Chapter 10 Unprofessional
It all began after they were able to apprehend Lorelai with the help of Sif. Agent Ward started becoming more "attentive" towards Skye. It also didn't help that there was an apparent end to whatever arrangements Ward and May has (is it considered a break-up?). He doesn't like it. Skye, as usual, remains oblivious. In fact, with the probable exception of May, the whole team seems oblivious. While she took it stoically, he wasn't THAT emotionless yet. However, he is too professional to actually do anything about it.
There are times when he wishes he was just a decade younger, less jaded and more vibrant than what he is today. There had been far too many experiences that he went through and far too many memories that he doesn't want to relive. Then, there's Skye, whom despite her life in the streets and her otherwise shady background, seems to be eternally innocent. He is not above admitting (to himself at least) that he is jealous of Ward. Sure, he knows that Ward was jealous of May's trust in him (he probably thinks they had a history, which they didn't).
Most of all, he was jealous of Ward because he can touch Skye while they were training and while he knows that Agent Ward is not copping a feel or doing it out of anything malicious or lascivious, he is still jealous. He really shouldn't even imagine copping a feel out of a budding agent nor should he think of it. This is really just plain unprofessional of him.