Summary: After Ward tells sky that he'll never lie to her again, she decides that she can use him to answer a burning question in her mind from what seems like a lifetime ago. Based before Ward escapes. Skyeward
Disclaimer: I don't own Agents of SHIELD or any of it's characters, although I wish I owned a monkey...and the Fitz that comes with it
"Skye's Hydra Boyfriend" Hunter had called him. Was that true? Sure, Ward had admitted his feelings for her before Skye's world came crashing down. Before Hydra had stepped out of the shadows.
But what could you believe at this point? Certainly not Ward, right? He'd betrayed them all. Spilling out lies and gaining their trust for months. But, the way he'd looked at her, she thought, did seem entirely genuine. Then again, everything he did seemed genuine until she found out it was all a hoax.
How can you tell when someone is lying or not, Skye thought, when he might not even know himself?
Though she would never openly admit it, Skye partially sided with Fitz. She believe that Ward did care for them, at some point.
She tried to think back to the good old days, where they were taking what S.H.I.E.L.D. would call average missions. Having debriefings together where Fitz would always bring up the solution of a trained monkey of some sort. All of it seemed so trivial now.
But thinking back that far Skye reminded of the first day she'd meet Agent Grant Ward.
The truth serum
He'd spilled his little heart out to her that day, but later claimed that it was all an act, that S.H.I.E.L.D. didn't really have a truth serum. Ward said that he everything he would say to her from now on, would be the truth.
Maybe it's time to test that, Skye thought.
She grabbed the tablet from the lab where Fitzsimmons worked silently in on opposite sides of the room. Skye didn't know the full details of what happened with them, at the bottom of the ocean, but whatever it was, it changed them.
"I'm taking this. I... Need to get some more info from Ward." Skye said, unsure if they'd interject for any reason.
Simultaneously Jemma and Leo said "That's fine. Bring it back once you're done."
They made eye contact which was quickly separated. Simmons gave Skye a sad smile and said "Take as long as you'd like."
Once Skye reached the door labeled Vault D she took a deep breath.
I can do this. She thought, but could she?
She opened the door and crept down the dark stairwell. The wall in front of Ward's cell in opaque mode.
Once she was sitting in the uncomfortable, sterile metal chair, she made the wall clear.
Ward was somehow already waiting for her. He smiled, though to Skye it seemed more like the smile of the Cheshire's cat's grin, she ignored it.
"I knew you couldn't resist info about your fathe-", he began.
"I'm not here for that, Ward. I have a question and you have the answer. You swore never to lie to me? Prove it."
Ward looked sceptical. "What is your question?"
Skye looked him straight in the eye, something she didn't enjoy. It gave her a weird feeling she couldn't explain. "Is there or is there not a truth serum?"
Grant did something she thought she never see him do again. He laughed.
"That's what you want to know? Of all things?" He asked
"I know an opportunity when I see one." Skye tried to keep a poker face. She couldn't just tell him that all the other questions she wanted to ask him were just too painful.
He smiled at her. A sweet genuine smile that twisted Skye's heart in knots. A smile that somehow made her want to smile back and slap it right off his face at the same time.
Ugh this is complicated.
Hi! I hope you liked it so far, it's my first fic (as if you couldn't tell). Tell me what you think the verdict should be. Does QNB-T16 exist? Tell me if you enjoyed and sorry if there are some wacky mistakes of any sort. It's 3 a.m. but I tend to write the best when sleep deprived. Love ya!
