Disclaimer: I do not own Skye, Phil Coulson, Melinda May, Grant Ward, or FitzSimmons. I only own the variation I have created off of this very popular idea.
I firstly must thank Neeeeeal who, as the author of Turn Back Time, has done such a very interesting and lovely job on their story I wanted to give my attempt of it a go.
However, because I cannot find B.J. Britt's wiki page or his age, I'm going with Ward. But that's not the only reason. It's because with the Hydra plot, I see no room or logical way for this story to make sense. So... It's AUish. Ward isn't hydra. Yay! Because I really did love Ward.
Warning, MAY include Avengers. I upped the rating for my own comfort.
"Mel are you absolutely sure you're ready for this?" Coulson asks, as they stand outside of the Hub's infirmary, staring at the sleeping children from inside.
It was ten thirty at night, the children seemed exhausted. It was rather surprising how light the injuries seemed to be. Skye and Jemma had only moderate bruising around the wrists, ankles, and shoulders, and showed no physical signs of sexual abuse or assault. Leo had bruises all around his legs and ankles along with a rather nasty cut along his right knee that was a tiny bit infected. It was lucky that the doctors got to him when they did, they were able to prevent it from seriously affecting his health. Grant however got the worst of it. He had a split lip, a black eye, a nasty cut along the side of his arms and nasty bruises along his back and sides.
"I'm sure Phil," Coulson and May had came to check up on them, truly worried and wanted to explain right away about what was happening now. The kids had had blood samples taken and were going to be released into their care tomorrow morning.
Entering the infirmary, dark brown eyes bolted open, staring at Coulson and May nervously. His eyes flashed quickly to Skye then to Leo and Jemma as he sat up. Coulson gave him an easy smile walking over and dragged a chair over to Grant. He took a seat at the boys side, while May completely froze. She was so use to seeing Grant Ward, specialist, someone who didn't let his emotions be known or get in the way. Now, she saw a small boy who was scared and only wanted to protect the younger kids. A small sixth grader. She hadn't expected that.
"Hello Grant, you remember me from earlier?" Coulson starts, talking calmly and softly, to not wake the other children. Grant gave him a nod, so he continued, "My name is Phil Coulson, I don't believe you quite remember me, the doctors say you kids are having trouble with what happened before the whole scary mess."
"that's right sir," Grant says softly, looking at Coulson's tie.
Coulson gave him an empathic, understanding expression, "You don't need to call me sir Grant. You can call me Mr. Coulson if you feel better with that though or Phil. Would you like that?"
Grant was suddenly staring at May, the tall, brooding, Asian woman making the eleven year old look at her with apprehension. Coulson followed his gaze, towards the agent in frozen in shock. He smiles, answering Grant's question before he can say anything, "Grant, this is Melinda May. Melinda is a very close friend of mine and my wife."
Coulson had expected it to be harder to say those words. It wasn't exactly easy, but there felt like something fit with that word. Grant leaned in close to whisper in his ear, making Coulson answer in the same fashion, "She wanted to keep her maiden name. I like it much better than Melinda Coulson as well, don't you?"
"Why is she standing there?" Grant whispers nervously.
Coulson looked at Grant, quickly looking for a sign that he was gonna get scared and violent like earlier before speaking, "She's always been a very quiet person. She cares about you guys very much and when we lost you, she felt so helpless and she's so shocked and relief to finally see you all again. Do you understand?"
Grant nods before asking, "Mr. Coulson? What's gonna happen now? To us?" He motioned his hands over to the younger kids.
"Well, let's see," Coulson says, pretending to ponder the question, "Tomorrow morning you kids are gonna be released into our care, we're gonna take you home with us, and then live as one big family. How's that sound?"
"That sounds nice," He agrees "Did you adopt us?"
"Yes, we adopted you kids a while ago, but before we could go and bring you each home this terrible thing happened. But Melinda and I are gonna take care of you, ok?"
Grant nods again, "Ok."
Coulson smiled at him and gently pushed on his shoulders to lie back in bed and sleep, "Go back to sleep Grant, it's late."
Grant nods, slowly closing his eyes. However Coulson wasn't fooled, he saw how tense Grant was. It was a tactic he was using to protect the other kids, so if someone came in he would be ready to defend them. How long did it take an eleven year old to learn this technique? How long has Grant been using it?
'Don't worry Grant, you won't need to do this anymore. Mel and I will keep you safe' Coulson thinks quietly to himself before standing. Hearing Coulson walking away and towards the door, Grant seemed to relax just a little bit. Coulson motioned for May to come and they quietly closed the door.
"You were ready huh?" Coulson asks, stepping away from the door so the kids didn't have a single chance of hearing him.
May didn't answer, not sure how to explain it to her superior. The look she saw in Grant's face was something shocking, something she couldn't shake. May couldn't explain, she just couldn't, so she sent Coulson a look to tell him to drop it and headed down the hall.
Ok. Wow I'm getting a lot of favorites and follows. If this was twitter this be... Well it certainly be just as cool.
Ok, now, if you guys are Philinda fans, I ask that you don't get too excited about Phil and May possibly making out a lot in the story. I see their relationship as something that's special through the little things, through their bond and how they can read each other. I mean, it's obvious that they have something special, whether it's romance or a really strong bond as friends.
Also, the bed room set up for them. I am unsure what would be better, a three bedroom house where Mel and Phil share the master bedroom, the girls share a room and the boys share a room. Or a house with a master bedroom, the girls share a room but the boys get their own.
Please tell me what you think is best.