"Not exactly how you wanted to spend your vacation?" The tone was apologetic, if not the words. He hadn't expected any of this.
Coulson's lips pressed into a thin line, his hand slightly unsteady as he lifted it away from the unconscious and now fully unarmed man. There were a lot of strange things in the world, he knew that first hand, but that was why he threw himself into his job. He didn't have to worry as much about how he felt when he was too busy figuring out what he needed to do.
He stood finally and brushed some sand from the collar of his suit, the gesture entirely pointless, but it gave him somewhere else to look. "Sure." Relatively speaking. He wasn't unconscious, and that was always a plus.
There were flashing lights in the distance already, coming closer fast. From the comm chatter, it had to be theirs. "Let the EMTs take a look at you too. Then, if you're up for it, we have a temporary base to secure."
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Coulson's lips pressed into a thin line, his hand slightly unsteady as he lifted it away from the unconscious and now fully unarmed man. There were a lot of strange things in the world, he knew that first hand, but that was why he threw himself into his job. He didn't have to worry as much about how he felt when he was too busy figuring out what he needed to do.
He stood finally and brushed some sand from the collar of his suit, the gesture entirely pointless, but it gave him somewhere else to look. "Sure." Relatively speaking. He wasn't unconscious, and that was always a plus.
There were flashing lights in the distance already, coming closer fast. From the comm chatter, it had to be theirs. "Let the EMTs take a look at you too. Then, if you're up for it, we have a temporary base to secure."