"What are they doing now.", Fury asked Skye who was watching the hacked video feed from the rooftop.
"Sitting on the bench, talking, taking in the view."
"God, these action movies are so fake? At least try to make it seem like the real deal", said Natasha as she scrolled through the action genre in Netflix on the TV in the room the three of them were now sharing. It was a pretty chill night considering what the three of them had been through that week. It was nice. They ordered takeout Chinese, wore sweatpants, and watched at least ten movies on Netflix.
"I know what you mean, Romanoff. They have no idea. Pass the chow mein, Skye."
Her eyes remained on the footage while she passed the food to Fury.
"You looking for something in there?", Natasha asked nodding her head at the computer.
Skye snapped out of whatever trans she was in.
"What? Umm… no. It's just… I can't believe they're my parents.", she laughed to show that she recognized how ridiculous it must have sounded. "I mean come on. Look how in love they are."
"You're right. I've definitely never seen either of them this happy before.", they smiled at each other and Skye's eyes returned to the screen. "You're a lot like me.", Natasha observed.
"Me? You're kidding."
"No, really. Grew up with no family, got caught up with the wrong types of people, and just as we were about to go completely off the edge, SHIELD saved us and we found our family there."
"Wow. To the dot."
"Yah. Except you literally found family. I made family."
"One and the same. Our other team members, Fitz and Simmons, they're pretty much my siblings."
"What about Ward? Wasn't he on your team?", Natasha asked. Skye and Fury looked at each other.
"Yeah.", Skye sighed, "He was something else… something more."
"Ahh. I see.", she walked over to sit on the bed next to her. "What happened?"
Skye grew a little smile on her face. Not because she was happy, but because she knew Natasha wasn't expecting what she was about to say.
"The bastard was Hydra."
"Ward? Grant Ward?"
"Yup. His mentor Garrett got him into it from the very beginning."
Natasha sighed and let herself fall back onto the headboard.
"Wow. I went to the academy with that guy."
"You did? He never mentioned that. Well… he didn't mention a lot of things but how could you not tell your girlfriend you used to be friends with an Avenger? My dad does it all the time."
"Well he and I weren't exactly friends."
"Oh… you two were-"
"Enemies? Yeah.", Skye raised her eyebrows. "He was, what I would describe as: the cockiest dick on campus."
"Gr- Ward was cocky? That is not something I would have thought."
"You have no idea. He was the top senior and I came into training one day and kicked his ass."
Skye slightly choked on her food due to that last sentence coming out of nowhere.
"Nice. No wonder he never mentioned he knew you."
"Yeah. The supervisors saw and immediately bumped me up to his level. For the rest of the year he couldn't stand me. It was kinda fun torturing him like that. I miss it. Especially now that I know he was just another Hydra rat."
"Well if it helps we left him in the bus's cage with only a kiddie toilet and three tuna sandwiches. He hates tuna."
"That does help."
Skye put glanced back at the rooftop surveillance.
"Woah, dad's eyes just got really big. What the-?"
"What?", Fury asked.
"They just ran off the roof."
"WHAT?", Fury and Natasha asked simultaneously.
"No no… they ran down the stairs. What are they doing?"
Fury's face grew a mischievous smile.
"I hid a camera infront of May's hotel room. Pull it up."
With a few key taps Skye pulled up the footage.
"What are we- oh my god."
The three of them were watching the feed when suddenly Coulson slammed against the door. He was out of breath but he was smiling. May entered the frame when she jumped on him kissing the heck out of him.
"Ok! I think I'm done watching this.", Skye scooted off of the bed and plopped onto the desk chair.
"Damn. Look at him,", Fury observed, "She's all being rough and he's got a big ass smile on his face. Just like the old days." He looked up at Skye. "Well not exactly. You grown now."
"Put that away, Nick. It's weird."
"Fine. Their going inside anyway.", he closed the laptop. "I'm beat. Shall we call it a night?"
"We shall.", Natasha agreed.
"Great. Now I have to go to sleep knowing what my parents are doing right now."
The three wedding guests woke up the next morning and headed down to the hotel breakfast buffet. Not long after, the newlyweds arrived with a special glow to their faces.
"Well there's the happy couple.", Fury announced.
"Hi everyone.", Coulson said as he pulled out a seat for his wife.
"So how was your night.", Natasha asked curiously.
"Uggh it was amazing. Everything, thank you guys… so much.", May said as she sat down.
"No problem. Seriously. After everything Nick and I went through in DC it was nice to take a break and see something happy happen for a change."
"And thanks for that song, Nick. It was nice to have a private moment like that."
The three of them smiled at each other because it wasn't private.
"Personally I hate that song. I was glad to leave.", he said jokingly.
"Nevertheless, it was a great night." Coulson said as he took a spoonful of scrambled eggs onto his plate.
"It was. But I think it's about time we head out.", Fury said to Natasha.
She pulled out her phone and her eyes widened a bit.
"Oh boy. It's about that time isn't it. We promised Steve we'd meet him and Stark at some unknown location. It's gonna be great.", she said sarcastically.
All five of them stood up around the table and exchanged goodbyes.
"Phil, being the director is no easy job, I'll tell you that. But just know that you are the only person on the planet I would trust with it."
"Thank you sir- Nick."
Natasha turned to Skye.
"Good luck with all the Avenger-y stuff."
"Good luck with all the SHIELD-y stuff."
They laughed and shared a hug.
"Feed Ward more of those tuna sandwiches for me, yeah?"
"Totally. And next time you see Thor tell him to stop by?"
"In your dreams, Skye."
She swung her jacket over her shoulder and she and Fury walked out of the hotel. The three remaining sat back down to finish their breakfast.
"We'll meet him, Mom. Don't worry."
"Hey, if you want godly good looks- I'm right here.", Coulson said sarcastically.
May rolled her eyes and gave him a pretty rough punch on the shoulder. They laughed for a couple of seconds before Skye's phone rang. It was Simmons.
"Hey Simmons, what's up?"
Her face went from 'my dad just said something hilarious', to, 'oh crap'.
"Really? When?"
Coulson and May watched her and waited for answers.
"Ok we'll be there ASAP. Sit tight.", she hung up the phone and wiped the few tears that accumulated in her eyes.
"Bad news?"
"Not exactly. Fitz is awake. That's the good part. But um… he's… not Fitz. He won't talk. Not even to Simmons. She said he just has a confused look on his face all the time."
"We have to go there. We'll pick up Trip on the way. Go pack up your stuff. Meet you back here in 30.", Coulson said.
Skye jumped off of her seat and ran out of the breakfast area.
"Duty calls, Melinda. This is where our magic ends."
She smiled and bent over to him.
"No. This is where it begins."
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