"We should play a game" Skye stated. No room for discussion- I like that.
"Cool. What ones you got?" I asked
"COD, but we can only do two players on that max. Plus, Koenig won't let us play unless one of us agrees to game with him and Koenig two- Sam, or Billy. Don't know which is which." Mack ranted, to which I grinned
"Cool. Problem solved- I need new gaming buddies. I'll tell him later- other games?"
"Just dance, Mario Kart, Mario… Party? Don't think we've ever played that one before."
"Mario Party! It's hilarious, a bit humiliating, and one of the two games I can bribe May and Coulson into playing and win myself"
"You can bribe May into playing a game? We've been trying for months; she won't even touch the console unless she's taking it off one of us to put away."
"Yup. The amount of dirt I have on them is a marvel"
And that is how I first bonded with my new team. Playing a bunch of weird minigames and screaming at a screen.
"No! NO! How in hell is up down on this damn thing?!" Mack screamed at his controller, on his third game- against me this time. The third game he's losing.
"I thought I was too young for swearing, let alone this team? What changed, McDonalds?"
"I'll give you a shot. I guess."
"Oh, it's your big fingers."
"Shut the Fuck up!" Daisy screamed as I won, keeping a tight hold on my title as champion partier.
And it was then that my SOs decided to walk in.
"No swearing- child present" Coulson mocked
May did a double take as she passed us "Is that Mario Party?"
"Yup. And I'm winning, so…" I let that sink in, before chucking them both a controller. They sighed, but made no protest. They are well aware of what I could tell the team. Like how Coulson was caught straddling May in the academy training room. Or how they've been seen cosplaying as Captain America and Peggy Carter more than once- on their days off.
"HOW?!" We've been trying for ages!" Trip exclaimed
"The art of blackmail, bitches."
We started a tournament, and it's time for the finals. The current leaderboard was:
8th- Mack. He did try, but he has big fingers. Struggled with Looking for Love.
7th- Simmons. Isn't very good at the Snack Attack- loves the boulders.
6th- Fitz. Got distracted by Coulson's sucky start, allowing the old man to overtake him in Trike Harder.
5th- Trip. Stopped focusing to tease Daisy, forgetting to select a character in Absent Minded. Ironic
4th- Skye. Teased May about her playing videogames, forgetting May has practice with Soak or Croak.
3rd- Coulson. Tried so hard in his game against Me and May, but didn't last long in Croozin for a Broozin.
"May vs L/N. Mentor vs Protégé. The Ultimate Showdown" Coulson tried a commentator voice.
"Shut up Coulson." We spoke in unison, before Daisy selected a game:
Pie Hard.
And the finals began:
"So, L/N, Favourite Food?"
"Coulson's lasagna, now stop trying to distract me Trip, I don't care how May bribed or threatened you."
"Damn!"
"Fuck you… I mean oh darn, May!"
"SHITTTT!"
"Favourite movie?"
"Stop, Trip. It's y/f/m though"
"God! I'm gonna die."
"OKAY! OKAY! If you all stop distracting me- I will give you gossip about May and Coulson over dinner."
There was silence
"Pies everywhere. May in the lead, a common sight most of the time, but rare in this particular environment. L/N is-"
"SHUT UP COULSON!"
A pie to May's face from me. And another. Run to refuel. Repeat. I'm catching up- like I always do. 10 seconds left; I'm losing by 2 pies.
"You're gonna lose" Fitzsimmons whisper in unison
I pick up two pies, and throw them at May's- Shy Guy's- face. I run to the table like my life depends on it, which it does. If I lose, she will lord this over me until the day I die. She will write it in her will.
I pick up a single pie, no second chances. The freeze effect is wearing off. Everything is in slow motion. I throw the pie. It meets its mark.
Two words flash across the screen as it does
"TIME'S UP!" The team yells. Time to see the score.
"May: 13." Coulson reads out
"L/N…" Trip starts
"FOURTEEN!" I finish, jumping up and doing victory laps, chanting "May Lost! May Lost and I won! I won!" Over and over again, until I'm judo flipped over the sofa by my SO
"Extra training for the next week. Just so you reach your previous standard" She smirks, and whispers something to Coulson
"Oh, right, I'll do that. Also… Dinner! L/N, come help me make lasagna. Team, you're in charge of making sure that May does not enter the kitchen- use ICERS if necessary."
There were laughs all around- I think I'm gonna like this team
