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There goes my heart beating
'Cause you are the reason
I'm losing my sleep
Please come back now
“Please Melinda. Why did you leave? I need you. I’m sorry” Phil sniffled.
Someone knocked on the door. “You okay sir? You’ve been in there for hours?”
“I’m fine” he whimpered
The door cracked slightly open. Then it opened fully after a couple seconds. Skye poked her head out from behind the door. “Can I come in?” She asked soberly as she sees her father figure crying.
Coulson nods slowly wincing at the motion.
Skye comes out behind from the door, closes it and sits on the edge of the bed. Half her behind was off the bed and only one hand was on to stabilize herself. She was about to reach her hand out to Coulson and comfort him, but she cringed and pulled it back. She hung her head low.
Coulson looked at her and smiled lightly, like an offering to come closer.
Skye couldn’t hold herself back and hugged Coulson. She held on for a second before Coulson reciprocated the notion. He stroked her back up and down as tears filled her eyes. One singular droplet ran down her cheek and Coulson pulled back and wiped it with his thumb.
“What’s wrong Skye?” He asked softly and gently.
“I just feel like I finally found a family and now it’s falling apart” she said, starting to let more tears drip. Coulson squeezed her hand letting the crying girl let her know that he was still there for her.
“Skye…” he started. “I miss May too, more than you know because… I feel the same way towards her as you feel towards Ward.” He sighed like he wasn’t happy with his explanation.
Skye gasped softly as she sobbed into Coulson's shoulder.
Coulson cleared his throat after his apparent choke up. “You don’t have to try to hide your feeling towards Ward because I see them. And I get how you miss him. I miss May because… well because I love her. But you already knew that. You knew that because you are an amazing agent, an amazing friend, an amazing person and a wonderful daughter” Coulson rambled. “I know you are not biologically my daughter but I do know that I love you like a daughter”
Skye pulled back and looked at him questioningly. She wiped her tears with her sweater sleeve.
“Sorry” Coulson said pulling back and jumping off he bed. “I over stepped boundaries by saying that. I understand if you want to go” he looked down at his feet as if he wasn’t happy but disappointed.
Skye smiled slightly and spoke. “No you didn’t. You were my father all along, and I’m such a fool to not notice it. I love you too” she jumped off the bed and hugged Coulson. She was beaming now. “Now we have to go find May and you have to apologize so you still have a chance with her.”
Coulson scoffed. “I don’t love her like that.”
Skye, halfway out the door yelled, “I still heard you talking even with all my sobbing”
Coulson smiled and scoffed at this topical Skye behavior. He guessed they were off to find his Melinda May.