AN: Fill for morganel's prompt of Skye/Carter - Want
She never wanted him.
Skye never liked Carter. He was antagonistic, annoying and unnecessarily cruel. He was rude, pushy and mean. He was crude, invasive and harsh. He was many other unflattering adjectives as well.
He liked to reach out and yank on her hair when she was waiting to see Mira, pulling until she so angry she quivered. He liked to taunt her about Josh when he lead her through the camp, asking if the skinny boy made her hot. Did he kiss her and whisper his girlfriend's name? He called her 'Princess' and it made her skin crawl. He liked to stand too close when she was being questioned, his overbearing presence obviously to rile her if his smirk over her shoulder was any indication. He hovered when she was with her mother, casting her meaningful looks when her mother told her how proud she was, making the hurt worse.
She wanted to hate him, needed to hate him, so she did (he made it easy for her.)
She never wanted his help, she never wanted his support, she never wanted his honesty.
When her mother went into a coughing fit one day it was Carter who helped get her upright so she didn't choke. It was her anger at him that erased her fear of Mira and gave her the courage to lie about her intel. His presence that allowed her to keep her secrets. His nickname making the corruption of her old one less painful, his crude comments making the brush of Lucas' words less sickening.
It should never have been him that found her in the jungle. Never should have been his shoulder she cried on in the rain as her tears mixed with the water already soaking his shirt as she sobbed into his chest. Never should have been him that eased her guilt and wiped away her tears. Never should have been him that told her the truth. Never should have been him that offered her an out.
She never wanted him… but she needed him.
She used the courage he'd stoked in her to tell Taylor the truth, and the information he'd given her to help the colony prepare for battle. Used the confidence he'd given her to walk right into the Sixer camp and steal her mother away… and it was the unflinching nerve she'd used against him for years that allowed her to pull the trigger on Taylor's son without remorse.
As she watched him being lead into Terra Nova in restraints she realized she didn't need his help anymore. She didn't care about his support, didn't want his honesty.
She just wanted him.