"Hell, yeah I want you naked, but not for the whole world to see. I plan on us leaving the house from time to time. You in a bikini when we go on the beach is eye candy until I get you home," he answered through a grin while wrapping Sarah up in both arms. Her head had rested on his shoulder as the perfect invite to snatch her up. Everything had been so grin for too long. The team would be awed at seeing him come around the way he was with Sarah.
The spark in him had been snuffed out and the man who always had a smile for everyone was a distant memory in the past two months. He had chastised himself terribly for the loss, guilt ridden at not having protected Sarah better. Who she saw now was far from the jaded and cynical man the SHIELD team had put up with for weeks. There was no doubt in his mind that his friends would be anything but happy for him now.
Yet he wasn't rushing to give them the news. Trip recognized that there were things to hash out between him and Sarah first. "Babe...home'll be wherever we are. That's all I'm sayin'. Us together. Not in the tundra, that's for sure. I'll take a pass on Canada and the Midwest too while we're at it. If not Miami then maybe Myrtle Beach or the Outer Banks up in the Carolinas. Kira'll grow up around the four seasons. I think the schools are better in Miami though..."
Visibly, he drifted from the conversation in thought. "I spent that week after you left looking into stuff for her," he uttered softly. His shoulders gave a light shake as if to shake feelings from the past away. "I think the condo will be a good start for us. She'll be a baby for a year. It'll give us time to figure things out." The thought of Sarah's health hadn't evaded him. He might not have talked about the darker things but it didn't mean he had forgotten them.
There would be time for more difficult conversation. His heart couldn't take preparing for a life without Sarah again so soon. He'd stay dedicated to SHIELD in hope they could find a cure for her. Trip knew his daughter would also need proper looking after medically under the circumstances. Having mother and their child to be in his life returned hope of a happy life. There would be a silver lining. All three deserved that much.
"I want you to get some rest today. Tomorrow we see Coulson and the team."
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The spark in him had been snuffed out and the man who always had a smile for everyone was a distant memory in the past two months. He had chastised himself terribly for the loss, guilt ridden at not having protected Sarah better. Who she saw now was far from the jaded and cynical man the SHIELD team had put up with for weeks. There was no doubt in his mind that his friends would be anything but happy for him now.
Yet he wasn't rushing to give them the news. Trip recognized that there were things to hash out between him and Sarah first. "Babe...home'll be wherever we are. That's all I'm sayin'. Us together. Not in the tundra, that's for sure. I'll take a pass on Canada and the Midwest too while we're at it. If not Miami then maybe Myrtle Beach or the Outer Banks up in the Carolinas. Kira'll grow up around the four seasons. I think the schools are better in Miami though..."
Visibly, he drifted from the conversation in thought. "I spent that week after you left looking into stuff for her," he uttered softly. His shoulders gave a light shake as if to shake feelings from the past away. "I think the condo will be a good start for us. She'll be a baby for a year. It'll give us time to figure things out." The thought of Sarah's health hadn't evaded him. He might not have talked about the darker things but it didn't mean he had forgotten them.
There would be time for more difficult conversation. His heart couldn't take preparing for a life without Sarah again so soon. He'd stay dedicated to SHIELD in hope they could find a cure for her. Trip knew his daughter would also need proper looking after medically under the circumstances. Having mother and their child to be in his life returned hope of a happy life. There would be a silver lining. All three deserved that much.
"I want you to get some rest today. Tomorrow we see Coulson and the team."