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"I fully take the responsibility of you getting into the ocean and drowning and there will be no argument about it. Don't even try to tell me otherwise or else I will have the nurse give more pain meds to you and you will have some more sleep"

"Are you going to blackmail me everytime I want to say something that you do not like, WARD?" I exclaimed angrily, sitting up to have a better look on him and winced, feeling pain in the chest instantly.

"SKYE, LIE DOWN! You're hurting yourself! Why do you have to be so stubborn?"

Ward almost shouted as he gently pushed her down back on the bed but calmed down remembering she was still very weak and vulnerable after almost dying on him. He wanted to punch himself for even raising his voice at her.

"I'm sorry, Skye. I just hate seeing you hurt"

"Why?" I asked him, confused with everything he did and said to me. He was acting different. He seemed a different Ward, less Robot, not the one I knew.

"Are you that stupid, Skye?" he said and our moment was interrupted by the rest of my team walking into the ward.

The first thing I registered was Jemma running in my direction and pulling me into a hug, as gentle as she could manage to do. I made an effort and put my free hand around her neck trying to hug her back.

"Skye! Oh god, you scared us to death, little sister!"

Hearing her call me little sister and telling how much I scared them nearly got me crying but I bit my lip and tried to hold the tears at bay.

"I'm sorry" I whispered to her.

Next I saw AC's worried face. He was standing near Ward by the left side of my bed watching me.

"Hey, AC" I uttered in a still weak voice. My throat hurt like hell but I didn't want them to know. I wanted to talk to them so much…

He got closer and looked at me as if I was someone special, someone he… loved, like a father loves his child…

He reached out his hand to my cheek and started stroking it gently.

"I'm sorry, Skye. You almost died. We almost lost you. I shouldn't have allowed you on that mission. You weren't ready yet. And you almost died"

I couldn't hold the tears back any longer and they started running down my face like rain. I closed my eyes because I knew he wasn't the one to blame. I was guilty too. I couldn't look him in the eyes so I kept my eyes closed as tears streamed down my face.

AC blamed himself when it wasn't his fault at all. I don't remember what happened exactly but it definitely wasn't AC, or Ward for that matter, who pushed me from that cliff. It wasn't AC's fault that I gave up fighting.

I admit it was wrong and I wasn't thinking straight back then but it happened. I gave up and let myself drown because something made me want to do it at the time.

I felt a hand on mine, then a hand on my cheek. Ward's hand. I opened my eyes and saw him looking at me with that look again, AC standing close on the other side of the bed.

"Hey, Rookie, don't cry, please. It's all over, you're safe, with us" said Grant in a soothing voice. The voice that made my heart calm down and made me believe everything was going to be fine. My S.O. had that effect on me.

After hugging Fitz and May I've successfully spent all my strength and felt somehow exhausted. Grant wouldn't turn his eyes away from me even for a second, I noticed, I could feel him watching, so he noticed my tiredness soon.

"It's time you slept, Rookie. You are exhausted. And before you say something, don't even try to argue with me. You're going to rest and that's final"

"Fine, Mr. Fan Machine…" I murmured.

"Glad to see my super sarcastic little Rookie back" he smiled and leaned down to put a kiss on my forehead and somehow it made me feel like a princess. I had my prince and was surrounded by family. For the first time in months I felt truly happy.

"Now everyone out. My Rookie needs some beauty sleep" my S.O. ordered to everyone. I just hoped that he wouldn't leave too.

As Coulson and May left, Fitzsimmons following reluctantly behind, I looked at my S.O. with a look saying 'Please don't leave'.

It was silent for a while as we stared each other in the eyes and then as if reading my thoughts, Ward said:

"Relax, Rookie. I'm not going anywhere"

I felt drained and could hardly keep my eyes open. All I knew was that I wanted him close. Closer than he was. I grabbed him by the shirt again and pulled him to me, trying to tell him to join me in bed. I needed him to hold me and he needed some proper sleep on a proper bed so it was pretty logical.

"Stop being a stubborn Robot and lie down with me" I demanded, my voice sounding miserably weak.

I moved to the side leaving enough space for him to lie down and waiting for him to join me. He hesitated for a few seconds before taking off his shoes and finally getting into the hospital bed, his right hand wrapping safely around my body and pulling me to himself, making me feel safe, protected and loved.

"Does anything hurt? Are still in pain, Rookie?" he asked in a soft gentle voice.

"Nothing I can't handle, Robot. Don't worry about me. I have everything I need right here" I answered honestly.

He pulled me closer and put a kiss on top of my hair. I closed my eyes and smiled a wide smile. Who would think I'd need so little to be happy? Even the pain I still felt seemed much more tolerable when he held me like that… How could it be?

"Thank you" I said before I was pulled into the world of sleep.

Just before I fell asleep I could hear him whisper:

"Sweet dreams. I love you, Skye"

I bet he didn't think I could still hear him. But I did and I loved what I heard.

In my head I had a reply to his declaration although I was too sleepy to say it out loud: "I love you too, Grant"

So yeah Grant kinda let the words slip and his sneaky Rookie managed to hear it ^_^