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Skye's eyes widened for a split second, then she regained her composure.
"Calvin and Lizzy? Seriously?"
"Doesn't matter. We have to call it in."
"Fine. But I want to see them."
"Skye, no. We shouldn't. It's against protocol."
Skye rolled her eyes. "Oh, yeah. Protocol. Honestly, Ward, since when do I listen to protocol?"
"Um, when you feel like it?"
"Exactly." Skye turned to leave, but Ward caught her arm and pulled her back.
"Skye. Do you want to be a real agent or not?!"
"Ward…I-"
"Because if you go and blow it all of now, you'll never make it."
Skye stopped and scowled at the floor. "Fine. Call it in."
Ward did as told, radioing Coulson and telling him that they were close to the bombs.
"What'd he say?" Skye asked when he got back.
"Leave them be. Go back to our quarters and stay there for the night. This mission is over."
Skye was shocked.
"Oh, and the cameras are down."
"So…we're free?"
"Yeah."
Skye knew that she should be happy. They could stop pretending to be in love.
Then why did she feel like they weren't pretending?
That night, they went back to the dorm room. They stood there as awkwardly as they had on the first day.
"So…should I sleep on the floor?"
Skye gave a small gasp on the inside. It hurt. Him pushing her away and leaving.
"Ward…I…" She stopped, unable to say what was on her mind, what she wanted.
"What?" Ward had moved closer.
She looked at the floor.
"I just wanted to tell you that…it's been really fun," She muttered to the floor.
He reached out and cupped her chin in his hand, forcing her to look at him. Then, carefully, as if she might break, he leaned in and kissed her softly. When he pulled away, Skye gave him a glare.
"Ward. I'm not a fragile doll. If you kiss me, kiss me!"
"Like this?" Ward kissed her harder, faster, and longer. And she kissed him back.
The next morning, Skye woke up and pulled on a robe and grabbed her toiletry bag, heading for the showers. She stood under the hot water, taking comfort in the hot water. Suddenly, the door opened and someone stepped into the bathroom. Skye wasn't concerned…until the person pulled away the shower curtain. She smiled.
"Hi Ward."
"Hey, Skye."
He shrugged off his robe and stepped into the shower, wearing as much clothes as she was—which is to say, none.
Together, they stood under the water a long time.
Later, dressed, happy, they stood before Coulson. He regarded them carefully.
"Well done. You have successfully proven to me that you can work well together as a team. You may go."
"Thank you, AC," Skye said with a wink.
"Oh, one more thing. This was a test."
"Huh?" Ward asked.
"There were no bombs. There were no camera's except ours. Now you may go."
Skye and Ward's mouths dropped. Coulson shooed them with a hand. They went outside his office and looked at each other.
"Jeez."
"You can say that again."
"Jeez."
"You know what I want?"
"What do you want, Skye?"
"A kiss."
And she got one.
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