The look on Hartley's face when Cisco comments on the apartment makes
Cisco think that Hartley might have been a little nervous about
Cisco's opinion of it, and it makes Cisco smile. Back when they first
worked together Hartley seemed to always be on the lookout for ways to
criticize Cisco or his work, and he definitely had no interest at all
in Cisco's thoughts on anything. It's just another in a long line of
subtle differences in their relationship now, things that prove to
Cisco that he's not wrong about his feelings for Hartley, that Hartley
has genuinely changed and become a better person. Cisco does worry,
momentarily, how Hartley will feel about the state of his apartment.
The space here is clean and organized, and there isn't a person in the
world that would think anything about Hartley's apartment was messy.
Cisco's place, on the other hand, is a bit... cluttered. It's not a
pigsty or anything, he just never really has guests over so he's let
his creativity sprawl a bit over the years. He probably ought to go
out and purchase a few more plastic bins to contain the plethora of
electronics and tools he doesn't currently have a home for, especially
now that he's on the verge of adopting a dog. Hopefully Hartley won't
mind too much helping him sort through some of that stuff; he's really
bad about throwing away tech, always sure he's going to wind up
needing it for something later.
His bedroom is pretty well organized, at least. He owns a lot
of t-shirts, but they fold well and it's easy to keep his dressers
tidy, and his closet is virtually empty because he doesn't own a whole
lot of clothes that need to be hung up. If nothing else he and Hartley
can hide from the dog proofing in progress by going to Cisco's room.
He has a television in there, so they can watch movies at least, so
hopefully Hartley won't think Cisco only has one kind of thing in
mind.
Cisco grins when Hartley tells him the names of his rats, and it's
another little hint at Hartley's more playful side, especially the
fact that Hartley hasn't renamed Splinter or Flash. Hamelin is self
explanatory (and earns Hartley even more respect in Cisco's mind, how
steadfastly Hartley is embracing the Pied Piper theme -- next time
they get a metahuman that needs a name, Cisco's going to give the
naming rights to Hartley, just to see if that dedication can extend to
names beyond his own), but Cisco is really curious why, out of all the
scientists Hartley could have chosen, he named one of his pets after
Galileo. Thinking about it, Cisco thinks he might go with Telsa
(obvious) or Ampère himself, in that scenario.
Carefully, Cisco drops into a crouch, Flash and Splinter racing back a
few paces away from him with the movement. But they don't stay away
long, moving close to him again a few steps at a time, and he reaches
out with an upturned palm, resting the back of his hand on the floor.
One of the two closes in enough to sniff the end of his middle finger,
and, as if he decides Cisco is trustworthy, he puts one of his little
paws on the tip of Cisco's index finger, making a soft squeaking noise
that calls the other rat over to investigate himself. Cisco doesn't
want to scare them so he doesn't move to pet them, but he hopes that
one day they'll be comfortable enough to let him hold them. They used
to keep rats in the lab at work, but several of them didn't survive
the particle accelerator explosion, and Caitlin was adamant they
release the rest to a rescue. She'd never liked using them for
experiments anyway, thought it was a cruel way to conduct biological
tests, and Cisco definitely didn't disagree.
"Why Galileo?" he asks then, keeping his voice soft as he turns his
eyes up to Hartley from where he continues to kneel on Hartley's
floor, both Splinter and Flash wandering across his palm and around
his feet, smelling his fingers and his shoes.
[ooc: I think they do, too! I really love how much backstory
you have for Hartley, and it's so much fun reading everything you
write! It's a heck of a lot of fun to play off your tags, and I'm
enjoying the whole thread very much! I hope you're having a nice week
so far!]
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Date: 2016-07-25 08:04 pm (UTC)The look on Hartley's face when Cisco comments on the apartment makes Cisco think that Hartley might have been a little nervous about Cisco's opinion of it, and it makes Cisco smile. Back when they first worked together Hartley seemed to always be on the lookout for ways to criticize Cisco or his work, and he definitely had no interest at all in Cisco's thoughts on anything. It's just another in a long line of subtle differences in their relationship now, things that prove to Cisco that he's not wrong about his feelings for Hartley, that Hartley has genuinely changed and become a better person. Cisco does worry, momentarily, how Hartley will feel about the state of his apartment. The space here is clean and organized, and there isn't a person in the world that would think anything about Hartley's apartment was messy.
Cisco's place, on the other hand, is a bit... cluttered. It's not a pigsty or anything, he just never really has guests over so he's let his creativity sprawl a bit over the years. He probably ought to go out and purchase a few more plastic bins to contain the plethora of electronics and tools he doesn't currently have a home for, especially now that he's on the verge of adopting a dog. Hopefully Hartley won't mind too much helping him sort through some of that stuff; he's really bad about throwing away tech, always sure he's going to wind up needing it for something later.
His bedroom is pretty well organized, at least. He owns a lot of t-shirts, but they fold well and it's easy to keep his dressers tidy, and his closet is virtually empty because he doesn't own a whole lot of clothes that need to be hung up. If nothing else he and Hartley can hide from the dog proofing in progress by going to Cisco's room. He has a television in there, so they can watch movies at least, so hopefully Hartley won't think Cisco only has one kind of thing in mind.
Cisco grins when Hartley tells him the names of his rats, and it's another little hint at Hartley's more playful side, especially the fact that Hartley hasn't renamed Splinter or Flash. Hamelin is self explanatory (and earns Hartley even more respect in Cisco's mind, how steadfastly Hartley is embracing the Pied Piper theme -- next time they get a metahuman that needs a name, Cisco's going to give the naming rights to Hartley, just to see if that dedication can extend to names beyond his own), but Cisco is really curious why, out of all the scientists Hartley could have chosen, he named one of his pets after Galileo. Thinking about it, Cisco thinks he might go with Telsa (obvious) or Ampère himself, in that scenario.
Carefully, Cisco drops into a crouch, Flash and Splinter racing back a few paces away from him with the movement. But they don't stay away long, moving close to him again a few steps at a time, and he reaches out with an upturned palm, resting the back of his hand on the floor. One of the two closes in enough to sniff the end of his middle finger, and, as if he decides Cisco is trustworthy, he puts one of his little paws on the tip of Cisco's index finger, making a soft squeaking noise that calls the other rat over to investigate himself. Cisco doesn't want to scare them so he doesn't move to pet them, but he hopes that one day they'll be comfortable enough to let him hold them. They used to keep rats in the lab at work, but several of them didn't survive the particle accelerator explosion, and Caitlin was adamant they release the rest to a rescue. She'd never liked using them for experiments anyway, thought it was a cruel way to conduct biological tests, and Cisco definitely didn't disagree.
"Why Galileo?" he asks then, keeping his voice soft as he turns his eyes up to Hartley from where he continues to kneel on Hartley's floor, both Splinter and Flash wandering across his palm and around his feet, smelling his fingers and his shoes.
[ooc: I think they do, too! I really love how much backstory you have for Hartley, and it's so much fun reading everything you write! It's a heck of a lot of fun to play off your tags, and I'm enjoying the whole thread very much! I hope you're having a nice week so far!]