It had been a month since the battle against the afterlife people and Sky's mother took place. A lot had changed. Agent May was still on leave, which left agent Morse in charge. Director Coulson was rarely seen, he was directing all his efforts to finding Simmons who had vanished. Sky was focusing on building a new team with the aid of Lincoln. Fitz was heartbroken, so he spent the whole day working. Mac was the only one who seemed to be the same. As for Hunter, well he had left SHIELD and was nowhere to be seen. He had said his goodbyes to Coulson, Fitz, Sky, and Mac, but never spoke to Bobbi. She found out about his departure when Mac told her. Bobbi carried the guilt of Hunter's departure. She remembered the last time they had spoken...
After she had broken his heart, he still looked for her when she was kidnapped. He almost died trying to save her. He never left her side once she was hospitalised, even when she was in surgery or asleep. Then she woke up and told him:
"I can't do this anymore." and that's when he got up and walked out. And she never saw or heard from him again.
Bobbi missed him, a lot. But she knew he would never come back so she tried to move on. She would occasionally sleep with Mac, but nothing too serious so far. Bobbi was just coming out of the shower when her room door opened and Mac stepped in quickly. He shut the door behind him and smiled at the blonde woman whose silky wet hair lay on her naked shoulders as she held her towel.
"Mac..." she said surprised. "What- what are you doing here?"
"Checking on you" he replied as he leaned over to kiss her.
"That's thoughtful" she smiled in between the kiss. "Its been a long day, you should rest." she said as she slowly pulled away from his embrace.
"I was planning to, after I checked on you." he stated as he walked towards the door.
"Mac." he turned around confused, "You can rest here, if you want."
Mac smiled, and Bobbi's towel fell to the ground. The rest of the night was the typical. After they were done, Bobbi fell asleep in Mac's arms and he held her tight until sunlight. The day came upon them and they awoke almost at the same time. Mac took a shower and left to buy breakfast, meanwhile Bobbi selected her outfit. It was the first weekend she had no duty. No mission. It had been too long since. As she was going through her drawers she found an envelope. She knew she had seen it before, but she couldn't quite remember when. She held it and read "Bobbi", it was Hunter's handwriting. Just before she could open it Mac came back in, so agent Morse hid it back where she found it.
"So, where should we go today?" he asked as if they had somehow made plans to spend the day together.
"I don't know, what do you have in mind?" she replied teasingly.
"Pick a spot babe, wherever and whenever we can go."
"Babe...?" said Bobbi in shock.
"Yeah, what I call my girl-" he looked at Bobbi's guilty face, "you don't want to be my girl, do you."
"Mac, I can't."
"This is because of Hunter, isn't it? He left 2 months ago, you made him go."
"I don't really know what happened, he just left he never told me why."
"Well he never told me why either, but I did say bye to him and he looked broken."
"Are you saying I broke him?" asked Bobbi getting angry at his insinuation.
"It's not your fault he loves you. He will always love you and you can't change that." he caressed her cheek, "But you have to move on, even if its not with me." Mac leaned in and kissed her forehead, then he left.
Bobbi quickly went back to the drawer where she had seen Hunter's envelope and opened it in haste:
"Bobbi,
I'm on the queen jet with May right now. I'm coming to save you. I'm writing this because I can't reach you right now, and if I think about how that bastard is treating you right now I won't be able to focus on the mission. Talking to you keeps me calm. I am going to find you and you will be alright, I promise. Then I'll give you this letter and you can laugh at my hideous handwriting.
When all of this is over, and we're working for the same people let's give it another go. I realised you mean too much to me, regardless of how many times you've hurt me. I know you won't do it again. I remember when I asked you to marry me, when I saw you in that beautiful wedding dress, when we said our vows. I remember how you returned from undercover an you weren't blonde, I remember how I saved your life 3 times, I remember how you asked me to stay. I remember how I said I would never stop wanting to trust you. I remember all the feelings I had for you. How could I not, you were a burning flame inside of me that would only grow.
I'll give you this as soon as I can, I know its really none sense but sometimes it's good to just be honest and tell each other these cheesy things. We've kept too much from each other.
Hunter"
Bobbi felt a tear stream down her cheek, she almost had him. She almost had Hunter forever and she screwed up. Something inside her was hurting, it was a sharp ache to her heart. How could she have done that? Then she remembered what Ward had done. How Hunter willingly walked into a trap to save her. She couldn't let him die, it would destroy her. She wiped her few tears and changed into her usual style. Leather jacket with a short sleeve t-shirt under, a pair of leggings and boots. She grabbed her purse and then left for Starbucks where she spent the rest of her day.
