Seasons by Moments

So, I've thought that it might be fun to expand upon the idea of showing the Trip/Simmons relationship through vignettes and drabbles about the "moments." It could be a lot of fun to see what evolves, as a result.

Obviously, this whole thing is going to be AU from the end of season 1, but I wanted to see what came. As a result, I'll be added new things, as I come up with them. The stories might not follow chronologically, but it will still be Trip and Simmons and their cuteness. As new AoS episodes and MCU films come out, I will do my best to incorporate canon as much as possible, while still keeping with what I have already.

Timeline: This vignette starts immediately following the team's arrival at the Playground.

Anyway, I hope that you enjoy this!

Spring

A pot of daffodils appeared in the lab, completely unannounced. The cheerful flowers brightened up the otherwise relatively monochromatic color scheme of the large room. Around the pot was a bright blue ribbon, tied neatly in a bow. It was a gift, for all residents (and visitors) of the lab to cherish and enjoy. She didn't know how he managed to find them, but daffodils are one of her favorite flowers and, in light of everything that's happened, she needed something bright to make her feel better.

And the flowers had made Jemma smile, when she came back in, following a rather long and tiring meeting with Coulson on the tasks he needed her to complete in order to get them all back into fighting shape. She didn't say anything about them, but there was always fresh flowers in the lab after that.

Time later, a small radio found its way into his work-out bag. It would have gone unremarked, save for the note attached carrying instructions. When he followed those instructions, he found that he could now tune into any and all of the baseball games that he wanted. That was a pleasant surprise. Listening to ball games was one of the few regular luxuries that he had and, even though they were pretty cut off from the rest of the world and considered terrorists, it was nice to know he could still listen to baseball.

It became a common sight to see Antoine listening to ball games as he worked out. He'd pick the teams, depending on who was around, but, when left to his own devices, he tended to stick to the Red Sox or the O's.

Summer

Air conditioning was a gift to the entire team. That being said, there were a couple of times when the generator got knocked out, simply because of all the strain on it from suddenly having a plethora of people using the facility, rather than the minimal staff it had previously. No one was particularly happy when the AC was on the fritz – least of all Jemma.

By virtue of her work, the lab managed to stay relatively cool during most of the work hours. She needed That being said, it was darn near unpleasant as soon as she was outside of the lab.

Koenig was at a full loss on how to remedy the situation. Without Fitz there, they were going to have to do the best that they could.

Coulson and May were relatively unaffected by the varying levels of heat. Skye was permanently in a tank top and was talking of getting a haircut. Antoine handled the situation like a pro, though he took to spending a lot of time with Jemma in the lab, relishing in the fact that her work as the primary life sciences expert of the team, did require cooler temperature so, when the rest of the Playground lost AC, she, at the very least, had the benefit having the remaining cool air directed into her work space.

Jemma, however, found that, outside of the lab, she was absolutely miserable.

She couldn't sleep because of the heat and, even wearing shorts and a tank top or a dress, she was bloody uncomfortable. Honestly, she didn't know how people in far warmer climates than the Playground handled it.

Antoine makes sure that there are always freezy pops on hand. The whole team was grateful. He just made sure to hide all of the green ones.

They're Jemma's favorites

Autumn

Now that the initial shock wave of the veritable civil war between SHIELD and Hydra had settled, their work was cut out for them.

Coulson had made contact with other SHIELD cells and they were working on rebuilding. It was a long task and not an easy one at that. The entire team still didn't officially exist, in pretty much any sense of the word, though Skye had started to rebuild their identities. By now, she had gotten them working fake identities that they could use, when out in the field – and Coulson was sending them out, usually in ones or twos – to work with assembled SHIELD and US government teams, to retrieve information, and to be his eyes and ears on the workings of Hydra.

It was plain to all of them that he considered the rest of the team (Koenig included) his brain trust, so to speak. As the new Director, he needed the people he knew he could trust beyond a shadow of a doubt. Outside of those currently at the Playground, there was only a small list of people that fit that particular bill.

When the weather turned cold enough, Antoine always packed his blue-and-bronze scarf in his kit. He would go to the mat in defense of the item. The scarf kept him warm (a fact he was grateful, as October turned towards November) and she always gave him the brightest of smiles when she saw him wearing it.

Jemma found a few gallons of apple cider in the fridge after he got back from a routine mission and immediately broke it out. The rest of the team was drawn to the smell of warm cider and cinnamon floating from the kitchen and, in a rare break from tradition, substituted cider for tea.

Winter

The first big snowfall of the year buried the team and the Playground in a veritable winter wonderland.

By a stroke of sheer luck, they were all back from missions and Coulson didn't need anyone to go out for a few days yet. They had gotten the good news about Fitz two days prior and this was one more sign that things were turning in their favor.

Skye got the entire team outside, as the snow had finished falling. She was adamant that they go out into the snow and, after a while, they relented. Bundled up, they trooped outside and, when the first snowball hit Coulson squarely between the shoulders courtesy of May, all of the troubles that they were facing didn't seem to matter anymore.

The intense snow battle had all of them laughing like kids and playing as if they didn't have the weight of the world on their shoulders. It did them all good to have the chance to simply play, simply go outside and be a team, instead of the ones who had to rebuild SHIELD.

Jemma managed to sneak up behind Antoine and dump a handful of snow down the back of his jacket. His yelp of surprise made her laugh hysterically. Seconds later, he had twisted, grabbed her, and they fell into the nearest snow bank, giggling like a pair of schoolchildren. Her hat was knocked askew and his gloves were very wet from the snow that he rubbed into her hair, causing Jemma to shriek at the sudden coldness against her head.

Later, once the cold had finally caught up to them and they were sodden down from the wetness of the snow, the team piled back into the Playground. No one particularly said anything, but everyone went to change into warm clothes and, fifteen minutes later, arrived in the kitchen, wearing sweaters, slippers, and pajamas. Koenig put hot chocolate and tea on for them and heated up some leftover stew from the night before.

Antoine's sweatshirt was particularly big on Jemma, but he had leant it to her a few weeks prior and she liked it, so he wasn't going to be getting it back from him anytime soon. Antoine didn't particularly care. It looked better on her than it ever did on him.

I hope that you all enjoyed this new vignette. Please tell me what you all think of new vignette. I really want to know what you think about more of these Trip/Simmons "moments."