A Light for the Darkest Soul

Spoilers: All Episodes of AoS

Disclaimer: I own nothing unfortunately.

Skye allowed herself to open the door to Sahra's room early the next morning while the young girl slept. Bending down beside the bed, Skye pulled the huge pink comforter up to the tiny shoulders and leaned in. A kiss to the head was all she allowed herself because she had to go. Turning as she stood Skye found Ward in the doorway, he just smiled and nodded toward the hall so that she would join him.

Once the door was closed they found Coulson and May in the hallway by the wall. May nodded to them and placed a hand on Skye's arm. "She'll be fine, she's strong like her parents."

"Just make sure she doesn't eat a lot of junk food, she manages to wrangle a lot from Fitz and that she's in bed by nine." Skye smiled, "schedule and all."

Coulson nodded, "any rituals we need to worry about?"

Ward placed his hand on Skye's back, "she likes books read to her at night but you have to lay down with her. Don't worry about her not going to sleep because usually she'll fall asleep if you read a long book."

"And no ice cream or dairy products, she loves it but Simmons said she's showing some lactose intolerance symptoms." Skye smiled, "she'll tell you she's fine but she gets an upset stomach when she eats it."

"We can handle that."

Midway through the flight to their destination in Miami, Skye turned to look at Ward. He let his eyes stray to her and gave her a small smile. He reached over with his free hand and gripped her hand, entwining their fingers. Skye looked back at the folder in her lap to review the report on Damon Diamond that SHIELD had acquired.

"Is he dangerous?"

Skye shook her head, "not really, a 30 year old playboy who finances whoever suits him. However it's interesting that most of the companies or independent contractors he finances are women." She flipped the page of the report, "he has ex-military personnel for his security."

The specialist was quiet before speaking once again. "What type of ex-military are we talking about?"

"Navy SEALs, Marines and Army Rangers." Skye looked over at him, "we have the training to take them down so it shouldn't be a problem."

"Not necessarily." Ward looked over at her. "Military training and SHIELD training are similar so it could be a problem."

Sighing, Skye looked down at the report. "Then our goal is to scare Diamond enough that he will call off his men when we ask him to."

Their hotel room was nice but not too nice, Coulson seemed to always spring for a nice room and when asked why he did so he'd given them an unexpected answer. Apparently he always booked them a nice room because he knew missions were the only time they got time for themselves as a couple despite having to work. Skye considered it sweet and had hugged him while Ward had no clue what to say on the matter so he just thanked the man.

"The gala isn't till tomorrow." Skye hung up her dress as she spoke. Ward was setting up all the noise cancelling equipment as well as the computer they needed to connect with SHIELD. He'd learned how to set up computers but hacking them was way above his skill set. "We should relax and spend some time together since we haven't had the chance."

Ward nodded as he turned to look at her, "what do you want to do? We can do anything you want to do, I withdrew enough from our account to do something together."

Skye sat on the bed and thought for a few moments. "Can we just go to the beach and have dinner out?"

Moving over to the hacker, Ward bent down in front of her with a smile. His hands moved till they sat on the outside of her thighs. "We can do whatever you want."

"I want to go to the beach." A smile appeared on her face, "I haven't been in a few years."

"Then we'll go to the beach."

He kissed her cheek before standing to go back to working on setting up the equipment. Skye smiled and watched him, trying to understand how she'd been so lucky to find a man who loved her for who she was. She was pretty sure that any other man who have run when her origins were spoke about. Ward loved her for her soul not because of her body or hacking skills which was a change from previous guys she'd been with.

The beach was nice and after searching for a spot on the crowded sand, Skye sat down with Ward beside her. They just sat on silence for a while, completely comfortable with not speaking or reaching for each other. Eventually Skye pulled off the shirt she wore and looked over to see her boyfriend watching her with a smile. Meeting his eyes, she saw reverence and happiness in his eyes, not lust or anything that could be considered inappropriate.

"I'm going for a swim, you'll watch the stuff right?"

"I'm not going anywhere."

Skye leaned over and gave him a quick, chaste kiss before standing. She made her way to the ocean and Ward watched as she started wading in the water to get used to the temperature. He couldn't help but smile at the sight before him. Skye was happy and enjoying the ability to be carefree for a little while. That was a sight that he loved and didn't want to leave so she could stay that way forever.

Looking around her saw children building sandcastles and playing with their friends. Ward knew he wanted to bring Sahra to the beach so she could have as much fun as the other children were at that moment. She'd been on the base since she'd been brought back from Alaska and it would be perfect for her to get out into the fresh air and play with children her age. He decided to bring it up with Skye and he was sure that she'd agree on the matter.

That evening, Skye stood in the bathroom drying her hair when Ward moved to the doorway and leaned against it. She looked to her side and smiled at him, gazing at him as he gazed at her. She hung the towel up on the small rack over the toilet before moving to Ward, allowing him to wrap her in his arms. Looking up at him she smiled and wrapped her arms around his waist.

"You look beautiful." He kissed her forehead and tangled his hand in the ends of her hair.

"I have shorts on and one of your shirts."

He chuckled, "you're still beautiful." Without much effort he picked her up bridal style and Skye wrapped her arms around his neck.

Without much effort he threw her on the bed and moved to hover over her, enjoying the view that lay beneath him. His other half, his soul mate and partner lay beneath him with her dark locks spread out around her head while she gave him a look of happiness. He leaned down to kiss her before pulling back.

"What's wrong?" Skye touched his cheek.

He shook his head slightly, "you said you didn't want to be rushed into sex after everything that has happened."

Skye pulled his face down and kissed him before smiling at him. "It's been close to seven months Grant. I want this, I want you and we may not get another chance for a few months because we have a daughter who comes to us sometimes with bad dreams."

"Are you sure?"

Leaning up to kiss him, Skye smiled at him. "More sure than I was months ago."

A/N: Sorry I took so long to write this, University is getting the best of me.

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