Chapter 27: What You Should Really Fear

Notes- This is unbeta-ed any mistakes are my own. Feel free to point them out and I'll fix them ASAP.

It's been a while but it's been a crappy month and a half...things are looking up though because I'm headed to Cairns in two weeks for a family holiday. I wanted to get this chapter posted for you beautiful readers since you've been so patient.

Grant's POV- Status: The Bus. Whereabouts: "On Route to The Beach House."

"Hey baby, I've got a surprise for you." He told her, smiling. He knew Skye was going to love this. He watched her eyes light up brighter than he'd seen since them since they left Gramsy's house.

"Weelly? What is it?" She asked him, curiously.

He smiled, tapping her on the nose. "Never you mind, it's a surprise baby. That means I can't tell you yet. How about a bath?" He suggested, while gathering their clothes from his bunk and heading for the bathroom.

"You tell me soon wight?" She demanded, excitedly.

"Soon baby." He nodded.

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Gramsy's POV

Grant was kneeling beside the bath with his sleeves rolled up and holding a jug full of water suspended over Skye's head. "Head back baby." He instructed. Skye moved into position, putting her face cloth over her eyes.

"I'm glad to see you remember something positive from your bath time Grant." Gramsy said amused as she witnesses their little bath time routine. It was how she did it all those years ago.

Grant rinsed Skye's hair. "I can't have Skye going through the torture bath time was for me as a kid, can I Gramsy?" He asked her, crease between his brows.

"You hated bath time. You hated water in your eyes." She stated soberly, remembering the struggles she used to have getting him into the bath after being traumatised by watching Thomas nearly drown in the well.

Grant's POV

He remembered all too well why he didn't like bath time as a kid. "I just don't want Skye to associate bath time with fear like I did." He confessed. He wasn't going to allow Skye to associate water in her face as something traumatic so he was going to take every precaution possible.

"I know darling, but Skye seems to love bath time so I don't think you need to worry so much." She pointed out.

He nodded frowning, picking up something in Gramsy's tone. "You think I'm being ridiculous worrying about her associating bath time with fear, don't you?" He accused annoyed, it was just a precaution and his fear was justified. He was allowed to be cautious.

Gramsy's POV

Gramsy was a taken aback that he'd come to that conclusion. "Honey, I just think you're worrying far too much about everything, even the little things like bath time." She told him honestly, not wanting to upset him. She understood his worries.

"Of course I'm worried about her Gramsy. I don't want her fear to control her or be used against her." He explained. "Fear's a really bad thing to have as an agent and HYDRA will use it against her, just like Christian used it against Thomas and me." He exclaimed loudly, causing Skye to drop her face washer and turn around to him with worried eyes. "It's ok baby, you keep playing." He told her, running his fingers through her hair to calm her and to check the conditioner was out.

"I realise fears a bad thing to have but it's something everyone has, it's what makes us human. We're all afraid of something." She told him, gently.

Grant was running his finger through Skye's hair avoiding her eyes but she knew he was still listening. "Our fears can't be used against us if we face them honey, but you can't try and prevent Skye from getting a fear she might never have. That just causes you more anxiety, making you lose focus on what's really important."

Grant's POV

He realised it wasn't rational to try and prevent something that might never happen but he didn't want Skye to be frighten and scared when he knew how beautiful and strong she could be.

"Grant I don't want you to get hurt or worse killed trying to protect Skye. I'm not sure myself or Skye would survive it. You two are so deeply in tuned to each other that I'm not sure if either of you would survive it if something happened to either one of you." She confessed.

He looked up and stop running his fingers through Skye's hair. "I can't tell you what you want to hear Gramsy. I'm never going to stop protecting Skye, no matter the danger." He told her seriously, determinately meeting her eyes.

"That's the problem Grant." She sighed, exasperated. "Skye doesn't expect you to put yourself in danger for her. What if you get killed protecting her? How do you think that will make her feel?" Gramsy asked him, angrily.

"That's where you're wrong! Skye does expect me to put myself in danger because she knows me. She knows exactly what I'm like and how I'll react to her being in danger! Skye expects it Gramsy because we trust each other, we trust the other to do what they have to, to get the job done." He told her firmly, leaving no room for argument.

He could see the shock on her face but he needed her to understand that Skye isn't a job to him. She was his top priority. Nothing comes before her, not even him. "Gramsy I can tell you exactly how Skye would feel because I can tell you how I'd feel if she died protecting me." He told her honestly. He took a calming breath to prevent scaring Skye with his loud voice.

"If I can stop something happening to Skye, than I damn well will. I'll do everything in my power to protect her because I love her. I can't imagine a future without her, I don't want to." He told her, breathing heavily just at the thought of a world without her. He focused on Skye happily making a bubble beard to calm himself.

Gramsy's POV

She took a calming breath to collect herself. "Your right, I don't like it. I'm never going to." She admitted. "I see how much you love Skye and I agree she's had a positive effect on you but you need to promise me you'll be careful out there protecting her and doing what you do." She told him firmly.

She was using her no nonsense tone and she felt relieves that it worked and his eyes met hers again. "I don't want that phone to ring one day and Phil to tell me that you're dead. So you promise me, you'll be extra careful out there." She told him, trying really hard not to plead; she really wanted grandbabies one day so she needed him to stay safe.

Grant's POV

Gramsy's eyes were full of fear and worry, the same fear and worry he had about losing Skye. "That I can do." He assured her, standing up and giving her a hug. He didn't want her to worry more than she did.

Gramsy took a shaky breath and squeezed him tightly. "We better get you out of there little Miss Skye or you'll look like a prune." Gramsy said pulling back and reaching for the towels. He got Skye's clothes from the vanity while Gramsy got her out of the bath. "There you go Skye, all nice and dry now. Think you can put your clothes on or do you need some help?" She asked gently.

Skye seemed to think about it for a minute than she turned to him. "What I wearin?" She wondered aloud, spotting her beach gear she squealed with excitement. "We goin to our castle!" She shouted excitedly, a big smile on her face.

"We're going to our castle." He confirmed.

Skye ran at him jumping up, hugging him tight around the neck. He caught her easily, trying to keep her towel in place with only a small amount of difficulty.

"Weelly?" She asked him, smiling brightly.

How'd she manage to keep that towel on? I can't even seem to manage that with training. He wondered astonished, he had so much trouble whenever he was attacked.

"Really baby, we're going to stay at our beach house and we're taking the whole team with us." He told her, a smile on his own face. He missed the beach house too, it was his home away from home and now it was really his only one that he could consider home at all now that HYDRA had discovered Gramsy's.

"Weelly? Dah whole team!" She yelled excitedly, eyes wide with excitement.

"Really baby, the whole teams coming with us." He corrected her baby talk.

Skye looked worried all of a sudden and close to tears. "What's the matter baby?" He asked giving her a squeeze. She'd been bouncing with excitement thirty seconds ago and now she looked really upset and ready to burst into tears.

Skye didn't answer him, just dropped her chin down on her chest with her lower lip sticking out and wouldn't meet his eyes.

He was really worried now. He glanced up at Gramsy with panicked eyes. She only gave him a shrug and mouthed. "Ask her again."

He took her advice. "Skye wanna tell me what's the matter, why the sad face baby?" He asked, only getting a shrug out of her. "We're going to have lots of fun at our castle." He told her, trying to get her to talk to him.

"Not gunna be fun." She mumbled, teary eyes meeting his as she took an unsteady breath.

"Why's it not going to be any fun?" He asked her, still confused as to what could possibly have upset her so quickly.

"No Tommy or Gramsy." She told him upset.

He couldn't help but laugh. Skye glared at him and he tried to stop laughing by covering his mouth with his hand but it didn't work.

"Not funny! It's not funny!" She shouted at him, wriggling to get down. He put her on the floor before he dropped her, he was laughing so hard.

Gramsy's POV

She just watched the scene with amazement, she had to admit she found it quite comical herself but as a women she realised Grant had about thirty seconds away from being in real trouble for laughing.

"Grant, honey, I think you better explain why you're laughing or Skye's not going to talk to you for the rest of the day." She told him, seriously.

Grant's POV

That sobered him up quickly, he looked down to see a very unimpressed Skye looking at him with her arms crossed over her chest, glaring at him and it only made him want to laugh harder. She just looked so cute trying to be furious, only standing there in a towel with her hair all wet and messy from her bath. He just couldn't take her seriously. He cleared his throat. "Sorry baby." He apologised.

Skye just stood there with her arms firmly crossed and eyes glaring at him.

"Tommy and Gramsy are both coming to the beach house too. What did you think we were going to do with them?" He asked her, eye brows raised questioningly at her.

Skye looked down at her feet, fiddling with her towel.

He figured it was safe enough to pick her back up now, so he lifted her back into his arms. "Baby?" He lifted her chin so she'd look at him. Skye's eyes were teary and her lower lip was sticking out trembling.

"Send d'em back because they not a good fit wike I not." She told him, sadly. "Gramsy got no home no more and Tommy nowhere to sweep so they hab to be a good fit. They got nowhere to go." She told him, pleading.

"They're coming with us and while where there Tommy's going to help Gramsy find a new home." He told her, trying to make her realise not everyone just abandons people.

"Weelly?" She question, worry starting to leave her eyes.

"Of course there coming too, there family." He told her, sincerely.

"And nobody gets left behind or forgotten." She told him, smiling again.

"You've been watching Lilo and Stitch again with Fitz haven't you?" He asked with a smirk. She nodded a cheeky smile back on her face. "Well baby, you're family too. So you must be a good fit here." He told her, watching as a little tear rolled down her cheek. His heart clenched painfully and he wiped her cheek dry.

Gramsy's POV

She smiled at the two of them; she couldn't help thinking what her grandbabies would be like with the personalities of these two combined.

"Grant honey, would you like me to take Skye and get her dressed while you take a shower." She offered.

Yeah Gramsy, that would be great. Be a good girl." He told Skye, giving her wet hair a kiss.

She set Skye against her hip and headed for the door. Skye nodded her head in Grant's direction with a mischievous smile "I will." She promised.

Grant's POV

He felt a lot better after talking with Gramsy; he didn't like it when they were at odds. Now they were on the same page and there was no confusion.

He'd do whatever it took to keep Skye safe, no matter the danger. He always would because not only could he not imagine a world Skye didn't exist in. He didn't want to imagine what he might be like without her because that really was something to fear.

Notes- Your support and reviews mean the world to me. Even though I still have more chapters written and ready to edit and post I'm a bit stuck at the moment writing wise. I've never really had an ending in mind and I was curious to see how you guys think Skye should face her demons and live happily ever after and make Grantbabies so to speak lol I'd love to hear any suggestion and ideas.