He rubbed the suntan lotion on her shoulders. It smelled beachy and coconutty. When he was done, she started rubbing some on his back.

It smelled so distinctly like going to the beach, which they were. But it was weird. They were on a vacation, actual vacation. SHIELD actually let them have a full week of absolute freedom. 

They walked in the sand, and swam in the ocean and it was surprisingly fun. It was fun, and normal. It was strange. 

They sat at a little table, eating some hamburgers.

"This is the strangest thing," she said. 

"Times like this it feels like we could be normal," he agreed.

Even when they had a normal vacation, they weren't normal. They still woke up with nightmares, or couldn't sleep at all. Sometimes she didn't feel like leaving the house, and sometimes he had a panic attack in the mall.

Even when they were on vacation, they couldn't get away from their demons. 

"We could never be normal," she said.

He bit into his hamburger to avoid having to agree or disagree. He finishing chewing, and sighed. "You're right."

It was still fun. They smelled like the beach and they were free. 

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