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10. Not wearing that + 20. breaking the rulesSlight continuation to my Fake dating AU from Skimmon week!
Jemma swallows hard. It’s like a massive lump is in her neckand she can’t tell if she’s choking because of it or if she’s just completelybreathless. She feels the sweat dripping down from her temple.
She is incredibly distracted. How could she not be?
“Heart rate is normal,” she nearly stutters as she makesnote of the machine.
The rhythmic whirring and thumping gets faster and faster. Jemma is sure it’sall in her head.
“How long do I have to run for?” Skye asks. The air expelsfrom her lungs in short pants. As she keeps running, her panting becomes morelabored.
“Just a little bit longer, sorry.” Jemma quickly tries towrite down her notes.
The commander-HER commander-is sweating profusely innothing but running shorts, a sports bra, and sneakers. Jemma has gottendistracted by more than one line of sweat sliding down between her cleavage.Now her panting is putting filthy images in her mind.
A painful ten seconds goes by and Jemma allows Skye to do acool down walk.
“Geez, I swear you were trying to wear me out just now,” shesays jokingly as she takes a sip from her water bottle. She grabs the towel andwipes away the sweat that had been teasing Jemma this whole assessment. Shetakes a deep breath when the machine finally stops.
“Got any more tests for me, doctor?”
Jemma shakes her head, a nervous smile appearing on herlips. She wished there were but Skye had already dedicated a full hour tophysical assessments. And they are clearly not doing wonders for her hormones.She doesn’t even know where these thoughts are coming from.
As Jemma tries to will away her excitement, Skye bumps intoeach other because Jemma doesn’t realize how closely she is standing.
“I’m sorry!” Jemma says quickly with a blush. She looks downand hopes that Skye doesn’t realize she’s blushing.
Not that it matters; the commander is too smart for that.Jemma is constantly blushing around her.
At that precise moment as Skye reached to tuck Jemma’s hairbehind her ear, the door clicks open and Antoine’s head pokes into the room.
They both turn to see him and Jemma tries to shy away butSkye doesn’t budge. Her joking face turns into a scowl.
His eyes widen. “Oh god, I am so sorry, Commander!” Withthat he leaves them alone quickly.
“Always catching us in flagrante,” Skye mutters. Shegrabs the towel and water bottle. “Let’s see what he wants.”
Jemma sighs, thankful that Antoine came in. She’s beenbiting the urge to touch the commander far too often since they became “involved.”
As Skye walks to the door with the towel around her neck,Jemma chirps out a realization. “Wait, you’re not wearing that out thereare you?”
Skye turns around with the water bottle at her lips lookingquizzically at her. “What’s wrong with what I’m wearing?”
Jemma grabs her shirt off the bench. Her black, skin-tightv-neck. Mind you, that also did not help her wandering imagination. Not onebit.
“You came in with your shirt on.”
The commander just laughs. “Keep it. People already think we’redating.”
“But we can’t, Skye!” Jemma practically exclaims as sheshuffles towards her. Skye was always playful. Although their “relationship”wasn’t technically breaking any rules, Jemma didn’t want to risk anything.Especially at work.
Skye straightens her back and smirks at Jemma. “Why not?Does it bother you?” She asks playfully. The distance between them shrinks toalmost nothing.
God, why haven’t we done anything yet?
“…You know it doesn’t,” Jemma mutters because her ears arehot and Skye’s body heat is radiating like mad. “Just in case…we aren’t beingprofessional.”
Skye quirks her head to the side. She raises her hand,resting it on Jemma’s cheek.
Physical affection between friendly coworkers is okay,right…?
Jemma looks at the deep brown eyes of the commander. “Skye,is…is this appropriate?”
There’s a smirk on her lips. Most definitely not. “Itdoesn’t have to be,” she flirts.
What was she supposed to say? What does it mean?
Fitz mentioned that Skye has been flirting with me. I’mnot missing the signals, am I? We are just pretending to be in arelationship.That’s all. But we’ve been spending some time together thisweek…That could develop…right? God, why do her lips have to look sosoft…?
The door clicks and both of them turn their heads quickly tosee who’s intruding this time. Jemma is frozen as per usual in her thoughts.
“Oooh, someone is breaking the rules,” ataunting voice fills the room.
Skye rolls her eyes and drops her hand as the Black Widowwalks into the room with her devilish smile. She’s also in tight black leggingsand a v-neck t-shirt. Damn.
“Something you needed, Nat?”
“You know, if I knew assessments could get so hot, I would’veworn less clothing.” Natasha wiggles her eyebrows.
Jemma realizes that she’s still holding Skye’s t-shirt andpractically shoves it at the commander to take away. “I am so sorry AgentRomanov, we were just finishing up here.” She can see the stunned look on Skye’sface but an understanding smile as they have a respectable distance betweenthem.
“I hope you both finished,” she says on thesly.
“Don’t be lewd,” Skye says rolling her eyes.
“Awww, you’re picking up after Carter.”
“Goodbye, Nat.” Her tone is clipped and no nonsense.But when she turns to Jemma-Good lord-she reserves a smile just for her.“Jemma.”
I’m not swooning, am I?
Jemma has to remind herself to say goodbye and her handcomes up with an awkward wave. Skye leaves tossing both the towel and t-shirtover her shoulder. Of course she leaves looking like that. Jemma turnsback to her next assessment.
Natasha just stands there with her arms crossed. “Sooo,how are you and Skye doing?” She is practically singing with curiosity.
Jemma just rolls her eyes.