A/N Don't worry Railman- Walter said there wouldn't be with anyone else but Paige in the last Chapter. Sorry to all those that exspected some (Conter? Walner?) action XDOmg Robert Patrick (Cabe) was so so lovely. I had an amazing time. Thank you everyone for your amazing reviews love you all x
O 'Brien Lounge
They'd not spoken for a few hours, comfortable in the silence next to each other as they caught up on their work.
Paige felt it was almost felt a shame for her to distract Walter from his beloved coding, that he'd been separated from recently "The magazine have requested for measurements for Hugo boss to supply your outfits for Saigon. We'll need to do that later today." She said as Louise and Conner walked in carrying lunch. "I can't wear my own clothes?" Walter asked confused. Paige rolled her eyes "for a big magazine piece no- they supply the clothes for you" she replied.
Louise looked towards Walter in confusion "Where on of earth is Saigon?" She asked. "It's actually Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. It's name was changed in 1976 although it was known by that name as early as 1946" Walter replied, not looking up from his work. "Vietnam" Paige amended. "Why are you going there?" Conner asked between bites of his sandwich "I have no idea." Walter replied, much to Paige's amusement.
"The magazine wants Walter to talk about some of the more interesting places we visit with Scorpion and the stuff we do. They are flying us to Vietnam next month as there are some beautiful places there. Makes the job sound all the more exotic and exciting"
Walter looked up frowning "I drove full speed in a ferrari under a plane, while you stood up attaching a wire and downloading software from said plane to my laptop the day we met and most of our cases since have been as adrenaline filled- is that sort of case not exciting enough?" He asked. "Believe me you keep things pleanty exciting" Paige smirked as she quietly whispered into his ear in reply to him.
Walter pretended not to hear so as to not raise any suspicion from his mother, who already looked physically ill from the plane comment.
"I still don't understand the point of it all though. Seems a waste of time to me" he said. "It's to raise Scorpion's profile" Paige replied rolling her eyes "I know that but why all the dressing up and swanning off to another country" Walter replied. Conner laughed as he looked towards Walter "Because you'll be a handsome man in a beautiful country wearing expensive clothes. Sex sells Walter" he said chuckling.
Walter looked suprised for a moment before rolling his eyes replying exasperated "Great so I'm whoring myself out then". The colour drained from Paige's face as she went back to the night she left Tim
*A few days before*
"THROWING AWAY A GOOD RELATIONSHIP FOR A BIT OF COCK! YOU'RE A FILTHY WHORE! A EVIL MANIPULATIVE BITCH JUST LIKE YOUR MOTHER! IT'S NO WONDER YOUR DAD COULDNT COPE WITH THE WOMEN AROUND HIM- IM NOT SUPRISED HE KILLED HIMSELF!" Tim yelled at the bathroom as he grabbed a dress from Paige's luggage ripping it.
Paige cowered behind the bathroom door. Tears rolling down her cheeks, desperately trying to make herself as small as possible even though she couldn't be seen.
Tim broke the heels off her shoes before flinging them at the bathroom door. He flung a makeup pallette to the floor and stamped on it before grabbing a bottle of perfume throwing it against the wall. Yelling more and more abuse as he destroyed Paige's things.
"THATS ENOUGH!!!" Yelled Cabe, as he and Sean entered the room. Sean spotted Paige's Purse and Passport on the floor and quietly picked them up sliding them into his pocket.
Tim didn't take any notice, ripping more and more clothes. "I gave her the opportunity to have everything! I was going to marry her! I treated her freak boy like a Son!" He snarled. "I wasn't a bad boyfriend and I told her she could have her fun with O'Brien- but because he won't fuck her while she's with me the dirty bitch is leaving me!!"
"It's not like that- It's nothing to do with sex" Paige sobbed from the bathroom. "I love him" This only riled Tim up more. Cabe and Sean had to restrain him from bursting into the bathroom. He had a murderous look in his eyes, and grunted with frustration and anger at the two men holding him back.
After a couple of minutes Tim stopped fighting against the older men's grips. As they released him Tim turned and glared at Sean "I don't even know why you're here." Tim snarled "Everyone knows you never bothered to connect with your Son, why have his back now? You must be a pretty shitty dad if he's replaced you with a man that tricked him into killing thousands of people as a child... that Baghdad bombing years ago- that was Walter's software that murdered those people"
Sean's body filled with white hot fury. Totally distracted from Tim now, He threw a punch harder and faster then he'd ever done before. Even with his Homeland Cabe had no time to block Sean's blow. He was so angry he wasn't even aware he was yelling at the agent in gaelic.
Tim used the distraction to try and attempt to go for the bathroom door again only to be pulled back by the two men. Sean muttered to himself as he and Cabe held him in place while they handcuffed him to a bedpost.
Sean knocked on the door to the bathroom. "It's just me girl" he said softly "come on out now". Paige sniffed as she struggled to stand. Her heart was racing and she was shaking with fear. She almost fell into Sean's arms when she opened the door sobbing.
Sean stood with her outside the hotel room for a few minutes making sure she was ok. He made a promise to return to her before re-entering the room to confront Cabe and Tim.
He felt physically sick after seeing the bruises on the girls arm and the way that Tim was destroying her possessions- and the Bagdad comment? It was no wonder Walter needed so much support as a adult. Between his failure to connect with Walter and Cabes destruction of his already fragile mental health Sean was shocked Walter was functioning at all.
He'd come here angry at those two kids, and now all he wanted to do was protect them both with his entire being.
A/N realised while I was on the underground that I said to Tim I'd do some flashbacks and hadn't done any lol. So this chapter was written on the train home and inspired by my forgetfulness and conversations with Tim lol