Summary: This is not for her.
Fandom/Pairings: Agents of Shield; Skye/Jemma Simmons
Rating: R
Pre-Notes: I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE.
Disclaimer: No.
the locked embrace (the stumble round)
It takes Skye a week to realize that Fitzsimmons is not, in fact, the singular last name of Leo and Jemma. It takes three more days for her to realize that if their last name isn't Fitzsimmons, then they're probably not married and possibly not even dating.
She doesn't do anything with that information, because she has a boyfriend and even if she hasn't seen him in a while he's still her boyfriend. Except then Miles turns out to be a dick and S.H.E.I.L.D. turns out to be not that bad, so Skye's left back at square one with people she likes and the knowledge that Fitz and Simmons would probably be slightly horrified if she told them that she thought they were married for a couple weeks when she first got recruited. They were really more like siblings than anything.
But there's missions and hacking and so much shit to get done that Skye still doesn't do anything about that information. Then, Jemma almost dies. She jumps out of the fucking Bus and Grant goes to save her because he's stupid and also a super secret agent with super secret agent skills. Skye hugs her, because she figures kissing Jemma might not go well, and just. Okay, so Skye's like a 2.5 on the Kinsey scale. Whatever. It doesn't come up that often.
For the record, Skye's still not going to do anything about the fact that Jemma is really hot and probably not dating Leo until fucking Leo and Grant are stuck in god knows where and they're not being told anything and Skye has to convince Jemma to help her get more information. They save Grant and Leo, and then Jemma creeps into Skye's room after it's all said and done.
"I don't know why I ever convinced Leo that we'd be better off in the field." The words are quiet, without Jemma's usual chipper attitude. "We're not meant to be shot at."
"Hey," Skye says. She puts her hand on Jemma's knee and squeezes gently. "The whole world is dangerous. Your lab isn't any less dangerous than being shot at, really."
"I suppose that's true." Jemma gives a little laugh. "It just feels safer, that's all. I can't fix being shot at, but I can fix Chitauri viruses."
Skye gets that. She gets it, but she doesn't have words to make Jemma feel better so she does what's always seemed to work. Turning, Skye curves her fingers around Jemma's cheek and kisses her gently, trying to turn her feelings into actions. She half expects Jemma to pull away, but Jemma kisses back and yeah. Yeah.
They sort of fall into each other after that, Skye slipping her fingers into Jemma and this is probably a horrible idea but Skye just does not care anymore. She lays Jemma out on the bed, kissing the hollow of her throat, and actively decides to not give a fuck until everything is already ruined. It's worked for her so far, if she's being honest, and Jemma is making fucking sexy little bitten off noises so it really, really doesn't matter.
Working tricks she learned in places she doesn't want to think about, Skye slowly brings Jemma up to the edge and then tips her over. Like Jemma, Skye can't stop bullets but she knows how to make people feel good and she's willing to use her tricks if people will let her. In the quiet afterward, Jemma reaches for Skye and Skye kisses her until she forgets.
This is not for her.
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