Here’s the first of my Fitzsimmons Secret Santa gifts, and this one is for littlescienceloves! I cannot tell you how much I had to contain the shit-eating grin I had on my face when I met you in person and realized that I was your secret santa, especially when you turned out to be on of my favorite people on this site. I’m so happy that I got to write this for you. What was meant to be a one-shot, based on your “pregnancy fluff" prompt turned into a large multichapter idea for me, so I’m giving you the first two chapters. I’m going to keep adding to this fic, and I might change this up a bit, but I hope that this is the gift that keeps on giving for you. I haven’t put it up anywhere because it’s still very much a WIP. I hope you can forgive me for that <3
“Hey Jemma,” Fitz whispered, softly prodding his wife.
Jemma shifted lazily, turning over to nestle her head between his neck and shoulder. “What is it, Fitz?”
“Do you know what engineers are really good at?”
Even though her eyes were closed, Fitz was certain she was still rolling them. “If this is a pick up line— ”
“No, no,” Fitz cut her off exasperated.
“Are they really good at talking when someone is trying to fall asleep?” Jemma crinkled her nose as she grinned, drawing up one leg so that it settled across Fitz’s thighs. Even though they had been together for years now, the touch of her skin still made him tremble with happiness.
“Have you been with enough engineers to create this statistical trend?…OW!” His sarcasm was quickly returned with a pinch from Jemma. “Anyway, I’m talking about engineers having a decent sense of planning.”
“Planning?”
Crossing his legs at the ankles, he set his free hand behind his head. His other arm cradled Jemma to his side. “Yeh. You need to make sure every little bit of the device works and at the proper time and… and well, that’s not my point. Engineers are good at planning, and timing too – wouldn’t you say I’m a good engineer?”
“You’re alright,” she said dryly, but a hint of a smile played on her features.
“Aw no, Jemma. I’m all right as a husband, barely tolerable really. But I think I can say I’m a decent engineer.”
“Oh Fitz,” Jemma kissed him lightly on the collarbone, “I’d say you’re much better than tolerable.”
His face broke into a smile, and he began to absentmindedly, though still very delicately, run his fingers through her hair.
“Fitz,” she reminded him, “your sense of planning right now may not be so excellent though.”
“Jemma, Jemma.” He sighed, “That’s because you’re caught up in the short term. I have to look out for the long term.” He lifted his hand from her hair to gesture above them. “A universal sense of time even. Space too.” He grinned. “That whole continuum I might know something about.”
Lifting her head, Jemma made a fist of the hand resting beneath her and set her chin upon it. Now looking at him eye to eye, she raised one interrogative brow.
His hand came down out of the air to rest a moment on her shoulder. He then propped himself up, and reached over to the nightstand, where Simmons’ birth control lay. Taking it, he rolled back over.
Eyes fixed on hers, he said, his voice trembling slightly, “I think.. maybe… if you want to… you could stop this?”