Hope for the Lost
Spoilers: All of Season 1 but especially the season finale!
Disclaimer: I own nothing...
Skye walked down hallways of Leavenworth Prison where she knew Ward was being housed. It'd been months since the take down and she'd learned within weeks of his recovered larynx he'd began spilling it all. From secrets to everything personal and they'd gotten a report that he was suffering from Indoctrination and Stockholm Syndrome. Essentially the psychologist said that while his actions were still his, he had been under Garrett's control since his teen years. He'd become the puppet on a string and needed a new start to be himself without orders or being controlled.
Coulson had ordered her to see him as she was the only one he really had been truthful to the whole time. That and the psychologist said the only real person to break Garrett's hold had been her, at least until she rejected him and it had strengthened the madman's hold even more. For days she'd felt guilty and had cried quite a bit until Coulson had reminded her that she could still change things.
The guards on either side of her stopped at a cell and she knew she'd be going in alone. Her faith that Ward would never hurt her still rung true because he hadn't even after she rejected him. She'd refused to allow the guards inside with her and it was only her badge that made them stop. As they opened the door she looked inside to see the man who had taught her most of what she knew. He looked up from where he laid on the bed and sat up quickly at the sight of her.
The door shut behind her and she stood there looking at him, "hey…"
"Skye?" He stood and walked over, reaching out to touch her and she stayed still. She'd been warned he may try to touch her to see if she was real or not. His hand stopped short of her arm and he quickly backed up. "No, you aren't her because Skye hates me, she'd never come. Who are you?" He practically roared and she stood her ground.
"Ward it's me, it's Skye." She pulled on all the resolve she had and reached up to his cheek, hoping he remembered her touch. "I'm real and I'm here so please calm down."
He relaxed with her voice and her touch in mere seconds much to her amazement. She'd been warned that he'd once stated the only thing he'd wanted was her, that she was the only good thing he'd had and he destroyed his chance because of his need to follow Garrett. "Skye?"
"Yeah it's me." She pulled her hand away and moved to sit on the small stool that was attached the wall in front of a table. "Come sit with me."
He slowly sank onto the bed and she smiled at him. "What are you doing here?"
"They told me what happened to you, about what Garrett did and I came to say I'm sorry." She let a small smile go. "I'm grounded for a few weeks," she shook her head, "I got stupid on a mission so I got grounded. Imagine that, Coulson grounding me because I did a bad thing like I'm a little girl." She let a small chuckle go and saw him smile slightly. "Anyways, I thought I'd come visit you and see if we could talk."
Ward looked at the floor, "all I've done is talk."
"Yeah to therapists but I'm me," she smiled at him and he looked up to meet her eyes. "Besides, I'm down a game partner because with Fitz recovered he's back to obsessing over monkeys and Simmons. They finally got together and now, despite us wanting it, we're all like 'why did we ever want this' because it is non-stop sweetness." She put up her hands, "I swear if I have to watch them one more time I will have to have a root canal from all the sweetness rotting my teeth."
Laughter came and Skye smiled because it'd been a while since she heard the sound of him laughing. Even more she figured it was good because all the therapists say he did was stare or mope. He cocked his head, "I can imagine. How are they? Could you tell them I'm sorry for what I did because I am? I am so sorry for dropping them out of the plane and I know it doesn't excuse my actions but it was either that or shoot them." He looked to the window and shook his head, "I couldn't do it."
"I know, Simmons told me what happened." Skye took a chance and reached out, touching his hand. He grasped hers as if it was a lifeline and it probably was. "Look, I have to go because they only said ten minutes but I'll be back tomorrow with some cards. We'll talk and I promise to tell them what you said."
She stood and he let go of her hand, "tomorrow, you promise?"
Skye turned look at him and nodded, "that is if I don't get grounded between now and then. I mean, Mom and Dad are like super protective and me sneaking away to visit Mom's ex who could have been my ex…there are so many ways that could go." She watched him snort and smiled. "Yeah, I'll be back tomorrow for visiting hours and I'll bring cards."
In the parking lot she found Coulson waiting in the repaired Lola, getting in she smiled and looked at the man who had brought her. He didn't turn on the engine but instead turned to look at her with a smile. "How'd it go?"
"Good, I promised him I'd be back for visiting hours tomorrow with cards. I mean I am grounded for a few weeks, your words. Besides, I think he needs human contact and a chance to be himself not whoever Garrett made him to be." She looked down at her hand, "he was frantic when I arrived but he calmed as soon as I touched him. Like he knew he wasn't alone anymore and he's not going to be because I'm going to stand by him and help him through recovery."
Coulson started the engine, "good because the road is going to be long but with you he'll get there. Now, we're picking up May and Trip from the zoo…"
"Zoo?"
"Fitzsimmons…" she nodded at the single word explanation. "Like I said, we're picking them up from the zoo then going to dinner."
"Maybe Ward could use some Fitzsimmons sweetness."
Coulson just looked at her, "yeah if you want the man to murder them. Trip told me the other day he felt like knocking them into the ocean, it's getting to be too much and he's a romantic."
A/N: I just couldn't leave the finale alone...
Next we see their visits one by one...
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