'That's the last straw' Thomas thought to himself as he dived at Walter. The cocky git was begging for a punch all day in Thomas' opinion. But somehow Walter avoided the punch- Thomas had never missed when they were younger.
Just as Thomas was gearing up to try again he spied a object beneath Walter's Jacket that made him glad he hadn't connected. "What the fuck have you got that for?!?" He shouted pointing at Walter's jacket. Walter looked confused "My Jacket? Well it is rather cold and-" "Not the Jacket you moron the fucking gun!" many of the gathering gasped and looked at Walter in shock. "These Americans and their bloody guns-" Conner started.
"Don't be stupid boys" Sean interrupted "He wouldn't have been allowed through customs with one. Anyway its our Walter- he doesn't have a gun- do you boy?"
Walter looked embarrassed as he pulled his Jacket back revealing the weapon "Actually I do father. Nature of the job- I have to be prepared" He replied a matter of factly, as if it should've already been obvious.
Louise looked towards Sylvester in asking. Sly was nervous as he spoke to Walter's parents. "I've never gone into detail about what we do, have I?" he asked, wincing as Louise raised her voice for the first time ever with him "No you bloody haven't!" She turned to Cabe speaking dangerously "what the fuck have you got my boy into??" she demanded.
Though Walter opened his mouth to speak it was Tim that got there first. "Scorpion is actually Walter's company- we have missions worldwide be it Hacking, and kidnappings to terrorism, Nuclear disasters, espionage, Weapons of mass destruction and more. We could be called to any country at a moments notice. Its a dangerous job. That's why he's got me and Cabe on staff- not that he needs us- only last Tuesday I saw him take out 7 huge heavily armed war criminals with baking ingredients, tin foil and a foil tray. He's trained in several different styles of unarmed and armed combat nowadays as well".
Unused to hearing the Seal sing his praises (it made it very hard to hate him when he was being nice). Walter decided to turn the attention over to Slyvester "it was only two days ago Sly defused a bomb we found in the Garage. He cut it off in the last 3 seconds- I was very impressed" Walter praised, something he didn't do often. Hoping that his parents would concentrate more on their much favoured son-in-law as they usually did. Apparently that was the wrong thing to do.
"Oh my boys! Come to mummy!" Louise cried as she pulled Walter and Sylvester into a crushing hug sobbing uncontrollably. Walter rolled his eyes as he stood stock still until the hug ended.
Conner, still in shock turned to Tim "You actually trust that nutcase?" Tim laughed as he answered the shocked Irishmen "There's only two instances I wouldn't trust him- alone with my girlfriend, or if he or any of the others want to play charades"
Both Walter and Paige stared at the floor shamefully. Tim had caught them having a moment in the kitchen earlier. While Tim appeared to be able to laugh it off somehow Paige knew that had Tim not interrupted she would've likely have demanded Walter snog her (and possibly fuck her) right there in his Mother's kitchen. The guilty looks did not go unnoticed by Walter's Mother. "But.." Tim continued "Walt may be a wackadoodle but he is also a hero and I trust him with my life."
Walter thought it impossible that he'd feel anymore guilty for the way he had treated and acted towards Tim in his jealousy. Apparently he was wrong. That hit him harder than any punch could've.