"Nu-uh, that would have way more sway if you were able to do anything but like you said, you can't. I belong to Cold... wait, no I don't, not in that way but you know what I mean!" Cisco huffed and took a deep breath, feeling himself getting slowly more flustered. This wasn't going well. "I just mean, you know, you can't really do anything cause I'm like his hostage, not yours. So you have to play nice."

And also, while he was picking at threads. "And I'm not a sidekick. I'm like back up. I'm not like Kid Flash, I'm my own thing that collabs with his own thing." Just so they were clear. Cisco bit his lower lip and looked up at Hartley, tilting his head back. Yeah, no, looking at Hartley was probably a mistake. Man, that smile. "I don't look cute."