"Two things define you. Your patience when you have nothing, and your attitude when you have everything."

Things were fairly quiet at STAR Labs. Lately, it was a trend. One that Cisco wasn't fond of. He was certain that if he voiced that opinion that others, mainly Caitlin and Barry, would frown upon him. Cisco couldn't help it, though. Barry was good at what he did, they all were, but once you either had the criminals locked up or scared off…then all they had were the Metahumans. So far, there wasn't one who had emerged for well over a month. They didn't even know how many were out there, so for all he knew…there were no more. Which meant that he was going to be bored. There was only so much designing of awesome things he could do every day.

Bored.

Cisco hated to be bored. Of course, if Doctor Wells came by, then he'd pretend to be doing something. Whenever Wells noticed that he was bored and doing nothing, he'd always find Cisco something to do that he didn't want to actually do. Something tedious. Something menial. Cisco didn't do tedious or menial.

The green in his peripheral was what caught his attention first, when Cisco saw that Oliver was there, he was thrilled. Of course, Oliver had come in regular clothes…but the green plaid had been enough to tip him that it wasn't Barry or Caitlin. It was like it was suddenly Christmas. "Oliver! It's been a while! What brings you to Central City?"

Barry was with Oliver and neither of them looked too happy. Typical. The only time he ever saw Barry smile anymore was when Caitlin was around. Cisco had a theory that it was because of what they did weighed too heavily upon Barry. Too many Metahumans and innocents had died over the years. Even if they couldn't do anything differently, they had all changed since this all started. Nothing had been the same within any of them since the particle accelerator.

"Burns," Oliver replied simply after a minute of silence.

His smile fell and Cisco groaned. "Seriously, why can't you guys just come together and work on things together? I'm even okay with traveling… We could totally work in Starling City one week and then in Central City the next… I mean, if I could figure out how to make a transporter then we wouldn't have to worry about all of the travel time—"

"Cisco," Oliver and Barry said together.

He snapped out of his rambling. "Seriously, Team Arrow and Team Flash should totally team up!"

Oliver smiled for a moment, it was almost a sad smile. Cisco couldn't remember the last time he'd seen Oliver smile. "You sound like Felicity…" It was a sad statement more than anything else.

Felicity had been missing or dead or…well, they really didn't know, for three years now. Burns had been their only link to anything about her. So far, Cisco still felt like they knew nothing. They really couldn't even trust Burns. For all they knew, Burns was just feeding Oliver and his wants in order to guarantee that he was kept alive. He knew that Caitlin had been serious about logging what Oliver had seen over the years and Doctor Wells thought it was important, too, but people didn't just disappear…

Cisco started to respond, "We all miss her, but—"

"Caitlin and Doctor Wells aren't here," Barry spoke up. "You're going to have to wait until they get back."

And they did.

Every single one of them missed Felicity.

Not a week went by that someone didn't mention her. Sometimes on a daily basis, she received mention. He knew that especially Caitlin and Barry missed her, but Cisco missed her too. Felicity might not have been to Central City that much or worked with Team Flash that often, but it felt like she was just as much a part of their team as she'd been a part of Team Arrow. They were all affected, they just all coped with loss differently.

Even though Cisco was very fond of Felicity, he knew that he couldn't let her 'loss' get to him. He'd accepted that she was gone. It was the only way that he knew how to move on and for things to be back to normal. Cisco couldn't live in a world where he felt constantly depressed and to dwell on the sadness…he just couldn't… He wasn't a sad kind of person. That was why he couldn't be like Caitlin or Barry or Oliver… It just wasn't in his nature. Smiling, being happy, and joking was one hundred percent who he was. He needed that or else he just couldn't function properly. He didn't know how the others could cling to Felicity after three years of having absolutely nothing to go on, but that was their choice.

Happiness.

That was his.

And if Felicity was out there, then they'd find her. But Cisco had to focus on where they were now and have patience with how the world was. They'd been through too much since everything happened. It was all he could do keep going.

"They should be back any minute," Cisco told Oliver. "They were picking up coffee or lunch…or both…I think…"

Oliver just looked unconvinced. "There's a time constraint."

"I'll go ping their phones," Cisco volunteered.

"Or…you could just call Caitlin," Barry suggested. "That sounds like that would be a quicker way to get the information we need."

Of course, it wasn't as fun in Cisco's opinion. Of course, if he was making a phone call, he was definitely going to call Caitlin. No matter how many years they did this…Team Flash…or working with Doctor Wells, Cisco had never felt comfortable with Doctor Wells. There was something about the guy. He was brilliant, Cisco knew that, and he had vision…but there was something else about him. Something that made Cisco a bit terrified of his boss in the wheelchair.

"Right," Cisco finally said. "I'll call Caitlin."

He turned away from Oliver and Barry as they started to argue about waiting to make the call, but kept looking over his shoulder. If the two of them were going to get into it, Cisco wanted to watch. The phone rang a couple of times before Caitlin finally picked up. She sounded annoyed, but Cisco figured that that was because he was interrupting.

"So…Oliver's here…and wants to see Burns…yep…yeah…Barry said you had to be here…and you're not…and he's impatient, so I'm calling and hoping that you can come back right now," Cisco rambled on. "Yeah. Okay…" He turned to look towards Oliver and Barry, finding them arguing over waiting…again. "You might wanting to hurry."

TBC…