Fix the sky

Skye

She knew very well that she's acting like a child in that moment. It didn't mean she cared, however. She also knew that the people in this building just wants what's best for her and having her acting like this didn't really help them. But there is no way she would go back to the hospital! She has gone through the surgery, according to May, Dr Strange had told her everything had gone good and according to the doctor Pepper had coming to the tower, her wounds were healing like they should.

So, Skye couldn't see a reason why she had to go back to that horrible place. The smell, the whiteness, the sounds of all the different machines. People coughing, crying out in pain and just dying all around her. Just thinking about it, made Skye even more scared and she tries to make herself even smaller.

She is happy at least that May isn't around to see her like this, or saw the full out panic she had gone into when Maria had told her about the hospital visit a few hours ago, or had she just told her five minutes ago? She had lost track of time, all she remember is how it started to get harder to breath, the room was both too big and too small for her at the same time and she had left them.

Now she's hiding in her closet, as far into the corner as she can get. Small places helped, her van and the back of the SUV during her stay on the BUS had always been her hiding spot whenever the pain had been too much or just the weight of her secret where out of hand. Since she didn't have either, the wardrobe was the next best thing in these ridicules large building.

Taking in a few deep breaths, Skye tries to remember what May had told her during training, how to control her breathing and lower her heartbeat. At the beginning, she had hated to wake up at 5 am to do morning Tai-chi, now she understand why May had forced it. It took a few minutes, but she started to calm down and the feeling of panic started to disappear, leaving her tired instead.

A sudden nock on the wardrobe door, made her look up. A sudden flare of panic and fear run through her, alongside old memories she thought she had buried deep down in her memory to ever resurface. Moving closer to the wall beside her, Skye keeps her eyes on the still closed door, too afraid to let any type of sound.

"Skye? It's just me, Leo. Do you mind if I come in?"

Hearing Leo's voice, Skye losses the last of her control, tears streaming down her face. She never answered his question, but when she lets out a loud sob, the door pulls open and she found herself being pulled into a tight and warm hug. Turning her head, Skye cries into Leo's shoulder and the young man she had seen as a brother almost from day one just let her.

She doesn't know for how long they were sitting like this, on the floor of her wardrobe, but she was starting to hurt. Feeling how she was slightly moving; Leo let's go of her. When Skye finally looks at him, she can see the worry in his eyes.

"Do you feel ready to get out of here or would you like to stay for a bit longer?"

He asks, keeping his voice low. Opening her mouth to answer him, she starts to cough instead. She had been crying for a while, she needed something to drink and seeing this, Leo was on his feet within seconds.

"Stay here, I'll grab some water for you."

He orders, as he walks out of the wardrobe, he closes the door once more. She wasn't all too sure she was happy with that or not. But for the time being, she decided it wasn't worth thinking about. What she should be thinking about is why Leo is here. Neither him or May had talked about coming over to visit any time soon, mostly because there was a lot going on at the base and they needed all the hands-on deck. So, calling and doing that one video call had been all the contact she had have with them. It was then it hit her, someone, she expected Maria, must have called May and told her about Skye freaking out and Leo had been sent to help. Which meant she would be forced to go to the hospital.

As the door opens once more, Skye looks at Leo with narrowed eyes, hopping that there at least was some hint of anger in them. And if there was, her best friend is completely ignoring it as he sits back down and hands her a water bottle. Taking it, Skye starts to drink carefully, keeping the silent between them and happy that Leo isn't trying to push anything. Then again, this is Leo, he always made sure she is alright, and he always gave her the space she needed.

"I'm not going."

She finally speaks up, feeling it was better to just get it over with.

"I know."

Turning her head to the side, Skye blinks a few times. Only to remind herself that she should be surprised over this. He had after all seen how she reacted when they reached the hospital, and this wasn't his first time having to deal with a long healing process from her.

"When Hill picked me up, I forced her to call Dr Strange to change the meeting..."

He starts to explain, only to hold up his hand when he saw that Skye was about to argue with him.

"I also forced her to change the meeting location. Dr Strange will come to the tower to do the check up the day after tomorrow."

He finishes, his eyes on her to see how her reaction would be. Looking back at him with a blank face, Skye is trying to take in everything he had just told her. Not for the first time had the young man beside her gone beyond everything to make sure she was safe and sound. Without a word, Skye leans towards him once more, hugging him tightly. A hug that was quickly answered.

"We should start thinking about moving away from your wardrobe, you have been in here for almost 3 hours. You need something to eat, and the Avengers are worried about you. I never thought I would see or even hear the day Natasha Romanoff would be this worried about anyone."

Leo tells her five minutes later. This made Skye move slightly so she could look at him, mostly to figure out if he had been joking. The time she had spent in the wardrobe wasn't what she is hanging onto now. The fact that it had been Natasha that had made the call, that was something new. And something she had not expect to happen, she had thought Maria and if not her, Pepper. It being Natasha, this took the whole thing to a new level.