Prompt from agentkatiebug (sentence meme): "Now, just hold on a diddly darn minute."

"Fitz?" Jemma's voice bounced across his bunk as she opened his door and peered inside. Everything was left exactly where it had been before, in an organized chaos only Fitz understood. Books and papers littered Fitz's desk, which stood below the picture of space that had inspired their second (or was it their third?) kiss, and his sheets were bundled up in a lump on his bed, a pleasant reminder of the chain of events that had transpired last night. She smiled at the memory, but it faded as she was reminded of what the room was missing: Fitz.

She stole a glance at her wrist watch. 12:01 am. Having cleaned up her work station a few hours ago, she did remember noticing Fitz still working at his computer as she patted his shoulder before leaving. Was he really still working so late at night?

Come to think of it, she had conducted experiments at absurd hours of the night as well. But this was the only private time they got to spend with each other during the day. Of course when she desired his company the most, he was absorbed in his latest creation. Typical.

Jemma plodded down the hallway to the lab where Fitz was, as predicted, was huddled over something at his lab bench. Stifling a yawn, she rapped on the metal door frame. "Fitz?"

His head shot up briefly, eyes glazed over and curls in disarray, before attending to his project once more. "Hey Jem, I'll be done in a second. I just have to-"

The unlit blowtorch in his hand suddenly crashed onto the lab bench, knocking whatever he had been working on to the floor. "Bollocks," Fitz muttered under his breath, hastily dropping to his knees to clean everything up. "Just hold on a diddly darn minute and I'll be there."

When he didn't hear the sound of footsteps leaving, Fitz paused and glanced back at Jemma, who was smirking at him with raised eyebrows and her arms crossed in front of her chest. "What did you say?"

He smiled cheekily. "You tell me."

Rolling her eyes, she approached him and gently tugged on his sleeve. "Alright, you need to get to bed. No more work for today."

Fitz hastily collected his items off the floor and shoved them into a nearby drawer. "But I just started this today and it's really important that I have this all planned out by tomorrow-"

"Your toys can wait," Jemma replied sternly. Knowing that he couldn't resist what he had dubbed her "puppy dog eyes," she widened her eyes slightly and pouted. "Besides, I need you."

Fitz sighed. "Are you sure it can't wait?"

"No, Fitz. I need you. Now."

He narrowed his eyes at her, confused. "What are you-" Then suddenly it clicked. "Oh! That kind of need." He blushed and averted his gaze at the ground. "Long day and sexual tension and all of that."

Jemma's eyebrows arched and she grinned. Despite them being very sexually active for the past week or so, Fitz's befuddlement over anything regarding their bedroom entertainment never ceased to amuse her. "And the company would be nice, too. It's been rough ever since Lincoln decided to-" She gulped.

Fitz nodded, lips pursed tersely together. "I know," he responded softly. He wrapped an arm around Jemma's shoulders and led her out of the lab. "It's been a hard adjustment."

They fell into silence and their pace slackened as Jemma rested her head on Fitz's shoulder. It was little moments such as these, meandering through the quiet hallways filled with ghosts of years past, that she really appreciated Fitz's presence. She held onto him tighter and in turn he pressed a kiss to her temple.

"Diddly darn? Really? Where on earth did you pick that up?"

Fitz groaned. "You're going to hold this over me, aren't you? Along with my cursed theory?"

Jemma laughed, nuzzling her head deeper into his shoulder. "You know me so well."

She never found out what exactly he had been making that day, not until six months later when a diamond resting on top on a handcrafted ring carved into the shape of an infinity sign fell into her lap on Christmas morning, and she didn't need to see Fitz kneeling at her side to know what it meant.

Got a couple more drabble requests in my tumblr inbox to fulfill (and no idea when the hell I'll be able to write them, thanks busy real life), so be on the lookout for those for the next couple of months. And once those are done, I'll start taking drabble requests again :).