Nick Fowler x Reader

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Rays of the Sun shines thru the curtains right in my eyes as I wake up. For a moment I had to think where I was until it all came back to me. Right... Then raise to sit to see Nick, but he wasn't on the couch anymore. The blanket and the pillow are placed neatly on other side of it. Where is he? The shower goes on in the bathroom. Oh, he must be there then. Sitting edge of the bed and reach for my phone to see if there's any messages. Mace has tried to call me once and send three messages. She seem worried I didn't come to training this morning with her. I text her and told I'm sorry, that I gone to a mission. Immediately she calls me and I answer;"Hi, what's up?" and start to walk around the room, scratching back of my head. "Hi, sorry I called. I just got worried... Did you hear there was a shooting right at Nick's house? I can't get on a hold on to him." Mace sounds worried. Without me knowing, the bathrooms door opens behind me. "Oh, you don't need to worry about that. He's right he..- Hey!!" I jump as my phone gets snatched away. Nick ends the call while glaring at me;"Thought you were trained better than that.".

My eyes widens a bit as I turn around to face him. He is only wearing a towel around his waist, nothing else. Damn, he is fit. Of course he is! Trying not to show how flushtered I am right now, I frow;"Mace is my friend. She got worried.". "She's my friend too." he puts the phone down on the desk. Spark of jealousy visits in me for a second, but I push it away. "Besides, Elijah must be listening her calls too." he reason. I look down to my feet and cross arms over my chest;"Right... She just sound really worried about you.". The tone of my voice sounded more like rag than genuent. Nick stares at me for a moment, like he's little bit surprised. Then I just shook my head, grab change of clothes and start walking towards the bathroom. Feel so stupid to what I just said. What's wrong with me? "(Y/N)..." Nick calls after me with gentle tone. I ignore him and almost got into the bathroom, when he suddenly puts his hand against the door frame for me to stop. I just froze there but won't turn to look at him. He stands right behind me, so close. "Mace is like a sister to me. There's nothing between us, never been." he says. Before I could say anything witty at him, he leans in so his lips are almost touching my ear. "So stop try to find reasons to push me away, sweetheart." he whisper. Without saying anything I quickly get into the bathroom and shut the door. Face all red, heart going wild. Needed cold shower anyway.

Later we gather all the weapons we got on the desk. Four guns, one stunner, two knifes and one hand grenade. "So what's the plan?" I ask. "We burst in, overpower his men and get him. Easy." Nick says careless and leans back on the chair. He's wearing casual dark clothes now. "Easy... Just like in Paris?" I raise eyebrow at him. He leans little bit more towards me, slight hurt in his eyes;"You think I'm going to turn against you?". Shrug my shoulders;"Wouldn't be the first." and sit edge of the desk. He stares at me for a moment before he says anything. "(Y/N), I know what I did was wrong and I'm really sorry what you had to go thru. Believe me. I am." his eyes are stern. I smirk to shake off the tentsion;"Nic..-", "But we can't move on if you always run away and won't talk to me." he looks serious. He's right... God, why is it so damn hard?

Feels like my heart is sinking. I keep fidgetting the ring on my finger. Nick sees this but won't say anything, just waiting for me to speak. It's like someone is strangling me by the throat from inside. "Nick, I... When I heard you died, it broke me." I reveal. There is a slight change in Nick's face, like he is surprised what I just said. I let out a sad chuckle;"Then I found out you're alive. Working for the bad guys...". My eyes gets glossy;"Don't know if that actually broke me even worse.". Why am I weak when it comes to him..? He puts his hand on mine gently. "(Y/N)..." his voice sound like a whisper. We look each other in the eyes. That's the thing... I do trust him. After everything. Maybe I am crazy, but I just can't help it. "Let's get that bastard." I say with stern tone. It looks like Nick wants to say something but he holds himself back and just nods with slight smile;"He won't give up easy. He'll need a lot of persuasion to come with us.". I take a gun on the desk;"Well, he haven't met me yet. I am pretty good persuasor..." and load it with a smirk. "Of course, agent 355, ready for service." he laughs gently.

We start packing our stuff, ready to leave. Just when I'm about to reach for the stunner on the desk, Nick snatches it. "Guess I'm not the only one with trust issues..." I tease. He rolls his eyes and puts the stunner in the bag;"Let's go.". We go to the front desk and leave the key. While 'Joel' chats with the same receptionist from yesterday I notice there is a man staring at us from a far. Maybe I'm being just paranoid..? Then I wrap my arm around 'Joel';"Honey, I think we should get going." and smile sweetly at him. When he turn to look at me I give him the eyes. "Of course, my love." he smiles back. "Hope you had a pleasant stay. Please come again!" the receptionist smiles. 'Joel' wrap his arm around me and start to head us outside;"We will. Thank you.". As we walk towards the car Nick whispers;"Is he still watching?". I try to peek behind us unobtrusively but can't see properly;"Hard to say...". The man just stands on the porch, smocking. "Okay..." Nick sighs under his breath as he's thinking what to do.

Then the man starts following us. "Nick." I whisper worried. There are only a few people around the parking lot, and we don't wanna make a scene so somebody could get hurt. And we are not even sure if he's a bad guy or not. "Just play along." Nick whispers so fast that I didn't quite get that;"Huh?". Just when we walk next to a van that is parked few cars away from our vehicle, quickly he tightens the grib around me and pulls me into passionate kiss. Huh?! Then he takes a step towards me while kissing so we disappear out of the man's sight. Immediately my back hits against the van, it's like it sets off pack of butterflies in my stomach. His tongue swirls in my mouth just the way I like it. Can feel my heart raising up to the sky. Just before Nick stop kissing me, he nibble my lower lip and gives this lustful eye contact after that. "T-that was unnecessary!" I whisper hiss, face all red. "Was it?" he teases. Quickly he puts his hand over my mouth before I could yell at him. Everything happens so fast; the mystery man comes from the corner ready to attack us with a gun, but Nick punches him right across the face, pulls out the stunner and uses it on him. The man groans in pain and falls to the ground. It seems like the other people are so deep in their own stuff that they didn't realize what had just happen. Then Nick crouch down to pick up the gun and grabs my hand in his;"C'mon." and we rush to his car.

The wheels of the car squeak as we drive off. "One of Elijah's men?" I ask. "Or somebody who just wanted us killed." Nick keeps his eyes on the road whole time. "Bet you got many like that..." I tease. "The downsides of the work." he chuckles. "Dating must be hard for you then." I laugh. Why did I say that? He gives me a quick, teasing glance. "What?" I frow. Nick just shakes his head while looking forward;"You sure are piece of work...". For a second I look up and down on him;"You've used to get what you want just like that, huh?". He says nothing but smirks to himself. I look behind me, in the backseat where the bag of weapons are;"So how we handle this?". "He has ten guards... Four outside, three in the lobby, two right infront of his office, one with him. "Hmph, talking about trust issues." I chuckle.

We are getting closer to Elijah Clarke's hide out. Ten more minutes to drive there. I start to get my guns and other stuff ready. "It's better if I face Elijah alone." he says. Immediately my head snaps right to look at him;"What? No way! I'm coming with you.". "No, (Y/N). You're not. Just take down the guards." he snaps back. I frow;"Wh- You're not the boss of m-", Nick gives me a glance. Right... Shaking my head frustrated;"But we started this whole mission as partners-, What was the point of dragging me here with you if I can't ev-", "(Y/N), I'm going to say this once; Do what's you are told." he growl. "Or what?" I snort back irritated. The grib of Nick's hand against the wheel tightens like he's holding back. "You don't wanna know." he lets out under his breath. I sigh deep;"Fine.". Maybe he's right, perhaps things won't get messy if I just stay aside. Then my eyes goes down to the ring on my finger. Guess this is our first and last mission together.