I don't own Flashpoint but I like the idea of Spike and Winnie together. I think they're a match made in heaven.

Flowers for Winnie

Spike 's brain went into computation mode. He momentarily stared at her beautiful brown eyes, assessed the pretty face with perfect white teeth to determine where she was going with this rule.

"I don't date cops." She said with a hint of embarrassment. Or was that awkwardness?

He wanted to know if this was just her way of turning down a guy easy. She replied that it was a rule she has set for herself because she needed balance in her life. Balance?, he thought, Whatever that means?

He wondered aloud if that rule was one that would go out the window if the perfect guy comes along. Her reply sort of tipped him sideways, She said, "No. No. The perfect guy just came along." His sharp brain picked up the signal, She's referring to me. He gave her a tight smile and simply said, "Ok."

Winnie instantly felt a pang of regret as Spike walked away from her desk. She kicked herself mentally but she's been in like with him for so long that she has had time to fantasized about how life would be being with him, in love with him, in like with him, working with him. She's thought of the number of ways he could get hurt on the job and hearing about it first hand as it happened. She didn't trust herself not to dissolve in tears and lose all professionalism.

Spike walked away, gave a friendly nod to Leah who had earlier in the day gave him a bit of a push, "There's no upside to keeping it a secret," she said. To be honest, he would have asked Winnie out one day. One day. Whenever it might be, probably when he's old and decrepit.

But he didn't walk away sad or hurt. He walked away challenged. He wasn't an ordinary cop by any measure. Not an ordinary man for that matter. I'll just have to show her, he thought with a determined smile.

The next day at shift, he casually walked to Winnie's desk and greeted her as per usual to show he didn't in the slightest feel awkward about the "rejection." Quote, unquote.

"Hey, Winnie," he said. She glanced up at him looking stressed. He could tell it was one of those days. Busy. Madly busy. Far too many hot calls. She's been in since 5am when Sidney called to say he wasn't feeling well, "Could you cover for the remainder of my shift?"

"No problem, I'll be there soon." She arrived 15 minutes later and happily sent Sidney home. Now that she's at the despatcher's desk she wasn't sure if she could pull another 12-hour shift but the overtime pay would be massive so she consoled herself with the thought that she could use the extra money.

From 9am, however, Maximus must have unleashed hell because it was one hot call after another. Mid-day, members of Team One started to trickle in. Spike being first to arrived.

Winnie looked up at the source of the voice she always liked to hear, "Hey," she said. Spike sensed she was not her usual self. "Busy, huh?"

"Super," she replied. Spike walked to the locker room with a singular thought, Winnie needs cheering up. What can I do? Ah flowers. Ladies love flowers. I know she likes orchids. As he changed from civvy into his uniform his thought remained on Winnie. Oh, but orchids needs a lot of tender loving care, and she works long hours. She won't be able to look after it. Might even upset her if it dies in her apartment.

After a couple of minutes thinking about it, Spike sparked up, "Brilliant," he said to himself. He went away for a bit. When he came back round to her desk, Winnie promptly said in exasperation on his approach, "Not you, too. I'm tired of people asking me if there's anything wrong. There's nothing wrong ok. I'm just tired."

"No, that's not why I'm here," he said beaming. "Did you get the flowers I sent you?"

Winnie's eyebrow went up, "No. No flowers. No deliveries."

"It's in your inbox.

"In my inbox?"

"Yeah. I know you like orchids. But you work long hours and may not have the time to look after it so I sent it to your inbox instead."

Winnie eyed Spike suspiciously, opened her email, and there it was...an attachment. An arrangement of beautiful Canadian orchids.

Spike came around to her side,"Here, it can be your screen saver so you can see it everyday." He looked at her and beamed proudly but….. Winnie?

Winnie felt a bit of her resistance came off. She closed her eyes and thought, If he keeps this up, I'm in serious trouble.