Here it is. It took me a while to publish it, because I wrote two different chapters and I had to decide which one was better for continuance. - Dreamycupcake
She always knew, when Phil looked at her. Even with her back on him she knew. She felt it. May closes her eyes as she leans to the cold wall. She's missing him. His looks. After their last conversation. Which ended with him walking away from her. He hasn't since set his eyes on her. He's avoiding her and it hurts. It hurts so bad.
"May?" She hears Michael's voice and opens her eyes. "I'm fine." She says, but feels slightly dizzy and decides to not move.
"I know, but you don't look like it." He says quietly and looks ahead to the hallway, when he hears footsteps. His eyes meet with Phil Coulson's. He looks mad, which makes him wonder. Is he mad at him? May? Or that he's here for her?
Coulson feels like someone just stabbed him on the chest with a knife, opening his old wounds. He's been avoiding May for days and of course he'd see her like this. Pale, tired, leaning against the wall and with Michael by her side. Michael. Who the hell is he anyway? How do they even know each other? Why does he know more than he does?
He looks away and walks back where he came from. He needs to figure out what's wrong with her. Jemma has been watching him differently ever since he told her to leave her own lab. He knows she knows what's wrong.
Coulson starts walking back and forth. But can he do that? Pressure the young woman to tell what's May's physical condition? She looked terrible to him, which keeps making him even more restless and think of the possibilities what could be wrong with her health.
Ever since he walked away from her he has watched her through the cameras. He's seen her getting worse in just few days. May almost passed out two days ago and he almost left the room to rush to her side, but Michael was quickly there for her. After that he couldn't turn the thoughts out of his mind.
Cancer? Serious disease? And the last one being... Is she dying?
He stops pacing and turns to look the way he had just come back from. He needs to make things right with her. He'd never forgive himself for pushing her away while she could be... slipping away.
He'd die inside if she- He can't even finish the thought anymore. He starts walking back and forth again as he takes his cell and texts Jemma to come up. He's determined to make her tell what's wrong with May.
"Ma'am." A man comes next to the older woman with a drink in his hand. "Thank you." Mrs. May says and takes it. She takes a small sip and leans against the comfortable seat by the fire. Her lovely quiet moment is soon over, when her phone starts ringing. She curses in chinese and answers once she sees the ID. "Zhè shì wúyòng. Tíngzhǐ hūjiào wǒ!(this is useless. Stop calling me!)" She says and sighs heavily.
Man on the other line looks the picture in his hand. "Qíngrén wān nín hǎo!(hello darling)" He smiles, when he hears her groan.
"Why do you need to see her now? After all these years." She says and takes a bigger sip of her drink.
"It wasn't my choice to leave! And you know it." He growls and opens his window to drop his cigarette.
"Qiaolian thinks you are dead." She says sharply after hearing his tone change. "No she doesn't. If she is May, she doesn't." Man says as he pulls back the drive way.
"If?! Nín érzi de cáishén!(you son of bitch!)" She yells angrily and stands up and to make single wave of her hand and the security men leave the room. "Bìjìng wǒ yǐjīng wèi nín wánchéng! Nǐ hái gǎn xiāngxìn tā shì bùshì nǐ de.(After all I have done for you! You dare to believe that she is not yours.)"
"I always knew how to get on your nerves." Man stops on the red light.
Mrs. May inhales deep to calm herself. "Zhàngfū (husband) Why did you call me? I'm sure you are closer finding her location by now." She sighs and sits down.
"I am." He says sadly and that gets her attention.
"Tīng qǐlái dōu bù tài gāoxìng de. (Don't sound so happy about it.)" She mocks him while she keeps thinking something is wrong. Mother instics kicking in again. She realizes she feels exactly the same, when Melinda came to her after her mission in Bahrain. She was different. Something killed piece of daughter in Bahrain.
"Dāng nǐ zuìhòu yīgè jiàn dào tāle? (When have you last seen her?)" He asks and tries to hide the worry in his voice, but fails.
"Sān gè yuè qián. (Three months ago.) I call her every week. Sometimes she answers, sometimes she doesn't. Why? What's wrong?" She asks now with a panick in her voice. Is her daughter alright?
He sighs heavily and starts driving, when the light turns green. "Tā kàn shàngqù bù. (She doesn't look good.)"
It was funny to write Coulson like this, but I do think he'd distance himself from her if she was to push him away from her personal life. Jemma is in trouble. Will she tell him or will someone interrupt the moment just in time? Ohhh and Stranger with the picture is her father! I hope you liked the twist. More chapters coming your way, when I find time. I'm currently abroad and found this small moment to give this to you. - Dreamycupcake
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