Just a quick drabble looking at Phil's somewhat slow (at least in certain aspects) thought processes. He's getting there!


His team was falling to pieces. Daisy was furious with him for cooperating with the ATCU, Hunter was going off the rails in his hunt for Ward, and Fitz and Simmons were…

Actually, he didn't know what they were. He suspected they didn't know, either. That was the problem.

From an objective standpoint, it made sense. When you were partners – true partners, the way they were - you developed a bond stronger than friendship, stronger than a lot of marriages he had seen.

Even without a physical aspect, it was intimate. It would be easy to wish for more. It was easier still to pretend you didn't. After all, why risk losing what you already had over a pipe dream? Why delude yourself into thinking what you want might be reflected in your partner's eyes?

But that was stupid. Anyone with half a brain could see that Fitzsimmons belonged together. They could be friends, partners, and lovers.

And God knows, when you had a chance at a relationship like that, you'd be an idiot to let it slip out of your hands.


I apologize for the short chapter, but I needed to get this out of the way. From here on out, it will be severely AU.