Don't Turn your Back on me Chapter 1, an agents of s.h.i.e.l.d. fanfic

Don't Turn your Back on Me

Through out her life, Skye honestly thought she would never meet her soulmate. With each passing year, the naïve hope of finding them was slowly slipping away. With each year, the idea of her being worthless and undeserving was reinforced over and over. Each foster parent brought a new expression as they looked at her soul mark (without her permission, she might add) disgust, pity, shock, anger, amusement... despite the variety, the expression was always made with a negative sound.

"Let's just get this out the way before you open you mouth.Just because he hand picked you to join this team, don't expect any special treatment or even respect, because at this moment, what you come across as, is a hacker that has charmed and hacked their way into this team. You have to earn our respect. Just like everyone else."

It was a long soulmate mark, wrapped neatly on her left rib. Sometimes she found herself absently tracing it, when she was alone at night, her body hurting more than she wanted to acknowledge, the thought that there was someone out there who was supposed to be her platonic. Someone who would accept her no matter what (even if the mark indicated otherwise) brought comfort to her, especially when growing up.

There was only ever one foster parent who told Skye to look on the bright side of her soul mark. Mrs. Lane had been one of the nicest foster mothers Skye had ever had, the women had just found out about Skye's soul mark after the young girl shyly showed her what it said. She had taken Skye and pulled her on her lap, held her close and said

"Look on the bright side, Skye. You're soul mate doesn't instantly like you, now, for most people that would be the most horrifying idea ever. But, think of it this way. You and you're soul mate aren't going to get along straight away. It means you get to build it up. Build up the friendship, the loyalty, the care, the love. If only that is what you and your soul mate want, of course. Don't rush anything when it comes to your soul mate Skye, go with the flow."

It was the only positive thing that has ever been said about her mark and she tried to keep that image of Mrs. Lane in her head. The loving, caring women who always saw the best in every situation. Not the one lying in her own pool of blood, a gun lying lazily next to her hand.

Skye shook those thoughts of soul mates from her head, as she said, she had given up a long time ago on finding her soul mate. It wasn't as though she was too old or anything, she honestly just believed that she didn't deserve her soul mate, that they would be better off without her. Much like Mrs. Lane.

She stared blankly at the mirror opposite her. This intelligence agency was trying to intimidate her by leaving her to her own thoughts in an empty room for hours on end, hoping that she will be willing to talk by the time they came in. It was lazy interrogation tactics and honestly? She expected better from S.H.I.E.L.D.

It wasn't much longer before the door opened silently and two men walked in. The two that had kidnapped her from her van. One was young and the appeal was certainty there but he seemed like the cold, hardened type of agent. The other was older, he had kind eyes, but his eyes also showed that he had seen some shit. It was interesting, the must be here to play the good cop and back cop game.

She wouldn't crack. She's been in worse situation than experiencing a lazy interrogation.

She raised an eye brow at the older man, waiting for him to talk first, to explain what was going on and what they wanted from her.

"Hi. My name's Phil Coulson and the guy standing, intimidatingly behind me is Agent Grant Ward, and we, would like to offer you job here at S.H.I.E.L.D." Phil Coulson said pleasantly, a smile on his face.

Skye blinked. That is certainly not what she expected. Why would he be offering her a job? It made no sense at all. So she sat forward, indicating that she was interested in what he had to offer.

Coulson nodded, noticing the change in her posture "The pay is good, good benefits as well. It's an interesting job, never a quiet day. Comes with a lot of perks, such as being able to hack agencies and companies without fear of repercussion. All you would have to do, besides the training of course, is tell us about centipede, rising tide and fill out some information about yourself. You see, we weren't able to find anything about you. At all. Nothing. So S.H.I.E.L.D would like to know more about you and centipede and we would be more than happy to hire you."

Skye looked surprise, there was no point in hiding it. Anyone in their right mind would be surprised by this offer. It was slightly suspicious and that, made Skye wary.

They sat in silence for a few minutes before Skye piped up "How good is the pay?" She enquired.

Coulson smiled "About $26K, give or take a few hundred. Plus benefits. The joys of working for a top secret intelligence agency."

Skye whistle lightly. That was not a bad pay at all, she supposed it made up for the fact that they could no have ordinary lives, plus they could die at any point in the job.

"So if I accept this offer, all I have to do is tell you about myself and centipede? Then I'll have a good paying job?" She asked, looking suspicious.

Coulson kept the annoying smile on his face "You have to tell us everything about yourself, centipede as well as the Rising Tide and then you will be given the training to become a S.H.I.E.L.D agent, if you pass then you will have the job, if not, then you will have some valuable experience and excellent references for any job you may apply for. Seems like a win-win situation to me."

"Exactly. Too good to be true. What's the catch?" Skye asked, now leaning on her elbows. There seriously must be a catch.

"There is no catch, well, technically the training can be considered a catch because it can be pretty gruelling, but other than that, I can honestly say that I've never dealt a more honest employment offer than this one." Coulson replied honestly.

Skye was silent, mulling it over in her head. She could continue to work for the Rising Tide, on a very little pay (read: none) and be considered a criminal for the rest of her life and continue to think about the potentiality of meeting her soul mate. The other option was to join S.H.I.E.L.D, become an agent and not be considered a criminal and get a decent pay that she could save for an actual house. Not that she didn't love her van, she just missed having somewhere safe to stay with a shower. There was still something that made her curious though...

"What's S.H.I.E.L.D's stand on soul mates?" Skye asked, looking Coulson straight in the eye.

"Complicated. Either your soul mate is in S.H.I.E.L.D or they aren't. Either way, it is complicated. If they are in S.H.I.E.L.D they try putting you on the same team, so long as you both agree to treat each other as you would any other team mate. If not, you face expulsion from S.H.I.E.L.D. If your soul mate is not in S.H.I.E.L.D, then you might often find yourself separated from them and for many that does not work out well and can cause a strain on the bond and prevent it from forming to its fullest potential. Which, as I'm sure you know, can lead to either mental or emotional links. Sometimes both, which is where the other complication of your soul mate being in S.H.I.E.L.D because they could get injured at any point and if your bond is at a high level, then you could be out yourself and we would have two agents down. Complicated. To put it shortly, S.H.I.E.L.D tries to keep soul mates together because we aren't monsters." Coulson finished, clasping his hands together.

Skye sat back and nodded. Okay, so with both organisations she could be with her soul mate if she wanted, however, she would have less of a chance of meeting them if she were S.H.I.E.L.D. Plus the pay was really inciting. Might as well as go with S.H.I.E.L.D.

Skye wondered if people thought she was heartless by choosing S.H.I.E.L.D so that she wouldn't have to meet her soulmate. She shook that thought out her head, she wasn't heartless. She was doing her soulmate a favour. No one would want an emotionally messed up human as their mate.

"Alright then. I'll take you up on your offer." Skye replied quietly.

"Excellent." Coulson replied, grinning.

Skye was sitting in her bunk. She had meet everyone else on the team, minus the pilot. Fitz and Simmons were hilarious and scary at the same time. Everyone on the plane, and in S.H.I.E.L.D too, she gathered, seemed to underestimate the two scientist due to their good nature. These two could probably build a bomb and create a deadly virus from the contents of her room (her room held very little in it. The usual bedroom furniture, some clothes, shoes and her precious laptop). All it would take was something just to make them snap and Skye never wanted to be near them on the day they snapped. However, the banter that the two struck up with each other as they finished each others sentences in a playful argument brought a smile to Skye's face.

Agent Ward was a standoff-ish guy, seemed to regard her and FitzSimmons as harmless children. Probably more of an annoyance than harmless children, now that she thought about it. He kept mainly to himself, was very vocal against her joining but ended up being her S.O and was told to show her the ropes. So she guessed she was going to see a lot more of him than anyone else on this plane.

Coulson was a nice, decent guy. Seemed honest to the heart and was a total dork. Skye thought she would get on pretty well with him, outside of a work environment, because he seemed like a stickler for rules. Soon he would learn that Skye was not and that she liked to do things her own way. For now though, they would get along just fine.

The only person on the team that she has not met yet, was Agent Melinda May. The pilot, a legend, according to Fitz and Simmons. Had a nickname of the Calvary, which caused Coulson to shake his head and a warning of "don't ever let her hear you call her that." It was enough to make Fitz and Simmons go pale in the face. However, it made Skye curious, why was she called the Calvary, and why did she hate it? She was tempted to go looking into her file, but she made a promise to Coulson to not hack their files for at least the first month of her being on this plane. Something about allowing her to build up her own knowledge of them, face to face. Some sort of bullshit like that. She could find out everything she needed to know in the files and then coax more information out of them base on what she got from the files, but she needed to play by Coulson's rules at the moment.

Speaking of which, she should be heading up to his office soon to tell him everything she knew, it was getting pretty late. She might as well attempt to speak to May before heading to his office so that she can say she has had attempted contact with everyone on the team and was trying to become apart of the team, be a team player. Something along those lines anyways.

Moving from bunk, she swiftly glided through the bus in search of Coulson's office and in hopes of finding May. The women seemed stern, unkind and unwelcoming. Skye wasn't sure if that was because she was an outside who has randomly joined their team through sheer dumb luck. Skye guessed she would just have to speak to May first before making anymore judgements on the women's character. She can't say she blames her for being wary of the new person, it's been like that her whole life. Being the new foster kid, the biological kids or even the other fosters kid don't want to share the parents affection and do everything they can to drive her out of the house. Even if it meant framing her so that she would become less desirable to the foster parents. Skye knew the drill. She was not going to let anyone intimidate her out of this. No one.

Looking around, she finally spotted May, a small grin broke out on her face as she made her way to the women.

May turned around as she heard Skye's footsteps and a small scowl appeared on her face at the sight of their newest member. An arrogant hacker who walked about as if she owned the place. She ought to be the one doing her training so she could knock her down to the bottom rung, never mind down a peg or two.

Skye stopped in front of May and opened her mouth to speak, but May seemed intent on speaking first as she quickly raised her hand for silence and cut off whatever Skye was about to say.

Skye froze where she stood, her jaw slack as she tried to comprehend what just happened. Melinda May, agent badass, hard ass, cold ass, just said her words. Her words. She now had to options, try and say something to confirm it or run away and never speak to May again...which would be highly impossible because the two of them live on a plane that, whilst spacious and equip with many things, was not big enough to avoid someone for the rest of your life.

She let her mouth flap like an idiot as she tried to say something, to get May to understand that she wasn't being an idiot, she was trying to communicate that May had said her word and it was just no happening.

Maybe it was a sign. Skye had been saying to herself for years now that she didn't need her soulmate, her soulmate would be better off without her, heck, it would be better for the world if they were to never meet. Yet here she was, struggling for words. Was it due to fear or excitement? Skye had no idea, all she knew was that May was scoffing at her, looking at her like she couldn't believe this kid was their new team member.

May started to move backwards, annoyed that Skye had simply just stared at her in shock rather than actually responding to what she said. She gave the girl a weird look before deciding she should head to Coulson's office to have a very lengthy talk about the newest member of S.H.I.E.L.D

Skye started to panic. May was moving away from her and she still hasn't said anything. She tried to think, think of anything that she could say to the women in front of her. Anything at all.

"I-I just, just wanted to know if you knew where Coulson's office was...this place isn't the easiest to navigate and... and I understand, Agent May." Skye stuttered out, forcing to keep her hands at her side instead of reaching for May.

May paused in her backwards stride, her face emotionless as she regarded Skye. Their eyes met as the two of them stared at each other, taking in what just happened. They were soulmates, their words were marked on each other's skin. They were destined to be together, platonically or romantically, it was unclear. The pull was there, there was no doubt about that. After the brain registers the words, the need to complete the bond was almost instantaneous.

The completion of a bond was different for each pair of soul mates, generally they fell into different categories. Sex, touch, understanding, acceptance, warmth, love, gentle. Even with these categories to try and help people understand how they might bond, it was still vastly different for each pair.

May sighed, sliding her weight onto one hip as she broke the silence. "Follow me." she commended, moving away from her, not bothering to check to see if Skye was following her. She didn't need to. Skye was in the back of her mind, she could feel the movements of the girl as she scrambled to catch up with May, a question on the tip of her tongue. "I'm taking you to Coulson's office. We're going to register. This changes nothing. Respect is earned, not given. Even if you are someone's soul mate, you should still earn their respect and trust." May said, cutting off any potential questions Skye may have at the current time.

It was a short walked to Coulson's office but to Skye, it felt like an age. She couldn't stop staring at May. May was hers, just as she was May's. Skye was always led to believe that platonic bonds were dismal in comparison to romantic bonds. She refused to believe that anymore. There was no way a bond between two people could get more intense than this, and they weren't even bonded yet.

It was like she could feel May in the back of her mind. The movements she was making, what direction she was going to turn in and the emotional turmoil that was going on inside her head. It seemed May was fully prepared to not like her until she had shown that she was worthy to be on this team, yet now that it has been revealed that they were soulmates. It seemed as though May wouldn't be able to judge that as well as she initially thought.

The turmoil in May's mind made Skye's heart ache. She wanted to pull the other women into her arms and reassure her that she did not have to change anything about her beliefs on new team members or how she handled them for Skye. That she could treat her anyway she wanted and Skye would understand.

Finally, May came to a stop in front of a door that read 'COULSON' and knocked sharply on the door twice. Not waiting long before Coulson opened it with a smile, only becoming slightly confused and tense when he saw both Skye and May together, both looking rather out of it.

"Come on in" He said, guesting them to come into his office, waving them into the chairs in front of his desk.

Skye sat down sloppily in the chair, unsure of what to do as May simply leaned against the back wall and closed her eyes.

Coulson instantly knew something wasn't right, it was exactly everyday Melinda May leaned against your wall looking like the world feel on her shoulders.

"What happened?" He asked, looking between the two. The guilty, shy face of Skye and the almost emotionless face of his best friend.

"Her. That's what happened" May replied, not even bothering to try and do her usual persona. What was the point? Fighting against the soul mark always ended badly for both pairs and she knew at some point that she and the girl would be close, but right now this is not what she needed. May could have gladly went another 10 years before meeting her soul mate.

Yet, she was a bit excited to finally meet her, as skeptical as she was. It may not have been at the most convenient of times, but it actually happened.

After Bahrain, Melinda wasn't too sure what she was going to do in regards to her soulmate. She was ready to give up on them until Coulson pulled her out of her funk. Showed her the possibilities of being with your soul mate and made her follow him and his two soul mates around to see how they acted together and separately. It put things into perspective. Plus, when Natasha Romanoff tells you that you should attempt to be with your soulmate, you attempt to be with you soul mate.

Coulson looked at Skye and raised an eyebrow.

Skye shrugged "Technically, she's right." She replied quietly, not quite looking at May. Skye could have gladly went another 10 years before meeting her soul mate. A wave of dread and anxiety washed over her. Her soul mate would not want her.

"That did not make this situation any clearer." Coulson remarked dryly.

Both women shrugged in response, cause a silence in the room that seemed to stretch on forever.

"She said my mark" Skye said eventual, her voice small and quiet and avoiding eye contact with both of them, as if she had done something wrong by having May's mark. It certainty felt like it. No one should have her mark. They would be better off without it.

"Oh." Coulson breathed. That was certainly not what he was expecting. "Well then, can't say anyone expected that... You two will need to be registered. Of course I'll get the access restricted." He finished, looking at May for the last part, knowing she would appreciate that more than Skye would.

May simply nodded in reply.

Skye leaned back in the chair, unsure how to proceed with everything. She looked at May and bit her lip. She wasn't exactly going to give this information up but...certain circumstances have influenced her decisions. She reached into her bra, ignoring the bewildered look she was getting from Coulson and the impassive, but slightly curious look from May, and pulled out the USB stick that she kept hidden there and dropped it on Coulson's desk.

"There. Everything about it. Well, everything that is known about me. Name, presumed birthday, orphanage, foster homes, hospital records, police records... everything about me is on that. I know it wont seem like much when you open it but, it is the closest thing I have to finding out some stuff. I ,um, the original reason I got into hacking was to try and find out information on myself...and on... my parents... I know nothing about them and I thought I could find something, somewhere and I did. Only...it was a redacted S.H.I.E.L.D document. Most of the line's are blacked out and I'm not even sure it is about me...but the dates line up from when I was dropped off at the orphanage. So...yeah..." Skye finished awkwardly.

That was not what she meant to say at all. Once she started talking, it was like she couldn't stop. Her eyes flickered to May and decided there and then that it was her fault that she was being so honest. It could be the bond trying to complete itself by making Skye share so much personal detail when May was about.

May and Coulson stared at the usb, glancing at each other before looking at Skye. By the look on her face, they knew instantly that that was not what she meant to tell them.

"I take it, you did not plan on saying all of that." Coulson said calmly, pulling the usb into his grasp.

Skye stayed silent. She knew what he was implying and what the implications of it would mean.

"As you never went through with your original plan, there is no need for punishment. However, if you ever make a deal like this or pull a stunt similar to this again, you'll be out of the programme faster than you can say S.H.I.E.L.D." Coulson threatened gently, aware of May tensing up behind him. It almost pulled a sigh out of him. Almost.

It was clear that the two of them being bonded together was throwing everything off balance. Generally, the only way to fling things back into balance, is by completing the bond. Now, Coulson couldn't exactly force them to complete the bond, however, he can make them spend time together to allow the bond to naturally pull them together.

It was also finally payback time and he couldn't wait to tell her.

"Due to the unseen circumstance of yourself and Agent May being soul mates, you can fill me in on centipede tomorrow. For tonight, and the next few days, you are to spend time with Agent May, learning about the history of S.H.I.E.L.D and it's current agents from her. Think of it as a team bonding exercise. Nothing bonds a team closer than a soul mate bond, right Agent May?" Coulson said, smirking at the last part as he quoted May from an earlier time in their lives.

May rolled her eyes and scowled at him. She would be definitely be having words with him at some point. She knew that he was right, of course, it would be best for everyone on this team if she and Skye spent sometime together. Especially if it motivated them to tell the truth. One of the main reason she was so quiet in Coulson's office.

She pushed off the wall with a curt "yes sir" and walked out the door, grabbing Skye from the chair and pulling her along. The girl stumbled briefly before finding her feet and walking along with May at a brisk pace. May led them through the maze that was the bus. Getting more and more confused by the second, she considered asking May where she was taking her.

"The cockpit." May stated, not even looking back at her.

"Oh." Skye replied. It was a bit weird that May seemed to know what questions Skye was going to ask. Although May would consider it a bit weird if Skye suddenly started showing her how to get to the cockpit. The route to difference places, important places to May, on the bus seemed to be floating innocently into her head. Soulmates were a weird thing.

It wasn't much longer until they reached their destination and May gestured for Skye to sit in the co-pilot seat as she sat down gracefully into the captain seat and began the set up for taking off. The two of them sat in silence until they were level in the sky. Neither of them knew quite what to say.

Skye could feel the hesitancy coming off of May. Skye could feel a few more emotions in the background, but hesitancy seemed to be the most dominant one at the moment. She had no idea how to make things better. They were soulmates, in a top secret spy organisation, one that Skye just joined. She briefly wondered if May was hesitant because she did not know how to tell Skye that she did not want the bond. Maybe that was it.

"If you are hesitant about telling me that you never wanted a soul mate, it's okay" Skye started quietly, not looking at May. "I understand. I never really wanted to me you, no offence. I could have went my whole life without meeting you and I would have never regretted it. Again, no offence." Skye finished, believing that that would have helped to ease the hesitancy, except, it only turned it into sadness and bitterness.

Skye tilted her head towards May in confusion. On the outside, the women looked calm and collected, except, her hands on the steering where too tight and her lips were pursed. Unless that was how May always was when flying, but somehow, Skye doubted that.

"Why." May questioned.

"What?" Skye replied, confused. Why what?

"Why did you never want to meet me?" May explained.

"Oh. Well...I thought you would be better off without me. No one wants me in their life. I just make a mess of it." Skye replied honestly. Stupid bond! She cursed in her head.

"You're judging me. You've known me for a collective 4 hours, and of those 4 hours we have only spoken to each other for about 20 minutes. You are judging me for how I am at work. There is a vast difference between Agent Melinda May and Melinda May. You're assuming that because as an agent I come across as emotionless, hard, uncaring that I would be the same outside of work. I'm not.

For the first 20 years of my life, I watched everyone I knew compare marks, examine them, speculate and meet their soul mates and I thought I was going to be alone. Until your words appeared, okay so age difference. Not such a big deal but I finally had a mark. I was excited. I am excited. We're just in a very complicated situation." May said evenly, turning to face Skye, trying to get the women to understand the sincerity in her words.

Skye was silent. Out of everything she was expecting May to say, that was not one of them. Skye honestly thought May would be one of those people who would reject their soulmate (a bit like herself, she guessed), especially considering the age difference between themselves.

Skye thought this would be easier, rejecting her soulmate, telling them that she didn't want to be apart of their lives. To save them the misery of being with her. Yet know that she has met her soul mate, she wasn't sure if she wanted to continue trying to reject her. Especially after May just told her that she was excited to meet her soulmate. It was like kicking a puppy and that is something Skye things is not often used to describe Melinda May.

"How are we in a complicated situation?" Skye asked quietly, finally speaking up.

"Because I don't know if I can trust you." Melinda replied honestly, turning around her body, making sure to face the women. "Due to the circumstance of how we met, I honestly don't know if I can trust you to be in my life, and not just my professional life, my personal life as well. My life is tied in with S.H.I.E.L.D, my friends and family are S.H.I.E.L.D and not so long ago you had an agenda against us. Even if it was an means to an end, you still had an agenda against my family. Like I said, it's going to take time to build up respect, as well as trust. If you want to go ahead with the bond, I need to trust you first." May finished, staring into Skye's eyes, trying to convey that despite all these problems, she was willing to make it work. She was willing to give Skye a chance to earn her respect and trust and complete the bond.

"I always thought my soul mate did not want me. I thought that they would be just like my foster families. They would either reject me after realising who I was, or on my first looks. A few families had to take me in for emergency fostering. They refused to keep me the night half the time. I just thought you would be the same, based on my words. Yet, here you are telling me that you are excited and that you are wanting to make this work and its...something I never considered before. I always told myself that I would be the one to rejected my soul mate because it would hurt less than if they rejected me... if...if you are wanting to try...I'm willing to as well..." Skye finished slowly and hesitantly. She expected to be alone for the rest of her life. No friends. No family. No soulmate. Yet here was Melinda May, inviting her into all of this.

May allowed a rare smile to appear on her face "So we take things slow?"

"We take things slow" Skye repeated, nodding, feeling a grin appear on her face. Things might be actually looking up for once.

There was a lull of silence between them and Skye fidgeted. Her fingers tingle, ached really, it was spreading all over her body. She wanted to touch May. Not even in a sexual way, just in "I need body contact with you now" type of way.

"We should sleep in the same bed tonight." Skye blurted out, her eyes widening. That is not what she meant to say. Although she wasn't too sure what exactly she was going to say.

May lips curled up. "What happened to taking it slow?"

Skye shrugged, she wasn't sure how she was going to explain the need to May. "It's just, um, a need?" She said, in an attempt to explain the ache, itching that was under her skin.

May nodded "Oh I totally understand, I feel it too. I just wanted to see if you would tell me."

Skye scowled a little "Mean. Thought I was going crazy."

May switched the plane on to auto-pilot for the night before standing up and guesting for Skye to stand up. Smiling when she did as May silently asked.

"Sorry" May offered, gently touching Skye's arms. "Just think of it as one step closer to building trust and respect."

Skye rolled her eyes and took one step closer to May "Or, alternatively, one step closer to sex" she teased, tilting her head at May. Her eyes flickering to her lips before resting at her eyes.

"That too" May breathed. They were supposed to be taking things slow, but the two of them could feel the bond pushing them closer. "I guess we can indulge ourselves tonight. Touch, not sex. Get rid of this itch." May explained.

"Sounds perfect to me." Skye mumbled back, leaning forward and capturing May's lips before either women had another thought to the conversation they were having.

It was perfect.

The two of them pushed themselves closer, trying to deepen the kiss. Their bodies pressed firmly against each others, fitting perfectly. May's hand easily slid around the back of Skye's neck and into her hair as Skye held them securely together with her arms around May's waist. It was sweet and sensual at the same time and Skye thought she would never enjoy anything as much as kissing Melinda May. It was the equivalent of heaven.

The urge to push for more was starting to become over-whelming and so the two broke apart with small gasps. Skye giggled a little and rested her forehead against May's, still holding her tight against her own body, unwilling to lose the contact just yet.

"Still want to sleep in my bed tonight?" May mumbled, letting her hands run down Skye's back to fall on her hips. Skye hummed gently in agreement. The kiss had certainty taken the edge off of the itching under their skin but it was still there.

"Okay, but we still have appearances to keep up. We should probably talk about what we want to do about the team. We can talk about that tomorrow. For now, lets go to my bedroom because I am extremely tired. You are exhausting, you know that?" May joked.

"I'm not exhausting, you are...or the bond is...something is anyways." Skye mumbled back tiredly and allowed May to take lead to her bedroom.

It was a short walk and surprisingly, they didn't run into anyone else. The sudden weight of today's situation weighed down on her like a ton and exhaustion was taking over. She allowed May to take charger and slip her into some pj's. Skye would have made a joke about May seeing the goods before they've even established a relationship, but she could not find herself to care about that. All she wanted right now was a soft bed and a certain Melinda May to cuddle up with.

It wasn't long until May let Skye flop onto the bed as she crawled in with her. The lights were off and May pulled the covers up to encase them in warmth. Skye's back was pressed against the way on the small bed as May pushed back against Skye. She yawned and wrapped an arm around May's waist and nestled her face against her shoulder.

"Never took you for the little spoon" She mumbled, hooking her legs over May's.

"Never figured you were one of those peoples who try to become one with the person they are cuddling." May retorted, holding Skye's hand against her stomach.

Skye had a reply on her lips, but sleep finally took over and her body slumped in it's current position. May yawned, taking in the feeling of being held, allowing the feeling of safety and comfort to lull her into her sleep, a small smile on her face and she was excited about her future for the first time in a very long time. It was certainty going to be something.