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Happy:

They had decided to stay in for the night. Toby had suggested that they have a little game night, and Happy agreed, only because she was exhausted and didn't feel like being dragged out tonight. After arguing for ten minutes, Toby won over an irritated Happy and they sat down on the floor in front of a the Scrabble board. Of course Toby would want to play Scrabble. It's one game that he knew in total confidence that he could beat Happy at. Toby places the first tiles on the board in between handfuls of popcorn.

"H-O-A-G-I-E. My favorite kind of sandwich." Said Toby with a smile.

"No it's not. Your favorite sandwich is the BLT from the deli down the street." Happy said, placing the word PHLEGM on the board. Toby let out an audible laugh.

"Well done, that was a test! But way to ruin my appetite with your disgusting word." He scrunched his face dramatically at the board.

"You're a doctor, I'm sure you've heard worse. Besides, my disgusting 13 point word beats your tasty 10 point word."

Toby raised an eyebrow at that and Happy threw back an equally as challenging smirk. "So you're here to play, are you?" He threw back his head in laughter before grinning at his new letters. He hesitated only a second before playing LOQUAT.

"Boom, 15 points right there, and it's on a double word score." He said with a proud smile. Happy gave a sideways glance at the board.

"Loquat? That's not even a word. You made that up."

"No way. A loquat is a small evergreen tree native to China."

"Whatever," Happy sighed, playing the word TOXIN off his word. The two geniuses continued this way for a while, the game becoming increasingly more competitive and interesting. Game nights were never relaxing or casual.

"Are you kidding me? There is no such thing as 'effleurage'!" Happy began to raise her voice as her competitive streak come out.

"Yes there is! An effleurage is a delicate stroking motion or soft caress!" Toby fought back. The board was filling up quickly, with Happy resorting to words she knew from chemistry, like allotropy and subatomic. Toby threw out words like 'gaucherie' ("Lack of social grace, Happy") and 'eviscerate' ("It's a medical term, often used when talking about surgery, basically meaning to remove the insides of something"). Toby laughed as he watched Happy's frustration levels rising.

"This is a stupid game. I'm not good with words. And you are very," she turned the board to face him so he could read the tiles she just played - ANNOYING. He laughed again, pulling the board towards him. Happy glared at him, watching how much he was enjoying showing off his vocabulary.

"You know, Happy," he said as he shuffled a few tiles on stand and taking glances at the board, "there is a word for every object and every feeling in this entire world, except to describe with any accuracy how much," he spun the board to her and glanced down at it - ILOVEYOU.

She tried to keep her face stern in mock anger, but she left out an uncontrollable laugh. She didn't know how to respond to his occasional romanticism, so instead she just laughed. She was involuntarily beaming at him and Toby just reveled in her smile.

"Foul, Curtis! You lose." She said once she regained her composure, a smile still spread across her face. "That's 3 words, not 1. I win."

Toby laughed and leaned across the board to give her a quick kiss.

"Limerence: a state of mind resulting from romantic attraction, characterized by feelings of euphoria." said Toby as he pulled away.

"Idiot: a big, cheesy romantic doctor in a fedora." Laughed Happy as she pulled him down to her lips again.