Thanks to 2BeautifulBrownEyes, NCIS She-Demon, chartreuseian, and Samisim.

Titanium Webbing

"What's going on?" Nikola blinked his eyes open in the lab.

"I don't know," Will answered. Henry was tapping on his tablet, trying to access the security camera footage. "We heard something breaking and Kate went to check on Helen."

Nikola scrutinized Will. The psychologist was looking at him very closely, with an odd expression on his face. "Erm, how are you feeling?"

"Fine, what's going on?" he snapped.

Will didn't know what he was going to do. All of a sudden he heard Helen screech. Nikola sprung up right away and they were both tearing out of the room. Will kept a wary eye on Tesla to make sure nothing unexpected was going to happen.

"Doc! Are you okay?" Kate asked.

"I'm fine," Helen said mildly. "I didn't see you around the corner."

"Okay, whatever. Tesla is-"

"Up here," Nikola answered straight away.

Slowly, it was all beginning to come back. But at the moment, other things were more important than figuring out why he wasn't a love potion addict any more. Helen didn't screech, and certainly not when someone came unexpectedly around the corner.

Helen looked up at him. She looked like she was trying hard to keep her cool, but he brushed past Will even when the psychologist said, "Watch out!" in a high pitched voice.

"Okay, well, everything is under control." Kate said, almost asking.

"Yes. I think. What can you remember?" Helen asked Tesla, avoiding his eyes.

"Uh, Doc," Henry's voice floated from the kitchen. "If the abnormal is really out of him-" Henry poked his head out of the door and scowled at Tesla. "-Not that I think he couldn't easily fake it, then we have a serious problem."

"What?" Tesla asked in an irritable voice. In reality, he was quite flattered that the young HAP thought him capable of faking it. If he had allowed himself to wear a smile, then he would have dropped it. He had never been able to fake not loving Helen.

"Well, the abnormal might have transferred into three things, all out onto the counter. My apple juice," Henry scowled again, "The coffee, and the tea."

"The only way is to test them," Helen answered immediately.

"How do we test?" Will asked, running a hand through his hair.

"No easy way. You have to simply drink them and see if you get it," Helen said.

"There's got to be a better way?" Tesla raised his eyebrows.

"I think we all agree we don't want a lovestruck Tesla." Will said anxiously. "Again."

"I didn't do anything!" he protested, trying to look innocent. Then a wide smirk came back and he looked at Helen. "Did I?"

"No you did not," she said.

But if someone had looked closely, someone would have seen she was blushing. Nikola Tesla was looking closely, and was very puzzled. "Alright, you check the substances and I'll go and do something else, okay?" he said.

"Right, and leave you alone with Helen." Kate said.

"I'll be fine." Helen tried to roll her eyes.

"Unfortunately." Tesla added.

*.*

Helen and Nikola were sitting together in the lab. They were talking about nothing, as old friends have a tendency to do, except they always do it when something else is on their minds.

"Can't you remember anything?" Helen asked.

"Somehow I don't think I had any of those," he said. "That psychologist of yours really is annoying."

"He has a reason to be when you're around," she grinned.

"What's that supposed to mean?" he asked innocently.

"It means he's trying to keep you away from me," she said still smiling, leaning closer to him.

"Well, that's his problem..." Tesla trailed off looking deeply into her eyes. She knows my game. It's always been a game - because she'll never love me, he thought sadly.

But then something extremely unexpected happened.

She leaned forward and kissed him.

His eyes widened.

Her eyes widened.

He kissed her back.

She wrapped her arms around him.

His eyes widened even wider.

He broke away.

"This isn't you. This is a love potion," he said, looking at her, as if he has been betrayed - which in his mind, he had.

"No it isn't." But he held her off at arm's length.

For all his comments, for all his antics, for all his advances, he wasn't going to take advantage of her this way.

*.*

"Helen, what are you doing?" Nikola asked as she pushed him down onto the chair in the lab. She clicked the recline button, and then another.

"You should have quicker reflexes!" she said. She clicked bands of titanium webbing in place and slowly lent towards him.

*.*

"Did I mention I love titanium webbing?" Nikola said.

Best invention ever, he thought.