Ho, ho, and ho! It's finally that time of year where I post my new Christmas story! This year there's only gonna be one and it's of course going to be a Skyeward story! This story is based off A Christmas Carol. I really love the story and thought it would be a cool Skyeward story. So, I'm going to try my best and see how this works out.
Hope you all like it! Happy holidays!
"Skye, pass me the tinsel." Simmons told the hacker as she started to decorate the tree in the plane. It was Christmas Eve on the Bus. Skye and FitzSimmons didn't care that they were 30,000 feet above the ground. They were going to celebrate no matter what. The trio had spent the day decorating the lounge area for Christmas.
"Sure thing, Jem." Skye replied and handed Simmons the box of tinsel.
"Thanks." Simmons said and Skye nodded.
Skye looked over to where Fitz was hanging a sprig of mistletoe in the doorway. Skye smirked as an idea came to her mind. "Hey, Jem," Skye said and Simmons turned to her, "Look what Fitz is hanging."
Simmons followed Skye's finger and saw Fitz. "So?" She shrugged.
"So," Skye repeated, "Go over there and kiss him."
Simmons gave a little laugh, "Yeah." She said with her own smirk, "And afterwards how about you get Ward under there?"
"What?" Skye laughed, "Me and Ward?" Simmons nodded, "What would give you that idea?"
"It's obvious you two are head over heels for each other." Simmons explained as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. And it was. To everyone but Skye and Ward.
"Same for you and Fitz." Skye said and smirked at the blush that rose on Simmons cheeks. "That reminds me. Let's get Ward out here. He can help us."
Skye started to head to Ward's bunk but Fitz stopped her, "I don't think that's a good idea."
Skye stopped and turned to the science duo, "Why not?" She asked.
"Well," Simmons started. She hesitated, searching for the right words.
"Ward doesn't celebrate Christmas." Coulson said, coming into the room.
"What?" Skye asked surprised, "How could he not celebrate Christmas?"
Coulson nodded for her to follow him to the other side of the room. When they were there, he started, "You know about his brothers, right?" Skye nodded, "Well, I don't exactly know what happened. All I know is that his older brother ruined Christmas for him a long time ago. Now, he just doesn't celebrate it."
Skye stayed silent as the words sunk in. She looked towards Ward's door. Simmons was right. She had fallen for Ward and she wasn't going to celebrate Christmas without him. "Well," She said turning back towards Coulson, "I think it's time he finally celebrated it. His brothers aren't here, so he doesn't have any reason not to."
She turned and went straight to Ward's bunk. She knocked on his door. After a second, he slid his door open. "What?" He asked directly. He wasn't really in the mood to talk to her or anyone.
"Wanna help decorate?" She asked gesturing to the lounge area.
"I don't celebrate Christmas." He said simply and tried to close the door, but she stopped it, "Look, my brother ruined Christmas for me. Forever."
"Well, your brother isn't here." Skye pointed out, "And you have a new family."
"Skye," Ward started on the verge of exploding. That berserker staff was still in him, so he couldn't get too angry, especially at Skye. He wouldn't admit it, but he had fallen for the hacker. He didn't want to see her hurt. Especially if he was the one who caused it. "Just leave. You just have to accept the fact that I basically hate Christmas!"
"But…" Skye started but Ward cut her off by closing the door in her face.
On her side of the door, Skye sighed and reluctantly went back to decorating. FitzSimmons and Coulson could see that she had lost her Christmas cheer. She wasn't as into her decorating as she was before. Inside his bunk, Ward also sighed and threw himself into his work. It was the only thing distracting him from the memories of that Christmas long ago.
That night, everyone was asleep. In his bunk, Ward was sleeping while thinking over if he had been too harsh on Skye. She needed to understand what happened couldn't be changed. She needed to understand this is how he was during the holidays. But something about her wouldn't let her just let that be. Suddenly, there was a strange glow from the other side of his room.
He looked up to see a shape forming on that side of his room. When the glow finally died, he saw it was Coulson. "Coulson?" He asked, "What was that and why are you here?"
"I'm technically not Coulson." Coulson explained, "I'm a spirit. My friends and I are just taking the forms you are most comfortable with."
"Spirit?" Ward repeated, "Yeah. Right. Great trick."
"Don't believe me?" Coulson asked.
"Not exactly." Ward answered.
"Try to touch me." Coulson ordered and was replied with a weird look from Ward, "Try to touch me." Ward slowly reached out and tried to touch Coulson's sleeve. His hand went right through Coulson's arm! Ward immediately retracted his hand. "Believe me now?" Ward nodded.
"Okay." Ward said, standing up. "This is got to be a dream."
"This is no dream." Coulson said with a calm voice.
"But this is crazy!" Ward argued, "Spirits don't come into your bedroom on Christmas eve in the form of your boss."
"I know." Coulson said, smiling, "It's fun, isn't it."
Ward shook off the comment, "So, what do you want with me?"
"To change you." Coulson said simply.
"What?"
"Remember how you treated Skye this afternoon?" Coulson asked. Ward nodded, "Well, if you keep acting like this on Christmas, you are going to lose everything you care about."
"What do you mean?" Ward asked with a little panic in his voice.
"You'll see tonight." Coulson said, "Tonight, I'm sending you three spirits in forms you know. Since I'm in the form of your boss, I'm ordering you to listen to them." Ward straightened up and nodded like he always did when given an order, "They'll teach you things that you need to remember if you want to hold onto the things you care about."
"But…" Ward started but Coulson disappeared. No trace was left of him.
Ward sat back down on his bed and thought over what Coulson had told him. Three spirits? That he had to listen to. This is all some crazy dream, Ward assured himself, There aren't gonna be any spirits coming to change me. With those thoughts in his head, Ward laid his head back on his pillow and went back to sleep.
Then the clock read midnight.
How was that? I think this is gonna be a good Christmas story. I just love the story and I thought Ward would be good as the main character. Note, Skye is not going to be a spirit. She's going to be in the visions. The spirits are Fitz (Past), Simmons (Present), and May (Future). I even have the outfits designed already.
Quote of the day: It was the afternoon of Christmas Eve and Scrooge was conscious of a thousand odors, each one connected with a thousand thoughts and hopes and joys and cares long, long forgotten. -Gonzo, The Muppet Christmas Carol (All the quotes are gonna be Christmas quotes and I thought this movie was a perfect one to start off with.)
Song Suggestion (In this story, all the songs are gonna be Christmas songs of course!): Snowflakes –Olivia Holt
R&R please!
