A little more evolution to the relationship. I hope you all enjoy!
Thanks
"Skye?"
Jolted out of her thoughts, Skye turned around in her chair. Fitz was standing in the doorway at the end of the room. He was still a little white-faced, but not as pale as he'd been in the afternoon.
Earlier that day, the team had been sent in to bust up a Centipede lab. Everything had been going according to plan. Skye had gone in alongside Ward, Coulson, and May. Fitz and Simmons were monitoring the situation from inside an armored car. One minute, everything was fine. Then the sound of metal ripping came through the comms, and all communication went dead. Everyone had stopped short, especially her and Ward.
She'd ditched the rest of the group in search of Fitz and Simmons. They were pretty much done with flushing out Centipede, and Skye was determined to get to them no matter what still stood in her way. Two flights of stairs going down later, she came across them in the bowels of the building. A supersoldier was dragging them along. The panic in Fitz's eyes chilled her heart, and she fired the Night-Night gun twice at the capturer without a second thought. He'd hit the ground like a stone, and a small click followed.
For a few seconds, they all just stared at the dead man. Then everyone else came crashing in and hurried them out. Fitz and Simmons had been taken to medical to get checked up. Skye hadn't seen them since then. It had felt like days, even though it was simply mere hours.
"Hey," Skye stood up and gave a him a smile. "You okay?"
"Yeah, yeah," Fitz nodded, shoving his hands into his pockets. "Simmons was getting fussed over by Ward. I felt a bit awkward there, especially when he was telling her he didn't want to lose her, so I left."
"And came to find me?"
He nodded again. "I wanted to say thanks. For what you did today. It was really brave, and you saved me."
"Just repaying the favor," "And I couldn't bear to lose you" she added mentally before continuing. "You did get the GH-325 to me, which pretty much is why I'm still here today. I guess I owe you thanks too."
Fitz smiled. "You know, you can call me Leo if you want."
"Seriously?" Skye had never heard anyone call Fitz by his first name. Not even Simmons, his best friend.
"Yeah, seriously," he said. "You can."
Skye felt herself trying hard not to blush. "Thanks…Leo."
His name felt so right on her lips.
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