Don't Look Back
“Fitz? Are you here?” Jemma gently pushed the door that Fitz had left unlocked, open, scanning the area until her eyes fell upon a nicely decorated table with two dishes of food, a couple of candles and a very handsome young man sitting at it.
“Oh Fitz” Jemma's eyes fell upon the pink rose he was holding, although he was only wearing a white t-shirt , a loose black tie and his black swim trunks, he looked dashing in the lighting.
“Hey… hey Jemma.” He flashed a nervous smile at her, causing her legs to turn jello and her mouth to tug upwards. He quickly got up, smoothly walking over to her and handing her the rose,
“Care to join me for dinner?” Jemma was speechless, she was in awe of the beautiful setup he managed to put together. She tried to speak but nothing came out so she just nodded. Fitz led her around the pool and pulled the chair out for her, gently pushing it in when she sat down. Fitz took the chair opposite at her and looked deeply into her chestnut eyes.
“Fitz, “Jemma proceeded cautiously, “how did you put all of this together?”
“Haha, um you're probably not going to believe this but, Skye.”
“Skye..?”
“Yea, um, a while back I told her, um,how I uh, how I felt about you, and ever since then, she and I have been trying to come up with a way for me to tell you.”
“Tell me what?” Jemma’s heart speed up and with all the adrenaline it felt like she could run a marathon
“Tell you that, that I love you. I love you Jemma Simmons, I have since I first met you at the academy, I guess I didn’t really think about it until our first mission in the field.” Jemma, again in awe, did he really just say what she thought he said?
“You, you love me”
“Yea um yes, yes I do, “Fitz rubbed the back of his neck anxiously,
“I uh understand, if you don’t feel the same way, I just thought that it would be good to get it off my chest.”
“Don’t be silly Fitz!” Jemma let out a small giggle, barely believing that any of this was happening.
“Of course I feel the same way!”
“You do?”
“Yes! I've been thinking about us for a while now, and maybe if there ever would be an us.”
“Well maybe there can”
“Really?” Fitz moved his hand across the table, placing it right on top of Jemma’s,
“Yea. I’m pretty sure Skye has already told everyone on the team my plan, so it’s not like when we get back they won’t expect something to be between us.” He stood up slowly, bringing his chair over to Jemma, and setting it right next to hers.
“Jemma,” Fitz took her hands in his and stared into her hairs, not hesitating at all,
“Will you be my girlfriend?”
“Yes! Yes! One hundred times yes!” Jemma leaped forward, catching his lips on hers.Their lips were perfectly molded against each other as if waiting for the right person all these years. Jemma ran her hands through his soft curls as he placed her hands on her waist, urging her closer to continue the kiss. When they broke apart they were both out of breath, but destined to stay in each other's presence. Fitz laid his forehead against hers and took hold of her hands again, never wanting to let go. Jemma let out a small giggle,
“Fitz, I think we should finish the dinner before it gets cold,” He scooted away and brought his chair back to the opposite end of the table, finding her eyes again when he sat down.
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By the time it was one, they had finished their late night dinner, gone swimming, taken showers and gotten dressed in their pyjamas. The one problem was, both of them were too tired to sleep, instead, they decided to watch an episode of Doctor Who before dozing off. But that wasn’t the only problem, the temperature had dropped suddenly and it was freezing outside, just like the type of weather for sudden snow. Since they only had one extra blanket they had to stay together to keep warm, which neither of them minded. Snuggled up on the couch with the blanket over them they started the episode of Doctor Who. It felt like the episode was only 10 minutes by the time it ended and they were debating whether or not to put on another one.
“You know what I wish?” Jemma turned her head upwards so she was looking into his baby blue eyes. Fitz’ eyes meet hers and a smirked formed on face,
“What?”
“That we could take the Tardis back to the academy days and you would tell me how you felt sooner.”
“I don’t wish that”
“Why not?”
“Because I've got something magnificent right here” Jemma let out a small chuckle,
“That might be the cringiest thing anyone has ever said to me, might even top Milton”
“Oh please, Im better than that cabbage head kid”
“Really?!” Simmons dragged the word out to tease him
“Yes, really!” Fitz moved a little closer, leaning into a kiss when all of a sudden a loud voice came over the hotel's announcement system.
“At 2 am really?!” Fitz scoffed
“ATTENTION ALL GUESTS, DUE TO THE WEATHER WE ARE EXPERIENCING CURRENTLY, THE ROADS ARE SHUTTING DOWN IN THE AREA. YOU ALL WILL HAVE TO STAY AN EXTRA DAY OR TWO UNTIL THE WEATHER DIES DOWN. YOU WILL NOT BE CHARGED FOR THESE DAYS. GOODNIGHT!”
“Well, how about that,” Jemma’s face lit up and she got rid of any space between them,
“Yea, how about that.”