"Bleurgh!" Coulson gagged, spitting his coffee out and back into the mug. "Which one of you did it?" he asked, looking at Ward, Skye and Fitz.
"Did what?" Ward asked innocently.
"Filled up the sugar bowl with salt?" Coulson said, voice neutral, but looking at Ward
"I didn't do it." Ward replied defensively, while Skye laughed and Fitz picked up the offending sugar bowl and sniffed at it.
Coulson poured his coffee down the sink and went to his office. The second he had left all three of them burst out laughing. They had forgotten Coulson took sugar in his coffee, they thought it was just the interns. That is why they all swapped the sugar out for salt.
"That was genius!" Fitz said as he pretended to swap the salt out for sugar. They knew Coulson had gone to his office to watch them.
It was at that point Simmons came into the lounge and headed straight to her bunk.
"Simmons. You ok?" Fitz called after her.
"Hm, what?" She asked, sticking her head out of her bunk.
"You ok?" Fitz repeated.
"Yes. I am fine. I just found some more of my underwear hanging from the balcony in the Lab."
"Have you found it all yet?" Ward asked. Skye couldn't miss the glint in his eye.
"He knows something" She thought as Simmons replied:
"Not yet. I have one pair of knickers left to find."
She put her underwear away and went back to the lab. Ward and Fitz were playing chess and Skye was watching and very occasionally, 'helping' Fitz. They were about halfway through the game when Amber came in and made herself a drink. Kain followed her in and was about to take a seat.
"Kain. I was wondering if you would go down to the Lab and ask Simmons for a long stand?" Ward asked him.
"Sure." He left the room and went to find Simmons.
"What the hell?" Amber screamed, spitting coffee into the sink.
"What's up?" Skye asked, innocently, aiming a smile sideways to Ward.
"The coffee. It's vile! It must be off!"
"I had a cup earlier and it was fine to me!" Ward pointed out and, to prove a point, made himself a cup. "See?"
In the Lab Kain approached Simmons.
"What do you want?" She asked him. He only hovered like this when he wanted something.
"Agent Ward asked me to come and ask you for a long stand." He said bluntly. He felt like he was being punished for not fighting with the others.
"If you stand right there and don't move, I will go and get you one." She told him with a smile.
Amber poured the coffee down the sink and went to her bunk to read. Simmons came back into the lounge.
"A long stand, Ward? Seriously? You're running out of ideas aren't you?" She asked him.
"I don't get it." Skye said.
Ward turned the lab cameras onto the screen and they saw Kain stood, waiting patiently in the lab, for Simmons to return.
"The longer Simmons makes him wait, the longer the stand." Ward explained.
"Oh! I get it. That's quite funny. What else you got?"
"Oh I've got a few!"
Simmons returned to the Lab two hours later to find Kain exactly where she left him.
"I'm sorry Kain, I couldn't find one. You may want to recommend he uses a short wait." She told him.
Kain left the lab and went to find Ward. He found him playing battleship with Skye in the lounge. He was losing.
"I'm sorry Ward, Simmons said she couldn't find you a long stand. She recommended a short weight instead." He recited confused.
"No problem. I will go see if I have one." Ward told him, getting up and heading to his bunk. He made a show of searching his bunk for something before re-emerging and sitting back down opposite Skye.
"It's ok. I have a short wait. Thankyou for your help!"
"G4" Skye interrupted, indicating Kain was dismissed.
"Damn you! You cheated!"
"Say it Ward, you know you want to."
"You sank my battleship."