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

Chapter 1-

-Coulson's Office-

"You have got to put that away." Melinda voiced with concern, as she leaned on the doorway with her arms folded.

"How can I, you read it." Coulson stated. He was sitting in his chair with his elbow leaning on his desk trying to figure out if the file was telling the truth, the fact that he had read it so many times it just didn't seem real anymore.

May walked over to his desk and stood in front of him. "And you haven't stopped reading it."

Coulson looked up at her, his gaze connecting with her beautiful brown eyes.

"What's in that file, it's the truth."

"Says who?" He asked.

"Director Fury."

"If I hadn't asked he would've kept it from us. Kept us from knowing." He told her softly.

She took a seat in the chair across from him. "I know." She said with sadness lacing her tone. "Just put it away."

Phil sighed and placed the file on his desk and leaned back in his chair. "I just can't believe we found her, our daughter."

"I know." That was all Melinda could say right now, she couldn't believe it either.

Phil reached his hand out across his desk for Melinda to take it in her own.

Melinda hesitated for a moment. It had been a long time since Phil and her were together, and she couldn't help but realise that maybe this would them closer then they were ever before. Though she wasn't sure if she wanted to go down that road again. She reached across his desk and took Phil's hand in her own.

"Everything will be okay, I promise." He said as he squeezed her hand gently.

Melinda smiled and nodded slightly. They remained holding hands across the desk in silence before Melinda was the first to pull back and lean back in her chair. "You should be the one to tell Skye."

"No, we should tell her together." Coulson argued calmly.

Melinda bites her lip and sighs. "I've been hard on Skye from the moment she set foot on this plane. I think she would handle it better if it came from you." She explained, looking down in her lap.

"May. Just think about it first, okay?" He said trying to reason with her.

"Okay." The pair just sit in silence for a moment thinking of Skye, their daughter. Melinda arose from her seat and headed to the cockpit to sit in her solitude, where she could figure what to do. Coulson watched her leave, he knew that this would be hard for her finding out that Skye was their daughter.