SCORPION - Stupid in sync - One Shot

I don't have much time to write these days I'm sorry, work is crazy, but I couldn't let this one go without a one shot so here is a very short but fluffy one.

Walter's POV.

After reluctantly moving our stuff from our desk to let space for Happy and Toby, Paige and I went to my loft to have some dinner. Ralph was not with us tonight and we usually used this kind of opportunities to have some... intimate time but I still felt a little bad about today and losing this stupid game.

Paige must have noticed because she sat next to me and started to play with my hairs in the back of my neck, but not like when she was teasing me, more like when she wanted to talk to me but wasn't quite sure what to say, so she could just stay silent for a few seconds and established this unspoken connection we have. I mean I thought we had it until today... now I'm not sure it's not all an idealized vision of our relationship I had.

"Something's still bothering you right?"

I didn't know what to say at first. But I was afraid she would think that I was still upset or whatever I was today to be so sarcastic with her so I decided to tell her what was on my mind.

"I just... I guess we're not as much in sync as we thought we were..."

To my surprise, Paige laughed at me.

"You think this is funny?"

"No, not at all. But I think you're very wrong. We're very in sync Walter."

"Oh yeah ?"

"Well, we may have disagreed earlier today, about the meaning of a first kiss, but that's not what really shows if we're in the same state of mind in my opinion. What tells me we're perfectly connected, is well first of all that we both agreed to let them take our desks, but then both came back on our decision with their provocations, and most of all that when we were asked the same question on which we disagreed, we both thought of the answer that would please the other, because we were both ready to accept that we were wrong, just for the love of each other. You see what I mean?"

I felt a smile growing on my lips. She always knew what to say.

"Yeah, I do. I'm glad you made that point."

Paige kissed my cheek, and I knew that the most important thing wasn't wether we agreed or not on where our first kiss was, but that we agreed that there would be many more. But still, I had to say...

"You know, not to put it back on the table, but I was a little hurt that you thought our kiss in the garage wasn't romantic."

"Come on Walter, we presented it as an 'experiment' we were testing, and we..."

"I know what we said, but we were just being stupid. I mean I'm just assuming for you but I know it didn't mean nothing for me. And I'm still story for acting so stupid and never mentioning it after, because we wasted so much time, but I was already in love with you at this time, and I could never forget this kiss, because it was the first time I had the chance to taste your lips, and to really feel this... this connexion between us."

Paige was looking at me very affectionately now, and I knew I was right. The kiss in the garage meant something for both of us. She just probably didn't like to remember it because of everything that happened after. I didn't like to remember this time either after all.

"Yeah we were both stupid... and it's a shame we wasted this time, but maybe we were just not ready yet, and things wouldn't have been so good between us if we didn't went through all this."

I didn't agree with her, and I wasn't even sure that she was fully convinced about what she was saying, but if I learnt something today it's that sometimes it's good to not argue on everything and let your partner have the final word.

"I think I can agree on Kovelsky's for our first kiss. It's the one that marked the beginning of us as a couple after all."

"You're cute Walter, but I think you were right. The kiss in the garage meant something to me too. I just... didn't assume you... well this is starting to run in circle but you got me."

"Yeah." I chuckled. "So I guess we were in sync a long time ago."

"Mmh?"

"We both liked that kiss but pretended it meant nothing. We were being stupid in sync."

Paige laughed, and without thinking we did our high five.

Didn't matter who won the game, we're the best.

AN : I put my long story Gravity on hold again, I hope I can come back soon to it but for now I'll just do one shots once in a while.

Take care !