Academy Reunion

Spoilers: All SHIELD episodes and movies.

Disclaimer: I currently only own SYA (maybe) and Azara.

Skye walked through the corridors of SYA taking note of new students that had enrolled weeks before at the start of the spring semester. New ISP students had red wrist bands even as they stood among their more normal peers talking about classes and complained at rules. With the old Mapping and Tracking instructor back from a lengthy field mission, Ward had transferred over to be the permanent Stealth Instructor at the Academy so it had been close to two months since they'd been able to see each other longer than ten minutes. Between the new admissions and getting the new ISP student settled and his wide array of hours, they'd had little time to even have dinner or spend time together.

Simmons and Bobbi merely looked at her when she complained the Friday before. Both were still under the assumption that the man deserved to be dissected slowly before being killed and brought back to undergo it all again. As far as she knew, only Coulson out of them all had actually seen Ward as he was so no one else tended to believe him.

"Bye Agent Johnson." A few of her ISP students waved to her as they headed towards the dormitories with friends. "Have a good weekend."

"You guys have a fun weekend. I'll see you Monday morning."

Stopping by her office, she grabbed her purse and keys when she heard the click of her door lock. Looking up she found Ward on the other side of the glass barrier, his hand was manipulating the controls and soon after the glass was opaque. Once it blocked out the world, he turned to her and moved to her without so much as a word.

As soon as he reached her, she slid her arms around his neck with a smile. "Hi. So how did you get away from the cadets?"

"They're trying to find me on the grounds, I left a tracer beacon in one of the trees but they are attempting to approach me without making a sound." He smirked and leaned down, nipping her nose gently. "They'll be planning their approach for a while, I'll be back before they even attempt it."

A laughed escaped her as she leaned up to kiss him, pulling back to let her fingers graze the small hairs at the base of his neck. "Sorry I missed your birthday."

"Birthdays are just another day to me, one I don't want to celebrate. So don't be sorry you missed one day." He kissed her head, "I'm sorry this new job is getting in the way of us."

"No, you told me the hours would make SHIELD look like a 9 to 5 job and I still told you to take it. Azara and I are going to have yet another girls' weekend and you are going to train some gullible cadets." Smiling she turned back to her desk to collect her personal belongings. "So how many are going to wash out this quarter?"

"Out of the twenty I have, probably about half. They're moving me from Stealth to Supervising Agent. I'll be in charge of a group of twenty cadets, maintain their assessments and oversee their overall training. I'll still be teaching Stealth but they think my skills are being wasted by teaching a rudimentary course."

Skye sighed and sat down, "what are the new hours?"

"I'll be living on campus with them but I'll get two weekends off a month for personal time along with my choice of two days per month barring examination weekends." Ward shoved his hands into his pockets, "Azara will have to go back to the dormitory but I'll be talking to Daniels about that next week."

"No," she looked up at him. "Our daughter will stay with me, she has a room already in my apartment that she half lives in so moving her to the dorms is just stupid."

Ward nodded, "you're pissed."

"Oh pissed doesn't begin to cover what I'm feeling. You accepted the position without consulting me." Shaking her head she rose and pushed past him. "You and I talked about going forward together, that means talking things out as they come up not telling me after the fact. You say you're sorry that the job is coming between us but you take a more time consuming job without asking." Manipulating the controls to her door, Skye shook her head. "Why don't you go back to the field. At least then when you disappeared for long periods of time, I'd know you couldn't help the absence."

"Skye…"

"No!" She turned suddenly and looked at him. "Just let yourself out and don't forget you planned to take Azara out to dinner tonight."

Ward moved towards her, "Skye I love you, please remember that."

"Yeah, doesn't feel that way right now." She shook her head and left, letting the glass door close behind her.

Sitting at a table with Bobbi and Simmons, Skye allowed herself to finally vent. Both women looked at her surprisingly as she commented on what an asshole Ward was. Normally she was defending him against the two but instead they were hearing what they were always dishing out.

"I mean, who the hell takes a job without consulting their significant other?" Skye shook her head as she took a sip of beer. "Much less drops it on them in a few spare minutes. You were right, he's an asshole and I should have never thought it could have worked out. Like always, the minute he gets a chance to advance he takes it without consideration of others. I mean, his own daughter cries at night because he's not around."

Simmons shared a look with Bobbi before the assassin spoke. "You seem to be taking this pretty hard. A lot worse than before and you had just developed a habit of causing earthquakes."

"I'm in love with the asshole, a lot more than before." Skye groaned and threw her head on her arms on the table. "Why did I have to fall for him?"

Simmons hit Bobbi's arm and nodded to the stairs of the bar, the assassin saw the asshole in question looking around before allowing his eyes to fall on them. He started making his way over and both women shared another look.

"Well it really isn't our choice who we fall for." Bobbi took a sip of her beer. "I mean, I got stuck with an asshole who makes yours seem like a normal guy. That's hard to say trust me but I would murder anyone who touched Hunter."

Skye picked up her head, "I know the feeling and mine is an actual former serial killer."

"Nice to know your opinion of me hasn't changed in ten years." Skye whipped around to see Ward standing a few feet away looking as if he'd stepped out of the past. Black jeans, a black henley tucked into his belt and his black leather jacket with a little bit of stubble on his face, it had been there earlier in the day but she had thought it out of place as he stood in a signature SHIELD suit and tie. Now it was working for him and it really worked for her.

"Where is Azara?" Her motherly instinct kicked in suddenly when it dawned on her that he'd left their kid alone if he was with her.

He smirked, "I called in a favor with Coulson, he is taking her for the weekend and I'm sure by the time he drops her off on Sunday that May will be attached as well." His attention went to Simmons and Bobbi. "Sorry to interrupt your Friday night but apparently date night has been long overdue so I'll be kidnapping her for the weekend."

"Please take her, she's acting very pathetic." Simmons stated briefly and Bobbi gave a nod in agreement. "In fact, we give you full permission to kidnap her for the weekend as long as she is to her normal self upon her return."

"You're supposed to hate him!" Skye exclaimed as the two women stood up. "That was an unwavering standard that was in my life."

"Yeah well," Bobbi looked at her. "You're being pathetic and I'd rather let him take you than watch you for another minute. Didn't you tell Hunter to kidnap me after I moaned and groaned for a week when he left after we tried to convince him to join Gonzales' splinter group, big mistake on our part but still?"

Skye shook her head, "no we basically locked you two up in an apartment for a week. Two months after that you're yelling at Simmons and me because you're pregnant."

"That's what happens when you lock Hunter and I in a small space, hot and bothered without some type of contraceptive."

Everyone at the table barring Bobbi gave her a look that signified some type of disturbance from the comment. Skye turned and pulled on Ward's arm, "get me out of here Robot before I vomit from the images she just provided."

Bobbi held out her hand and Simmons slapped it, "why does my sex life make everyone run?"

"Because you and Hunter are borderline exhibitionists." Simmons shrugged, "although sex between you two is indicative of a healthy relationship. It means you're fighting and working your issues out instead of either of you running off."

"You have a point." Bobbi shrugged, "how long before she gets pregnant?"

Simmons took a sip of her beer, "knowing Ward's methodical behaviors, the likelihood of pregnancy without prior planning is close to zero."

"Damn, you'd think with all of us having kids they'd join the club." Bobbi chuckled, "I assume you heard about what May and Coulson are doing?"

"Who hasn't? I can hardly believe the Calvary is adopting an infant."

Bobbi chuckled, "at least Coulson can fill in with the warm and fuzzies when she doesn't provide."

"I still can't believe those two got married."

"I think it was more unbelievable that you and Fitz got your act together and became officially Mr. and Mrs. Fitzsimmons. Actually that was second considering you shocking us with your exhibition in the lab that one time, who knew Fitz had it in him."

Simmons put her hands up, "please stop talking, we were both heavily intoxicated and if you must know, my husband is very well adapted at keeping me satisfied."

"See, you're the one offering information there." The scientist turned pink, "I must say that is very un-Simmons like."

"Shut up!" Simmons downed her beer and raised her hand to wave down the waitress.

"Thanks for reminding me of that, I can now tell Skye what she missed when she ran away." Bobbi watched the woman beside her groan, "she'd never forgive me if I didn't tell her."

Outside Skye found Ward walking towards a motorcycle parked in the ten minute waiting area of the academy parking lot. He reached into a side pouch and withdrew a second helmet, holding it out to her.

"Where did you get this thing?" She took the helmet and looked at the motorcycle. It was slick black like she'd seen some of the agents use before, specifically May. "Wait, did you steal this from the SHIELD Depot?"

Ward chuckled as he climbed onto the slim vehicle. "Actually it's mine, I removed it from storage. Technically it was SHIELD's but I bought it and repaired it. However, after gaining Azara I put it up and it's been in storage since it's not practical for a child. I thought you'd like to take it out."

"So this is date night, me riding behind you on a motorcycle?" She folded her arms, "not much of a date night."

"Give me some credit." He chuckled and motioned to her to join him. "This entire weekend is for us to get back to where we were at Christmas, to gain back our relationship. I seem to remember that you have this unhealthy competitive streak."

"Yeah, and?"

"I borrowed a friend's motorcycle, thought you'd like to race on an open tarmac."

A grin spread across her face as she climbed on behind him. "Okay you aren't entirely an asshole."

Around midnight on the tarmac of the local SHIELD air strip, Skye was laughing as she sat with Ward on the asphalt. The motorcycles were parked a few feet from them as Skye leaned against Ward, starring up at the open sky and stars as he held her. They were talking about things they'd missed in each other's lives since being apart.

"You know I took this assignment to be on a more regular schedule." Ward wrapped his arms around her tighter and kissed her head. "I may have to live on campus with the cadets but I know where my free weekends will be."

Skye sighed and let her fingers play with his, "I just want you to talk to me. It should have been a decision we made together like we did when you went with the Academy's first offer."

"I'm sorry and you're right, about talking with you. I'm so used to doing things on my own that I forget that I need to talk to someone about my decisions." He held her closer and closed his eyes, allowing himself to breathe her shampoo that hadn't changed in years. "Please know you and Azara are all that matters to me and just two months apart has me jumping at the first opportunity to have you both back."

"I love you," Skye turned slight and allowed her hand to cup his chin gently. "You're a good man, a little misguided at times especially when it comes to relationships but I know you're trying." Leaning in she kissed him, "I'll try to be more patient next time and listen instead of being pissed off."

"And I'll make an effort to talk to you more."

Skye chuckled and turned back in his arms, allowing her head to fall back on his shoulder. "If we had done this eleven years ago we'd be somewhere different right now."

"Probably running missions together, allowing the job to consume us like it did May and Coulson. No daughter, no teaching careers and little time together outside the job."

"Okay that actually sounds like it would suck."

Ward rubbed her arms and looked up when he saw a car heading towards them. Pulling away from Skye, he stood and held out his hands to help her up as the car stopped a few feet away and two men got out. They moved over to the couple and immediately Skye allowed her hand to pull her weapon from her thigh holster, something she normally wore when not with Azara or at SYA.

"Easy there." One of the men chuckled and threw something to Ward, which the former specialist caught. "She's a bit trigger happy but not bad on the eyes." The guy moved to Skye and held out his hand. "Agent Mason Barlowe, Ward and I met back at the Academy years ago and helped each other out of a few rock-and-hard-place situations. Of course the ass didn't tell me he was HYDRA at the time, which put a dent in the relationship for a while."

"Try ten years and then come talk to me." Skye spit out before holstering her weapon. "He learned his lesson with me though."

The other man let out a loud laugh and made his way over, "you said you wanted my bike for a date but you didn't mention you'd be taking your old flame out. So you're the girl that Ward has been stuck on for ten years. He said you shot him, that true?"

Skye smirked, "like I said, he learned his lesson with me."

"Remind me not to piss her off." Barlowe hit Ward's shoulder, "if she took you down, we have a lot to fear."

Ward merely chuckled, "her bullets are the least of your problems."

"You don't say."

Skye held out her hand and let the ground crack slight under his feet, the man jumped back and stared at her. Ward merely grabbed her hand and held it, she looked up at him with a smirk and huge eyes. "It was just a bit of fun."

"It's a tarmac, we need it perfect." He nodded his head and released her hand, she held it out so to fuse the earth back together. "Like I said Mase, bullets are the least of your problems with her." He held up the keys in his hand, obviously the object Barlowe had thrown to him. "Thanks for the loan. Just return my bike to the storage in one piece please."

"Sure thing." He smiled and headed over to the bike. "Come on Jeff before you blow your brain trying to figure out this whole thing."

"I thought Inhumans were supposed to be ugly and uncontrollable." He shook his head and stared at Skye. "She's beautiful and can control the earth."

Barlowe shook his head at Ward, "the man never learns. Safe and happy trip, see you at the Academy on Monday. Tell that girl of yours I said hi, she must be big now."

"She's looking more like her mother every day." Ward smiled and Skye rolled her eyes, knowing he meant her and not Azara's actual mother.

After the two men left Skye headed to the car after Ward, the man slid into the driver's seat. As she strapped herself in and watched him shift things around to be able to drive, a smile crossed her face. "So you actually have friends?"

"I'm not a total robot despite what you think half the time." He let a small smile go and started the car. "We should head back home, anywhere you want to stop first?"

"No, home sounds perfect." She reached over and captured his hand in her own, threading her fingers through his. "I get you to myself for the first time in ten years, willingly at least. I plan to take my time and enjoy making you mine."

Ward shook his head, "stop why you're ahead Sweetheart. You know between you and Simmons, trying to say something romantic is impossible."

A/N: Okay so they totally had to have some type of fight.

Next...A dinner invitation from the Coulsons, what could go wrong?

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