Truth be told, weaponizing his flute and using it on team Flash hadn't even been a blip in his mind back then. If it had occurred to him, he would have put off confronting them until he knew beyond a shadow of a doubt it would work. Then yes, he absolutely would have used it on them, and he would have been much less concerned about the morality of it all than he is now. But none of that had occurred to him, and he honestly thought his gloves, scheming and brilliant mind would be enough to take on Harrison and the Flash. In fact, even a year later he still sometimes thinks it's a little strange that absolutely nothing went as planned. Not that it really matters now. He's happy with how things turned out and he's not sure that would still be true if his plans had come to fruition.
So much has changed for him. He's managed to become an ally to team Flash, he's begun reconciling with his parents, and his rage and bitterness has faded into something more healthy. And now he finds himself growing feelings for the last person he ever would have expected. If someone had told him a couple years ago that he'd not only end up liking Cisco Ramon, but dating him too, he would have laughed in their face and written them off as crazy. Especially if they told him that Cisco would make the offer he's making right now. Does Cisco really trust him that much?
Hartley's so stunned that it takes him a few moments to get his thoughts together enough to respond. He thought for sure that Cisco would talk him about the whole hypnotism thing, not volunteer himself as a test subject. "This... isn't the direction I thought this conversation would go," he confesses. Cisco always finds a way to surprise him. "Why?" he asks after a moment, because why would anyone agree to something like this? "You have my word that I would never make you do anything crazy, embarrassing or dangerous, but why would you want to do this? Would you really trust me with something like that?" he asks quietly, reaching out to rest his hand on Cisco's without really thinking about it.
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So much has changed for him. He's managed to become an ally to team Flash, he's begun reconciling with his parents, and his rage and bitterness has faded into something more healthy. And now he finds himself growing feelings for the last person he ever would have expected. If someone had told him a couple years ago that he'd not only end up liking Cisco Ramon, but dating him too, he would have laughed in their face and written them off as crazy. Especially if they told him that Cisco would make the offer he's making right now. Does Cisco really trust him that much?
Hartley's so stunned that it takes him a few moments to get his thoughts together enough to respond. He thought for sure that Cisco would talk him about the whole hypnotism thing, not volunteer himself as a test subject. "This... isn't the direction I thought this conversation would go," he confesses. Cisco always finds a way to surprise him. "Why?" he asks after a moment, because why would anyone agree to something like this? "You have my word that I would never make you do anything crazy, embarrassing or dangerous, but why would you want to do this? Would you really trust me with something like that?" he asks quietly, reaching out to rest his hand on Cisco's without really thinking about it.