AN: A huge thank you to androidilenya for beta-ing!

Skye was exhausted by the time she finished her training with Ward. When she got back to her dorm, she found a note by her bed. 1:00 tomorrow, it read. Skye quickly hid it (in case someone else came to visit), and got into bed. She fell asleep thinking about how May's lips felt on her cheek.

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Skye arrived a few minutes early to find the cockpit empty. She sat down and waited. There was, in her mind, a huge difference between late for training with Ward and being late for...whatever it was with May.

May came in and sat down, buckling her seatbelt. She did not look at Skye. "Your seat belt's unbuckled."

Skye buckled her seat belt and opened her mouth to speak, but May cut her off.

"I am going to teach you how to pilot the Bus. Coulson knows."

Skye was a bit surprised by the second revelation, but decided to focus on the first. "I thought learning to fly took years."

"The same goes for becoming a field agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., but I don't see you backing down from that goal."

"Touche, but what about our-"

"Relationship? What about it?" May turned to face Skye.

"What is it? What about the age gap? Are we telling the others? How does Coulson know?"

"Any other questions?"

Skye had several more, but since she found herself unable to articulate them, she kept quiet.

"Our relationship is one of mentor and student who occasionally kiss. If the age gap bothers you, tell me, but I had expected that you'd thought this through before you came to me a few days ago." As she spoke, she put on her helmet and checked the flight conditions. "We are not telling the others. Coulson found out when I went to tell you that you would be getting piloting lessons from me." She turned back to Skye with a neutral expression on her face, waiting for her pupil's reaction.

Skye was silent as she took it all in. Mentor and student who sometimes kiss? What kind of bullshit is that? But that was not what she said next. "How often is 'occasionally'?" she asked submissively. She hadn't meant to ask that, but something about May made Skye quiver and her resolve melt.

May raised an eyebrow. "I guess it depends on how well you learn your lessons." Her mouth curled into a smile.

Skye gulped nervously. "Well, then, I guess I should get started." She smiled weakly back.

May turned back to the controls. "Let's begin."