ic contact (mask or menace)

[hackitude]

"Hey! You've reached Skye. Leave a message. I mean, if you want to. Or uh, don't. Whatever."

Comments

[hackitude]

...

Ok

I'm not happy about this ftr

But ok

[hostage]

I'll make it up to you

[hackitude]

I'm pretty sure this whole thing is my fault to begin with, so no making up necessary. We can just call it even.

[hostage]

It's nobody's fault but his

[hackitude]

... Yeah.

[She doesn't believe that, but they already had that conversation, so she doesn't see the point in arguing it.]

... Stay safe, okay?

[hostage]

You too

[hackitude]

... Love you.

[She feels like the world's biggest chump saying it for the first time over text, but... if Ward really is on a rampage and finds either of them again and something terrible happens... she doesn't want to have not said it.]

[hostage]

[...What.

No, he's reading it wrong. She doesn't mean like "love you". This is just a thing people say. Like, not seriously. Right?

Why did it have to be text?]

Love you

[There. No big deal. He said it, too.]

[hackitude]

[Skye smiles to herself when she gets that text, despite the gravity of the situation. She can't help it. He said the thing.

She doesn't reply after that. Better to leave it there, she thinks. On a good note.

She grins stupidly for the next hour, looking back at the message on her phone whenever she stops.]