Codename: Battleship

Spoilers: AU but can consider all Season One episodes. Read Battleship: SHIELD to understand or you WILL BE LOST.

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Ward sat beside Skye, holding her hand and whispering to her about what the team was up to. Pavi felt comfortable moving her back to a regular recovery pod after her abilities simmered away completely so the wasn't a lot of privacy anymore. Nurses were in and out checking on the young agent as well as various members of the team just coming to sit with her for a few minutes each day.

"Oh I'll come back." Ward turned to see one of the nurses and waved her in.

"It's fine, is it time for the IV change?"

The woman shook her head, "no actually I was going to give her a bath. Dr. Pavi has us giving her one daily so to keep any infection down. I'll come back after you're done visiting."

"May I?" Ward looked back at Skye, "I feel useless just sitting here doing nothing."

"I'll have to clear it with Dr. Pavi, give me a few moments." The nurse left and Ward looked back at the woman lying in bed looking as if she was under a sleeping spell.

The nurse returned and provided the necessary equipment so he could give Skye a sponge bath. She insisted on staying so she could assist him verbally and he relented because it meant he could help take care of the sleeping angel he so desperately wanted to wake up. Wiping her face and neck, Ward was gentle and allowed himself to imagine it was his just the two of them without the nurse. He spoke to her about what they'd be doing once they got back on the bus, his hand rubbing the washcloth down her arms and caressing every finger.

It was only after he finished with her arms that the nurse proceeded to lift Skye's gown to the edge of her breasts so that her abdomen showed, the nasty healing wound lay on her side just mere inches from her previous would due to Quinn. With careful instructions he avoided the area as he cleaned her, allowing the nurse to clean the wound as he watched.

After what seemed like forever and finishing with her legs, carefully cleaning every toe, did he let the nurse change her gown and leave them alone once again. Holding her hand, he kissed it and watched her face.

"I love you angel." Standing, he knew he need to get back to their quarters and prepare for the meeting with Hill and Coulson. "I'll come see you later, preferably with you being awake."

Getting back to his quarters he opened the door to see Simmons standing in the middle of the room with a basket in hand and Fitz stood by the table with Skye's computers. The room wasn't in chaos anymore and it angered him that they touched Skye's belongings, ruining the mess he wasn't going to clean up until she opened her eyes.

"What are you doing?"

Simmons smiled at him, "Coulson mentioned the room was a mess and seeing as you were busy we thought we'd come help out. I took Skye's clothes to the laundry and just came back with them clean. Fitz is transferring all of Skye's data to her field computer so that she can work effectively once she's up and about."

He stormed in and took the basket from her, carefully placing it on the bed. "Get out, it was Skye's mess and I wasn't going to clean it to begin with."

"Oh my…I didn't realize." Simmons put her hands up and started moving to the door. "I am sorry, so sorry. Really we didn't know," she looked at Fitz and he looked up at her. "Come along Fitz."

After both were gone, Ward sat down on the bed and looked at the basket of clothes. Sighing, he put them up in the drawers under the bed and grabbed the files he needed for the meeting.

Coulson and Hill sat around the Command Center table and spoke about a mission in Argentina. They looked at him and he realized they needed a specialist to go in and get the information, information that would require him to practically seduce another woman. He pointed to himself and stared straight at Coulson.

"You want me to go in and seduce Fiona Ruah? I'll be the first to admit that if you had asked me that a year ago I would have but Skye is laying in a coma and you expect me…" he shook his head and turned to Natasha that sat next to him. "Send Romanoff, she'd have the information within moments."

Natasha smirked at him, "I would just to see Barton's reaction but unfortunately Ruah doesn't swing towards women."

"I'm pretty sure you'd change her mind within moments." Clint chuckled and leaned back in his chair. "You changed Marisol De Luna's mind and she was known for taking multiple men to her bed nightly. Now she's swinging for both teams thanks to you."

Hill looked between both the archer and assassin, "do you two get off on this? Every time we have a mission regarding seduction it turns into a discussion about sexual exploits and you're both fine with it."

"Clearly you've never see Natasha seduce anyone." Clint looked at Hill and let out a short whistle.

Ward held up his hands, "they made my point. I'm not going to accept this mission, feel free to lock me in the brig for disobeying orders but no." He sighed and put his hands out on the table, looking straight at Hill. "If there is a mission in the future requiring seduction it may happen but just like Barton and Romanoff have worked out their lives both on and off the job, Skye and I haven't had that opportunity. I'm not going to go play with another woman while my partner is laying in a coma. When she wakes up and we clear the rules on missions then we'll see."

Coulson turned his attention to Hill, "you have to respect that."

"Fine," Hill rolled her eyes and looked at Strike Team Delta. "You leave in twenty so get going, Romanoff do what you have to in order to get the information."

Later in the evening Ward sat on the bed in his quarters sorting through all the paperwork that Hill had placed on him since he wasn't going to be on mission status for a while. Getting through it was actually easy since he didn't have a rookie agent interrupting him every few minutes. The thought of Skye made him pause and put down the papers, letting his hands fall to his head. It had been two weeks and she'd yet to wake. Both Pavi and Simmons said that it could be weeks or months before Skye was ready to wake up and they had to be patient. Part of him wondered if Skye was gone and it was just a body but every time he went down the road it redirected him to her side and to the memories of them together.

"Agent Ward to Isolation Pod 15, Agent Ward to Isolation Pod 15." The intercom rang and he was instantly running down the corridors as Skye was located in that vary isolation pod they were paging him to.

He arrived to see Pavi and Simmons standing over Skye, she looked as if she was slowly coming around. Instantly he was taking her hand and brushing back hair from her forehead. She opened her eyes and tried to speak but only got out groans.

"Skye, you're going to be alright." Simmons smiled at her, "you've just come out of a two week coma so it'll take a while to get back to normal."

Skye seemed to focus on Simmons and with great effort managed to whisper. "Asgardian…"

"Asgardian, I don't understand." Ward rubbed her arm and she focused her eyes on him. "Angel what are you saying?"

"I am…" she looked at him as she whispered. "I am Asgardian, I saw it while I slept." Taking a breath she started to talk again. "I saw the universe…"

Pavi looked at them all, "she needs her rest, I suggest we let her rest. Welcome back Agent Zale."

Both doctors left and Ward sat beside the bed, holding Skye's hand. He smiled and kissed her hand as he let his finger rub against her cheek. Skye looked at him with a smile, whispering as she did. "I'm alien…still want to be with me?"

"Every day for as long as I breathe, alien or not." He leaned and kissed her head, pulling back to gaze into her brown eyes. "Now rest, we can talk about this later."

"Stay with me?"

He nodded and kissed the back of her hand, "forever, partners remember?"

"I should change my code name to Bullet Magnet instead of Battleship."

The caused Ward to chuckle, "that wouldn't confuse our enemy as much as you do when your code name is said. Think about how often someone asks why you're called Battleship. They're so confused about why you're called a board game."

"I chose it because of you." Skye smiled at him, "my favorite moment of us playing, I remembered that the first time I exploded and it became the codes I used."

Ward stood up and leaned down to kiss her head, "we'll play once you're up and around again. Right now you need to sleep so close your eyes and rest, that way you heal quicker."

A/N: Next we find out if Skye is actually Asgardian or not.

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