Operation: Shadows
Chapter 17
Maria
August 12th 2004
It has been a few months since the last pack member had been turned and so Fury decided it was time to start the changing of the next lot.
"So tell me again why Clint hasn't been chosen yet?" Natasha asked as she and Maria made their way to the common area for the packs.
Maria grumbled at the question, "Fury and Peggy think I'm not 'emotionally' stable enough to handle a previous close connection being introduced into the pack." Maria scowled.
Natasha shot her an amused look at this revelation. "That, is both hilarious and true. You can barely handle having to share me as it is, imagine having to share me with Clint? Oh you'd be a mess! You'd be tearing people apart with your bare hands! Personally, I would love to see you put Tobias and Jayden on their asses."
"Haha, you're so funny."
"I think I should be a stand up comedian."
"Stick to your day job, Romanoff."
"So grumpy today little one!"
"Don't call me little one!"
"Do you two ever stop bickering?" Peggy sighed, looking at them with fond amusement. "We have guests."
"Sorry Peggy" The two of them chorused, Maria elbowing Natasha as the alpha had a grin on her face.
"At least pretend to be sorry." She whispered to the other wolf.
"It's not me, it's Mel! She's laughing at us." Natasha pouted, looking over at her soulmate.
"And you all call me emotionally unstable" Maria grumbled with a roll of her eyes. The two mates had been having a hard time staying out of each others head and keeping their emotions separate. On more than one occasion she had one of them bursting out laughing during a briefing when they really shouldn't have been. Maria was convinced they were doing it on purpose to mess with each other and herself.
"Cheer up Maria, we have some new pups!" Natasha slung her arm around Maria's neck.
Maria sighed and looked over at their new recruits, who looked...disturbed. They were giving her weird looks, as though she's scarred them for life.
"What?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.
"You're uh, having, fun?" One of them, Oscar, says. He almost looked like he was about to shit himself. Maria was glad she still had that effect on people.
"Imagine that" she drawled in reply, rolling her eyes. "Lets get down to business. You've all been chosen to participate in the next stage of our operation. You will undergo genetic mutations similar to the super solider serum with some furry side effects. If you chose not to participate, you will be returned to your line of work with you memory removed. However, once you agree, you cannot change your mind."
All four of the new recruits froze at Maria's explanation whilst she idly wondered if they should make an orientation video so that she did not have to keep repeating herself. If she were honest, she could not care less about any of the new recruits minus Isabelle Hartley.
Hartley was the new recruit joining their pack. The woman had a good reputation throughout SHIELD and was often put on high level protection duty or sent undercover to infiltrate the ranks of their enemies. She was an all rounder SHIELD agent, the only downside that they had encountered was that she can have a bit of a temper and argue back with certain senior agents. Briefly she wonder how Hartley and Hand would get along if they were ever put on a mission together.
Natasha gave a snort from her side and she could her May coughing from the other side of the room.
'I think SHILED would not survive that' Natasha informed her.
'Hand would try and dominate her ass only to lose.' May chipped in.
'You think? I figured Hand would be the more dominant one.'
'Generally, yes, however, I believe in this situation, Hand would end up submitting to Hartley. What is it with SHIELD higher ups submitting to us lowly agents?' Natasha teased, bumping her shoulder against Maria.
"Shut up, Romanoff." Maria grouched, shouldering her away.
"Romanoff didn't say anything." Hartley said cautiously.
"Not aloud anyways." Maria dismissed, not bothering to explain until they all agreed. "So, are you in or out?"
"Fuck it, am in." Hartley said with a grin "Especially if I get to see you acting like this more... It's interesting" Hartley purred, a glint her eyes causing Maria to shudder.
'HA! Even Hartley knows your a bottom!' Natasha exclaimed, laughing out loud at Hartley's implication.
"Fuck off, Romanoff. Pain in my ass" She grumbled. Secretly, she was just as amused as Natasha was about it, even if it was kind of embarrassing for Hartley to easily suss her out like that.
Hartley gave her a smirk as the remaining candidates hesitantly agreed to join the operation.
"Excellent. Now you can know more details of what you signed up for. You will receive an enhancement serum, which is self explanatory, but you will also gain a new ability." Maria started and turned to the existing members of the pack. "Who would like to demonstrate this time?"
"I'll do it." May said, holding back a grin as she walked into the middle and easily shifted into her wolf form.
"Holy fucking crap balls she's a wolf." Hartley yelled, jumping backwards as her fists automatically went up into a fighting stance. "Some fucking furry side effects! I thought you meant like our hair would grow faster or something."
Maria was trying her best to not laugh at Hartley, really, she was, but the woman was too hilarious. She would be a perfect fit for their pack.
'Huzzah, we have success!' Natasha teased
'At least we don't have to worry about you being all possessive with my mate.'
'Lets hold out on judgement until she starts getting cosy with Natasha, shall we?' Maria responded. She couldn't even find it in herself to be angry at them because she knew they were right. They were in a position where they needed Maria to be comfortable with the idea of new pack mates, and fast, as Fury was pushing to turn the next set of agents within the next few months.
'Good point. I'll hold judgment for now.' May agreed, walking over to Natasha and bumped against her. May let out a soft purr and curled around Natasha's feet.
"I didn't know wolves purred?" Hartley questioned, slowly moving forward to inspect May.
Maria gave a shrug, "generally they don't. But the serum gives us more control over our bodies including our vocal chords which somehow gives us the ability to purr like cats. You quickly learn to not question the questionable things that happen to you with the serum."
Hartley gave her a confused looked, "you say that as though the serum hasn't been fully tested out yet?"
"Eh, it has been for the most part. Some things till creep up on us that we don't expect. Most of the time it isn't anything bad, just surprising. I wouldn't worry too much about it, Hartley."
"Izzy." Hartley correct.
"Huh?"
"If we are gonna be weird wolf hybrids, you can at least call me by my first name, Hill."
Maria smiled at the gesture. "Sure thing Izzy, as long as you call me Maria."
"Deal."
"See how easy it is to introduce someone into the pack when you play nice." Natasha teased once again.
"I swear to God I will beat your ass if you keep making that joke." Maria snapped, unhappy with the constant teasing.
"Is that so?" Natasha raised an eyebrow at Maria and allowed her pheromones to be released.
Maria winced when she realised she accidentally challenged Natasha. Any other day she would just keep aggravating the alpha until one of them was beaten to a bloody mess and had submitted to the other (it's Maria. Maria is the one that is always beaten but in her defence, she was not raised from childhood to be an assassin).
"Sorry." She quickly apologised, hoping to defuse the situation. She eyed Natasha warily, waiting for the woman to relax again. It seemed like hours had passed before Natasha gave her a nod.
"You're toeing the line, Hill."
"Yes Ma'am."
"What just happened?" Izzy questioned.
Maria sighed, realising she hadn't quiet given a full explanation of the situation. "So in addition to turning into a wolf, you also get the whole Alpha situation, having someone lead the pack and being in charge. If they give you a command, generally you have to follow it and if you challenge the Alpha, it generally leads to a world of pain."
Maria looked around to make sure the others were listening before continuing her explanation.
"So, in this operation. There are four separate packs but we all operate under one head Alpha, which is Peggy. The four pack leaders are Natasha, Victoria, Jayden and Tobias. You then have their betas which is me, Kara, Kate and William. You'll all be put into a pack, Izzy you are in our pack." Maria finished.
"Thank God, from what I've heard about Hand, I don't think we'd get along too well." Izzy joked. "Where is she anyways?"
"She's currently running point on a mission and will join us tomorrow. Kara will be getting her newest pack member sorted for her." Peggy stepped in. "I think it would be best if everyone split off now, get your newest pup settled in and help explain things. Maria, a word?"
Maria nodded in response to Peggy and looked over at where Natasha and May stood. May quickly transformed back to her human form, to the astonishment of their newest pups, and gave her a look which clearly said to fill them in once she got back.
Natasha quickly grabbed Izzy by the arm and began directing her to their area in the wolf base. "C'mon Iz, you're going to love what we've got going on down her. First though, we've got to give you a jag."
"A jag?"
"Yep, one of many. The serum to turn you comes in..." Natasha's explanation faded out as the sound-proof doors closed behind her, cutting off the rest of their conversation.
Once everyone was gone, Peggy sat on the couch and motion for Maria to join her. Maria went to the alpha without any hesitation and instantly lay her head in Peggy's lap. Peggy's hand went straight to her hair, pulling her bun undone and began to softly run her hands through Maria's hair.
The two of them sat in silence for a bit before Peggy spoke up. "How are you holding up? Natasha said that you've not been sleeping well recently." She enquired.
Maria gave a shrug, "it's just some weird dreams. Think I'm spending too much time reading over Tahiti documents, that operations gives me nightmares."
Peggy hummed in agreement. Project Tahiti was definitely one of their more questionable operations, even more so than Operation Shadows, which was telling.
"How do you feel with the introduction of Isabelle joining your pack?"
"I'm okay with it." Maria began cautiously "There's not much to be angry about, or get upset over. She's not Natasha's soulmate and we seem to get on fine now. We also know that the marking needs to be done as soon as possible to help prevent the tension that May and I had, so this one should be okay."
"I hope so. I know you did not have any choice in this and it has been hard on you. I'm doing everything I can to make this as easy as possible for you." Peggy soothed, moving her hand from Maria's hair, gently trailing down her face and cupping it. The two wolves stared at each other for a moment, opening their minds for the other to have a look and share their emotions.
Maria hummed in happiness at the closeness she felt to the Alpha and surged up to kiss her. The feelings you get from opening the link they had can be overwhelming and Maria handled them the best way she knew how – physical affection.
Her hand threaded through the back of Peggy's hair, holding her close as they kissed. Peggy began to easily manoeuvre them so that Maria was straddling Peggy's lap, arms around her neck now. Maria moved her lips hungrily against the Alpha's, demanding more.
Peggy pulled back with an amused look, "so demanding... I don't think you are in any position to be making these demands little one."
Maria let out a groan, "not you too."
"In comparison to Natasha and I, you are young. The youngest in the pack." Peggy teased, "but I'll make it up to you."
"Oh? How so?" Maria questioned with a tilt of her head.
"Like this." Peggy stood up, easily holding Maria with her enhanced strength. Maria instantly wrapped her legs around Peggy as she was carried to the Alpha's room and promptly dropped onto the bed. Sprawled out on the bed, Maria looked into the hungry eyes of her Alpha with a smirk.
"Oh yeah, this will definitely make it up to me."
Skye
December 1st 2014
"Alright guys, after the last couple of missions, we finally have a stand down for a week." Coulson said, his usual smile on his face.
The team gave him a skeptical look, the last time they had a week off they were all called back to deal with mutated apples causing severe addiction and aggressive behaviour in a small town.
"A whole week?" Skye asked, narrowing her eyes at him.
"Yup. A whole week." Coulson continued to grin.
"On call or off call?" Fitz asked, also continuing to look at Coulson suspiciously.
"I've got authorisation from the powers that be that we will not be called in unless it's an end of the world emergency."
"Huh" they chorused together, glancing at each other to ensure that they weren't misunderstanding.
"Are you sure, sir?" Jemma enquired
"100%, one full week off with no distractions from S.H.I.E.L.D" Coulson replied cheerily.
The 5 agents continued to look at Coulson with suspicion. It wasn't often they got a full week off, especially with the type of work they did. They all had days off occasionally, one or two days at a time, not nearly enough time to go visit family unless they were in the area. This would be their second attempt at having a week off and to say they were cautious was an understatement.
"I don't trust him." May said, crossing her arms.
"Agreed."
"Oh yeah"
"Absolutely agree."
"No way HQ would let us have a full week off."
Coulson looked insulted by the comments made. "Guys! It's a full week off, no strings attached. We will be landing in D.C in about 40 minutes." He pulled up the time off request on the tv behind him so that they could all see, as well as a request for repairs to the bus.
"The plane will also be undergoing some repairs whilst we are off, so grab you stuff and hide the snacks you don't want them to steal. We don't want a repeat of last time." Coulson continued and all 5 of them nodded solemnly, remembering the time they came back from a repair to find half their snacks gone.
"I'll go hide the snacks." Fitz announced, "I know all the good hiding spots."
"I guess that leaves me to pack our bags. Where shall we go with our time off?" Jemma mused and wandered off with Fitz to get ready for their week off.
Ward looked over at Skye, "you got any plans, Rookie?"
Skye gave a shrug. "I have some plans, got things I need to do."
Ward raised an eyebrow at her, "I thought you said you had no family?"
"Just because I don't have family doesn't mean there aren't people out with this team that I care about." She snapped, briefly forgetting that May and Coulson were in the room.
Ward raised his hands defensively, glancing at the senior agents on the team, only to see Coulson's disappointed face "Alright, alright. Just seeing if you needed plans."
Skye softened at his admission, it was nice that he was trying to show he cared about her but he really was going about it the wrong way. "Thanks, you don't need to worry about me. Maybe next time" She joked.
Ward gave her a smirk before leaving the briefing room, presumably to pack his own bag for his time off. Skye turned to her two superiors officers with a smile. "So, what are you guys going to do with your week off?"
"The wife." May replied evenly.
Coulson gave a snort as Skye pretended to be shocked, stuttering her reply. "You have a wife? Are you soulmates? Are they another agent? Also, was that sex joke, Agent May? Who are you and what have done with our resident robot"
May just stared impassively at Skye, not bothering to respond to her questions. "Tell anyone and they won't find your body," and with that May left the briefing room, leaving a shocked Skye with Coulson.
"She just made a sex joke." Skye outraged at him, gesturing for him to acknowledge what happened.
"I think Agent May is starting to like you more than the others." He grinned at her, "she would never make that joke in front of Ward."
Skye paused, acting like she was thinking over Coulson's words before nodding in agreement. "It's not hard to like me over a robotic lone wolf, hyper active scientists and a Captain America enthusiast."
"Okay, ouch. That hurt." Coulson grimaced at her. "But seriously though, you've got somewhere to go for this week off? I can get HQ to organise a fancy hotel for you.
"Thats sweet, A.C, but it's cool. I've..." Skye bit her lip, trying to determine if she should tell Coulson or not. "I met someone and it's pretty serious."
Coulson's eye widened in surprise. "Oh, is it another agent? Are they your soulmate?"
"Those were my lines!" Skye protested with a grin. "Besides, I'm afraid that's classified, A.C." She flung him a wink as well for good measure.
"Alright, keep your secrets. Go get your stuff, we will be landing soon."
"Yes Sir!" Skye saluted, snapping the heels of her feet together before leaving. She smirked to herself as she felt Coulson roll his eyes at her antics. Skye was looking forward to a whole week off and they were conveniently landing in D.C, which meant she wouldn't have to travel to see the pack.
As she packed her bags, she absently wonder if most of the pack would be there. It would be nice to spend time with everyone again. However, Skye knew that in all likelihood, it would only be Natasha and Maria there. Bobbi had recently been stationed onboard a ship to protect something valuable. Bobbi had been unable to share the details and was carefully shielding her thoughts from everyone (minus Maria of course).
Skye let out a soft sigh. She wished she could spend more time with Bobbi, get to know her better, become proper soulmates. They two still haven't bonded, deciding it would be best when they could get some extended time off and when Skye had fully settled into the pack and the additional powers. When she agreed to this, she had no idea it would take this long. She only hoped that it would not be much longer before the two of them could spend some quality time together.
'We'll be landing in about 10 minutes, go downstairs with your stuff.' May instructed.
'Yes Alpha.' Skye replied back cheekily, grabbing the last of the stuff she needed.
'Anymore of that and I will be willingly handing you over to Natasha for an attitude adjustment.' May warned.
'You sound like a set of foster parents that I had. They called their beatings attitude adjustments.' Skye laughed back.
Skye could feel May's instant regret at her words and winced slightly. She was far too used to using humour as a coping mechanism and cracking jokes about what happened to her.
'It was a joke.' Skye thought softly.
'No bringing up your sad past to get out of your attitude adjustment.' May responded, 'being a little shit will get addressed properly.'
Skye pouted as she exited her bunk, silently glad that May was going along with it. 'Fiiiiine. Guess I'll just take my punishment. Maybe it will involve sexy times.'
'I will personally ensure it does not. Natasha will be able to break you easily by making you listen to something.'
Skye paused mid-stride, 'wait what? What with?'
'Now that would be telling. Hurry up and get to the team so I can land this plane.'
'Yes Alpha.' Skye teased again.
'Oh you are so getting an attitude adjustment when we get home.' May threatened, the threat was diminished by the fact that Skye could feel her amusement.
'Surrrreeeee.'
'Shitebag.'
'You're spending too much time with Fitz' Skye laughed. She finally reached the rest of her team and sat down next to Leo with a grin.
"You took your time." He commented.
"I got lost." Skye shrugged.
"Liar."
"You can't prove I didn't get lost." She taunted.
"I can check the cameras!" He responded, outraged.
"I can wipe them just as fast."
"That just proves you are lying!"
"Children. Behave." Jemma reprimanded them, a grin on her face.
"Yes Jemma." They replied in unison, looking properly reprimanded, well, until Skye kicked Leo's leg and the the two of them play footsie until they landed.
Skye smiled softly as she walked out the plan into the Triskellion hanger bay. This place was starting to feel like home. Her wolf hummed in happiness as it could sense their home which lay several floors below them. She couldn't wait to go home.
"Alright guys, I'll see you all in a week." Coulson smiled at them, already in Lola and ready to drive straight off.
"You not going to stop and speak to your bosses?" Skye questioned, she knew Coulson could be chatty and liked to touch base with Maria or Fury every so often.
Coulson winked at her before putting on sunglasses. "Nah, got some other plans in mind."
"Coulson, you dog." She teased him, waving at him as he left.
Ward had already left on a S.H.I.E.L.D undercover motorcycle, giving them all a quick nod before leaving. Which meant it was only the pack left.
"So are we all going home?"
Fitz and Simmons shook their head. "We've going to go visit our families back in the U.K. It's been a while since we've seen them." Simmons replied.
"Oh. How long till you leave?"
"S.H.I.E.L.D are kindly letting us grab a ride with a team being stationed at one the U.K bases. The team leader couldn't exactly deny a request from the deputy director." Fitz said with a grin.
May rolled her eyes as she moved to stand behind Skye. "Maria needs to watch how she throws her weight around."
"She rarely lets us do this!" Fitz protested, Simmons nodding her head in agreement. "This is the first time in years."
"Mhm. I don't believe that for a second. You better get going then, I doubt the squadron team leaders wants to be waiting long for you two."
"Right, of course. I'll see you both in a week. Enjoy your time off!" Simmons moved forward and gave Skye a quick hug.
"See you both. Don't forget to text." Skye called after them as they both left. She turned to grin at May, but the older wolf was already walking towards the elevator.
"Hey! Wait for me!"
Skye turned to May and gestured for her to lead, "guess we better get going."
It didn't take them long to get to the den, after a quick check that no one was paying attention to them as they entered the lift, May quickly opened the secret panel and took them to their floor.
Skye smiled happily as easily navigated the tricky hallways, eager to find her pack mates. She attempted to use her enhance smell to try and locate her pack members, May had said it was properly best to first work on her sense of smell then her enhanced hearing. She titled her head as she heard what sounded like a groan and quicken her pace. May let out an amused snort next to Skye as she guided her towards Natasha and May's bedroom.
Skye breathed out harshly in surprise at Bobbi lying with Natasha. Naked. Bobbi was lying on her stomach, arms stretched out in front of her, handcuffed to the headboard. Natasha was sitting on Bobbi's thigh's, her front pressed fully against Bobbi's ass. Skye could easily see the black harness wrapped around her hips and the beginning of a strap-on at Natasha centre.
"Shit that's hot."
Natasha gave her a grin, her eyes dark with lust as she began to gently move her hips back and forth. Bobbi moaned quietly beneath her.
"Why is it, every time I go away from long periods of time, I come back and find you in bed with another person?" May queried, smirking softly as she leaned against the door frame.
"Maybe you shouldn't go away from long periods of time then." Natasha easily replied, gripping Bobbi's hips.
"Ugh, uh, Nat." She moaned, twisting.
"You wanna stop?" Natasha's eyebrows raise in surprise as Bobbi squirmed beneath her.
"No, I wanna-" Bobbi flipped them, breaking the handcuffs easily and began grinding down slowly against Natasha, drawing a low moan from her. "This. You've gotten me off several times already and you haven't came once. Gotta fix that."
May rolled her eyes at Bobbi. "Don't wear her out, I have big plans for us for our time off."
"Roger that, Agent May." Bobbi replied, keeping her eyes on Natasha faced, focused on her task.
Skye pouted at the scene before her, wanting to join. May, however, had other plans as she grabbed Skye by the collar and dragged her out. "Let them have their fun."
"But I haven't seen Bobbi in ages." She whined, following May along to the kitchen.
"Bobbi's had several orgasms, my mate hasn't. I think it's only fair that Bobbi gives a little before they stop."
Skye pouted again but didn't argue. "What do we do in the mean time then?"
"Make them food like the lovely housewives we are." May replied sarcastically as she opened the fridge to check for supplies.
"You're a housewife. I'm not." Skye pointed out, looking over May's shoulder at the filled fridge.
"Do you know how to cook?" May suddenly asked.
"Uh, does putting food in the microwave count?"
"No then. Well, time to learn."
"Now?"
"Now."
Skye grinned brightly at May. Something about May teaching her to cook a dish made her heart swell with happiness. It also made it easier to ignore the sounds coming from Bobbi and Natasha.
"So what are we making then?" Skye asked, looking at all the ingredients that May pulled out. It was a lot of random food, some meats and veg. She wrinkled her nose at the cabbage. That stuff was horrible.
"Pirozhki." May replied simply, looking at the ingredients before her to make sure she had everything. "It's one of Natasha's favourite comfort foods."
"Good to know." She hummed. Always good to know the Alpha's favourite food, that way, if Skye ever made her mad, she could make her favourite food as an apology.
The two then began to make the dish. Skye's face held a soft frown as she concentrated on following May's instruction and on the reasonings behind what they did. May let Skye do most of the work, watching her carefully from the sidelines. She was also keeping track of everyone in the den.
Peggy and Maria were hiding in their war room, discussing things that she couldn't quiet hear. It must be important however, if Maria did not rush out immediately to engulf Skye in a hug. May wondered if Maria would even make an appearance at all today, it wasn't unusual for the beta to have quiet talks with Peggy before the two of them would disappear for days, only to come back covered in cuts and bruises.
Bobbi and Natasha had finished their fun and were currently cuddling, waiting for dinner to be ready before making an appearance. The two of them basking in the bliss of it just being with each other. It was very rare for Bobbi to spend time alone with Natasha nowadays. Often the blonde was sent on undercover missions abroad, making it difficult for quick get togethers.
May was sure Victoria and Kara were lurking about in their bedrooms, keeping to themselves. She doubted that they would join them for dinner, but May made sure that there was enough food just in case. Out of the three other packs, Natasha's and Victoria's were the closest purely because they had a few bonded couples between the two packs.
Plus Maria really liked Victoria and would often leave missions in her hands if she was called away. Maria could trust Hand to follow the mission plans she made and if she had to go off course, the two of them had similar tactics so Maria would know that the mission was done correctly.
May concentrated on the young wolf in front of her. He face was scrunched up in concentration, her tongue sticking out from the side slightly. May thought it was adorable, not that she would voice that to Skye. The girl was pampered enough as it was...well, she might let Natasha know, who would let it slip to Skye.
Speaking of Natasha, she hope that the wolf had packed their bags as May requested. After being away from her mate for so long and having to share her with Skye and Maria during the times she was able to see Natasha, May was ready for some alone time with her mate.
So naturally, May planned a whole week away without telling anyone. She knew it was going to be hard on Skye, which was why she made sure that Bobbi would be off for the week as well and had made the request that both Peggy and Maria stick close by just in case.
"Is it ready yet?"
May blinked and looked at her young protegee. She quickly moved to the oven, checking them through the glass to see if they were cooked through.
"Hmmm, give them five more minutes." She announced, also signalling to everyone else who wanted food that dinner would be ready soon.
Skye bit her lip as she glanced back down at the oven, "I hope they turn out okay."
Maybe May could spoil her a little. After all, she had been a bit distant from the girl, even annoyed with her as the high of a new wolf wore off. She wrapped her arms around Skye and pulled her in for a hug, kissing the side of her head softly. "I'm sure the food's perfect." She soothed.
The effect it had on Skye was instantaneous. Skye's entire body seemed to relax as she turned out around and buried her nose in the crook of May's neck – her favourite position with any pack member. May gently ran her fingers through Skye's hair, providing a sense of comfort for them both.
"Awww isn't this cute." Natasha gushed, swiftly moving to the two to join the hug. "Too adorable for me to handle." She pretended too swoon, but quickly snapped a few photos to save for later.
May rolled her eyes at her soulmate, she quickly detached herself from a pouting Skye and wrapped her arms around Natasha's neck. "I missed you."
"Missed you too." Natasha leaned forward and softly pressed her lips against May's, savouring the feeling after months apart.
Apparently, May was not on the same page as she hurriedly moved her lips against Natasha's, giving her no choice but to copy. Natasha let out a low groan at her wife's aggressive kissing and tightened her arms around her waist.
May growled softly as she pulled back briefly, before shoving Natasha against a wall and went back to kissing her, slipping her tongue past her lips.
"Are they always this...aggressive with each other?" Skye asked, shocked at the display of intimacy between the two. It was actually the first time she's seen May act like this with her soulmate. Since Skye has joined the pack, the two have only actually been together a handful of times that lasted from a few minutes to a few hours.
"Yep. Now where's my hello kiss" Bobbi pouted, batting her eyes at Skye.
Skye laughed and tilted her head up slightly to peck Bobbi's lips. Skye was ready to go further, however a low moan from May quickly suppressed that thought, she couldn't even help the shudder than ran through her body.
"Ewwww."
Silence.
"Did you just...ewww my wife?"
Bobbi burst out laughing, pulling Skye in close so that the younger girl could bury her face against her neck. It was weird, hearing May moan like that. She had gotten use to May being affectionate in smaller, less frequent ways and she rarely saw the woman be affectionate with her soulmate. Something about seeing May get frisky just made her cringe.
Seeing anyone else in the pack getting it was no issue, except maybe for Peggy. Skye scrunched up her face at the thought of Peggy having sex...it just seemed so weird...
Natasha chuckled after a moment. "Alright, no kissing the wife in front of the kid."
"You can't call me the kid, we've had sex." Skye pointed out, finally moving her head from Bobbi's neck but stayed in her hold. Bobbi turned her head and pressed a quick kiss to the side of her head.
Natasha gave a shrug, "one piece of advice I'd give you about the pack, don't think too hard about the relationships and how you feel about someone. It gets complicated and weird real fast."
"Like how Maria enjoys having sex with Peggy, who is Sharon's blood relative." May smirked.
"Must you always bring that up?"
Skye turned so fast she almost gave herself whiplash. "Maria!"
"Hey Skye." Maria said tiredly, giving a small wave from where she stood with Peggy. There was a duffle bag strapped to her back and her guns were in her holsters.
Maria looked...exhausted. She didn't think it was possible for one of those wolves to look so worn down with their enhanced capabilities, one of them being that they don't need as much sleep, unless they were healing of course. Skye titled her head in confusion, wondering if Maria's appearance had anything to do with the task she gave her.
"We really need to just let you have full control of your abilities so you can figure our how to shield your thoughts." Maria mumbled, trying to ignore the irritated look May was giving her.
"You gave Skye extra work to do? She has enough going on without you pulling her into the shit that you and Fury do." May snapped, pulling back from Natasha.
Well there went the happy atmosphere.
Skye watched as Maria tensed up, she was expecting the Beta to snap at May and remind her who's technically in charge but, Maria didn't. Instead, Maria let out a huff of breath and turned away from them.
"I'm leaving. Watch your six."
"Maria, wait!" Natasha called, moving away from May to run after the Beta, causing May to sigh.
"We have a trip." May reminded her soulmate as she left, feeling slightly bad about pushing Maria.
"Sometimes you're too hard on Maria, Melinda." Peggy reminded her.
Melinda sighed heavily and turned away from them "It's been a long few months," she admitted.
Peggy watched her carefully, before moving over and softly touching her shoulder. May looked at Peggy and the two of them held a silent conversation. May tilted her head softly, eyes flickering to Bobbi and Skye before nodding.
May quickly strode out the room, leaving Peggy with the two younger wolves. Peggy turned to them, "well, eat you dinner and save some for the rest of us, we wont be long."
"Sooooooo, that went downhill fast." Skye commented, turning to look at Bobbi.
"You get used to it," Bobbi shrugged. "Lets grab some of the good stuff, I want to taste your cooking!"
Skye made a face, "prepare to have food poising."
"May supervised you, I trust that she wouldn't let you food poison the entire pack." Bobbi reasoned, reaching for a pasty.
'I wouldn't count on that.' May thought to them.
Skye snickered as she watched Bobbi drop the pastry with a pout. She reached over her mate and plucked up the fallen food and took a bite. Skye blinked in surprise at how nice the food tasted.
"Huh."
"Not dying of food poisoning?"
"Not currently."
"That's always a positive."
Skye smiled at Bobbi, her eyes softening at the easy banter between them. She found herself aching for these moments, wishing she could spent more time with Bobbi. Not that she didn't love the time she spent with the rest of the pack, but she's barely been around Bobbi.
"Don't worry Skye." Bobbi murdered, "I'll find a way to make this up to you," she promised.
Skye turned to face her mate, "Hey, it's not your fault that we don't spend time together." Skye moved around, wedging herself between her mate and the worktop. She reached up and slid her hands into Bobbi's hair and pulled her closer. "But, I know a way we can make up for lost time later tonight." Skye purred, wiggling her eyebrows at her mate.
Bobbi smirked at Skye's suggestion. Skye watched as Bobbi proceeded to morph her face into a look of mischievous innocence.
"Bobbi..." Skye warily said, wondering what her soulmate was up to.
Bobbi continued her look of innocence as her fingers slowly dipped into the waistband of Skye's jeans, gently stoking the skin there as they slowly made their way to unto the button on her jeans. Skye kept her eyes focused on Bobbi as her mate offered her a smirk before loosening the button and slide her hand into her jeans. Skye let out of soft gasp as Bobbi cupped her mound through her pants.
"You should totally have went commando. So much more practical when you stay with a bunch of horny wolves." Bobbi stated casually as she began to message Skye centre.
Skye whimpered and gently thrusted her hips forward, a silent plea for more. With the separation that they have faced and their incomplete bond, Skye was desperate for Bobbi's touch, no doubt she'd be coming within minutes.
Bobbi easily recognised that her mate was not up for teasing, but rather looking for a quick release that only Bobbi could provide – which she was happy to do so. With practised ease, she quickly changed her plans from getting Skye off with her fingers to getting Skye off with her mouth.
She knelt down swiftly, pulling Skye's jeans with. Skye made a noise of appreciation as she took in the sight of Bobbi kneeling before her with a smirk. She really wished she had a camera right now so that she could hang this moment up in her bunk – it would not be one to forget.
Bobbi leaned forward and pulled one of Skye's legs over her shoulder and went to town on Skye. She started off slow and gentle, soaking in the soft noises that Skye made. She worked her tongue through her folds, focusing on Skye's clit.
Not to say that Bobbi did not have a wondering tongue; or hands for that matter.
Whilst she knew Skye wanted a quick orgasm, she couldn't help but delay it every so often by slowing down and moving to kiss the insides of her thighs, which seems to have Skye twitching against her.
"Bobbi, please" Skye begged, her hand snaking back into Bobbi's hair, gripping it tightly and directing her head back to Skye's centre.
"Please what?" Bobbi asked cheekily
Skye responded with a growl and shoved Bobbi's face against her centre and began moving grinding against her face. She really was not in the mood for teasing.
'That growl was hot babe.'
'More' Skye replied, not bothering with pleasantries knowing her soulmate would not be offended.
Bobbi increased the speed of her tongue, opting to switching between sucking and licking at her clit. Her hand snaked up her legs, stroking her skin as she went along before they reached their destination. Bobbi dipped the tips of her fingers into Skye's centre, chuckling against her mate as she whimper and quickly inserted both fingers to add to the pleasure that she was bringing Skye.
It didn't take much longer for Skye to get off, between Bobbi's mouth paying special attention to her clit and her mates fingers quickly thrusting into her, she was a moaning mess.
"Ah, fuck Bobbi" Skye whimpered, her head flung back as her hips moved rapidly against her mate. "Fuck, I'm gonna...so close"
'I know baby, come for me. Now.'
Skye let out a loud moan as her hips stilled and the warmth and pleasure of her orgasm flooded through her, "Bobbi!"
Bobbi let out her own moan as she came, getting off purely on Skye's own pleasure. She slowly pulled back from Skye's centre, pressing soft kisses at her thighs before resting her head against them, enjoy the aftermath of their orgasm.
Skye quietly slid down on the floor, pulling Bobbi against. She didn't bother with pulling her jeans back on and instead, just kicked the offending clothing off. She rested her head against the wall behind her and ran her fingers through her mate's hair, both of them enjoying the closeness and the bliss that Skye's orgasm brought them.
"Did you cum only because I did?" Skye eventually questioned. In her previous encounters with her pack, Bobbi included, none of them had cummed just because Skye did, unless they had their own stimulation going on. As far as Skye could tell, Bobbi wasn't grinding against her own legs or Skye's nor did she have her fingers rubbing one out either.
"Mmm, was in your head the entire time. Its a neat trick for both of us getting off quickly when only one is receiving the pleasure." Bobbi answered, her eyes closed.
"Kind feels like I'm robbing you of having your pussy eaten out. I would have liked to have done that." Skye joked.
"Mmmmm maybe next time."
"You're totally blissed out."
"It's been too long since I last had any contact with the pack, any intimacy of any kind. Between Nat and this amazing encounter, I'm just, overwhelmed? Blissed out? Pack high? Dunno, just feels good." Bobbi explained, the two of them paused to soak up this information. It made sense in Skye's mind, sometimes when she goes too long without actually touching her pack, she get irritated and then when she gets the intimacy that she was craving, she finds herself almost in a haze.
"Feel sleepy too. Can we just go to bed. Think the others are too busy arguing to care." Bobbi mumbled, moving her to Skye's need, breathing in her scent.
"Sure. Let me just put the food in the fridge so we can eat it later." Skye said, standing up with a stretch.
"Enjoy yourself?" May drawled, standing with Peggy and Natasha with a raise eyebrow.
Skye squeaked as she quickly dropped back to the floor, covering her face. She had no idea anyone from the pack had came back!
"Tsk tsk, am I going to have to start training both of you on how to keep an eye on your surroundings during sex?" Natasha teased as she appeared before them. She pointedly look at the lack of trousers on Skye and raised an eyebrow. "You know, if you plan on doing a quickie I suggest not fully removing your clothes, or just stick to wearing skirts."
Bobbi gave a snort at this before making grabby hands at Natasha. "How long you leaving for?"
"Wait. You're leaving?" Skye asked, alarmed.
Natasha nodded as she sat down with them, pulling the tall blonde against her. "Yeah, May and I are taking some much needed alone time this week. Don't worry, Peggy and Maria will be around, well, Maria will be once she's back and Bobbi's got the full week off as you know. You wont be alone."
"This is the first time I wont be with you or May." Skye whispered, a feeling of dread coming over her.
"Hey, you'll be fine" Natasha smiled, resting a hand on Skye's shoulder. "At some point this was going to happen, best to do it whilst we have Bobbi, Maria and Peggy around. They can give you all the puppy cuddles you want."
Skye gave a hesitant smile. She knew Natasha had a point, she just didn't think it would happen so soon. She supposed she couldn't keep Natasha and May for herself all the time.
Bobbi gave a whine and moved from Natasha's arm to wrap herself around Skye. "No sad thoughts. You'll have me for fuuuulll week. Plus, May and Natasha will always been in your head, so they aren't technically leaving you."
"Technically." Skye parroted, amused by her mate's speech. "Yeah I guess you are right. May can enjoy Nat for a week and I get everyone else. Seems like I win in this scenario."
Natasha chuckled at the pair. "Alright then, I'll leave you in Bobbi's capable hands as she so kindly just demonstrated." She leaned forward and pressed a kiss to the pairs head. "We'll see each other before you know it... might want to put your trousers back on if you want to give May a hug, since you find it so gross that we kiss" Natasha smirked at her.
Skye groaned, "Its not what I meant! I just...its confusing!"
"Mhm. Mommy issues. Of course any authoritative figu- ompf, ow, Peggy? What the hell!" Natasha whined, rubbing the back of her head.
"Leave Skye alone." Peggy admonished, looking down at all three of them. Skye automatically curled around Bobbi, shielding herself. Complicated feelings are complicated. Peggy turned to Skye and held out her trousers with a raised eyebrow. "Trousers?"
Skye nodded quickly as she pulled her pants back up and grabbed her trousers, quickly pulling them on as well. "Thanks."
"Go say goodbye to Melinda. Unfortunately, Maria has already left but should be back in two days." Peggy instructed.
"Yes Ma'am" Skye saluted as she stood and made her way to her mentor. She grinned sheepishly at May as she stood with an eyebrow raised.
"Soooo, a week long vacation? You managed to get that organised pretty quickly." Skye started, not quiet sure how to say goodbye to the older wolf – it isn't something that she has had to do before (well, since she's been this close to May).
May curled her lips up in a small smiled, amused by Skye's awkwardness. Skye just looked around, trying not too read into May's action too much and to break the eye contact.
"Come here." May ordered, opening up her arms.
It didn't take long for Skye to rocket into them, nearly knocking May over as she hugged her tightly. "Am gonna miss you."
"Heaven knows why, but I'll miss you too kid." May muttered, holding Skye tightly against. "You'll be fine."
"So everyone says."
"No pup of mine is weak without me." May stated, pulling back from Skye, forcing eye contact between the two. "You'll be safe, loved and looked after by the remaining packs members. If you are unable to be alone, then we've failed you."
Skye felt her heart clench, she didn't want May to think that. The pack has been nothing but good for her, gave her a better life and a whole new family – not to mention her soulmate. "You haven't! I'll be fine, just...an adjustment, you know?"
"Its only for a week, it will be over before you know it." May soothed, "now scram, before my reputation is ruined by your mushy-ness."
"Mushy-ness?" Skye repeated, raising an eyebrow at her mentor.
"I said what I said." May looked over at Natasha, "you ready?"
"Born ready babe!" Natasha replied back cheerily, giving a last second hug to Bobbi. "Have fun you two, don't do anything we wouldn't" Natasha said, flinging them a wink.
"Bye guys" Bobbi said, resting against the counter.
Skye watched as the pair left, straining her ears to listen to them as they left the pack base. It really would be weird to be in a SHIELD building without May, Natasha or Maria.
"And then there were three." Bobbi announced, breaking the silence.
"Two actually, I have to go as well I'm afraid. I have some intel I need to investigate for Maria." Peggy told them. "I'll be back in two days time with Maria. Best behaviour whilst I'm gone please, girls and do not antagonise the other packs if they make an appearance."
"I can't believe you think so lowly of us!" Bobbi gasped, dramatically putting her hand against her heart.
"Not both of you, just you. I trust Skye to behave herself. I was just being polite, dear." Peggy joked backed.
"Rude."
Skye laughed at their antics, before hugging Peggy goodbye. "Have fun on your mission. Come back in one piece."
"I will, dear, don't you worry. You just focus on spending time with Bobbi for once. I know you have been missing her." Peggy said with a quick kiss to the top of her head. "Be good."
"Bye Peggy." Bobbi and Skye chorused, watching the last of their pack disappear.
"Well, everyone's gone, guess we've got the place to ourselves!"
"No you don't" Victoria called from the other room.
"You don't count Vic!" Bobbi yelled back playfully.
Skye gave a snort, "smart move. Didn't Peggy say to not antagonise the other packs?"
"I remember no such thing." Bobbi denied.
"No, she definitely said it." Kara said, appearing out of thin air, "I've came to steal the left over food since the other three clearly did not appreciate Skye's cooking."
"Still don't know what you are talking about" Bobbi said airily as she passed out the leftover food to Kara.
"Mhm. I imagine Vic and I will be here for the majority of the week, so please, no more sex in the common areas. We get enough of that from Nat and Maria without including you two." Kara groaned, arms full of food.
"I think theres a challenge in there somewhere..." Skye pondered jokingly, waggling her eyebrows at Bobbi.
"No! Vic! Natasha pack are at it again!" Kara complained, trying hard to keep the smile off of her face.
"No sex in the common areas or I'll sick Nick on you!" Victoria called.
"Nick?" Skye questioned.
"Fury. Theres been a few...incidences." Bobbi admitted. "Not with me, but with the other alphas and Maria."
"Mainly Maria." Kara added.
"Yeah, for some reason its like Fury has this unintentional sixth sense of when Maria is having sex in the common areas and just walks in right whilst Maria is getting railed by someone." Bobbi chuckled, remembering fond memories of Maria bright red face.
"Remember that one time Maria walked in on Fury and Coulson? Everyone the floor heard that scream. Wish she would show us the CCTV of that day so I can keep it on my phone" Kara sighed wistfully.
"No way. Coulson and Fury!" Skye yelled in surprise, she looked at her mate waiting for confirmation.
Bobbi laughed at the younger wolf's expression. "Did you never notice the sexual tension between the two? Or the fact that the smell like each other?"
"No!"
"Wow, we really need to work on your detection skills. Maybe I should just let you have full access to your enhanced abilities whilst we are off and see what happens." Bobbi mused.
"Probably best, especially with the missions 616 seem to be getting." Kara added. "Anyways, thanks for the food! Enjoy your week off."
"Thanks Kara" Bobbi replied with a smile, watching her friend leave. "Now, onto you my little soulmate, whatever shall we do with our remaining time off?"
Skye grinned as she thought of all the things they could do with the time off.
"Oh, I know! Star Wars marathon!"
"Bobbi!"
Skye chased after Bobbi, grabbing a pillow on her way by and chucked it at her soulmate. "Stop being suck a dork!"
"Never!"