This one takes place after The Hub. I really liked that episode a lot because a) Lots of Leo Fitz being a cutie, b) Simmons lying to and then shooting a Hydra agent, c) May doing Tai Chi while Coulson has a one-sided conversation with her, and pretty much everything else.

I think a lot of inspiration came from a picture I found on batsonthebrain. It's really cute.

The 'Madame du Pompadour' theme is playing as I write this, and even I know what happens in Doctor Who with it, it seems strangely appropriate for this.

Restless

Leo sat on one of the stools in the quiet lab. He lightly smacked the cap he'd been wearing earlier today against the table with a sigh. He still hadn't changed his clothes since the Bus had picked him and Ward up.

Today, he had almost died. Not from a lab accident, but out in the field. It had been the very last place Leo expected himself to confront death. In his mind's eye, he could still see the line of men advancing at him and Ward and remembered the fear that threatened to swallow him whole. But then the Bus had descended down and they'd been saved. Simmons and Skye had hugged them tightly (Skye almost tackled him with her hug) and he'd been able to remain calm with Simmons as they loaded up the Bus to set out into the unknown once more. Once they had left the Hub though, Leo found that sleep was evading him and decided to go down to the lab to try and work on something. There'd been nothing, and he'd resorted to sitting on the stool and thinking.

His thoughts shifted toward Skye as his elbow bumped the computer mouse. The screen illuminated, revealing the screensaver picture that Skye had set. It had been taken a few weeks after the virus incident. Skye, Simmons and himself were lying underneath a fort they had constructed out of gym mats. Ward was in the background trying to look disapproving, but there was a tiny smile on his face. They hadn't even known he was there until they looked at the photo after taking it.

Leo felt himself smile as his eyes fell on Skye laughing mid-shot. He was glad that she was around. She was a part of their team, and he just couldn't imagine them without her.

He wouldn't be alive without her.

Leo stood up as the realization hit him. Simmons had told him a long and entertaining tale of how she'd shot Agent Sitwell with the Night-Night gun while helping Skye get the information regarding the mission he and Ward had been sent on. Skye had been the one who looked into the mission file and found no extraction plan. She had let Coulson know that they were being left out on their own. Skye had saved their lives.

Leo slid off the stool and made his way upstairs. He needed to find her and tell her how grateful he was that she had helped them. Just as he was about to knock on her bunk, he noticed a bright flannel pattern on the couch. Leo walked over and smiled at the sight of Skye sleeping face down on the couch. Her head was resting halfway on her closed laptop.

Gently, Leo slid the laptop out from under head and set it on the table beside the couch. The he grabbed a blanket and draped it over her.

"Thank you Skye," he whispered to her before shutting out the lights and going to his bunk.

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