Uncharted Territory

A/N: For the tumblr prompt: (Quintis fanfic) Happy over heard Toby saying he's done with her.


Cold turkey. He had called her cold turkey. Ouch.

It took a lot to jar Happy Quinn but something about what Toby said, seriously effected her. Sure, she knew it was Toby prerogative to let her go, but his words still stung.

She undoubtedly cared about Toby, but she knew acting upon her feelings weren't worth risking their friendship. But now...now he was done trying. She hated to admit it, but she liked his persistence. She liked that for once in her life, somebody really cared about her.

She wished she could explain it to him and make him understand, but she was never too good with words. It was always easier for Happy to face everything with a certain quietness.

Turning around, she looked at the dollhouse. It was really starting to come together. They had applied a new layer of paint and she had already begun to wire it, yet somehow, she couldn't bring herself to work on it without him.

For a while, she didn't know what to do with herself. She wasn't heartbroken, but there was definitely something tugging in her heart. She hated it. It wasn't long before the rest of the team began to file out, save Walter who had apparently decided to spend the night in.

"Hey Walt, do you need a C7 946?"

A few moments of silence passed before she heard a muffled, "Yes..."

"Any progress on the dollhouse?" he asked, nonchalantly as she handed him the little screw.

She shook her head, "I wasn't really feeling it tonight..."

"Why not? It's finally quiet around here. You could be doing a lot..." he replied, before squinting, "You don't want to work on it without Toby, right?"

"I'm fine without the Doc," she responded, forcefully, "I'm just not in the mood to work on it."

"I barely have any EQ and I can tell you're lying."

"Well, at least I'm not making heart eyes at Paige all the time," she replied, rolling her eyes.

Walter sighed, "I do not do that."

"I think Toby, Sly, and Cabe would all disagree..."

"Still going to deny caring about Toby?"

Happy bit her lip, "I thought we were supposed to be the stoic ones."

"I thought we agreed we weren't robots anymore..." Walter replied, with a slight chuckle.

"Doesn't make dealing with emotions and feelings any easier..."

"I guess the two of us are entering uncharted territory."

Happy smirked, "I suppose you could put it like that."

Walter let out another sigh, "I still would take diffusing a missile any day over what ever this is..."

"Agreed."