Disclaimer: I don't own anyone or anything and I mean no disrespect toward Easy Company or their loved ones.
A/N: Written for the HBO War-a-Thon on Tumblr. I love Skip and Faye so much and I love writing about them…so, I decided to shed some (fictional) light on their relationship with a short back story on why Skip carries around that spoon in the series. Enjoy!
He sits leisurely on the hillside enjoying the respite from the heat of battle and a few moments to collect his thoughts. He plays with the piece of metal in his hands, dirty fingers sweeping across the silver surface. With his lips upturning in a mischievous smirk, he flicks the spoon against Penkala's ear. Penk turns and glares up at him, quirks an eyebrow.
"Skip? What's with you an' that damn thing? You carry it everywhere."
And suddenly he's lost in his thoughts—the memory of her eyes, brown and sparkling, staring at him in appreciation when he bends down to pick up a dropped spoon on the black-and-white tiles of the ice cream shop and the days that followed since. A display of happenstance regarding a spoon had led to a marriage proposal and Faye Tanner waiting for him back home and a realization that maybe it was fate.