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Skye
I walk past Fitz in the corridor as I bring the latest lot of DVD's I want to watch from my room. All of us girls technically can go back to our old bunks, and to sleep we do (if we remember), but before we go to sleep we keep hanging out in Ward's room. My DVD's tumble from my hands and they crash to the floor. Instinctively, Fitz leans down to help me as I crouch down to pick them up.
"I can't believe you, Skye." He mutters under his breath, but it's loud enough for me to hear. "Siding with Ward, even after all he's done? To you? For god's sake, he told you he loved you and then he betrayed you!" Fitz bursts out. I take a deep breath, piling all the DVD's up on top of each other.
"I know he betrayed me, Fitz. He completely destroyed my heart and my trust." I say finally, my chocolate brown eyes meeting his blue ones. "I loved the guy."
"So why are you helping him?" Fitz urges me to answer, his eyes confused to my motives since my words suggest that I should side with him.
"Because he deserves a second chance." I say simply. "Fitz, Ward was just following orders. The wrong orders, sure, but you follow orders all the time. Only difference with Ward is that he played for the wrong team, whereas S.H.I.E.L.D is seen as the right team. Think about that." As then I scoop the DVD's up in my arms and march away, my heart beating fast in my chest.
May chooses Mulan.
It's her turn to choose the movie, and I'm expecting some kind of action movie. Not one from my freaking Disney movie collection! I nudge Grant with my shoulder - he flinches away instinctively. I try to ignore how much it hurts that he flinches away from me, of all people.
"Mulan, huh?" I whisper to him as May puts the disc in.
"May reminds me of Mulan." Grant replies in a quiet voice. "They're both strong, independant women."
"I like Mulan. Can we get over it already?" May snaps. "Now shut up. The movie's starting!"
As we quieten down to watch the movie, I realise that we've already used 2 weeks of our 3 months up. What if Coulson doesn't think Grant's enough of a an asset? What if he kills Grant? The questions spiral around my mind. Everything I said to Fitz is true, about Grant breaking my heart, but love doesn't just go away like that.
3 months into their relationship.
"Being a S.H.I.E.L.D agent gets you a lot of scars, doesn't it?" I ask him as I absentmindedly trace patterns across his bare chest. Grant watches me, his arms wrapped around me protectively.
"It's a dangerous job." He shrugs. "You're going to get scars, Skye."
I pout.
"I really hate scars..." I mutter, staring a few of his. "And now, when I become a S.H.I.E.L.D agent, they're going to mar my body."
"You'll always be beautiful to me." Grant tells me. My fingertips brush over a scar located on the side of his neck, near his right ear. He moves away from my touch unconsciously before relaxing back into my hand.
"Where did you get this one?" I ask him. The scar feels like any other, but somehow I think it's different. More important.
"I don't remember." Grant says calmly. But even then I know that he's lying to me.
In the dark of the room, the light from Mulan is the only source of light in the room. The bright lights flash across Grant's neck, and I see that scar again. It's a few millimetres in length, and it's only faintly raised. I frown again, remembering that Grant never elaborated on it. In fact, he dodged the question like it was a live grenade when ever it came up.
"Grant?" I poke him gently. He glances at me.
"What?" He asks me, keeping his voice low. Obviously, he doesn't want to anger May by interrupting her favourite film.
"What's that scar?" I ask, pointing at it. Grant's hand instinctively goes to the scar.
"Oh, this?" He asks edgily.
"Grant..." I say in a warning voice. He sighs.
"It's where I had my tracker implanted." He says finally.
I stare in shock.
"You have a tracker!?"
Fun Fact: Ming-Na Wen, who plays May, actually voiced Fa Mulan in the Disney film!