WriterFreak001:
I had a lot of fun writing this! :)
Title | Rectifying Mistakes
Fandom | Scorpion (CBS)
Description | "After Paige and Ralph finishs help Walter in the end of 2x15, Ralph falls asleep and Walter and Paige have a talk about everything that happened and discuss their agreement of remaining professional colleagues" (Prompt by waigefeelings on Tumblr)
Rating| This fanfiction will be rated T.
POV | Limited Third Person
Disclaimer | While CBS owns Scorpion, I am the owner of this masterpiece.
Claimer | I am human; there are bound to be mistakes. If you feel like something should be changed, you have the power to send me a review/private message. I can't guarantee if I'll change it every time, but I do read all of my reviews and all of my private messages!
Rectifying Mistakes
Written by WriterFreak001
One-Shot
~ SCORPION ~
"He's out like a light," Paige smiled appreciatively at Walter as she quietly descended the stairs and swiftly approached him as he collapsed onto the sofa and silently yawned. "That goop experiment really tired him out." She grinned wryly when he yawned again. "Seems like Ralph's not the only one who's sleepy."
"It's been a long day," Walter shrugged with a small smile.
Paige nodded quietly and dropped to the seat next to him. "Yes, it has."
"But," Walter grinned, "I'm certainly not complaining…. about the experiment, that is. We certainly could have done without the bomb crisis today."
"You're telling me," Paige laughed as she casually hooked her arm around Walter's and leaned into the back of the sofa. "But… in the end… everything did work out. So, there's that."
"True. Very true." Walter mumbled as he glanced at the way her elbow was linked around his, "But…," he nervously laughed, "let's not make a habit of it anymore. I seem to always have to be the one encountering the bombs…. I mean, if I have no choice, of course I'll try my damnest to deactivate them, but…," he chuckled a little louder, "I'm just so tired of bombs."
"You can say that again," Paige laughed melodiously as she mindlessly leaned her head against his shoulder and tightened her arm around his. "Maybe one day we'll have an easy case, but…," she closed her eyes, "I'm not holding my breath."
"Easy would be a nice surprise." he muttered quietly. Walter, as though it was the most natural thing to him in the world, gently rested his head against hers and quietly spoke her name. "Paige?"
"Hm?"
"I know you're tired, but…," he carefully lifted his head as she craned her neck towards him and mumbled, "can we talk?"
Paige inhaled a deep breath and nodded as she pushed herself away from Walter and angled her body towards him. "What's up?"
"Before I, uh, go into certain details, I need you to know that the, uh, the speed dating and the date with Linda was nothing more than research. In fact," he nervously laughed, "I don't even know what I was thinking to be honest. The, uh, the speed dating thing was Toby's idea, actually. And while speed dating was an efficient way of meeting new people, it was, in the end and as you already know, a horrible idea, and when Linda called, I thought I could try engaging one-on-one with a Normal for a few hours and see how that would go, but… as you also know, it didn't go well either. I, uh," he straightened his back and swallowed thickly, "I just want you to know that, in spite of my recent endeavors, what, uh, what I feel for you hasn't changed…."
Paige quietly gasped and gazed deeply into his eyes in response to his confession. As she opened her mouth to say something, he continued.
"Slowly, uh," he suddenly found himself linking his fingers with hers and then gently squeezing her hand, "Slowly, I've been learning how mistakes… failures… aren't always bad…. That they can encourage people to try things again even if they don't work out the first few times. For example…, Elia, though his smart building was a complete failure, is planning to build another one. Also, Toby and Happy…. their strange connection didn't work the first time, but… they're still willing to give things a second chance…. And then there's Linda," he paused momentarily to breathe, but Paige's slight jealous expression didn't go unnoticed by the genius.
"Even after she had a bomb strapped to her chest because of me, she's not going to let it keep her from dating again." He decided against telling Paige about Linda's rejection to his dinner invitation, and began to finalize his argument. "With all of that said, it leads me to believe that some insanity is acceptable if it means some change is involved. Perhaps Elia will succeed with his new building, and perhaps Toby and Happy's relationship - however serious it is - will thrive. And maybe Linda will find someone to keep her from being eaten by her cat someday. I'm beginning to understand that, because the future is unpredictable, it's okay to try things again even when they don't work the first time."
Paige smiled and bumped her shoulder against his. "It's like that old saying goes: if at first you don't succeed, try, try again." She bit her lip and rubbed her thumb over his thumb knuckle. "I'm proud of you, Walter. You've come so far since we first met, and the fact that you just kicked the definition of insanity right in the ass says a lot about how much you've evolved."
Walter pursed his lips and nodded to her acknowledgement. "I do try."
"But," she mellifluously laughed and smirked, "Don't evolve too fast; otherwise, I'd be out of a job." Walter suddenly blanched. Scorpion without Paige was unthinkable. "Walter," Paige squeezed his hand, "I'm kidding."
He swallowed hard and cleared his throat, "I'll, uh, I'll stop effectively immediately then."
"Don't," Paige shook her head and laughed. "I said I was kidding, and besides," she settled back beside him and pressed her cheek to his shoulder, "I find your rationale of my world amusing."
"It's, uh," he boyishly grinned from her compliment, "quite a process, isn't it?"
"With you," Paige laughed and relaxed against him, "it definitely is." She craned her neck to look at him and smiled. "But… because you're happier by the end of the day, the crazy journey is totally worth it."
And suddenly, he remembered all he had initially wanted to say, and had finally found a way to say it. "Paige?"
"Yes?"
"There's, um, there's something else that makes me happier, too." he muttered as he angled himself towards her and issued her a genuine smile. "And I don't want to wait to want it anymore," he quietly added, knowing full well she had understood him.
Paige, either empowered by Walter's sweet words or by her strong desire to kiss him senselessly, suddenly climbed onto his lap and straddled her hips against him. Gently, she cupped his face and leaned in close as he instinctively wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer to him. "Then don't."
And before he could assemble some sort of reply, Paige cut him off with a bruising kiss as her fingers clutched his thick, dark curls. He automatically moved his mouth with hers and kissed her as passionately as she was kissing him. And when he eventually pulled away, she leaned her forehead against his and held his face in her hands as he breathed in everything that was her.
"I made a mistake a few months ago, Paige." he whispered softly as he met her beautiful hazel eyes.
"I know," she mumbled and gently kissed his lips. "I did too."
Walter covered her hands with his and wrapped his fingers around hers without ever looking away from her. "Don't let me make that same mistake again."
She smiled and kissed him firmly on the mouth.
"I won't."
~ SCORPION ~
WriterFreak001:
Writing this was funnn! :)
