All of Me - Agent's of S.H.I.E.L.D

Chapter Forty Two

CHAPTER 42

Garden Area - 15:40 pm

Melinda and Phil were once again seated on the swing seat as they waited for their daughter to make her appearance. She had texted them a few minutes ago informing them that she had wanted to see them. Apprehension filled both of them, they didn’t know if this was a good or bad thing. It had been around an hour since they had dropped the parents and project Athena bomb on their daughter. They were actually surprised that she already wanted to see them.

A moment later they saw the young brunette rounded the side of the house with the specialist and walked towards them. The pair were ten metres away. Grant had their daughter pulled into a side hug and seemed to be whispering something in her ear as she nodded along. Her face almost expressionless, but they could see the emotion in her eyes as the closer she got to.

Thirty seconds later the young couple stopped opposite the older couple. There was about a metre between the two couples.

“Hey,” Skye finally voiced, looking at her parents as a mixture of feelings washed through her. She could sense the apprehension and emotion coming from the two older agents. “I wanna apologize for just taking off like that before. I know it hurt you both, but I just ...” her words trailed off.

Melinda and Phil stood to their feet and took a step forward.  

“You don’t need to apologize,” Melinda pipped up taking another step forward and almost reached out for her daughter but didn’t. It was hard for Melinda not to pull the younger woman in her arms and hug her.

“We completely understand,” Phil added, stepping in place beside his partner. “It was life changing news and a lot for anybody to take in, but your extra special, Skye and it would have been twice as hard for you since you wouldn’t have just been processing what you felt, but what we felt too.”

Skye felt tears swell in her eyes as she listened to her father’s words. Her father. She never thought she would get the chance to ever have one of those or a mother - parents full stop. But here they were … standing right in front of her.  

“I am guessing that Ward knows about us,” Phil voiced, quickly glancing at the the specialist.

Grant just nodded his head. He didn’t know what to say to the older agents. What could he say? He saw them in a different light now.   

Skye switched her gaze from her parents and onto her boyfriend. “Yes, Ward is important to me and deserves to know. I told him everything,” she divulged as her light orbs clashed with Grant’s dark ones. A smile tugged at her lips.  

“Everything?” the two parents repeated, concern lacing their tone. They liked the specialist, but were still hesitant to what people knew about their daughter. They wanted to keep her protected.

Grant broke his eye contact with his girlfriend and looked dead ahead at the two pairs of eyes trained on him. “Yes and I stand by Skye,” he expressed with sincerity. “This doesn’t change how I feel about her. Yes, it’s a lot to process, but it doesn’t change how I see her. She’s still the amazing person that she was before I found out,” he admitting, turning his eyes from the two older agents and fixing attention on his girlfriend. “Nothing will ever change how I feel about Skye. And I will always protect her.”

Skye felt a smile melt across her lips. She felt a warm feeling wash over her coming from her boyfriend. She knew that she loved him, even if she hadn’t told him so - yet. Skye knew saying those three words was a big thing and she didn’t want to say them too soon.