AN: Thank you so much everyone for your input! I'm so glad so many of you want to see Skye's point of what happens next too! The series is primarily Steggy though, so I am starting up a sequel that is still mostly from Peggy's point of view and will occasionally go into what is happening with Skye from her view. I played with a few ways to write just Skye's, but doing it this way seemed to make it flow together the best and to further the story line the easiest. The epilogue here takes place before they found out about SHIELD being compromised and show's just a hint of Skye. Hope this way works for everyone!
Skye dutifully followed behind Natasha and Bruce as they led her to where she would be staying now. The elevator took them to a floor below the other Avengers and opened into a plain hallway with just a single door.
"Well this seems prison like." She stated blandly.
The scientist laughed a little and nodded. "Out here it does, yeah, but its just to keep the whole floor reinforced. Inside is basically an apartment." He motioned to the fingerprint scanner. "That's for you. It just recognizes your prints."
"So I'm the only one who can get in?" She asked in surprise.
"Without permission yeah. Jarvis can let Tony or myself in if there's an emergency though."
"Smart." She reached over and gently set her pointer finger against the scanner; moments later the door slid open to reveal a nicely furnished comfortable apartment.
"Wow, nice digs." She said surveying the surroundings. "It does look totally ordinary, well ordinary for a tower apartment."
"It is basically just like everyone else's." Natasha told her. "Three bedrooms, a bathroom, kitchen living room. The only difference is that its basically indestructible."
"The windows aren't real." Bruce added. "They're basically a holographic screen that Jarvis has an image of outside on. He can change it to whatever you'd like."
"So I could be in Paris?"
"You could be anywhere." The other woman answered. "It will also help to convince your team that you're in Fury's cabin."
"Nice." She bent and touched the couch, smiling at its soft feel. "Really nice. Am I allowed to decorate?"
"Absolutely. It's yours now Skye, until you feel comfortable moving to a regular room."
"The furniture cant change yet though." Bruce added. "They're pretty reinforced too. Tony wanted a place where the Hulk couldn't destroy, just in case I needed it. Never did, but we did test it. Most things stayed."
"Wow. Well I'm super grateful." She gave them both a smile and then awkwardly shifted. "Did Bucky get a floor too?"
Natasha smirked at the question and shook her head. "No, he took a room on Steve and Peggy's floor. Despite how good he seems to be doing, I think he needs to be close to him, for now at least."
"Oh that makes sense, not wanting to be alone."
"You aren't alone Skye." Bruce reassured her. "You don't have to just stay down here. It isn't a prison, we cant lock you in. Come upstairs, hang out in the communal floor. Work computers with Tony. Go to the gym. Use the shooting range. We want this to be home for you."
She smiled widely at him and nodded her head. "Thank you. It already is starting to feel like home." She dropped her bag on the couch and took in the surrounding again, the statement ringing true inside of her.
Peggy inched closer to Steve's side, as close as their respective injuries would allow. She ran her hand lightly over his stomach unconsciously while her mind slowly took in what they had learned that morning. She didn't realize she was doing it until his larger one enveloped hers and held it gently.
"Are you okay Peg?"
"Yes darling." She answered, tilting her head up to meet his blue eyes. "I'm fine. Are you?"
He nodded and shrugged the shoulder she wasn't laying on. "I wasn't just bluffing when I said so earlier. Hydra targeting me isn't anything new and I'm not worried about us managing to stay one step ahead of them."
"And if we don't?"
"Then we deal with it." He smiled down at her and winked. "You do seem to have a thing for tiny sickly Steve Rogers, who knows, maybe it could be beneficial."
She laughed and rolled her eyes, smacking his chest playfully. "Don't even Steven. You're the same person you silly man."
"This Steve Rogers has abs."
She laughed at his point blank response and leaned up to kiss his chin. "But both Steve Rogers have the heart I fell in love with. I don't care what you look like, or if you can be Captain America. I just care that you are healthy and safe."
He smiled at her and returned the gentle kiss, but this one to her lips. "I love you Peggy, and I promise to do anything in my power to avoid Hydra and their supposed antiserum. Besides, you and I aren't fit for active duty right now anyway. It'll be good for us to have a couple weeks of rest; for you to be able to actually see this century."
She snuggled closer to his side and nodded her head. "Yes you're very correct. Some down time could potentially be good for us."
"Just not too much, don't was us to grow stale!"
She laughed and pressed a kiss over his heart. "Can't have that."
"We'll be okay Peggy." He said running a hand down her side to lightly rest against her hip. "There's no need to start out this new chance we got with fear."
"I believe you." She replied lovingly. She closed her eyes then, content to fall asleep safely by his side.
AN: The next part will be up shortly since I am already working on it! It's called Fighting Chance and is an almost instant continuation of Chapter 30.
