Her Smile (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Fanfiction)

Chapter 4

-Cargo Bay-

Ward had just safely landed the bus and joined the others in the Cargo Bay. The team was down in the cargo bay, as Skye, Coulson and May got ready to leave for their mission. May and Coulson were checking all the weapons to make sure they were working properly, an awkward silence drifting between them both catching the younger agents attention. Skye stood off with Ward and Fitzsimmons outside the lab as they observed the older agents from a far.

"Something's wrong." Skye inquired, looking over at the two senior agents. She could tell that something was off.

"What do you mean?" Ward asked as glanced down at Skye before returning his gaze to May and Coulson. He stood with his arms folded and feet apart, his eyes focused trying to see what Skye was referring to.

"We'll look at them, their basically ignoring each other." Skye said, gesturing a hand towards them before returning it by her side. "May hasn't said a word since the meeting and Coulson hasn't even looked at her." Skye paused for moment. "Once."

Jemma knew what Skye was saying, both of them were acting like neither of them were there. Avoiding contact, not saying a word. "Perhaps they had an argument." She supplied, which caused the three of them to look in her direction. Jemma wrapped her arms around herself and shrugged her shoulders. "What? Maybe they did."

"That's one way to state the obvious." Fitz mumbled under his breath.

A few moments of silence passed, leaving everyone constricted in their thoughts. "You know what think." Skye said pulling everyone from their thoughts, switching their attention to her. "I think May needs to get laid." She blurted out.

Ward chuckled at Skye's comment. "You might want to be less confrontational with Agent May." He told her as he tried to imagine Skye saying that to May.

"Yeah." Jemma nodded, agreeing with Ward. "You not serious are you?" Leo added, quirking an eyebrow.

Skye gave Fitz a pointed look before continuing what she was saying. "I'm not scared of her, well I am but... She's just so cold and impersonal, a little fun in life might do her good."

Everyone returned their gaze to May and Coulson. In someway Skye was right May did need to smile more, loosen up a bit but they all knew that she was The Cavalry and it was something that she was incapable of. Fitzsimmons returned to the lab, leaving Ward and Skye alone.

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 May and Coulson were double checking all the weapons, just making sure everything was working. Neither of them didn't want any surprises during the mission. The trunk of the SUV was open and the weapons were sprawled out as they checked the bullets and made sure the guns reloaded properly.

"So." Phil began breaking the awkward silence between them. She hadn't spoken to him since their conversation about Skye and it seemed like she wasn't going to anytime soon. "Ward has landed the bus on a field about 1km out from the Hydra base and then all we have to is drive the SUV around the back and head up on the roof to the entrance there." He told May as he looked over at her.

Melinda nodded. "You invited Skye along." She said, the first words to leave her mouth.

Phil swallowed at the sound of her voice. He turned his blue orbs onto the beautiful Chinese woman that stood beside him. "Yeah. I...ah... Thought that it would be a good idea. You know to give her a chance to see what it is like in the field." He explained, a little nervous.

"Right." Melinda deadpanned, picking up an Icer and reloading it.

Phil kept his gaze locked onto to May. He still loved her, even after being apart all this time. "What happened to us?" He asked, knowing that this question would bring up a lot of pain from the past.