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It had been almost a week since their last disaster and they were almost bored from the time off. After almost dying again and almost losing so many of the team, Coulson decided they all deserve a break to spend some time together when the world wasn’t ending and May wasn’t going to complain. And so movie nights were born.
The whole team was crammed in front of the TV. Fitzsimmons, still in newly married bliss--they probably wouldn’t even notice what movie was playing. Yoyo and Mack were curled up together as well. Yoyo was doing better now and adjusting to the mechanical arms that Fitz had made her. Mack was clearly still shaken by everything that had happened but at least he didn’t seem to be about to quit the team anymore--not that May would’ve blamed him if he had. Daisy and Deke were both cross legged on the floor with a bucket of popcorn in between them. May could already imagine the mess they were going to have to clean up later after they start throwing popcorn at each other.
“Who picked this movie, again?” Daisy asked as the Disney title screen came on.
“I did,” Coulson defended. “I figured we needed something light and happy to remind of us simpler times.”
“I didn’t really grow up with Disney movies,” Daisy pointed out.
“What’s Disney?” Deke asked. The team ignored him. Sometimes Deke learning the world was entertaining, but the constant questions got on everyone’s nerves after a while.
“None of them?” Jemma asked, going back to Daisy’s statement. “I even grew up with them and I’m British.”
“Foster kid,” Daisy reminded. “I was in this one home where the other kids were obsessed with Oliver and Company. I’ve seen that movie more times than I ever needed to.”
“That wasn’t even a good movie,” Yoyo scoffed. Mack and Fitz looked offended.
“Hey! I liked that one,” Fitz defended. Jemma patted him on the arm in mock comfort.
“May, back me up here,” Daisy urged the older woman. May just shrugged.
“See, May likes my taste in movies,” Coulson teased.
“No, Daisy’s right. I didn’t grow up with these movies either.” She didn’t add that it didn’t matter because she was just happy that they were all there and alive. After all the crap Phil had been through--had put her through--she was willing to let him watch whatever movie he wanted to. The movie was starting but May ws still lost in thought. She’d come so close to losing him. By the time Fitz had found a cure, Phil was so weak they didn’t think they could actually save him. But Phil wasn’t going down without a fight and was able to make a full recovery. They hadn’t talked since and he seemed to be pulling away even more. Which is why she was so confused right now about how close he was sitting to her and how their hands were almost touching.
“I haven’t seen this one since I was a little girl!” Jemma exclaimed, breaking May out of her thoughts. She focused on the screen and rolled her eyes when she realized what movie they were watching.
“Mulan? Really?” she asked.
“Is it because we’re Chinese?” Daisy joked.
“No,” Phil said defensively. “I just like this one.”
“He probably knows all the words,” Daisy replied. May nodded.
He definitely knew all the words. It took them all about thirty seconds into the first song to figure that out. No one was surprised. However, more surprising was the fact that Mack also knew all the words. “Hope,” he said sadly when asked about it. No one pushed any further after that.
It was about halfway through the movie that Deke made an observation. “Does anyone else think Mulan sounds like May?”
“Ohmygod, she totally does!” Daisy agreed. Daisy appeared to be enjoying the movie despite her protests in the beginning. The rest of the team was too and they jumped to agree with Daisy and Deke.
They all looked at May and she shrugged again. “I don’t hear it.”
“She really does,” Phil argused. “Also she’s a total badass like you.” He brushed his fingers over her hand and smiled at her gently. Maybe this wasn’t so bad after all.
“So we all agree May is basically Mulan,” Daisy stated. “Maybe Disney isn’t so bad after all. But I’m still picking the movie next time!”
Yeah, May could definitely get used to this.