Hey babes! Here's the newest one for ya. The prompt for this one is: Vault D. A little bit of Canon Divergence on this one. The finale did happen, but Ward and Kara didn't capture Bobbi and torture her and stuff. It doesn't really affect the story a whole lot, I just don't like it. So it didn't happen in this world. :)
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Some might think it's weird that it became the place where their relationship really started. But neither of them though much of it. It just kind of happened.
When she went down there alone it was after he came back. She didn't tell him or anyone else that she was going down there. She doesn't exactly know what drew her there, but something did.
She gripped the tablet tightly in her hands, stepped across the yellow line, and then brought up the barrier. Then she moved backwards and sat down on the bed. She just looked around silently, taking notice of the complete lack of anything in the small area, except for the single bed she sat on.
She doesn't know how long she sat there before she heard the door open. She looked up to see a tall figure walking down the stairs. When the figure reached the bottom, she gave him a half smile.
"Hey," she said to him.
"Hey," he said back, stepping forward towards the metal chair bolted to the floor. "What are you doing in there?" He kept moving forward, only to be stopped by the barrier. He furrowed his brows, "And why is the barrier up?"
She looked down, "I uh, I wanted to know what it felt like."
"What what felt like?" he asked her.
"What it felt like to be locked in here with absolutely nothing except for a bed."
"And what have you come up with?"
"It's not the greatest feeling. If I didn't have the tablet in here allowing me to take the barrier down at any time, I'd probably go crazy." She looked down at the tablet and brought the barrier down. Then she looked back at him, "How did you manage it? How did you manage to not go insane?"
He shrugged and moved towards the bed, "I spent fifteen years of my life alone in the woods with only a dog to keep me company." He sat down next to her, "Being in this cage for a few months was nothing compared to that. I mean, sure it was a little aggravating, being in here and not being able to do anything about it, but I'm a specialist. I'm trained to go through things like this. And knowing that all of you were up there, it kind of made it worse. I wasn't happy about being down here, but I got through it."
"I'm sorry you had to go through all that," she told him.
"I'm not," he said back.
"You aren't?"
He shook his head, "No, not really. Because as much as I've come to realize he didn't really care about me, if it wasn't for Garrett pulling me out of juvie and eventually sending me to SHIELD, I'd most likely not be here right now. I'd probably still be in prison or doing something else."
"So you're glad you went through what you did?"
"Not glad necessarily, but I realize that everything that's ever happened to me has led me to this moment right here. Sitting in this vault talking to you right now. Because even if I didn't realize it early enough, or take it for granted, you're one of the best things that's ever happened to me, Skye."
"You really mean that?" She asked him, tears shining in the brims of her eyes.
He nodded his head, "I really do." He reached out and placed his hand on top of hers, "You mean a lot to me, Skye. And I really care about you. A lot more than I ever thought I'd care for anyone. So I'm really glad to be back here, even if you have been avoiding me ever since I came back."
Skye looked down, "I was really hoping you wouldn't bring that up."
"Why?"
"I don't know. I guess because things have just been kind of awkward between us since you've been back."
"I know," he reached out and placed his hand on top of hers. "But it doesn't have to be awkward between us. You know how I feel about you Skye, none of that has changed. I'm not going to force myself or my feelings on you, I'd never do that. But I want to tell you so you know. I hope that won't make things even more awkward, because that's not what I want. But what I want, is to pick up whatever kind of relationship we had. I know something was starting between us before everything happened, and someday, I'd like to see what that something could be. If that's okay with you, of course."
She placed her hand on top of his, giving it a squeeze, "It's definitely okay with you." She gave him a smile.
He smiled back.
Her smile dropped and she moved her hand, pointing a finger at him, "But if you hurt me again, I swear it'll be much worse than last time."
"I don't doubt that for a second," he gave her a small smile.
She gave him a small smile back, "Good. But I have a question."
"What is it?"
"Where do we start?"
"What do you mean?" He furrowed his brows.
"Well, we can't just pick up where we left off."
"I know," he nodded his head. Things were quiet between them as they both though. Then he sat up straighter and turned slightly to face her. He held his hand out to her, "Hi, I'm Grant Ward."
She furrowed her brow in confusion for a moment before she smile. She grabbed his hand in hers and shook it, "Hi, I'm Skye Johnson."
He smiled back at her, "Nice to meet you, Skye."
"Nice to meet you too, Grant."
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