Chapter 32

Grant dropped their bags by the door, he was going to have to pick up some things at his closest drop box before they met up with one of his old contacts. Daisy had only packed clothes and some false passports and ID's with American currency. That wasn't going to do much good where they were going.

"All ready to get out of here?" He looked up to where Lincoln was leaning against the wall.

He'd been wondering for a while why he stuck around so long. When Daisy and him could clearly never be. She'd told the specialist about how they had been a thing for a while, before ending it after his supposed death. He could relate to that kind of devotion, but at this point he couldn't imagine he would be this comfortable with the man that took his girl.

"Just waiting on Daisy to say her goodbyes."

The static inhuman chuckled, looking back at where the female was currently wishing Joey safe travels and farewell. She'd already said her goodbyes to him, soon it would just be Caleb getting the life squeezed out of him.

"Before I go, I have to ask." The blonde looked back at him, an eyebrow raised in question. "Why did you stick around. After she.."

"After she admitted she still loved you?" He was surprised the man smiled, despite the uncomfortable topic. When Grant nodded, he continued. "You weren't there yet, she needed someone to watch he back until you could. Though there was also the chance she would fail."

That made him grimace, recalling that dark torture, that could have lasted forever. "Thank you."

"I didn't do it for you."

"I know."

"I just want Daisy to be happy."

"That's all I want."

That seemed to be what Lincoln had been waiting for him to say, as he gave him a small pat on the shoulder. "Just remember she's not the same girl as Skye."

No, she wasn't, she was so much more now. Sure she still had some of her in there, but there had always been a little bit of Daisy in there. He'd realized that when they escaped. Skye had always been Daisy Johnson, she'd just been trying to find out who she really was.

With a nod, the inhuman went back to where Daisy was now clinging onto her little inhuman brother like she never wanted to let him go. He followed, feeling the tension bleed out of his shoulders as he watched Daisy dote on the teen as though he was her own child.

"Now remember to do well in school, Lincoln will tell me your grades if you don't. And I want you to call me at least once a week with updates on what you've been doing. Don't just play on the computer all day."

Grant couldn't help but smirk a little as the quake inhuman mothered the scaly inhuman, somehow managing to hug him and give him what he imagined was her stern glare at the same time. Though the boy was clearly begging the three older men to save him from her motherly clutches, all three were perfectly fine with just watching in amusement.

Lincoln said once they were gone he would miss it, so it was better he let her on him now. Since it would probably be a while before they saw each other in person again. Joey had suggested they all go visit him in Seattle for Christmas, but Grant wasn't sure they'd be able to make it, being that by this point every single camera in the US was trying to at least catch a glimpse of them. To come back so soon after leaving was just asking to get caught.

"And make sure that you and Lincoln eat healthy and make sure to keep your house clean, and don't forget to go to bed before twelve, or forget to wash behind your ears-"

Alright, it's right about then he should pull her away before the kid gets too embarrassed. Daisy was beginning to tear up as she continued to babble, interrupting herself with small sniffs here and there. He couldn't believe he'd never seen this side of her, he'd thought he'd seen them all.

"Alright Daisy, let's go before you decide to stay another night." Grant and Lincoln practically had to pry her off of the small inhuman as Joey held onto him from the other side.

"You'll see each other again, I promise" The human gritted out, holding her tight against his chest while the static inhuman worked on unlatching her fingers from Caleb's hoodie. "I'll have him flown in every holiday break if it'll make you happy."

The scaly inhuman, who had been close to begging them to get her off seemed to have changed his mind. Clinging just as tightly to his transitioner as she was him. "Lincoln, you better take care of him! And make sure he doesn't spend too much time alone, I don't want to call and find out he's secluded himself in his room!"

The moment she was free, the ex-hydra spy hauled her up over his shoulder. "Yes, yes, let's go before we miss our ride." He cast his free hand up in a wave over his head to the three male inhumans, ignoring Daisy's complaints of being able to walk by herself.

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"...So you own a private jet..?"

He tried to hide his smirk, but couldn't help it as he looked across the table to where she was sitting. "No, I just have a lot of powerful men who owe me a few favors." He watched her pout her lips a little as she looked out the window, reminding him of the days on the Bus. Too bad they had blown it to pieces in the Arctic Circle.

'Starting to think this wasn't such a good idea.'

He saw her eyes light up the way they had when she'd been in the cockpit with him that last time, she loved the view. He almost wanted to go tell the pilots to take a break so he could fly with her next to him again.

'So beautiful.'

His hand drifted over to where her's was resting, he couldn't help smiling at the way her fingers immediately curled to hold his. He wanted to embrace her like he once had, without having to worry about frightening her. She'd made a grand attempt at hiding how she was truly feeling, both physically and emotionally, but he knew her too well to be fooled.

"There are some bunks in the back, you should go get some rest. It will be a while before we land."

She quirked an eyebrow at him, a devious smile playing at her lips. "If I go back and lay down, are you going to join me?" She was trouble with a capital T, the way she wiggled in her seat, still not giving up on her previous plan to get him into bed with her before she was ready.

"No. If I go back and lay down, it will be in the bunk across from yours."

She frowned, pouting her lips like she used to when she was his rookie. "You're no fun."

"One of us has to think of the consequences for our actions." He retorted, giving her hand a final squeeze before he got up to get a drink.

"I have..." Her voice was quiet, telling him the teasing was done, for at least the moment. "And I know my body won't be afraid of you if you prove it."

'I don't think you're going to hurt me.'

"You don't know what your body will do. You're only hoping it will get over what Hive did to you with mine." It came out a lot harsher than he would have liked, but she had to understand trauma like that didn't just disappear over night.

"Maybe not, but I'd rather try to convince my body you're not him, than sit on my ass and wait around for it to just fade away." He tensed at the arms that wrapped around his middle, taking fist fulls of his shirt to stop him from moving away. "Grant, I don't want to be scared of you anymore."

His hands went to hold hers the same moment they slipped away, leaving him to hold where she'd been holding his shirt. "So why don't you decide whether or not you're going to be a man and grow a pair, I will be waiting back in the bunk on the left."

Her hands left a tingling feeling on his back as she drew away, and he found himself watching her sashay to the back to the jet. The human looked back at the water bottle he'd gotten from the mini fridge, then to the curtain that divided the cab from the bunks, and back again. He left the water on the table, and turned to follow the quake inhuman.

She was Trouble with a capital T.

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Hey people! Woo that was fun!

Sorry there will be no chapter covering what happens next, we'll just be skipping ahead. I've never written an actual lemon, the closest I got was that ending scene in chapter 12. So once again, I apologize for not writing that kind of scene in advance.

That aside! I got something to tell you! I drew a picture of Daisy and Caleb from like chapter 3, and posted it on DeviantArt! If anyone is interested in seeing it, my username is WickedJedi19.

I know I'm not the greatest artist out there, but I have to say this is one of my better ones, and I'd love it if you readers went and checked it out, I spent a lot of time on it!(Seriously, I think I started it back in January)!

Who knows, maybe I'll make a few more from different scenes in these chapters?

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