"What's all this?" Skye's eyes were flicking between the stack of gifts and her team members, unsure how she should be reacting.

Coulson smiled and stood from his seat and picked up one of the presents off the pile and placed it gently into Skye's hands. "They're for you. This is a birthday party—a birthday party for you." Skye blinked again.

Simmons spoke up, "We figured that since you don't know your birthday—"

"Well, we figured we could celebrate the day—"

"—the day you joined the team. It's been a year you know!" Simmons finished after Fitz's intervene.

Skye blinked surprised. "So… you two put this together?"

FitzSimmons shook their heads in unison before Simmons spoke, "No. I mean, yes, we helped set everything together but it was all of us. Technically, it was—"

"It was my idea." May interrupted Simmons, shifting slightly in her seat. "Figured today would be a good day to celebrate." Her eyes were filled with mirth despite her barely changing expression "I think you'll like my gift."

Skye's jaw practically dropped but she quickly caught herself. "I—Wow. Thank you," Skye glanced at Ward, who was leaning against the wall, smiling gently. "What about you, Ward? Did you have anything to do with this?" Her attention shifted from May to the Ops. agent.

He met her eyes and his smile deepened slightly. "I may have had a hand in setting up. My present's the one wrapped in newspapers, by the way."

The smile that broke out on Skye's face was infectious as the entire team found themselves smiling along with her. Even May wore a small smile.

"I don't know how to thank you guys. This is really great…"

"Don't thank us, Skye. We're not just celebrating your birthday. We're celebrating the day we found a friend." Coulson turned to Skye, his eyes shining with affection.

Dropping the small gift in her hands onto the counter, Skye immediately wrapped her arms around Coulson, hugging him gratefully. Slowly, he wrapped his arms around her as well. "Thanks, AC. This means a lot."

They unraveled their arms from around each other and took a step back. "No problem, Skye. Now open your presents. I think there might be some Captain America memorabilia in there somewhere." Coulson winked, going back to his seat next to May.

"Oh you'll love what I made you, Skye! Some of my best work, I'd say!" Fitz grinned at Skye, gesturing to a present wrapped in monkey covered paper.

She grinned at Fitz before grabbing the small gift Coulson had handed her and tearing into the wrapping paper, tossing it everywhere.

The neatly wrapped box turned out to contain a bracelet with charms from all the places they'd had missions in. There was a charm from everywhere they'd gone and one shaped like a laptop and another like a S.H.I.E.L.D. insignia.

As Skye tore into her presents one after another, she couldn't help thinking that this is what it felt to be in a family. FitzSimmons were constantly badgering her to open their gifts to her while Ward rolled his eyes good naturedly in the corner. May and Coulson stood back and watched, looking proud when Skye ended up opening their presents first and loving them to bits.

Yeah, this is family.