"I just can't believe May was married," Simmons blurted out as she passed Fitz in the hall between their bunks. The engineer paused, eyes wide.

"Wha-" He started.

"I mean, it's just so odd we wouldn't know about it, right? Who else around here has a big secret like that? Do you think Coulson is secretly married? Skye has a twin?" Simmons barreled on.

"Or Ward is Hydra?" Fitz asked, pointedly.

Simmons froze, her smile dropping. "Oh, well, yes, I suppose that's one example..." She trailed off, studying her toes.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to..." Fitz started, then cleared his throat. "How about I get dressed and then we can finish this conversation. Have you had dinner yet?"

Get dressed? Simmons' eyes flew down and she was shocked to see Fitz's bare chest, a towel wrapped around his hips. His hair was darker than usual, water droplets clinging to curls.

"Oh!" Simmons exclaimed, her face immediately flushing a deep red. "I'm sorry, I..." She started, then trailed off, unable to recover quickly enough to pull together a coherent sentence. And seeing Fitz shirtless wasn't helping. It had been a long time since they had vacationed at the beach together during Spring Break at the Academy, and Simmons couldn't help but think that Fitz's body looked much more... symmetrical than it had when she last saw it. Had he always had such defined upper arms?

She started to reach forward to grab his arm, but Fitz clearing his throat ripped her back into reality. She looked up to see his face a matching deep rep to her's, but a look in his eyes she'd never seen before - humor? disbelief? confusion? He shook his head and the look quickly disappeared, but a small, hopeful smile remained, quirking up the sides of his mouth.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Fitz, I just saw you and was so eager to continue our conversation from earlier, I didn't really realize, you know how I can be when I'm focused, and we seemed to really be getting along during our gossip about May and her ex-husband, didn't we, just like old times, and I just was so intent on continuing that, so I just..."

"Simmons!" Fitz said, putting a hand on her shoulder to cut her off. Now he definitely was smiling. "I get it. I liked our conversation earlier, too."

"You did?" Asked Simmons, hopeful.

"Yes. Now. How about I meet you in the kitchen in a few minutes?" He asked patiently.

"Yes! Yes, that sounds good. Okay, I'll see you then."

"Okay," Fitz said, squeezing her shoulder and walking into his bunk, shutting the door.

Simmons stared at the closed door in front of her, feeling her face flush hotter and hotter as the awkwardness of the last few minutes finally caught up to her and the embarrassment threatened to overtake her.

She was shaken out of her shame spiral by Skye, whose uncontrolable laughter echoed from her room across the hall. Simmons quickly stepped into her frind's room and slammed the door shut, sliding her back down the door and collapsing on the floor, head in her hands.

"Oh. My. GOSH!" Simmons said, mortified.

Skye's laughter continued, the agent folded over on her bed, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Simmons! Oh my gosh, Simmons!" She squeeked through laughter, clutching her stomach. "That. Was. So. AMAZING!" She breathed out between bouts of laughter.

Simmons just groaned in response, head still clutched tight in her hands.

After a few moments, Skye's laughter subsided. "Simmons! What WAS that?!"

SImmosn groaned again, her voice muffled. "I don't know! I just - earlier, it felt like things were getting back to normal, and I was so excited to continue that, that I just... And he was... Oh my gosh, he was naked! And then I tried to GRAB HIS ARM, Skye!"

This set off another round of laughter in Skye. Her mirth was contagious, eventually giving Simmons the giggles and forcing the embarassed girl to drop her hands and wipe tears of laughter away.

"Oh, you've got it bad, girl," Skye said, calming down again. She sniffled and stretched her stomach muscles out a bit, tight from prolonged laughter. "Thank you for that. Seriously, that is the funniest thing - the most I've laughed in a long time. I had completely forgotten what total nerds you and Fitz are!"