band-aid, noun
As an April Fools' prank, Skye replaces all the regular band-aids in all the first-aid kits with bright pink Hello Kitty ones. It's meant to be a prank on the whole team, but they all know there's really only one klutz in their group—or at least only one without access to his own personal supply of medical supplies. She informs Fitzsimmons to keep their stash to themselves, and after a bit of coaxing and reassuring ("But what if it's a proper medical emergency?" Simmons had asked), they acquiesce, if somewhat bewilderedly.
For the next few days, Skye keeps an ear out for sudden loud exclamations. She doesn't have to wait very long—there's a reason why Bobbi constantly laments that she seems to be on permanent babysitting duty, after all. Sure enough, one day:
"Oi, who swopped out all the band-aids!"
Skye prays that the wound is in a visible, preferably embarrassing, location.
By the time she not-so-accidentally finds Lance (she'd checked the cameras on base), he's nursing a beer on the couch in the break room and looks as grumpy as that cat on the mug in the kitchen. He looks up when she enters, and her eyes widen as she stifles a giggle.
"What." Lance scowls at her and resumes pouting at the blank television screen, muttering something about a "she-devil" and "hell-beast" and "get hurt just thinking about her" under his breath.
Skye straightens her face with some effort and is about to feign innocent concern about his injury, when Bobbi pops in her head in, "Hey—"
They both turn toward her instinctively, and Bobbi catches sight of Lance and stops short. "Is that a cat on your face Hunter?" She bursts out laughing, and Skye can't help it, she joins in, and they both ignore Lance's outraged protestations that some very cruel person used up all the band-aids and these were the only ones left—and he had to patch up his head, didn't he, it was a health and safety issue—
In between cackling (mostly at Lance's reaction—it wouldn't have been half as funny if he hadn't reacted that way, but that was what Skye had been going for in the first place), Bobbi informs Skye that May wanted her, and they both take off, leaving Lance aghast and sputtering about the injustice of it all with pink and white cats plastered across his forehead.
A/n:
Band-Aid, noun, trademark.
A brand name of Johnson & Johnson's line of adhesive bandages.
A prompt from Sam (guest), some time back.
Thank you so much for the prompts guys! I'll definitely respond to all of them, it'll just take some time for inspiration and prompts to match up :) meanwhile, I hope you enjoy the stories, and do keep the prompts coming!
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