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.
Coulson slowly awoke to silence. It was deeply unsettling for him, always use to the hum of the plane engines or SkyeWard bickering. He glanced over, seeing May had risen out of bed and decided to use this time to shower and dress.
After doing so, Coulson put on a pair of jeans and a green T-shirt he head found the other day. Walking downstairs he glanced over towards the kitchen, the soft hum of a coffee makers music to his ears. Entering the kitchen, he saw May with her back to him, wearing black jeans and a black tshirt over it. Her hair hung against her back, wet like his.
"Morning.." May says, knowing it was him by the sounds of his footsteps. She turned and handed him a cup of coffee. Coulson graciously accepted it and followed May to the living room.
Together they took a seat on the couch, Coulson placing his sock covered feet up onto the coffee table. May raised an eyebrow at him skeptical since Coulson would have never allowed it on the Bus.
"It's not the Bus," Coulson says, "What do we have on the schedule today?"
"Setting up the Wii U," May answered, watching from the corner of her eye as Coulson put his coffee down and goes over to the boxes. When they got home from shopping they had placed it by the TV and set the kids to work and help place the close away, wash/fold the laundry because May didn't want to risk it. Then they had the children place all their books, toys, and clothes away. They weren't exactly happy about it, but once they were done they got to play and help make their own choice dinner. All the kids had agreed to a pizza, a home made pizza.
"Well let's get to it then..." Coulson opened the box, pulling out the Wii controllers, the system and everything else.
Not even an hour earlier, Coulson sat on the carpet no where closer to hooking up the Wii U system then he was when he first started.
"How the hell is this damn thing more difficult than the holo table?" Coulson was very fed up with this game system. He had read the instructions 20 times over and still wasn't closer to setting it up.
Just as May was about to speak, the sound of obnoxious, annoying knocking interrupted her. With a sigh, May stood and walked towards the front door, on her way procuring an I.C.E.R. from a hidden compartment in the hallway side table drawer. She tucked it into her back pocket before staring through the glass surrounding the door. Seeing no dangerous threat, May opened the door, only blocking it with her body.
Standing in front of her, was the tall, snarky and annoying Anthony Stark. He smiled at May, looking at the SHIELD agent.
"Stark.." May says, "To what do I owe the pleasure?"
"Hill sent me, said she wanted me to check up on you. May I?" But Melinda May didn't budge.
"Why are you here?" The woman stubbornly ordered.
"I just told you Hill-" May goes to slam the door in his face. However, Tony catches it before she has a chance to nearly close it. He pushed it open, staring at May, "Rude."
May just forces the door to slam shut against him, except Stark pressed against it. He sighed, knowing that this SHIELD agent was not a push over.
"Maria gave us a call, she said that she was gonna need our assistance in a very.. extraordinary case. She didn't want this in the SHIELD records until all the loose ends were tied up and the case was totally over with. But... the Avengers aren't SHIELD, and a very valuable and helpful resource," Tony gave in, "Especially when it comes to science and interrogation. Fury cleared us to be involved, Hill giving us the orders to help you and your partner in this while, you wait for more information. We just gotta be careful to not bring attention to you."
May nods and let's him in, if Fury cleared them then he was ready to tell them about Coulson. Tony looked around with a smile, disregarding May's warning about the kids sleeping upstairs and entered the living room after hearing a very familiar voice.
But then, what happened next was almost indescribable. Coulson and Stark immediately made eye contact when he entered, Coulson completely forgetting about the Wii U in favor of looking at the annoying man in front of him. Finally Coulson spoke, just before him.
"There are children upstairs.." He warns.
Stark gripped his hair before dramatically waving his hands around, he spoke in an angry loud whisper, "What the Fucking Hell- How are you- What fucking cruel damn joke are you trying to play on me you son of a-"
"Are you done?" Coulson interrupted, "Because I need to set this up before the kids wake and it's been an hour of no progress."
"Move aside, let the tech master do it," Stark says, kneeling down and started plugging it in to the tv, "Just start talking, how the hell are you standing?"
Coulson sighed, "Director Fury had me undergo serious treatment... Treatment I do not wish to relive or get into." About a month into the investigation of his agents, he decided to spend most of his energy when he wasn't worrying into learning the truth about his resurrection. Having hunted down Fury, he was able to get most if not the whole truth. And now was not the time or place to discuss it.
"Cut the bull agent, and spill the beans." Tony demands, "You were definitely not playing a Houdini trick you were-"
Tony was interrupted by the sound of footsteps on the stairs, Coulson and May quickly giving him a 'We will discuss this later' look. Tony rolled his shoulders, waving it away as he hooked up the game station. The first two kids to enter the living room were Grant and Leo, the latter hiding behind Grant.
"Who's that?" Grant asked, pointing at Tony.
"Who am I?" Tony stood to his full height, shocked, "I'm THE Tony Stark!"
"Tony who?" Leo asked, causing the older man to gasp in shock.
"TONY STARK! THE WORLDS GREATEST GENIUS!" May shushed him, not wanting him to wake up Jemma and Skye. Coulson was nearly doubled over, laughing.
"Never heard of you..." Grant says, while Leo ran over to the game station amazed, "You set it up! Thanks dad!"
"Actually kid, I did that," Tony smirked, "Tony Stark set that up for you. And I can teach you how to man it so you don't need mom and dads help."
"Really?" Leo smiled and motioned for him to come sit, "Please come teach us Mr. Stark!"
After an hour and a half of explaining how the Wii U worked, explains how to set up Disney Infinity and Skylanders, all the kids had woken up to sit around Tony. When Jemma and Skye came down, still in their pajamas, neither of them knew who he was. Frustrated by this, Tony grabbed his little Infinity character and told the kids he was IronMan, which earned him a lot of respect.
So now, watching Leo and Skye play Mario Kart 8, Tony smirked as he helped himself to one of the day old Dunkin Donut muffins. Despite being a day old, May had preserved it so it was hardly stale at all. He smirked, watching Leo slam into the side of King Boo as he sped to first place. May and Coulson relaxed on the couch watching, both eating their own bagels. Jemma was eating a blueberry muffin and half a cinnamon raisin bagel while Grant was eating a plain bagel. Skye and Leo weren't focusing on breakfast yet, but they had bagels and muffins set aside for when they were done.
"YES!" Leo jumped up doing a victory dance as Skye pouts. He smiled, before running over and grabbing a muffin to start eating.
"All right shortie bring it on!" Tony says, "I said I was gonna play winner and I am. I'm gonna show you why Iron Man is awesome!"
"Not as awesome as Thor!" Skye says, "Thor's awesome! And so good looking!"
"Excuse me?" Coulson and Tony say simultaneously, both looking over at Skye as May smirked softly, drinking her coffee. That was her girl. Team Thor for the win...
Ok. I understand that people weren't able to read Chapter Nine. I sent an email to support about it. Because strangely I couldn't review to Neeeeals new chapter.
And as for the Thor thing with Skye, I couldn't resist! As for the entire thing with Tony and Coulson, Tony didn't know he was alive. Hey... would you rather it be Romanoff... Trust me, Black Widow would attempt to murder Coulson.
There's Chapter Ten. Very memorable!