WriterFreak001:

I received a prompt on Tumblr and really liked the prompt so I wrote the story requested. :)

Please let me know what you think!

Collection │Euphoria

Title │ Conquer the World

Fandom │ Scorpion (CBS)

Description│ PROMPT by maraquita225 on Tumblr. :)

waige ficlet request - paige wearing burgundy blouses and having a pregnant (ish) belly (uk vs us vs un 1x09 and grow a deer. . . 4x03) and walter's thoughts. it would make a good parallel gif set too. thanks!

Rating│This fanfiction is rated T for depictions of a car accident.

He once thought a future with her would never happen, could never happen after the Flo incident. After months of separation, of depression, anxiety and sleepless nights, they bumped into each other at a cafe and reconnected.

He apologized for the umpteenth time, and initially, he thought she wouldn't accept it, but her reaction had surprised him. Instead of accepting his apology right away, she had slid her palm over his hand and smiled sweetly before bowing her head and apologizing herself. After hours of talking things through, they both agreed that there was enough blame to go around between the two of them.

So they parted as friends, and eventually, the others came around and accepted their jobs back with Scorpion, but due to the turmoil caused by dating and working together, she had agreed to resume her employment with Richard Elia. Occasionally, their paths would cross whenever Elia contracted Scorpion to help with special projects, but they tried their best to keep a respectable distance, knowing that being in a relationship was out of the question.

And yet, it was obvious to everyone else that neither founder nor liaison were happy with their decision to stay friends. Both wanted more (again) but were too hesitant to even consider the idea of dating again.

Until that dreadful day when he almost lost her… when she had lost control of her car… when she had wrapped it around a tree, when she was found with a severe head injury… when she spent days in a coma… when she flatlined…

The doctors had given up after two minutes of repetitive resuscitation, but he refused to believe that his life with Page was over. With great effort, he pushed past the doctors and nurses and continued pressing hard on her chest, pressing his lips to hers and breathing air into her lungs just as she had done for him in Chernobyl.

He wouldn't give up.

Doctors had tried to pull him away and even called security but even as arms roughly grabbed him and tore him away from her lifeless body, he fought back as hard as he could and managed to free himself before scrambling back to the love of his life. And as he began pushing on her chest again, Homeland Security finally showed up and ordered everyone to standby as he worked tirelessly in trying to bring her back.

But there was even a time when Toby, Sylvester and Cabe tried to pull him back, telling him to let go,

The shrill of the flatline screamed in his ears, growing louder and louder as each second passed. And with one hard, desperate smack to her chest, he shouted at her, proclaiming everything he was feeling all in one breath, begging her to open her eyes, move, do something, anything.

And then there was one tiny beat, soft and weak, but present.

… That day served as a reminder for both of them, that life was too precious to waste, and they've been together ever since then.

She actually agreed to marry him - Walter O'Brien of all people. He was overjoyed when she said yes, and even more so when she said, "I do." The wedding was small and private - a sweet celebration of the love they fought to keep. Ralph had given a wonderful and thoughtful speech - his words sending Paige over the moon.

He and Paige had been through a lot to get to where they were, and after a year of marriage with his palm resting gently over their future child, he felt like they could conquer the world.

WriterFreak001: I hope you enjoyed this one-shot! :)