A.N: Well here's a new story. I don't' know how long it's gonna be, but I am definitely excited about it.

Chapter 1

Alex Moore was beginning to get a fan club and he thinks it may have something to do with his son. There were five women that had reworked their schedules just to make sure they would be here at the same time as he was. Skye was insistent that it was because they liked to watch him as he did his work out, but Alex was pretty sure it had to do with Tommy. His son was 9 months old now and he was looking more like his mother every day, no wonder he was beginning to get a following. Though Skye insists that he looks more like him, Alex really just can't see it. He was all Skye even down to his mop of curly brown hair.

Alex did a few more reps before he placed the weights back down where they belonged. His muscled burned from the work out and he welcomed the familiar feeling. He heard Tommy giggle at being lowered to the ground from where he was strapped to his chest. When Skye had first handed Alex the carrier he had to admit that he wasn't exactly keen on wearing it. But, taking care of a baby meant needing as many hands free as possible. So ow he found himself almost completely dependent upon it. He took it everywhere they went, it kept his hands free and Tommy happy being in such close proximity to his father.

Tommy continued to laugh as he reached out for the weights that Alex had just relinquished. Alex mouth kicked up into a smile as his son continued to babble. He could hear the squeals of the women that were "working out" behind him. They were obviously as amused with Tommy as he was. Although he couldn't help hearing his wife's voice claiming they were actually making such racket at the sight of him bent over. He was going to have to find a different time to come here, he was beginning to feel uncomfortable with the staring women.

Alex turned around meeting the stares of the women for a moment before he gathered his things and headed out. Normally he would have taken a shower but today Alex was just not willing to deal with the fan club anymore. "Come on Tommy, let's go home and get cleaned up." Tommy gurgled and smiled up at him from his chest. He smiled back at him, before heading out the door and towards the car. It took him only a moment to get Tommy strapped into his car seat and then he was on the road. They didn't live far from the gym maybe a 5 minute drive, usually Alex would jog the distance, but it was starting to get cold out now that fall was starting and he couldn't have Tommy out in that.

Alex reached for the radio and switched it to the classic rock station that Skye had all but refused to let Tommy listen to. Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" was playing and Alex turned up the volume. He could see Tommy kicking his legs to the music smiling, and that was proof enough for Alex that his son had the same taste in music as him. He was glad when he had first started taking Tommy for drives at night when neither of them could sleep that he had opted for his favorite radio station instead of the cd's that Skye had bought for their son. So whenever they had to drive anywhere anymore this was the station of choice. Who really needed "The Wheels on the Bus" anyway? Of course when she was with them it was a whole other story.

Alex sang along keeping an eye on the road while watching his son out of the corner of his eye. Tommy was now almost jumping out of his car seat, the sound of Alex singing and having fun adding to his own excitement. Alex always enjoyed this time with his son, after all he never thought he would ever have a family. He was always more of a loner, sure he had friends but none that were to close. And every relationship he had, had never been that serious. That had all changed when Skye had come barreling into his life. Look at him now.

Ringing brought Alex out of his reverie, he reached for his phone and glanced down to see who was calling. Well speak of the devil… He reached over to turn off the radio, he could hear Tommy's cry from losing his source of entertainment. He answered the phone and quickly placed it on speaker, knowing that his mommy's voice would soothe Tommy almost instantly. "Hey, honey." Alex answered.

"Hey, yourself. What are you doing?" Skye's voice rang out clear, and as Alex had predicted Tommy's whining stopped and he let out an excited squeal instead.

'Mama!" He cried looking around for her, obviously expecting her to be here.

"Oh, am I on speaker? Hey baby, Mommy loves you!" Tommy laughed at her voice.

"What about me?" Alex whined a smile on his face as he drawled out a snort from Skye.

"Oh, I don't know… I guess I love you to."

"You guess, c'mon Skye we both know that you're desperately in love with me." Alex replied as he pulled into their apartment complex's parking lot.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever you say robot." Alex felt the familiar twinge of nostalgia that he always got when she called him that. It was a peculiar feeling to get from her nickname, after all she had only been calling him that for almost 4 years. It was the same feeling he would get a lot when she would do things, like when she would beat him (again) at battleship.

But, that was nothing compared to feeling he would get when she would call him by his middle name, Grant. She always called him that when she was her most loving towards him and when they made love. It had occurred to Alex that it should have been strange, but it had felt almost natural to hear her say it. So he never questioned it. Just as he never questioned so much when it came to his life with Skye, it seemed she knew so much more than he did about everything including himself. But, his life was too good to go shining a light on things that didn't need discovering. So Alex was content to keep things the way they were.

"C'mon Mrs. Moore, you know it's the truth." His voice was cocky and Skye couldn't deny it, of that he was sure.

"Okay, okay. You win, this one time." Alex smirked as he unstrapped Tommy from his car seat. He reached for his gym bag and slung it across his shoulder before he picked Tommy up. "So are you home?"

"Yeah we just got back from the gym." He chuckled at his wife's scoff, she found their fan club to be more annoying than he did himself. He always did get a kick at her reactions though.

"Oh, let me guess those sluts were drooling all over you again."

"Language Skye." Alex retorted knowing she didn't want Tommy to pick up any bad words. His first word happened a couple weeks ago and Alex was only a little bit jealous that it had been mama instead of dada that had come about a week afterwards. But, since then he was picking up words like a champ, something that Alex thought personally he got from him. After all he knew 6 languages which was something that had come in pretty handy at his job. It must have been why he had learned them to begin with. Alex fumbled with his keys trying to select the one to their apartment.

"I know I know. It's just all they do is stare at you when you work out, even when I'm there." She paused for a moment and it sounded like scrabbled to do something quickly. "I'm sorry if I reserve the right to be the only one that ogles you when you're all sweaty and worked up." She had lowered her voice, she was probably trying to hide the fact that she was the phone at work. However, she also added a sultry note to it that immediately affected him. Alex almost dropped his keys at the breathy tone of Skye's voice. She was doing it on purpose and he knew it. He gripped the keys tightly and slipped them into the doorknob. He opened the door and placed his keys into the dish next to the door.

"Skye you are aware that I am carrying our son, right?" She laughed.

"Please babe, I know you are incapable of doing anything that could possibly hurt Tommy." Her confidence in him should have astounded him, but he felt like if she believed him capable of such feats, it was true. She always seemed to know him better than himself. "Anyway I was calling to say I'm gonna be home a little late from the office and that I'll bring home Tai food."

"Tai food? Skye I could easily cook-"

"Oh no mister, the last time I talked to your boss he said that he was still waiting on your building schematics or whatever they're called, and I know for a fact that you haven't even started on it." Alex sighed, he couldn't deny that he hadn't started designing his newest building yet, but he just couldn't find any inspiration for it. Adding to the pressure was that this was the first time he had been selected to head a project such as this, for one of their biggest companies. He was choking on the pressure or at least it felt like he was. But, that was something he had never done before. Why was he even doing this job again?

Alex tried to think back to why he had decided to become an architect to begin with, but the only thing that was clear in his memories was that he had wanted to be one since he was a kid.

"Okay, fine. But nothing to spicy okay, we don't need Tommy to have gas. Especially since he's still on the tap."

"Okay that has got to be the least sexy way I have ever heard anyone refer to the girls." Alex sighed, once again feeling exasperation at what Skye was saying, she was so good at bringing that feeling out of him. He trekked his way into the living room depositing his gym bag outside the laundry room as he did.

"Skye, you know what I meant and I really don't think now would be the best time for me to refer to your breasts as anything other than that." Alex placed Tommy down into his pen. He grabbed the baby monitor and switched it on so he could take it with him into the bathroom down the hall.

"Geez you're no fun right now. What's up?"

"Nothing, I'm just a little tired Tommy's been a little rowdy today." He also didn't sleep well last night, not with Skye working and not in bed with him. Tommy also hadn't quite gotten to the point where he was sleeping all the way through the night.

"I know sorry I haven't been able to put him back to bed the last few nights, I know you have a lot on your plate right now to." The sound of her phone being pulled away cut their conversation short. Skye's voice and one of her coworkers were faint in the background. The conversation lasted only a few moments and then Skye was back. "Sorry about that, almost got caught."

"Yeah, maybe calling me when you're supposed to be working isn't the best idea. Especially when you're finally getting the week off. Don't want to piss off the boss right before you leave." This was going to be their first family trip. They were heading off to the coast.

In addition to it being Tommy's first time at the beach, it would also be a much needed break for Skye and himself. They hadn't been able to spend a whole lot of time together the past couple weeks, her boss had been keeping her ridiculously busy.

"Oh, ha ha excuse me for missing my family. Alright, I have to go. I'll see you around 7:00, okay?" She sounded exhausted and Alex could relate. His hand rested on the top of Tommy's head as he played in his pen.

"Okay, see you then. I love you." Alex didn't know why every time they said goodbye he had to tell her that, but he just got the feeling that he had to say it. Just in case it was the last time. Which was ridiculous. But, he couldn't push down the very real fear that it was a distinct possibility.

"I love you too." The lined cut and Alex sighed as he tossed his phone onto the couch his day was starting to catch up to him. Tommy had been a handful the entire day, he was cranky and making a mess of everything he did. He had to have two baths in a span of a few hours. That was why Alex had decided to head to the gym, it always seemed to make him happy.

Alex checked on Tommy one last time. He was playing with his favorite toy, a stuffed dog named Buddy, (Skye had given him an odd look when he had chosen the name for their son) and was giggling every once in a while. After making sure he was okay, Alex made sure that all the doors and windows were locked and even checked all areas that were possible hiding places. No one else was in the house, of that he was sure, why he was sure he didn't know. But, he couldn't stop himself from checking. He considered if he should find this behavior strange, but he pushed it to the back of his mind as he did when he always got that feeling.

Alex headed down the hall and turned into the bathroom. Their apartment only consisted of two rooms and one bathroom. Their living room was adequate enough, but their kitchen left much to be desired. It was small, but Alex was still able to make use of it. They were still saving up to buy a house, but they weren't exactly over flowing with money. Sure his job paid well enough, at least better than Skye's that is, but with the bills and living expenses it would be awhile before they could save up enough for their own house.

Alex placed the baby monitor on the counter and turned it up to max volume so he could hear it over the shower. He stripped his sweaty clothes off his body and tossed them into the hamper. He glanced at his reflection in the mirror. He ran his hand across his jaw feeling his stubble, he was going to need a shave soon. His eyes scanned his body and he took in the familiar sight of the scars that marred his skin.

Not willing to delve into his doubts he stepped into the shower letting the hot water ease his tired muscles. He hoped the shower would wash away his worries along with his aches. He went through the process of washing his body on automatic, allowing his mind to go blank. After he had finished washing off his sweat from the day he closed his eyes for a moment as he leaned his head against the wall of the shower. He stood for a while and let the water wash over his form. He wasn't sure how long he stood there with his eyes closed before he was seeing flashes of things he could not remember flood his mind.

Skye stood before him a smile teasing her features. She was in a hospital bed and for a moment Alex thought it could have been when Tommy was born, but know her was longer than he had ever seen it. He couldn't recall a time that her hair had been that long or another time that she had been in the hospital since they had been together.

The image shifted till his vision filled with crimson. It cleared and a set of arms came into view, his arms, he began to feel weak and he felt something slip from his fingers. The blood from his freshly slit wrists began to pull beneath him. He tried to make himself apply pressure to his wounds, he had to live he had a family to take care of, but his body wouldn't listen to his commands. He was going to die.

Alex eyes opened again as his blind panicked erased his breath. His heart was pounding at an alarming speed and his head was in a frenzy. There was a ghost of pain on his wrists, where they had been cut in his... dream? His left hand came up to rest on his other wrist. His fingers traced the risen flesh of a scar that rested there.

No. No. He hadn't tried to kill himself that wasn't possible. He had gotten these scars from a workplace accident. Back when he was working construction to put himself through college. He remembered his hands getting caught in the machinery and he remembered being rushed to the hospital. He remembered…

The sound of the baby crying brought him out of his slight panic and back to the real world. Only then did he realize the water had gotten cold. He switched the shower off and quickly stepped out of the shower. He reached for the towel hanging on the rack and wrapped it around his waist. Tommy's cries were beginning to get louder and Alex wondered how long he had been crying. He made his way down the hall and into the living room. Tommy was standing in his playpen tears streaming down his red face and was wailing out. "Dada!"

Alex rushed to Tommy who had his arms raised reaching for him to pick him up. "Hey buddy, it's okay Daddy's here." He lifted Tommy to his chest and held him close. Tommy's cries began to quite as soon as he was in Alex's arms. His hands searched for something to grip along Alex neck, but with no shirt on Tommy was forced to fist his hands on Alex chest. He hid his red teary face next to his hands on Alex chest.

Alex slowly bounced his son as he murmured calming words into his hair. All the while his eyes scanned the room looking for anything that could have caused his happy boy to suddenly burst into tears. To normal eyes nothing really seemed out of place, but something really seemed… not wrong, but off. Perhaps, it was just his left over sensitivity from the strange dream he had in the shower, but something just felt not right.

He held Tommy close to his chest as he walked around the room, keeping an eye for anything that would make him feel this way. The odds of there really being something were slim, but Alex could not let the feeling go. By the time he had finished searching the entire apartment he almost felt foolish. Nothing seemed out of place, he must have been imagining things. He pushed his feeling of unease down as he did with all of the other feelings he didn't understand and returned his attention to the baby in his arms.

Tommy was now calm and looking around the house with his father, helping with his inspection. Maybe Alex had overreacted a little it was something that he tended to do. Skye once joked with him about seeing monsters in the shadows and it seemed she was right. Tommy was probably hungry or maybe he needed a change. There were many rational explanations to why he had been so upset.

Alex glanced over at the clock on the wall, 6:49 p.m. Skye would be home soon. Well if Tommy was hungry he could wait for his mother to be home in a few minutes to eat, so Alex instead busied himself by checking to see if his son needed a change.

It was easy enough to find out that that was indeed the reason Tommy was crying. As he busied himself with changing Tommy's diaper, Alex tried to think of what time they had arrived home and how long he had exactly been in the shower. When he had cleaned Tommy up and had him in a fresh diaper he tossed the soiled one into the diaper pail. Alex reached to check his phone and saw that Skye's call had come at 5:43 and he was in the shower maybe ten minutes after that.

He had lost almost an hour of time. "Dada uh." Alex looked down at where Tommy laid, he had yet to replace the onesie. He knew what "uh" meant he wanted to be picked up. Alex lifted his son from the changing table and carried him to the couch where he sat down with Tommy in his lap. He flipped the T.V. on and settled for some cartoon that kept Tommy occupied.

He instead watched his son. His expressions were the most amazing thing he had ever seen. He experienced everything in a way that Alex had never even knew was possible. It was at moments like this that his son, Thomas Douglas Moore reminded him the most of his wife.

Skye stared blankly at the screen of her computer, the numbers streamed by. She felt herself get lost in the motion of the numbers, it was like she would often do staring out the window during a long car ride. Thoughts of her family were what was keeping her attention away from her hack. Grant's voice had been so happy on the phone and the squealing of Tommy had made her want to leave the Playground early and head home. She was excited for this coming week. She would be free Friday and today was Thursday, she was almost there.

It was getting harder and harder to keep coming back to S.H.I.E.L.D. and leave her secret family behind. Here she was Daisy Johnson, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., the specialist, the leader of the Caterpillars. She wasn't married or a mother, she wasn't herself, not anymore.

But, she wasn't truly herself at home either. She was Alex Moore's wife and Tommy Moore's mother. She was Skye, but she wasn't. She had memories that her husband didn't and it was tiring to be the only one that remembered, the only one with the horrible experiences of their past engraved into her soul. Hers and Grant's.

Grant wasn't truly himself either, but he was close. He was Alex and Alex was everything she could ever need him to be, except for who he used to be. Don't get her wrong she loves her husband she does, but she loves who he used to be too. There were many times when she wished he still remembered, but that wasn't possible anymore, not for them.

Their relationship just wouldn't work if he was Grant again and the thought made her want to cry. But, Alex is amazing and she loves him. She also doesn't know what she would without her little super spy. Tommy is the most important thing in her life now. It was hard, working for S.H.I.E.L.D. and raising a son in secret.

But, hey not as hard as working for S.H.I.E.L.D. and hiding a pregnancy had been. She could count on both of her hands how many times she had almost been found out. Yeah, a baby was much easier to hide when it was protruding from your stomach. When he had been born Skye knew the perfect name for him and Grant had agreed with a dazzling smile, of course he didn't know the significance of the name. Tommy was named after his Uncle, a brother that Alex didn't even know he had. And someone that Tommy would never meet. Just like he would never meet anyone here.

When Skye thought about her life there were many things that she had done that she regretted, but her family was definitely not one of them. "-aisy, Daisy…?" Mack's voice brought her from her thoughts and back to reality. The reality that she was living a double (triple?) life. Her hack was still running and hadn't cracked the code on the computer they had found at a Hydra facility, damn she might have to give it some personal attention later. (And by later she meant next week).

"What's up?" She finally answered as she pushed thoughts of her family to the back of her mind. This was the second time she had been caught slacking on her hack today. First it had been by Lincoln when she was on the phone with Grant. He had somehow tracked her down to the storage closet she had made sure wasn't monitored in any way. She had to convince him she was fine, she even had to tell she was on the phone with her boyfriend. It was close enough to the truth so he believed her. Mack gave her a strange look before he continued.

"Damn Tremors, you were really out of it there weren't you?" The sound of her familiar nickname made her smile. She liked Mack and their partnership was something that had come to be one of the only things that was keeping her going whenever she was at the Playground. Her relationship with her "family" had started becoming strained over the years since she had finally decided that Grant was what she wanted. Skye wasn't sure what had caused the rift that had formed, it may have been the fact that she had been pulling away or that she was keeping such a huge secret from them. But, that was giving herself too much credit, they had been pulling away just as much as she was and now Coulson seemed to be the king of keeping secrets.

"Yeah I guess I was. So continuing with my earlier question, what's up?" Mack eyed her for a moment before her decided to finally tell her exactly what was going on. He was obviously hiding something as well.

"Coulson said that he's going to need you to come next week." Skye frowned at the news and opened her mouth to inform Mack exactly what he could tell Coulson, I mean she didn't mind working but she was looking forward to their first family trip that they had planned for this coming week. Mack stopped her before she could interrupt him. "He also said that he knows that you asked for it off a month ago, but things have come up since then and you're needed here." Mack gave her apologetic smile as he finished his message.

"And why exactly couldn't he tell me this himself?" Skye gritted out. She was pissed. I mean she knew that this hack was important, but it wasn't something that couldn't wait a few days. She was definitely going to have to have a few words with Coulson and they may not be appropriate for the work place.

"He's in a meeting."

"…in a meeting" Skye finished along with Mack, it seemed that Coulson was always in a meeting nowadays. Skye stood from her seat and started marching forward. "Well I think his meeting is about to be over."

"Hey, Daisy I don't think that's a goo-"

"Don't even try to stop me Mack." Skye stomped down the halls silently mulling over what she was going to say. She passed many faces, some she recognized and some she didn't. S.H.I.E.L.D.'s growth over the last few years was honestly kind of crazy. It wasn't as big as it was before it fell, but it was getting there.

Skye made it to Coulson's office and stepped right passed his secretary not even listening to her words of warning. She blasted the door open. Yeah she could have opened the door, but using her powers on it was much more satisfying. Don't let it ever be said that Skye didn't know how to make an entrance. "Sorry D.C. but this meeting is over."

She gave a cursory glance and found Coulson, May, and Fitzsimmons all sitting around his desk. She automatically felt a stirring of pain in the pit of her stomach. The thought of the original team, her used to be family, holding a meeting without her… Yeah it stung. What could they possibly be discussing that she wouldn't be involved in?

She pushed that aside and studied the faces of those around her. May's eyes were blank as always, her S.O. wasn't even surprised that Skye had interrupted their meeting. Fitzsimmons wouldn't meet her gaze and they twitched in their seats. Coulson though, he kept his face equipped with a neutral smile that used make her feel like he cared, but now only felt hollow. This meeting had something to do with her. Her heart stopped, did this have something to do with Grant? No, she had hidden them to well. She had too many precautions in place they couldn't know. To them he had married some random woman and he had nothing at all to do with her.

"Daisy, I was expecting you. Just not this soon." Obviously he thought that he had time to finish whatever this little meeting (betrayal?) of theirs, this was. "We were just finished." Of course they were. Skye watched as the rest of her "family" left the room, leaving her alone with Coulson. May tried to shut the door on her way out, but Skye's little display of her powers had warped it out of shape and made it impossible to close. Okay, maybe now Skye could admit that wasn't the smartest idea.

She continued anyway, screw the fact that they didn't have privacy and that his secretary was probably listening. "What the hell Coulson? You can't just take away my time off like this. I asked for this a month ago and I know for the fact that this hack isn't that important!" Skye seethed as she watched how Coulson's expression didn't change from his mask of neutrality. He had changed so much since the time she had met him almost 5 years ago.

"I know that Daisy, but when something comes up it can't be helped. The hack is important, it could lead us to the last of Hydra and we could finally be rid of them for good. Don't you want that?" The last of Hydra. Everything could always lead to taking down Hydra now a days, but they always seemed to escape or have another faction pop up. Skye was beginning to believe there would never be an end to Hydra.

Skye had to control her impulse to inflict serious damage on a man she once considered to be like a father. "Yes, I do." Her words came out through gritted teeth. "But, the hack won't take longer than a few hours. I could hack it and be done before the end of tomorrow. I don't see why you have to take away my entire time off. Besides, how do you even know that it is going to lead to the end of Hydra?"

"Well I thinks it's something that we can't afford to wait on. Yes you could hack it that fast, but you would still be needed here to help take care of what we find out." He countered.

"You don't have to have me Coulson. There are plenty of other caterpillars that you could use." Skye sighed when she could see her words weren't getting through to him. She decided to try her last source of persuasion. "Look D.C. I know this is important, but I really need this week off." Grant would not be happy for her canceling their trip to beach… again. "I'll even take the laptop home with me and work on it there. C'mon D.C. please." She hoped that their somewhat strained father/daughter relationship could at least get her this. Yes, Grant would be annoyed, but not as much as he would be if she had to cancel.

"I'm sorry Daisy, but that would be a security risk." Skye once again felt the urge to do physical harm to her boss, but she pushed it down, the last thing she needed right now was to be arrested for attacking the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. "You're really pushing this Daisy, why exactly do you need this week off? Do you just need a break or is there something you're not telling me?" Skye's heart jumped to her throat. He was fishing for something wanting her to confess, but to what? Skye refused to believe that they had uncovered the truth. She had to play this off. She sighed, Grant was going to be so pissed at her.

"Well it was just supposed to be my first trip with my new boyfriend. Fine, whatever. I'm sure he'll be okay with it. I'll be here." She watched Coulson's face for any clue that he bought it, she came up blank. Skye turned on her heels and stomped out of Coulson's office. Passing by his eavesdropping secretary and her used to be family that had decided that they wanted to listen in. She was so angry that she didn't even bother to think about what they could possibly have been meeting about. She was also scared that they may have figured out something that she had been hiding for nearly 4 years now.

The half hour drive home was filled with quiet seething and thinking of anyway that could possibly soften the blow she was about to deal to Grant. Not to mention pushing down the worry that she had been discovered. How could she soften the blow? The thought of telling him during sex occurred, but that hadn't turned out well for her the other time she had tried it. So she quickly dismissed it. She was just going to have to get it out there.

She was lucky her mind wasn't too preoccupied that she would forget dinner. Skye held dinner in one hand and her keys in the other as she hopped out of her car. Her laptop bag was slung around her shoulder. She took the steps two at a time in a hurry to get into the apartment. She entered their home and placed her keys in the dish on the table that was next to the door.

"Hey, babe! I'm home!" Skye called towards the living room where she could see the light from the T.V. The light flicked on as she kicked her shoes off her feet. She looked up and Grant stepped into the entrance way Tommy resting on his shoulder and blinking sleepily at her. He was only in his diaper, they must have been having quite the day as Grant had said.

She couldn't stop the heartwarming smile that spread across her features, not that she wanted to. Grant returned her smile and crossed the distance to kiss her, which she happily returned. "Welcome home." Skye's smile widened, and then she quickly lowered her gaze to her favorite little person in the whole world.

"Here." She said as she pushed the food towards him. "Trade ya." Grant smirked as he handed Tommy over to her and took dinner from her hands. Skye felt relief almost instantly when Tommy was in her arms. "Hey little guy, did you miss Mommy?" She asked as she followed Grant into the living room and watched as he headed into the kitchen, no doubt serving the food.

Tommy gurgled and buried his face into her breasts. One of his hands coming up to lay on them as well. "Oh, I see how it is. I knew it. You're a boob's guy, just like your daddy." She made sure to say it loud enough for Grant to hear and she was rewarded with a sound of choking from the kitchen. Skye chuckled as she lowered the material that was in the way and brought Tommy up so he could get what he wanted. "You're just hungry aren't ya?" She smiled down at him as he watched her from where he nursed.

She looked up when Grant came into the living room and placed a couple plates of food and two cups of Tommy's favorite juice on the table in front of the couch. Oh, how she missed the days when she was able to come home and get a real drink. The woes of breast feeding. "Impressive." She smirked and threw in a wink at Grant.

"Well this is obviously what you married me for. My ability to carry multiple plates of food at one time. After all I've never heard you say no to something to eat." Grant raised an eyebrow and waited for her to deny the truth.

"Well, was I that obvious?" His laugh was rich and made her smirk turn into a full blown smile.

"How was work?" He asked.

"Oh please, let's not talk about work right now."

"That bad?" Grant's voice was soothing and his hand came to rest on her shoulder. She groaned.

"You have no idea." And he didn't. Today she had trained some new inhuman recruits and then she was working on the hack all day. She had been distracted as well which just made things worse.

Tommy's mouth slipped away from her and she glanced down to see that he had fallen asleep eating. "Oh, great he's going to be gassy tonight, he fell asleep before we could burp him."

"It'll be okay. We'll just keep an extra eye on him tonight." An extra eye, huh? Was that even possible Skye watched him enough for three people, Grant did as well, not that he realized it.

"Here, I'll take him. You eat and I'll put him down in his crib." Skye slipped him into her husband's hands and reached down to put her clothes back into place.

"Thanks babe." Skye ate her food but didn't really taste it. Her thoughts were circling around in her head. Too much had happened today, she frowned, and more was to come. By the time she was done eating she noticed that Grant hadn't rejoined her. "Alex?" She called as she stood and headed down the hall to the nursery.

She found him sitting in the rocker next to the crib watching Tommy as he slept. It was a sweet sight so she watched them for a moment. After a minute or two she quietly made her way to him, she wasn't sure if he knew she was there. It was hard to tell with Grant anymore. She ran her hand across his shoulders to get his attention before she slipped herself across his lap. She kept his gaze for a moment before she turned to join him in watching their son.

"He's so beautiful." She whispered and she felt Grant's arms tighten where they now rested around her waist. "He looks just like you Alex." He shook his head behind her.

"No, he looks more like you." The familiar disagreement made her chuckle.

"Agree to disagree?" He asked her. She turned to meet his gaze. His expression was one of awe that she caught on his face so many times before he was Alex and many times after he was as well. Maybe that was the reason she decided to give up so easily.

"Oh, alright."

She turned back to watch Tommy. But she could feel Grant's eyes on her. They sat there for at least 15 minutes her watching their son and him watching her before she finally decided to just get the bad news over with, like ripping the band aid off. "I have to work this weekend." She felt him stiffen underneath her.

She turned to look at him, but he wouldn't meet her gaze. His arms around her became like iron bars and she knew he was pissed. Damn it, she knew she should have done something different. "Hey, I tried to get off. I mean I really tried, but my boss just wouldn't listen." Oh, he had no idea how much of a fit she pitched. But, she had to make sure everything was okay. Grant still wouldn't look her way, his stare bore into the wall. "Hey c'mon I'm sorry. Won't you look at me?" When he still wouldn't turn she sighed. "Grant, look at me."

When she said his real name he stiffened a bit more, if that were possible, before relax a little around her. He finally turned to look at her. She tried to convey how sorry she was that she couldn't get out of it by the look on her face. But, apologizing again wouldn't hurt. "I'm really sorry, we'll go next month I swear." Grant kept her gaze for a little while longer before sighed and let his head rest on her shoulder.

"I know that you tried to get out of it. I just… how much longer is this job of yours going to rule our lives?" His lips moved against her shoulder. He had no idea how right he was about S.H.I.E.L.D. ruling their lives. Skye had thought about leaving so many times, but she just couldn't bring herself to leave her family that she had found, even if things were strained between them. "Hey it's okay. We'll do it next month." He whispered against her again when he had noticed she had turned her head to press her face into his neck.

Skye raised her head from where she had buried it into Grant's neck. His eyes were a beautiful whiskey color and they made her want to kiss him, so she did. She pressed her lips to his drawing his bottom lip between her own, she waited until she felt him kiss her back before she brought her tongue across his lower lip. When he opened his mouth for her she slipped her tongue inside and kissed him more fully.

When she pulled away they were both breathing heavy and she could feel his arousal where she sat in his lap. She leaned forward to kiss him again, but he shifted his head to where her lips landed on his cheek. She pulled back to see what was wrong. "You have to get up early tomorrow for work and you're exhausted."

"I'm fine." She protested.

"Skye, you need to get some sleep. You didn't get any last night." It was true she had been up all night developing that rootkit that was now working on gaining entrance into the Hydra network. But, she had been pushing it away all day and now that he had brought it up did the last couple of days finally catch up to her. She felt herself lean further into Grant, suddenly she could barely keep her eyes open. "Okay fine, you're right."

"Miracles do happen." Skye snorted against his neck. She closed her eyes and breathed in his unique scent. That was when Tommy began to cry interrupting Skye from relaxing further. A mother's duties never end. She went to stand from Grant's lap before his voice stopped her. "I got him, you go to bed."

Skye hesitated a moment before she finally acquiesced and stood from Grant's lap, he followed behind her. She took a couple steps towards the door before she turned back and watched him pick Tommy up and get him ready for a burping. "I love you."

Grant turned and smiled at her from across the room. "Love you to." Skye returned his smile with a weary one before she turned and left the room. It just took a moment to continue down the hallway and into her and Grant's room.

Skye didn't bother to change her clothes, just threw herself on to her side of the bed, she was asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.

"There you are Ward." Daisy watched him through her scope as he came out of a coffee shop, he had a cup in his hand. "Let's see what you're up to."

A.N: Well what do you think? Let me know.