When he woke up he was sleeping on his side in the middle of the bed, holding a tiny body in his arms. He smiled when he felt her soft breath against the skin of his neck. He thought about every time he had wanted to die during the war, just letting a damn cyborg blow him to pieces. But he kept fighting and it was worth it just for a moment like this, with the only person he had loved in all his crappy life.

"I can hear you thinking. I know you're awake" She said and he chuckled.

"Sorry, I didn't want to wake you"

"And I didn't want to invade your personal space" She said moving her head back to look at him. "Sorry for that"

He just smiled, her hair looked like a mess, and her bright eyes and full smile were just contagious. She looked beautiful. Without thinking it twice he leaned in for a kiss, barely touching her lips with his, almost waiting for her to slap him, but her hand just went up to play with his hair and pull him closer., fully crashing her lips against his… and it was good. She bit his bottom lip softly when they had to take a quick breath, then he deepened the kiss and Skye let him, pressing her body against his. She moaned softly when he pulled away.

He looked hypnotized and Skye could swear that she had seen that expression before, it felt so familiar, like a déjà vu. But then his face changed from happiness to some sort of concern.

"I'm so sorry. I should've not… I know that you don't remember, and I can't push you, I-"

"Hey, hey" she smiled "It's ok, it was nice" she said touching his face softly "You know, maybe I don't remember whatever we were before, but it doesn't mean that I can't create new memories, right?"

He smiled and Skye continued "But you'll have to ask me out first… I mean, at least. I'm a lady"

His smile widened, he was even blushing a little and all Skye could think was how adorable he looked. "Can we go now?" Skye chuckled and he realized how needy it came out "I mean… we could use a couple of hours to relax, it's been hard for you… everything, what I told you… we could just…"

"I think it sounds great, but you'll have to go get my clothes"

Grant had to make a quick visit to the motel she was staying in before to get her belongings. It was just a box and a bag, some clothes, her hula doll, a couple of notebooks and some other things. The first thing he noticed, she didn't have her laptop…

He remembered when she told him what she remembered. Skye never mentioned the rising tide, or hacking into anything… She was even surprised to hear about Shield, when she had learnt to hack because of Shield in first place.

Then in his apartment, she didn't even touch his laptop once; she didn't say anything when he suggested contacting the team… she asked for their e-mail.

Crap.

When he came back Skye was waiting for him on his bed, with her hair still wet and wearing just one of his big t-shirts.

"Hey" She smiled "did you get everything?" She stood up

"Uhm?... yeah…" He blinked a few times trying to remember what he wanted to ask before letting her legs distract him "Where… where's your laptop?" Grant cleared is throat.

"What? I don't have a laptop" She took the bag from him and went to the bathroom while he just followed her with his gaze.

When she came back she was wearing a white shirt and jeans. "Much better" she frowned "What's wrong?"

"The laptop" He insisted "The Rising tide?" she looked even more confused. "Oh God"

"Is it important?"

"Very"

"I'm sorry" She looked sad.

He sighed and walked closer to her "We'll find a way. I still have contacts… and some money… we'll find them. It's not your fault, ok?… It's been a very… intense couple of days for you. Let's try to have some fun now, ok?"

She smiled "Is this a date?"

"Maybe it is"

Out in the town there was a big celebration. The war was officially over. Ultron destroyed and The Avengers had restored order after months of war. The world was celebrating as all the surviving soldiers came back to their homes and they started rebuilding the cities. The communications had been restored along with broadcast signals, starting with a speech from president Ellis and The Avengers in person.

The whole town was reunited to see the speech as many supply trucks were arriving to deliver food, medicines and different products.

"You know what?, I keep thinking that I've met Tony Stark" Skye said looking at the huge wall were they were projecting the speech for everybody.

"So, you don't remember me but you remember meeting Tony Stark?"

Skye chuckled "Well, he's a hottie, what can I say?"

Gran shook his head "This date is just going great" They started walking away from the crowd, holding hands and smiling at each other. "Do you want a drink? It's kind of our thing"

Before she could answer they bumped into someone.

"Oh…sor- Mr. Harris…" Grant said.

"Tom! I'm so sorry, I didn't see you" He said, looking at Skye "Excuse me, Have we met?" The man offered his hand.

"Her name is Susan" Grant said before Skye could introduce herself, while she shook Mr. Harris' hand

"Nice to meet you" Skye added.

"We were just leaving" Grant offered a fake smile

"Ok, you're one of our heroes, go have a nice day with this adorable lady" The man smiled and Skye frowned.

"Thanks" Ward took Skye's hand and started walking a little faster.

"Hey, could you stop for a second?"

"I keep bumping into this guy. I don't like it. He never was this nice" He finally stopped

"Well, he's got a creepy vibe but so did you when I met you"

"Exactly" He muttered and Skye's expression faded.

"Don't let him ruin our day" She gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Let's just have a drink, ok?"

"Maybe we should stop having drinks" Grant grabbed her hand again "Bad things keep happening" But when he was ready to walk he caught a quick glimpse of a man hiding behind a wall. His eyes scanned the crowd. At least four other men were not paying attention to the speech. One of them moved a hand to his ear.

"Grant?" Skye asked.

"Shit" he muttered, "We have to go back, I have a motorbike. I'll set a distraction to disperse the crowd. Grab whatever you need once we get to the apartment, we don't have much time. Laugh"

"What?" She frowned.

"Come pretend to laugh, act normal" And he started to laugh, she did the same but still looked kind of nervous. Maybe in another life she was some badass shield agent but now she didn't remember anything but her life as a normal, boring person. She tightened her grip on his hand and they walked to his building. Once they were inside they started running upstairs.

"Just whatever you need, then fire escape" He said and Skye nodded. He had a bag ready in his closet; he just grabbed his gun. Skye had her bag already packed but he included her hula doll.

"I like it" He smiled "Now let's go"

In that moment, somebody kicked the door open, aiming a gun at him.

"Ward!" She yelled and he managed to push her under the bed. He grabbed the lamp and hit the gunman on his head, giving him enough time to reach him a tackle him to the floor. After a couple of quick punches the man was unconscious and bleeding through his nose.

"Ok, now we go"

Skye just nodded, scared. She climbed down the fire escape and he followed her. Next to the building there was an alley with his motorbike. He started the engine just when another guy was climbing down the stairs.

Ward drove towards the crowd. They were celebrating the end of the speech. He fired his gun to the air so everybody started running and screaming. They could hear the sirens, the chaos but just a few minutes later they were out of the town with no one chasing after them.

"Are you ok?" He finally asked

She just nodded, burying her face on his back, hugging him tight.

That's it for now, please tell me what you think... I'm pretty sure you will love the next chapter :)