I can't thank you all enough! The response for this collection is so positive that fills my heart with joy.

Just like you all suggested, I wrote this fic using "Father" for the letter F. I'm not sure if it fulfills what you were thinking, but that's the best I came up with. Aaaand I know that Cabe didn't go to jail, but this idea was pegging me, so.

I have an idea for the letter G, but feel free to drop any suggestions! I'm thinking about writing two, or three dribbles with every letter, because you guys have the best suggestions ever!

I didn't review this and please, please remember that English is not my first language.

I don't own Scorpion *sighs*


He watched as Paige leaves the garage.

After he read the letter, she said some things to her and really, he believes in every word that she said.

But he needs a moment to process it. Even though his EQ had improved, some habits die hard.

She understands that and that's why she said that she was going home and that he was welcome any time.

Even though he's sad, he felt a pleasant feeling spreading through his body. He doesn't believe in luck, but that's the only way to explain how he got a girl like Paige to even like him.

Looking at the paper on his hand, he knows what is at stake.

Cabe might go to jail.

It's a tangible possibility that he might lose the person that he considers his father.

He doesn't hate the fact that he doesn't know the outcome.

He hates that he's not able to do something about it.

He holds the piece of paper firmly on his hand. It crinkles, but he's careful to not destroy it.

He might lose Cabe.

His eyes stings with tears.

Picking up his phone, he dials the number.

"Hello?"

He stays quiet for a minute, and the person on the other side doesn't push it. He's grateful for that.

"You can't go to jail." It's the first thing he blurts.

He hears Cabe breathing hard on the other end.

"Logically, I know that you can't anything about it, that you've done everything that you could possible do, but..." he says, taking his time. "You can't go to jail."

"Sometimes, things happens and we can't do anything about it." Cabe says using a soft tone. "You know that."

He knows that, better than anyone. And yet.

"You can't go to jail." He repeats again, as if it would change anything.

"Are you alone?"

"Yes. After I read your letter, Paige left because she knew that I needed a moment alone."

He explains even though he doesn't need to.

"You've got yourself a fine girl." He states and Walter doesn't disagree.

"Listen to me." The agent says forcefully and Walter knows that he's holding back tears. "Everything I said in the letter is true. Every damn word. But here's a thing I forgot to mention."

Walter holds the phone close to his ear.

"If it all go wrong, you have to promise me to not let it affect you so much."

"But Cabe—"

"I'm not done." Walter smiles a little, because now he can hear the guy that he met all those years ago.

He's using that tone of voice that he uses against a suspect but he knows that he's talking like a father.

"You got yourself a nice thing going on there. With Scorpion, with the geniuses, with Ralph, Paige. Even if I end up in jail, don't throw it all away. Don't reset it. Don't turn yourself to what you used to be. Deal?"

Walter nods even though Cabe can't see him. "Deal."

X

It's close to midnight when Paige hears a soft knock on her door.

After she left the garage, she went home and told Ralph to go bed. She went to the kitchen and poured herself a glass of wine, and waited.

Walking to the door, she looks through the peephole even though she knows who's on the other side.

Opening the door, she finds Walter shifting his weigh from foot to foot.

"Walter?"

She says and he turns to look at her. The look on his face breaks her heart.

"He can't go to jail."

Opening her arms, she does the one thing that she can do.

He enters the circle of her arms and holds her tight and she can feel his tears soaking her blouse.

She pulls him inside and closes the door.


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