A/N 1: With only a few days to go before season 2, I've gotten way back into Timeless mood! Re-watched all the eps once myself and now making the family watch every night! It's just so much fun and every time I re-watch I see new things.

Something I've been thinking a lot about lately though is; how does the alternate timeline thing really work.

Amy's memories stayed with Lucy and the picture too, because Lucy came from another timeline. But what if Amy's dad had been Lucy's dad too and not the Rittenhouse dude? Or if Flynn had blown up Rittenhouse in 1x16, while her Rittenhouse dad was a baby at the time and had been born her mom might have died/ never been born. They would never have met.

Either way, Lucy wouldn't have been born, right? So when she returned to her new timeline would she have faded from existence (Back To The Future style)? Or blinked out as soon as her ancestor was killed or didn't meet her mom/dad?

Or would she still exist, thanks to coming from the alternate timeline, while the world she returned to had no record of her? I feel like because Amy's memories and her picture in the locket survived the time travel, maybe the time machine exists outside of time/space somehow?

Same with Wyatt - let's say him going back to save his wife had worked. The way I see it, Wyatt and Rufus would have returned no one would have remembered/known why Wyatt stole the time machine, right? He might not even have been part of the time team, right? Because he might have done things differently (focused less on work maybe if he and Jessica had gotten around to having that little boy Jess wanted or something). So he might not have been chosen to be on the team at all.

Technically he could have come back to a world where Lucy (and the rest of them) had no memory of ever meeting him, right? (Someone should write that fanfic!)

Or maybe the timeline is "locked" and the people who go back in time are always the same ones coming back. The universe just finds a reason for it to make sense for them to be there. Okay, that seems kind of far-fetched.

Also if they actually did manage to take down Rittenhouse - who financed the building of the time machine - wouldn't the time machine stop existing too? I mean, it would never have been built in the first place, right? Yet, if it didn't exist Flynn couldn't have gone after Rittenhouse and then they and the time machine would exist again. So we'd have some sort of time paradox, wouldn't we? Or maybe they'd just be stranded in the past once/ if Rittenhouse was completely wiped out? Unless the time machine is "outside" of time now, somehow.

I really like the idea of this.

Something kind of like it happens in "13 Monkey"'s right? (The TV show, not the old movie.) Isn't Cole special somehow, able to exist outside of time with the help of some weird injections? Or am I miss remembering that?

Maybe Jiya is like that now.

How interesting would it be for one of the team members to come back and no one remembers her/ him except for Jiya (and the rest of the time gang) and they have to somehow convince the whole Mason Industries/ Gang at the Bunker that the person really does exist and that they need to be allowed to go back again to try to fix things or something.

Or what if the team returned to a totally different world where The Bunker is just an old bunker and everything is like this big dystopian mess? They have to figure some way to charge the Lifeboat and figure out just how to fix the thing that they / Flynn (except he's in jail now, right?) did so they can come back to the 'normal' present!

Lots of potential for FFs with time travel in the mix that's for sure!

Anyone got any ideas, answers, theories or links for me to check out that might shed some light on these questions, I'd be really happy to hear/see/ read them.

A/N 2: So I've never hotwired a car, but this is basically how the internet say you hotwire cars older than 2004. But I wouldn't suggest trying it at home!

A/N 3: This can pretty much be set anywhere in season 1 and quite possibly start of season 2. It's really not connected to anyone specific episode, even though it does reference Wyatt hotwiring the car in 1x16.

A Timeless Skill

"Okay. So what do you do first?" Wyatt asked and Lucy bit her lip, looking at the mess of wires they'd just exposed.

"Cut the power cables," she said. Which was the right answer? She just wasn't entirely sure which ones were the power. The red ones? The brown ones? She knew she was supposed to cut both the brown and red ones. One was power and one was the starter. Trouble was, the starter cables could really shock you, so you had to be careful.

"That's right," he promoted. "Which are generally the power?"

"The red ones," she decided. His smile let her knew she was correct.

"Okay." He nodded for her to go on.

She cut the red wires a little clumsily because she was wearing rubber gloves. When they'd decided she needed to know how to hotwire a car too - just in case - Wyatt had agreed to do it only if they took proper precautions. Which meant gloves so she wouldn't accidentally shock herself. Even if it was only 12 volts.

Once she'd cut the power cables, she got the pliers and stripped them. It was kind of tricky, even with the right tool. "Wyatt?"

"Yes," he said as she looked up at him.

"How do you do this without the tools?" she asked, feeling a little bad about the times she'd teased him about how fast he could hotwire a car. "How would I?"

"You get a knife and you cut the wires and then strip them very careful and make sure not to touch the metal on the knife," he said gently. "Then when you tie them together, you use some fabric or something to make sure you don't get shocked, okay?"

"It's only 12 volts," she said trying to make him smile again. But he didn't.

Even though he was being a really good and encouraging instructor, she could tell he didn't like teaching her this. She knew it wasn't because he didn't want her to know how to do it or doubted she could learn it. No, it was because the only reason she'd need this skill would be because he or Rufus weren't there to do it.

Which was a terrifying thought to her too.

"Okay," she nodded and focused back on the power cables. She wrapped them together and suddenly the lights and radio came on. "Did I do it?"

"Almost," he said and smiled again. "You got power but no ignition." She liked that smile just a tad too much. In fact, it was like an electric shock, possibly stronger than what the car could deliver. But in a good way.

"There is only one brown wire," she said, studying the cables. "There is supposed to be two."

They had said there would be two of them.

"This is an older car." He pointed. "In this case, you would cut the brown one and instead of touching it to the other brown one, you'd just touch it to the power cable for ignition. Don't strip it too much, you only need to touch it not attach it."

"I remember."

She swallowed and cut the brown one and peeled back some of the plastic. Then, more nervous and excited than the situation probably warranted, touched it to the twisted power cables.

The car started.

"I did it! I did it!" she for some reason that made perfect sense for the millisecond she thought about it, she reached over and hugged him.

"You did," he said, and for a second he tensed. Then, he wrapped his arms around her too.

Even though she knew she had to pull away, she really didn't want to. She wanted to keep hugging him, keep breathing in his scent, keep feeling safe the way she only did when she was close to him.

They pulled apart slowly but only a little. He kept his hand on her back, his thumb moving in a little circle. She was still close enough to be able to see the little grey flecks in his blue eyes.

"Lucy," he whispered.

"Yes," she whispered back. Even though they were alone in the garage.

His eyes went to her lips, then suddenly they were kissing.

After she could never be sure who had made the first move to close the gap between their lips. Him? Her? Both of them at the exact same moment? However, it happened didn't matter.

All that mattered was kissing and being kissed by Wyatt. The feelings she'd never felt before, never let herself feel, suddenly exploding inside of her. Terrifying yet wonderful questions swirled around in her head as he pulled her closer.

What did this mean? For her? For them? What was this overpower feeling? Was it that magical hit by lighting love Wyatt had spoken off when they were with Bonnie & Clyde? How would this affect the team? Their work? How did know just how she liked to be kissed? Was he as terrified as her?

"Lucy," he said softly as he pulled away from the kiss.

She was too dazed to answer him so just stared at him.

"Stop thinking." He cupped her cheek with one of his hands. "Trust me and let go."

She nodded and when he kissed her again - for the first time maybe ever -she stopped thinking and just let herself feel.

If you liked it, please tell me. I might consider making this into a series (like Wyatt teaching Lucy stuff she might need to know just in case. Like shooting or making a fire or whatever.) Or if you just want to tell me how awesome you think Timeless (and your favorite Wyatt/ Lucy moment) is that would be totally cool too! I'm so excited for season 2 and Lyatt / Wucy stuff! And just general Timeless awesomeness!