9Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel's The Avengers or Marvel's Agents of SHIELD. I do own a really cool Deadpool comic (only one, sadly), though. It's gory, but definitely check Deadpool out.
The subject of Coulson's marriage didn't come up again for a while. Skye really wanted to ask about it, but didn't dare. But even though they didn't talk about it, there were still things that showed it.
Coulson's desk, for one. He called Skye into his office for a talk after a mission, and while Skye absolutely did pay attention to what her boss was saying, she also noticed a small framed photo of Coulson standing with Clint and a little blond toddler. That must have been Sam. Skye wished she could meet him in person. He was adorable.
Then there were the phone calls. Sometimes Skye overheard Coulson talking to someone (or two someones) in a very different tone of voice than when he talked to people for his job. It sounded like he was talking to a child, and to someone whom he loved very much. Unfortunately, Skye couldn't find out too much about that, as Agent May kept catching her in the act of eavesdropping.
The team finally got to meet Coulson's child after a difficult mission where Coulson's arm and several ribs were broken.
Coulson saw Agent Barton holding a toddler when they set down, and he rolled his eyes. "Agent May," he accused playfully, "did you tell on me?"
May answered, "Of course I did. What did you think I was going to do?"
Coulson acted annoyed, but Skye knew him pretty well by now, and figured that he was actually really happy – just deep down inside where nobody could see it.
They all went outside to meet with the Barton-Coulson family. Sam was very happy to see his dad again and cuddled him vigorously.
Skye tried to hug the little boy, but he hid his face in his dad's neck. So she stood back and just let them be.
Skye leaned over to whisper to May, "Aren't you glad now that you broke the rules and told Barton that Coulson is alive?"
May spared her a glance and replied, "Of course. They're much happier together. Don't take this as another excuse to break the rules, though."
Skye was so busy denying that she broke the rules for anything except for a really good reason that she didn't see Clint and Coulson slipping away from the group to go home.
Author's Note: I would like to address a concern that was brought up in some reviews. The saying "all's well that ends well" is actually a play by William Shakespeare. It's possible that I would have realized it eventually, but thank you for pointing it out.
However, I would like to note that I am more familiar with Wilder than with Shakespeare – I learned to read with her books, while I haven't read much by Shakespeare. So consider my citation changed to: May's phrase "All's well that ends well" in the first chapter is the name of a play by William Shakespeare, and is also said often by Ma Ingalls in the books Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I beg your forgiveness for my ignorance.