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Dr. Jemma FitzSimmons (dissectsthings) wrote in wariscoming,
@ 2014-09-06 21:03:00

Entry tags:

grant ward, jemma simmons

Who - Jemma Simmons and Grant Ward
What - Simmons telling Ward that Skye's gone
Where - A cafe with good tea
When - Friday afternoon
Warnings - TBD
Status - Ongoing

Jemma sat in the cafe nursing her cup of tea. It wasn't the best tea, by any means. That was hard to get in the US. She debated asking Stark if he could order her some decent stuff from England. Or seeing if the TARDIS residents would do a tea run for her. Possibly for some Cadbury's as well. She missed decent chocolate. She missed the care packages that her parents used to send her from home. Not as much as she missed her parents, admittedly. Or Fitz.

Fitz. She hadn't been away from him this long for years. It was weird working in the lab on her own. Meant she appreciated when Darcy came over to do "fake science" as she did real science. Or when she got together with Connor. But, it still wasn't the same. And, it was worse now that Skye wasn't around anymore. The only person she knew from home now, was Ward. And, she still had confused feelings about him.

She hadn't lived through what he'd done yet. Even though he had. But, because she hadn't lived through him pushing that button, and ejecting her and Fitz from the plane, it made everything confusing. She knew he wasn't the man she knew. But, she also knew that in his own twisted sort of way, he seemed to care about them. Which apparently was why he pushed them out of a plane, instead of shooting them. But, he still considered them a weakness. An attitude she found it hard to understand. Because she could never see caring as a weakness. It was a strength.

But, she knew she had to be the one to tell him about Skye. That she was probably the only one he wouldn't lash out at. Not without orders, anyway. She fidgetted, and glanced out the window, wondering where Romanoff had hidden herself. She'd never been very good at this sort of thing. At least she wasn't trying to improvise of pretend anything this time.

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notanazi
2014-09-06 09:38 pm UTC (link)

One action. One moment of choice. Letting Loki eat poison berries. Watching him die. And he was hated. Of course hated was something he'd always expected. He'd played so many roles in his life, told so many lies. Hate was something to be overcome. Because they could say what they likes, he wasn't weak. Except of course when it came to Skye. And right now, that worried him. Because Simmons wanted to see him, asked to see him when he'd asked about Skye and he didn't want to go, didn't want to meet her. Admittidly terrified of what she might tell him. Which Garrett would say was a weakness. And probably it was. But it was one he'd allowed himself to accept.

He'd decided that nothing good happened over coffee. Meeting in cafe's tended to end badly for him. But she wanted the meeting public and it was fairly sensible of her. He expected also that she wasn't alone.

"So who'd you bring. Barton, Romanoff?" he asked simply. "I'm not here to attack you Simmons. You should know that. You want to tell me something. You wanted to meet me and I was pretty sure you weren't there yet. Give me some credit"

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dissectsthings
2014-09-08 10:27 am UTC (link)

Jemma looked at the man accross from her, eyes briefly meeting his. He wasn't pretending to be the Ward she knew. But, she still had no way if knowing that this was also just another front. Another facade.

She sighed. "Romanoff. And, I know you're not. But, what I need to tell you might change your mind about that. And, they were worried." She shook her head sadly. "None of us trust you, or even really know you. So, you can't blame us for being cautious."

She sipped her tea nervously, before continuing. "And, they both offered to do this instead. But, I knew it should be me really. If you really do care like you claim, you'd at least think twice before trying to kill me again. Especially without orders."

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notanazi
2014-09-08 11:32 am UTC (link)

They should be worried. Oh he was playing along with the truce. Except admittidly for the Loki thing which was admittidly hilarious, and Simmons could hardly fault him for that. In spite of all he'd done, Phil Coulson was a good man. He knew that. And he knew he didn't deserve what Loki had done to him, even if it was in the Asgardian's future.

The comment about orders though. That stung a little. He could make decisions himself. He wasn't just some damn kid Garrett had control over even now. He was gone, everything was gone and there wasn't a lot of point to thinking about it anymore.

And Romanoff was here somewhere too. He was impressed she was hiding well, Oh he'd get eyes on her eventually. They were evenly enough matched in terms of espionage. So said the test scores anyway. "I don't blame you for being wary. You're right, you have no idea who I am. But you're still here, still willing to be the one to put yourself in this position, so spill. Where is she?"

It could only have been about Skye. It could only ever have been about her. Why else would they need to tell him directly.

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dissectsthings
2014-09-18 11:37 am UTC (link)

Oh she really wasn't very good at any of this at all. And she was still so confused, and hurt and angry about it all. She'd thought he was her friend, and he'd continued to pretend to be after they'd gotten here. Tricked her again, just becuase she didn't remember what had happened.

"Skye's gone." Jemma said simply, deciding it was better just go out and say it, like ripping off a plaster. "The seal sent her home. Well, looks like anyway. All her stuff has gone. And I mean the timing is dreadful. But, I'm pretty sure she was seal-napped and not anything..." She trailed off looking at his face.

"Oh, bloody hell." She said, as she ran her hands through her hair. THe difficult bit was over, she hoped.

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notanazi
2014-09-18 02:17 pm UTC (link)

Of course she was.

Things had been...not better. But something. She'd been willing to talk and that had been a start. And now by the whims of the seal she was gone and there were many people that would say it was fitting that he lose someone he cared about.

"Right. So she's gone, just taken away back to all that and there's not a damn thing we can do about it. And you decided you had to be the one to tell me because what, you're the only one I wouldn't try to kill, is that it? And of course that's why you have Romanoff hanging around. Just in case, right?"

"You can go, if you want. You've done your part, you've told me, and look, you're not dead. You can go and forget you had to meet me. Good all round, right?"

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