It was 2:30 in the morning when Coulson alerted Grant and Jewel that Muna was requesting to land the jet. Jewel didn't remember much, just the soft knock on the door, the report, and the next thing she knew, they were on the loading dock waiting for Muna to flyover to land. Jewel looked over to Grant anxiously as she wished that they had told them when Muna already landed. The gates slowly opened as Jewel could barely see in the dark night the small flashes from the jet. Her heart beat fast as the jet slowly lowered itself down.
The door behind them opened as Coulson came stepping out with Maye right beside him. At first glance, you would think that the pair were up before the news but Jewel remembered they had on different clothes then what they had on now. Jewel turned and smiled at Grant as he still tried to rub the sleep out of his eyes. She never thought that this day would come after meeting obstacle after obstacle.
This really meant to her that their mission was finally over, that they had done what they had set out to do. But a small part of her felt… sad for some reason. All the time she was out wanting to be with Jasmine, she forgot how much she actually enjoyed and missed the old team.
The door finally opened and Muna came out, cradling a sleeping Jasmine Grace and Jewel's heart just melted. Jewel only took one step but Grant had already run at full speed and saw slowly taking Jasmine out of Muna's arms.
"How was the flight?" Jewel asked.
"She was so excited about being in the air that she passed out one hour and fifteen minutes in" Muna smiled, "How was the mission?"
"We're all alive and the world will never be the same as it once was" Grant smiled, "I'm sure Coulson will explain later"
Coulson nodded, "I was hoping you would be interested in joining the mission"
"I've done 100 missions" Muna shrugged, "I've never babysat overnight before, now that was a challenge. Somedays I actually wanted to give her a quick shot with an icer"
Grant and Jewel's faces drop, "Excuse me?"
Muna rolled her eyes, "I'm only kidding"
Jasmine slowly squirmed but remained asleep in Grant's arms, nuzzling closer to him.
"I want to wake her up," Jewel whispered.
"If we do, we'll never put her back down to sleep" Grant said, "You know this"
Jewel pouted but she knew that Grant was right as she stroked her hair before turning to Muna, "Were there any problems?"
"Nothing that I wasn't untrained to handle" Muna smirked, "But I did take advantage of your guy's mini gym"
Grant smiled, "Of course, you always do whenever you're in town"
"She's a cute baby" Maye said as she walked up to them, "Can I hold her?"
Grant and Jewel looked to each other before Grant said, "Y- Yeah, go ahead"
Grant slowly handed off their baby daughter to Maye who was surprisingly very gentle and didn't even wake Jasmine. Jewel didn't give the jet ride enough credit for overstimulation as she was amazed at how much she was sleeping through. A bright smile crossed Maye's lips as she gently rocked the baby with Coulson giving himself permission to slowly walk over and look down to Jasmine. They could easily see now that Jasmine had Grant's hair color and facial features but hair texture like Jewel's. If she were awake, they would've noticed that Jasmine's eye color matches Jewel's perfectly.
"She's adorable" Maye gave Jasmine off to Jewel, "I can't wait to see how she's like when she wakes up"
"I can't either" Jewel looked down to Jasmine, "We've never been away from her for this long"
Coulson turned to Grant, "So does that mean that you guys are turning to the civilian lifestyle?"
"I am. I've had enough of adventures" Jewel spoke up, immediately.
Grant thought about it for a while before he said, "I think you can keep my number… in case you need backup"
This seemed to please Coulson as he nodded, "Glad to have you back, Ward"
The next morning, Jewel woke up to a high shrill screaming, Jasmine was the first to wake up and notice her parents were home. She did mini hops up and down before bending over and kissing Grant on the lips before turning to Jewel. Feeling her daughter's slobbery lips on hers was the best feeling in the world as the family got up and gave their daughter hugs and kisses. It almost felt like they were in there forever until the trio went into the kitchen where the team was already dressed and waiting for them.
"Oh, isn't she precious?!" Jemma squealed.
"Will you look at that" Mack chuckled, "Grant's gonna have to keep his icer off of safety when she's a teen"
"She is a little beauty" Hunter smiled before saying in a baby voice, "How are you doing, princess?"
"Jasmine Grace Ward" Daisy smiled, "I like it"
"Shall we eat?" Grant asked, "We got a long flight ahead of us"
Simmons groaned, "Do you guys have to leave so soon?"
"Yes, we actually miss our home" Jewel paused, "But the next major holiday, you guys are more than welcome to come"
Simmons immediately agreed as they said it would be Thanksgiving but Fitz didn't like the idea because they were in Italy and technically don't celebrate Thanksgiving. Jewel turned and smiled at Grant as they took their place in the corner and started to serve themselves. Even though Jewel didn't cook, she chose not to judge as everyone was more interested in holding and looking at Jasmine.
"You think she'll like this kind of lifestyle?" Grant asked, "When she's older?"
Jewel watched as she was bounced on Daisy's knee, "I have no idea, she's already being treated like royalty here"
"Who knows? Both of her parents are agents" Grant said, "More than likely she'll follow our footsteps"
"Then we better start training her now," Jewel smirked.