Nick Fowler x Reader

-7-

"Bloody hell..!" Dij gasps in my earpiece as she sees the person who should be dead thru my necklace. Too stun to speak, I just stare at him eyes wide open, lips slightly apart. Nick seems little bit amused by my reaction. Nick?! The Nick? Alive?! "Can't take my eyes off you for a second..." he smiles sweetly at me, having his arm wrapped around my waist. Side of my arm and back are against his torso. I can feel his body heat on my bare skin. Is this a dream or did I die? The creepy man stares both of us confused. Nick then looks at the old man;"Sorry, she's with me. Have a great evening sir.". Then he start to lead me out of there like nothing's wrong. My hands start to shake, it's like I forgot how to breath. "Wh- how are you-" I start to stutter, but he quickly hush me;"Not here... Come." he grabs me by the hand and starts leading. Without hesitation I follow him. My mind is so blown by all of this. Nick is alive!!! All I can think now is how big and warm his hand is around my small hand. And how much I missed him.

End of an hallway, a guard opens big black door for us to get in. It leads us in to this smaller private room that have no people in it. The door closes behind us, so there's now only Nick and me in the room. Feel like tears are about to raise on my eyes;"Nick..-", he pulls me into this big hug. I wrap my arms around his body and bury my face against his chest. The smell of him is so soothing. Can feel how his nose press against side of my head. I missed you so much! Then he breaks the hug, but remaining the eye contact;"Hey Khadji, I'd like to see her alone now." and he grabs the necklace out of my neck and puts it in his pocket, leaving burning sensation on my skin he touched. "What is all this? Thought you were dead!" I smack side of his arm. "Ouch..!" he pretend it hurt but there's a smirk corner of his mouth. Part of me wants to be so mad at him, but I just can't. Those ocean blue eyes look deep into my (e/c) eyes;"I missed you too.". Blush comes up to my cheeks. Idiot.

"Nick, what's going on?" I ask still confused. "(Y/N)..-", "What operation is this? W-why didn't the agency tell me what was going on?" I keep asking. "There is no op. Things changed..." his eyes look so suspicious. I don't like it. Frowing at him;"What are you saying? Don't tell me you're working with the murderers now?", "And you're not?" he quickly ask back. Huh? "How many people have the CIA assassinated? How many states have they toppled? How many wars have they started?" his voice is calm the whole time. Almost too calm. He does has a point but... Don't know where is this all coming from. Shook my head in disbelieve;"Wh-?", "You're on your own, right? Off the grid? On the run?" he ask. How does he know? My voice stutter;"W-wel-", "How does it feel?" he gets closer to me. I take a step back, quickly feel hard wooden wall against my back. Realized I'm cornered. What is happening?

Nick stands so close to me, leaving barely any space between us. My heart starts beat faster, somehow I feel nervous. Can't look at him in the eyes. What is all this? "Tell me." he lifts my head up by the chin, forcing me to look at him. His eyes shines thru the dimmet light. "How does it feel to be free?" he ask. "Free? Are you serious?!" I slap his hand away. Feel the tears raising up again, but not out of joy;"It's been a hell for me.". Nick slightly drops his head down;"I'm doing all of this for you.". "For me? Uh-huh, right." I scoff. Hard to believe anything he says, he pretended to be dead after all. Nick's big warm hand gently grabs me by the left hand. Small smirk on his lips;"You're still wearing this ring...". Snatch my hand away with deathstare. "Thought I would sell it." I lied. He sighs and shakes his head a bit;"Always such a tough guy...". I say nothing but continue to stare at him angrily. "Did you really think you got sign up to the mission in Paris just because you're good agent?" he blurt out. Huh?!

I feel so betrayed... Then the door opens and the guard walks in;"The bidding is over hundred mill.". Both of our heads turn towards the sound. It felt like a cold wind had pass us when the door opened. Is it really hot in this room? Nick just nods and turn to face me again;"Which is going to be?". Knowing him meaning; am I going to get in his way, us becoming enemies or not. I'm so thorn right now. About everything. I look deep into his eyes and lean closer to him. Almost pressing my lips against his ear. "I'm on duty." I whisper and take the necklace out of his pocket. Then take a step away from the new enemy. Nick sighs with hint of frustration;"Alright." and start to head towards the exit. My eyes follows him the whole time. "Make sure she won't leave this room." he orders the guard. "What?" I frow. The guard steps deeper in to the room, looking all serious. Nick stops at the door, looks down and fix his sleeves;"It's for your own good.". What the hell is he talking about?!

Nick sees how much anger there is in my eyes right now, but he keeps his face very neutral. Just before he leaves, he says something to the guard in Romanian. No idea what he just said. "You said what now?!" I hiss. Then the door closes behind him. "Nick!" I start walk towards the door. But the guard steps in front of me, having his arms across his chest. Roll my eyes in frustration;"C'mon, seriously?" and try to walk around him. The guard quickly stops me by putting his hand on my shoulder. With fast moves I twist his arm and throw him over my shoulder. The guards thuds to the hard marble floor, but is quick to got up. "You really want to do this?" I ask. He says nothing but pulls out a knife. I sigh deep;"Alright...", and we go at it.

Thru this whole time Dji has tried to contact me. No time to put the necklace back on, busy to take this guard down. I've manage to get the knife out of his reach. It's little bit harder to fight in this dress, but I make it work. The guard gets a hold of me behind and I struggle get out of his grib. "He was right, you got some fire in you. I like that in a woman." he whispers to my ear. "Then I bet you'll like this..-" I stomp on his feet as hard as I can. "Argh-!" he let's go of me. Then I turn around and punch him right in the face. About to throw another punch at him, he catches my fist. I jump and use both of my legs to kick him away. He hits his back against the wooden wall. Then I pull out my gun from a thigh strap;"I have no time for you.". Pointing the gun inches away from his face. The guards bloody face stares at me with anger;"So you just going to shoot me then?". I shrug;"No..." and hit back of his head with the gun so he looses consciousness and drops to the floor. "I don't want blood on my dress." I scoff and head out.

Speed walk in the hallway and place the necklace back on;"Dji?". "(Y/N)?! Thank God, what happened?!" she worries. "Nick isn't on our side." I clench my teeth. "He has the drive! It was in one of the vases." she informs. Of course. The wig on my head is all messed up, so I just toss it away and release my real hair while walking. Ruffle it a bit so it falls to its right place;"Where are you guys?". "The package is rolling to a back area..." she sees it from her phone. "Let me find you first." I start speed walking. And soon enough I found the girls in one of the hallways. "(Y/N)!" Gracie sighs relieved. "What happened to you?" Marie asks and points out there is a cut on my cheek that I hadn't even noticed. "Oh... Just run into a ghost." I shrug my shoulders. Gracie quickly hands me a tissue from her purse. "Thanks..." and I press it against the cut. "What now?" I ask. "He's purchasing the drive right now." Dji says. "Right... Marie follow me. Gracie and Dji, meet us outside." I order. The girls nods and we go on our way.

We walk up to stairs towards the back area where the drive is. "The package is in an office, two halls away." Marie says. "Security?" I ask. She chuckles;"What you think? The buyer has a team. The seller has an army.". "...And what we have?" I frow and we both stop walking as we got up. Marie sighs frustrated. "Don't tell me 'each other'?" I roll my eyes. She then takes out two bottles out of her purse that looks like somekind of perfumes. "What? Spray them to death?" I chuckle. "Acetone. Hydrogen peroxide." she show me the bottles one by one. I look at her unconvinced. She roll her eyes;"..C'mon!" and start leading the way. We get to the back area that has lots of big wooden boxes that has some of the purchases goods in them. Marie and I hunch down behind two of the boxes as we see there's few of the seller's guards, standing right at the office's door with guns. Nick is in there right now... "Now what?" I whisper. Marie mixes the bottles in one and shake it. Then she bowl the bottle towards the guards. The guards sees the mystery glass bottle and start to look each other confused.

The bottle cracks just a tiny bit. I turn to look at Marie;"That's it? That is your grea- ", and BOOM! It exploses so the guards goes flying. I cover my ears, shock look on my face. The alarms goes off in whole building, which made everyone run towards the exit. Stunned look on my face;"Never mind.". "The police are coming." Dji inform us. "Move." Marie orders and start to go ahead. Without hesitation I follow her, still little bit shook. Marie gets her gun ready as we speed walk at the hallway. "Didn't know you could do that." I take my gun out too. "I used to make bombs from scratch." she says. "Impressive." I nod. We share a quick smile. Quickly the seller's guards comes from each direction, surrounding us. Shit.