Future established TobyxHappy.

After a long and challenging case which pushed Happy to her breaking point almost, causing her to lash out at everyone, but mainly Toby, her and Toby have a heart to heart before they head home.

Acanthous; spiny; prickly

"Acanthous", Toby said, leaning across the desk to grab his satchel.

"What the hell are you on about?" Happy replied, looking at him with one brow raised.

"Acanthous; meaning spiny or prickly. It's a word I'd use to describe you sometimes" Toby stated, turning to face the petite genius, looking her right in those beautiful eyes.

"Oh, great, that's such a good thing to be described as. Thanks Doc, really." Happy said, her voice betraying her as she turned and began to storm away, only to be stopped by a firm pair of hands on her waist, spinning her towards their owner.

"I'd also use words like pulchritudinous, phenomenal, rare, badass and quirky." The doctor said quietly, pulling the woman close towards him.

"Badass? Really?" Happy said, a smile softly spreading across her face.

"Yeah. You're like this prickly, gorgeous, ice cold, badass chick to the world, and that scares me, but then I see the way you look at Ralph, the way you get so absorbed into fixing a bike, and it's like there's this whole new Happy for me to see. And I love it." Toby whispered, pulling Happy even closer and wrapping his arms around her, feeling her relax into his body, letting the days events seep away.

"I don't know why, but when you say stuff like that Toby, it makes me want to be so much more for you. More than what I can ever possibly be. I'm sorry that I've been a bitch today, and I know I've been taking it out on you. I guess it's because you're the only person who deep down I know will always be there, and who I cannot possibly scare away." Happy murmured against the leather of Toby's jacket, his scent invading her nasal passages and making her feel so safe and so at home in his arms, a feat never before had she come across.

"You are everything I could ever dream for, you are perfect to me in every single way and I am so damn lucky that you let me in past that shell and into your heart." Toby stated firmly, pressing his lips against the sleek black hair of the woman in his arms that he loved so dearly. In that moment, both the world class shrink and the mechanical prodigy felt so at home. So loved and safe.

A/N: sorry if there is any errors, typed on my iPhone and uploaded that way. Will go over it all tomorrow morning when I get my mac back and make it better! Hope you enjoyed, drop me a review to let me know!