"Good Ward! You're doing great!" Skye complimented as Ward slowly tilted his finger. He had lit up a candle and was slowly turning it bigger to smaller.

They were sitting at the breakfast bar.

Ward looked at it, sweating but concentrated. I can't mess this up. Then he closed his finger into his palm and the candle went out.

Skye clapped her hands and smiled. "Great job!" Then she gave him a hug. He sighed, finally feeling relaxed.

"Now," Skye said, and looked up at him. "Imagine if you could do that on the ground or floor to protect the team, and then put it out when we were safe."

Ward sighed. "The thing is, the team hates me."

Skye looked back at him sadly. He must feel like such an outcast. She smiled as her fingers slowly moved down his arm, tickling him. Then they reached his hand and she held it. "It would be a good idea if we practiced it for training."

He sighed and rolled his eyes. "Fine. I'll do it for you."

❃

"Ok," Skye said as they stood in the lobby. "All you have to do is just point your hand at the ground."

He looked at the ground and sighed. Only. He pointed his hand at the floor as the first flame popped out.

"Good," Skye replied, keeping an eye on the flame.

Then Ward made it grow bigger, maki a wall of fire between him and Skye.

Skye couldn't really see him, so she put out her hand and made a tiny seismic wave come out. It flew over to Ward and blew on his face and went through his hair. It was as if to say; good job Ward. He sighed and smiled. Then he turned his hand and the flames slowly went out. Nothing was left except for burn marks on the floor. He looked over at Skye. She smiled and ran over to him. They caught each other in a hug as he picked her up off her feet and swirled her around.

❃

Skye sat in a chair in the lobby shivering. She was near the fire place, but it wasn't working. She turned back to her laptop and kept typing. Then Ward came in and sat down. He had just taken a shower. He sat down in the chair across from Skye. She closed her laptop and looked over at him.

"So, how'd it go?" Skye asked.

"Pretty good," Ward sighed, his hair still a little damp from the shower. "The water only turned to fire once, and that was when it was really hot. But I got it to stop once I turned my wrist and tried to think of something nice."

Skye nodded.

"You," he added. "I thought of you."

Skye smiled and shivered again. She closed her eyes but quickly opened them because her eyelids were to cold. Ward immediately read that she was freezing. He looked at the fire place. Hmmmmmmmmm........................

He slowly tilted his hand so it was pointing at the fire place. He then carefully turned his hand as the fire lit up. Skye stared at it, in awe. The fire started to dangerously grow, but Ward turned his hand the other way and it calmed down. Skye immediately started to warm up.

"Thanks," she smiled.

"You know," Ward said. "It's really nice being alone. I mean just think about it, for once, we are actually alone! No Simmons trying to kill me, no May trying to eliminate me, no Coulson constantly spying on us, no Lincoln hunting you down."

Skye looked over at him and closed her eyes. She liked hearing the sound of his voice. He kept talking for a while. Surprisingly, Ward liked to talk, when he was with somebody he loved and felt comfortable around. He had been abused his whole life. You can't be surprised that he doesn't like to talk to people without feeling comfortable and secure.

Ward finally looked over at Skye and sighed. She had fallen asleep. She looks so beautiful. Ward sat across from her, just enjoying the moment for a second. Then, he turned out the fire. He carefully picked Skye up. She was so delicate, so light, like the weight of a feather. He carried her up to her room and laid her in bed. He pulled the covers up to her chin and then turned out the lights. He silently closed the door and snuck off to his room.

❃

This time, Ward got up first. He got out of bed, went down the elevator to the kitchen, and made breakfast. He set breakfast out for Skye and waited for her to come down. Skye slept in till eleven. She finally got dressed and came down by eleven fifteen. She crept into the kitchen and sat down at the breakfast bar.

"Well something smells good," she greeted as her mouth watered at the breakfast Ward had made her.

There was French toast with waffles and strawberries. There was also a glass of ice water to her left and a cup of syrup to her right.

"Just thought I'd make something for my S.O," Ward replied with a grin. "I thought she deserved it."

She smiled at him, delighted and overwhelmed with happiness. "You're so sweet! You're the best boyfriend I could ever have."

"Yes, and I'm your boyfriend with the best powers," Ward added. Then he said under his breath,"Way better than lightning."

Skye sighed and looked down. She slowly started to eat. Ward had noticed Skye had acted like this last night at the fireplace. She was trying to hide it, and was hiding it well, but fortunately Ward still had more experience and could read that she was sad.

"Skye, what's wrong?" Ward asked.

Skye glanced up at him and quickly looked away. "What do you mean?" She asked and faked smiled.

Ward chuckled and leaned on the bar as he folded his hands. "Come on Skye. You may be able to hide your feelings, but we both know you can't hide them from me. I'm the specialist remember?"

Skye sighed. Ward looked at her. It was obvious she was struggling with something, Ward just didn't know what.

"Skye," he said, and reached his hands across the counter to place them on hers. "Just because you're a spy, doesn't mean you can hide your feelings from me. You can tell me. I won't tell the team. Besides, no one will even talk to me except for you."

Skye sighed, tears building up in her eyes. "It's just....I've been thinking over the last couple of days what just happened and......my mom died." Skye said as a tear started to roll down her face. Then her voice broke as she added, "And my dad killed her."
Skye then broke fully into a melt down. Ward came around the bar and pulled her into his arms. Her head laid against his chest as his chin rested on her head.
"I know it's hard." He said. "You're just coming out of shock and realizing what happened."
He gently stroked her hair. "But you know what? I'll always be here to comfort you. I'll never leave your side."
He gently kissed her on the head. She slowly looked up at him and wiped a tear off her face.
"Thanks," she said.
They were quiet for a moment. They just stood there, holding each other's arms.
"Skye I need to tell you something," Ward said after a while.
"Anything," she replied. Then she looked at him. He looked sad. "What's wrong?"
He looked down guiltily. "I realized I was probably to hard on you."
Skye put a hand on his cheek. "What do you mean?"
"When I was your S.O., I nitpicked you for every little thing. I mean, I," Ward sighed. "I made you do push- ups when you were late, I didn't make you feel welcome, I probably scared you a couple times on how hard I hit the punching bag. And then, look how you train me. You let me sleep in, you never scold me, you make me breakfast, you make the coolest techniques to train and work with. And after what I did to you."
"It's called forgiveness Ward, ok?" Skye asked. "I mean come on, you were training me not to get killed, I am training you not to kill people." Skye smiled. "I had to make it fun somehow."

Then Skye's computer beeped. It was Coulson, he sent her an email.

Dear Skye,
Not trying to rush you but I kind of need your help. Are you gonna be done training anytime soon? Lincoln kind of.......escaped. Simmons didn't give him the right serum to make him weak. She was still mad at me and wasn't thinking. May left......I think this time it's for good. I feel horrible. Please tell me I'm doing the right thing, please tell me Ward is good! I need to know.
Thanks,
Coulson

Skye and Ward read the email. He looked down afterwards, embarrassed.
"This sounds bad," Skye stated. "With May gone, Simmons not helping, and Lincoln lose, this can only lead to one thing." She looked at Ward. "Chaos."