the way that cisco was, at least. even barry. iris was always charming as well. she thought, in a positive way, her friends made her more outgoing. made her… more fun to be around. she hoped they thought so too. when the movie began, caitlin shifted to lean against her friend, a conscious decision not to allow herself to be too afraid to do something just because she wasn’t sure how she felt about it. she had learned the hard way that you could lose someone you loved any time. she didn’t see too much of a point in wasting time, even if she was fighting her own somewhat shyness on that point. “i know,” she admitted, shaking her head, “always have been. then again, i did keep the frost secret for a while without anyone knowing,” she pointed out with a playful shrug and raised hands.

When Caitlin leaned into him, he felt surprised, not that he expected her to reject him but because he wasn’t sure how she would react or feel to him being so close. The last thing he wanted to do was complicate things but somewhere it almost felt as if he knew there was a part of him that had been waiting for Caitlin, wanting that chance, that opportunity to show her just how worthy she really is despite his own struggles of doubt about whether or not he’d be good enough for her or good enough in general for something real. He always saw himself as an incapable boyfriend and that is the last thing his friend would deserve. She lost more than most, and she definitely didn’t deserve to continue to lose her heart. Cisco let out a low cheer with his hands when she agreed he could bribe her with sweets, offering his hand up for a high five, “That’s my girl!” hoping calling her his girl wasn’t overstepping a boundary but he was hopeful it was still taken the way she knew it was, that she was his girl and not HIS girl because she was his best girl still no matter who joined the team, it would always be Caitlin. As she leaned against him, he cuddled more comfortably against her, wrapping his arm around her shoulders unable to keep himself from staring. She really was beautiful and beautiful in a way she didn’t realize. It was something he found himself being too shy to tell her in fear of how she would take it. The last thing he wanted to do was make her feel uncomfortable especially if she didn’t see him that way. He didn’t want her to feel awkward over his own feelings for her, he felt awkward enough the way it is. He nervously bit at his lip again before turning back to the movie, playfully poking at her arm and then her cheeks unable to keep from chuckling at his own amusement. He really just wanted to hold her close just to feel what it was like, using his arm to cradle her closer against him and gently running his hands up and down her arm. He closed his eyes for a brief moment and took a deep breath before opening them, “Yeah even from me and it made me completely re evaluate myself as a human being.” He joked. “I never want to make you feel like you can’t tell me something especially not something like that. I know you were scared but we will figure it out together. I am always here to help so no more secrets, promise?” 

“you sound surprised?” an eyebrow-raising when he commented that ray had ruined the surprise. she loved ray, she loved all of her team in some way but wow the guy could talk. especially about this geek stuff that she didn’t necessarily understand but she was getting there. perhaps against her own will but she was. hey, she’d even seen some of the star wars movies now. sara hadn’t meant her words personally, she wasn’t aiming them at him but at herself too. at all of them. “i didn’t mean it like that.” a brief pause. “well,” although the smile appearing on her features showed that she was just teasing him. “i said we have nothing. it’s not just on you.” it wouldn’t be right to dump all this on cisco when he probably just woke up here like she had done. it wasn’t like the city was bursting with clues or anything, most people seemed to be annoyingly completely oblivious to it. “you think this is a good thing?” she never allowed the idea to cross her mind that being here wasn’t a punishment or the result of something going wrong. “and when we get back home i’ll be sure to organise a long weekend in washington for you but it’s wrong to stay here.” it didn’t feel right and even though that was all she had, it was enough because she knew better than not to follow her instincts by now. “”no… i haven’t.” sara didn’t want the frown to hold on her lips but it did and that was because she wasn’t sure what to believe. she didn’t think for a second that cisco was lying to her but she’d been there and done this before. could she really let herself believe that laurel was alive? that she was here? her laurel? it felt too good to be true. “is she… okay?” that’s what mattered, that her sister was doing well here and that she was happy. “yeah, maybe.” she admitted with a cautious nod, suddenly nervous about the idea of seeing her sister again after everything. “hey.” bringing her hand to gently rest across his when she saw his phone out. “maybe we should wait.. till we have more answers? yeah, we’ll wait.” talking herself into not doing it. “wanna’ come get a drink?”

Little did she know it WAS just on him. It was his job to figure out things like this if this really did happen as a result of the speed force for example, it was his job to figure out how to get them back home. Cisco had found his place here with his family, a place where he mattered he was in no rush to get back home. He had a roomful of students that actually looked up to him for a change. “Yeah but figuring out how to get out of these situations is kind of my thing so . . .” Cisco suggested motioning to himself with his hands as he nervously rung them together, “I am kind of letting everyone down because I am too selfish to really want to leave?” His job was back home at Star Labs that was definitely something he missed and being able to assist in stopping metas. He hadn’t really come across many here just the X Men which was awesome in itself but none of them trusted him enough to ask for help with the exception of Rogue whom Cisco still thought was too cool for words. Cisco shrugged his shoulders innocently when she had questioned him whether or not it was a good thing, “Why wouldn’t it be?” He asked, “I got the majority of my team here, I’ve found a job at the high school where I get to continue to explore my passion for science. There is a lack of metas trying to destroy the city but that is more of a good thing than anything else.” He smiled, hoping he would be able to offer Sara some reassurance being here wasn't’ so bad. “I mean  I get it back home you’re a . .”. before he was able to finish the sentence, he noticed her reaction to telling her about Laurel. He wasn’t sure how she’d feel about it considering him and Sara weren’t exactly. There was a part of him that didn’t feel it was his place to share the news so when she suggested they wait to call, he willingly agreed, putting the phone away and nodding his head in acknowledgement, “yeah she’s awesome. She’s handling the whole being alive thing like a pro not that I’d expect anything less from her but if it were me, I’d probably be laying in a ditch in a fetal position somewhere,” he joked. “Wait. Did I hear that right? Do you want to actually get a drink with MOI?” He questioned, narrowing his eyes as he pointed to himself. It wasn’t every day someone invited him out for drinks, especially not a girl, a wide grin spread across his face, “If you’re pranking me, drinks are on you.”

*· ☆,.- “No. No meeting. Guess I should have called first, maybe, but my request might be a little… sensitive, so to say.” Not having everyone knowing she was a mutant was nice, but it also meant not everyone would believe her when Rogue started to talk about it. And the last thing she needed was people thinking she would be insane.

“See, the thing is this,” she stepped a little closer, “my name is Rogue, and I have heard you can invent things that might help mutants with their problems?” No beating around the bush, there was no time for that. The serum that had frred Rogie from her mutantion had not been lasting for long, and now she was back at the start, only this time with no cure in sight anytime soon. “Which is why I came here. And I know your time is precious, most likely, but believe me if I say I would not bother you if it wouldn’t be really serious.”

When she mentioned there wasn’t a meeting, he found himself feeling more curious about this woman that just randomly stepped into his classroom but what had him mostly curious is how she found him and how he managed to be relatively famous here considering this wasn’t the first person that came looking for him for his certain area of expertise. Did he really make himself that obvious? Cisco recognized the name however so when she said Rogue, his face broke into a wide grin, “Wait, hold on, am I hearing things or did you just say ROGUE? as in THE Rogue?” She was mentioning mutants and he and Caitlin already had a decent knowledge of the fact X Men were around and Rogue was someone he always took to memory the first time he was exposed to x Men. “X Men Rogue? Pft girl, you can’t come in here all casual like that and tell me something cool like that!” He joked as he made his way closer to her, wrapping his arm gently around her shoulder and motioning her further inside. He couldn’t help but feel curious to what her problem is as he tried to keep his cool. “It depends on the problem,” he joked before getting a bit smug as he crossed his arms over his chest, “but yeah I could probably do you a solid only for you though,” he teased playfully, “what do you need? A weapon? Do I get to help you blow some shit up?”

caitlin had always been one of those people that truly and deeply believed that all people were capable of completely platonic friendship. she had believed it and she continued to. her feelings towards barry, for instance, were proof of a love that was both genuine and strong and yet completely platonic. the same was true of joe and ralph. part of her was still trying to argue that cisco was on that list, but another part of her was beginning to, even subconsciously, put him in another category entirely. she tried to ignore it, but it seemed as though the harder she tried, the more obvious it had become. it honestly hadn’t truly even occurred to caitlin that things had changed until they were already well changed. but now, they were here, and things seemed happy and simple and caitlin was afraid to ruin it but it also felt like the more time they spent together, the more they were skidding away from that initial category. or, at the very least, she was. and she hoped, as irrational as it might be, that the same was true of him. “honestly, i’ve just… never been super into this kinda stuff?” she raised her shoulders, though she knew that this was only going to make him more playfully frustrated and, in truth, that was a big part of the point. caitlin actually had grown to like a lot of the pop culture stuff he had exposed her to. “i mean… yeah, you can. i was going to watch it anyway, but now i might even do it happily,” she joked, bouncing over to sit beside him, content enough in their moment together.

When she confessed she wasn’t super into this kind of stuff, Cisco playfully pretended to be hurt, gripping at his chest. He was always the one  into the pop culture stuff the most it was something he had grown to accept and one of the only things he felt he was good for most days, outside of the usual more important things the majority would call on him for. “Stuff? Stuff? Okay I am going to pretend you didn’t just call The X Men stuff.” He joked playfully tossing a raisin in her direction with a laugh as he placed his feet up on the table. He was always able to feel more like himself around Caitlin, especially in an environment like this one when the pressure felt it was more off than anything else. There was no one else around to judge him or accuse him of doing wrong. He quirked his eyebrows at her answer, “Is that a yes I can bribe you with sweets?” He questioned curiously, scooting over enough to leave her a decent amount of space where she could sit next to him, his arm that stayed around the couch was now going to wrap around her shoulders as he held up the candy, “The candy man, the candy man caaaan,” he playfully serenaded her slowly dumping the candy over her. He always had fun with Caitlin but it had felt as if things were slowly changing, he found himself consciously trying to be charming more often and that wasn’t something that came to him too easily. He wasn’t even fully aware of HOW to charm Caitlin it was never something he thought too much about before. He flashed her a warning look at her confession about going to watch it anyway, “PFT! You’re such a bad liar,” he joked but that didn’t change his mind of wanting to be close to her, he placed the candy in the middle of both of them, nervously resting his arm across the back of the couch, letting his hand barely touch her shoulder, quietly observing her for a few moments before starting the movie, not so discreetly grabbing a handful of the raisins out of the bag each time he was paranoid she might notice him staring. 

sara was relieved to set her eyes on someone who she knew for a fact knew what they were doing. she had faith in cisco because she knew that barry did, that he had helped them on numerous occasions as her smile grew as he made his way over to her. “yeah. one and only. well, you know what i mean.” it was impossible to say for sure any more with the other worlds out there and other dimensions. it had all gotten too weird, even for the legends which was saying something. hearing his question a frown instantly reflected on her features as she tilted her head, waiting for him to continue. what the hell had gone wrong now? at first she did believe him and purely because that was exactly her kind of crazy. “yeah, yeah… you had me a little.” rolling her eyes but the expression on her features was soft to show she wasn’t necessarily in a bad mood over it. “uh yeah. if i didn’t have to put up with ray and his constant movie rambling i might not have even known who thanos was. then and only then would you have had me totally convinced.” chuckling slightly as she shook her head. yep, she knew thanos and the mighty avengers who even she had to admit were pretty cool. they reminded her of the legends in a sense, except they probably didn’t screw up anywhere near as much. “so to cut a long story short you have nothing?” lifting her shoulders to shrug at him. it wasn’t like she was picking but sara often did get straight to the point rather than beating around the bush. it was how she got things done. “barry’s here? great.” cisco and barry? now that was a good start. it almost went straight over her head when he mentioned laurel, purely because for the longest time now she was trying to get to grips with losing her sister and her father. her family. “wait. laurel? laurel’s here?” her tone instantly changed at the news although she wouldn’t allow herself to get her hopes up until she saw her sister for herself. “yes cisco. i would call this progress.”

He felt satisfied with himself at her confession to him almost having her. Any time Cisco was able to use a movie reference, he wasn’t afraid to us it if only because most everyone from his world, different earths or not, were completely clueless in movie trivia. He could spin any story he wanted and it would become believable. He shook his head and snapped his fingers in disappointment when he discovered it was Ray who helped her not buy his Thanos story, “Thanks a lot, Ray, ruining a perfectly good opportunity,” he signed in disappointment but it was nice to see a familiar face for a change. He had come across several people he knew OF, mostly fictional but someone he could count on from back home had been rare for him despite the fact he didn’t know Sara that well but he definitely did know Laurel. He wished he could have made up something exciting and epic to share about what was going on about where they were and why but he hadn’t been too overly worried about it as soon as he found out Caitlin and Barry were safe. He frowned at Sara when she confirmed him having nothing. That was a harsh way of putting it but sadly she wasn't wrong. He nervously rubbed at the back of his head, trying to come up with some way fo redeem himself from being such a slacker to a person that he could tell was hoping he’d have answers. It was something he always relied on himself to provide. If there was one thing he was usually good for it was answers, “Uh well that is a little bit harsh but yeah pretty much but is it really so bad though?” He asked cheerily with a smile, “I mean we’re in freaking Washington, DC, this place is legendary so many . . .” he quickly cut himself off when she seemed interested in the fact Barry was here, “right yeah, Barry and Laurel too . . .” Scrunching up his face as he observed her slowly. “you haven’t seen her?” Then again, how was she supposed to see her if she didn’t even know she was alive? Cisco suddenly felt like an asshole being so nonchalant about it. “I am sure both of them would be pretty damn excited to see you.” Pulling out his phone, he poised to dial numbers, “I could call them,” he suggested with an innocent shrug.

*· ☆,.- Mushu knew that was not the fault of the other, after all, not everyone would easily believe he was a dragon only because he had said so. Dragons were a thing in his world, but here, in this city, Mushu could not be too sure if they did really exist, as well. He had only seen then in those TV cartoon so far, and those were obviously made to humour people, in some way.

“Then thank you for saving my life, in that case, and -” For a moment, his usually cheery voice grew all deep and serious, and Mushu made his eyes flash from their normal human colour to a bright cold, with a slit pupil that was typical for lizards and other lizard-like creatures. The other might be sceptical still, but it was not like Mushu could do nothing to prove his point here in the end. “I can assure you I am totally serious.” After all, one would usually not lie about something like being a dragon without being able to prove it, right?

Cisco continued to smirk in disbelief at the other’s confession about first year being human. He had seen a lot of strange things but non humans being human well that was a first even for a meta human although between Gorilla Grodd and King Shark it was possible for animals to have very human like qualities. As the other thanked him for saving his life, Cisco nodded humbly, placing a hand on his shoulder, “Hey don’t mention it, dude, it was . . .” the hand falling from his shoulders when he saw his eyes change. His mouth falling open in shock and his eyes widening, “Okay whoa,” He stated using his hands in attempt to pull himself together, “What did you just do with your eyes? What are you?”