This first part, I actually started writing it before the Quintis wedding episode aired. When it did air, or course I fangirl and maybe cried a little, and I really just wanted to incorporate the dialogue from the Waige love confession moments. So a good portion of the dialogue is borrowed from that episode but I wanted to add more of what was going on with Waige internally. Also added an alternative ending. Hope you enjoy!


And so here they were unexpectedly alone, together, and both feeling unbelievably vulnerable. He had asked her to dance, surprising her, just moments ago. With the way they left things a month ago, she didn't think they would ever be this close in proximity again. She accepted, although, he gathered, it was just to be polite. Whatever the reason, he was glad to be able to be this close to her again. Paige felt the butterflies creeping in when he placed his hand on her waist. It took a lot of mental fighting to not place her head on his chest like she wanted to. She wanted to real bad, but she wasn't sure if that would be appropriate or if Walter would even be okay with that sort of physical contact. For Walter, however, it took a lot of mental energy to not stare at her breasts. She looks incredible tonight, he thought to himself. Okay, maybe he did sneak in a peak..or two. He was in love with who she was as a person, yes, but he was still very well aware of how physically enchanting she was.

He was nervous, she could tell, but when he answered "yes" to asking him if he was, it actually surprised her. The man who didn't feel fear when they first met, was now nervous in her presence. They danced for a few moments silently reminiscing on the past month. It was evident Paige missed the team, but mostly, she missed him. She missed their long "wedding partners in crime" nights. She missed talking to him and flirting and seeing his face try to calculate what exactly to counter her with, which she found adorable. She missed seeing the way his eyebrows scrunched up when he was concentrated on an assignment and the relieved smirk he had when he figured out an equation before Sly did. She missed him so much, it almost hurt her skin to be this close to him again, to have him holding her so delicately.

Walter spoke first, expressing to her how different the lab felt without her, how accomplishments felt miniscule without her, how it felt...empty. Paige felt her heart jump in relief that he missed having her on the team. She expressed that although she liked her new job, these new opportunities didn't mean much to her.

"...it felt hollow." she admitted.

"Which is a synonym for empty." He replied catching her giggle.

"Exactly. Because I wasn't with the team. I wasn't sharing the news with them or..."

Paige trailed off when she noticed the way his brown eyes changed in tone as they spun. The light kept catching them when they danced and for the first time, she noticed the light freckles in his eyes. Taking a small breath she continued,

"...with you."

Trying to regain her composure she asked,

"Why do you think we felt that way, Walter?"

"Well, I can only speak for myself but I just want to make sure you want to hear what I have to say."

They pulled apart briefly when Walter took a step back to tell her his reasoning.

"Okay, of course." She replied.

"I want to state for the record that I'm not suffering from hypoxia, I haven't ingested hallucinogenic seed dust and I'm not facing eminent death. I'm just stating an irrefutable fact."

He took a small pause before continuing. The decorative lights that hung at Kavelsky's glowed against her skin and Walter almost couldn't get the words out. She stared at him hoping he was going to say the words she's been wanting to say herself.

"I fired you because I'm in love with you. I've been in love with you since shortly after we met. And I've spent years trying to process how that should be handled...perhaps it's not something that's supposed to handled maybe it's something that just is. And I know you don't feel the same as I do and that's okay but I just wanted you to know."

Walter wasn't expecting to say this today at the Quintis wedding, but after the day they had, where he had yet another near death experience and because of the nature of this job, he couldn't risk another day not telling her how he really felt. He was scared and nervous and...hopeful. He wanted nothing more than to hear those words repeated back to him but the fact that she was standing there looking back at him, in what he thought was confusion lead him to believe that she did not feel the same way. Disappointment started to set in but then, Paige's breath caught for a second after their eyes met. She had never seen that intensity in his eyes, except for when they leaned in to kiss the first time in the garage. She stared at him doe eyed processing what he just said.

I'm in love with you repeated in her head three times before she knew how to react. She took a deep sigh and smiled before taking a step closer to him. She placed her left hand behind his neck which sent a shockwave through his spine. She noticed the goose bumps that were transcending through his arms. Following her cue, he took a step closer to her, maneuvering his hands around her waist. It all happened so quickly, but he wanted to remember this. He wanted to remember the subtle smile that she had, the way the soft wind just barely lifted her hair, and the way she licked her lips before she spoke the words he had been longing to hear since those few days after they met...

"Walter, I'm in love with you too."

When their lips met tonight, it was nothing like their first kiss. This was nothing like the awkward, sloppy, yet intense first kiss they had back in the garage when they were just discovering their feelings for each other. This kiss was soft and slow and sensual. This kiss was calculated, timed, as if something had placed them in this exact spot, at this precise time; it was as if this moment was created just for them. This kiss was the secret between their lips that neither would tell no other. This kiss was as close to perfection as Walter could imagine.

Paige pulled away first and they stared at each other breathless for a few seconds. She smiled placing her forehead against his. Their eyes met again as he nuzzled his nose against hers, they both laughed at the relief they were feeling.

"That was..." he said breathlessly.

"Yes. It was." she replied going in for another kiss.

A fire ignited between them and their kiss, that for a few seconds was a slow burn, erupted into a scorching heat wave that neither was anticipating. She pulled him into a storage closet seconds later and Walter's brain short-circuited. He felt his body tense up with the intensity of the feelings traveling through his body, but when she delicately placed her hands on his face, he felt his body sighing into relaxation against hers. The warmth from her chest radiated against him and he grinned as her hands traveled down to push his suit jacket off. They were still dressed but that was an issue Paige was more than happy to fix within the next few minutes.

Surprising Walter, Paige bit his lower lip and tugged the hair at the back of his head. Reciprocating her actions he pulled her closer; his hands that were placed on her waist, traveled down to her lower back still pulling her tighter against him. Quickly noticing the small table behind her, he gently picked her up and placed her on along the edge. She wrapped her legs around him as he found a comfortable spot between her legs. He broke the kiss on her lips and began trailing kisses down to her neck, sucking on one spot just above her collar bone. Hearing the sighs she was emitting excited him even more.

"Walter?" She whispered with bated breath.

Paige thought she heard footsteps and wanted to alert him but he almost didn't hear, as her voice was masked underneath his soft moans. He misunderstood and thought she wanted to slow down, he took a step back to let her stand up. Looking back at her, he smiled shyly. But she was too quick, and suddenly her chest was pressed up to his again. Paige bit her bottom lip as his hands slipped on to her lower back again. She forgot what he was going to tell him. She launched towards his lips, fumbling to get his shirt off, he tried to lean down to kiss her once more but instead was interrupted when the door flung opened to reveal the Quintis's startled but amused grins. Sly, Cabe, and Ray joined seconds after also pleasantly amused.

"Looks like Paige is back on the team..."


Cabe informed them of a case in Tahiti, but when an inspection was done prior to take off, it was determined that the plane was unfit to fly. The mission was postponed for the next month and it was then that Walter decided to give the team some time off.

"I propose that we all take some time off. No cases for the next week", he said still standing awkwardly in the closet.

"That sounds good to me", Paige said rapidly agreeing, still feeling the effects of Walter's lips on her. The team had caught them red handed, or rather red-lipped. There was no way to deny what they were doing when Walter's lips and chin were laced with her red lipstick. Instead, the new couple stood awkwardly as the team made their comments. She reached down to grab his hand and he happily looped his fingers with hers. It was then she realized the hickey that was forming on the right side of his neck. When she did a double-take, Toby raised his eyebrows catching the subtle surprise in her eyes.

"Well, we'll be on our staycation honeymoon, so you wouldn't have seen much of us either way." Toby joked.

"By the way, Walter, pal, you've got a little something on your neck there."

He pointed to the right side of his own neck to indicate where Walter should look on himself.

"Did you get into a fight with a vacuum cleaner and lose?"

He laughed at his own horrible joke when Happy elbowed his ribs. He stopped when he realized her raised eyebrows, indicating that she was becoming annoyed with his words. Walter blushed slightly while Paige turned her head away unable to look at the team. And Ray, well Ray was already gone.

"Oh please be careful, I've read that hickeys can actually cause strokes if one sucks too hard. Not to mention the germs."

"Okay! Enough about the hickey," Cabe said with a smirk, "Are we all in agreement to have the week off?"

The gang agreed that time off would be beneficial for all of them. They would be down two, three including Paige; she wasn't "officially" back yet, but this time off would give Scorpion time to reinstate Paige back into the system. At least that's what Walter's reasoning was. In actuality, he desperately just wanted to finish what was started in this closet. An awkward silence filled the small room. Paige motioned her head to the right indicating, urgently, that they all needed to leave.

"Gee, I wonder how they'll be spending their time off." Toby sarcastically muttered under his breath as they walked away from the closet. Happy caught on to it and lightly nudged his ribs with her elbow again.

"Keep it up and we'll be doing the exact opposite." She whispered but then looked back to give a smirk and a wink towards Paige. Walter caught this and awkwardly waved back at Happy. Paige closed the door, smiling at hearing the bride and groom's bickering. She grabbed a hold of Walter's collar and placed her lips on his again, her hands beginning to do undo his shirt buttons...


Next chapter will be up soon = )