Phil is grateful for her hand in his. It's something to ground him. He knows he has to get everything back under control, but for one moment, this is what he needs. And he's not sure he would trust anyone else with it. Anyone else would use it as ammunition later. After the dust settles. Look at the great Agent Coulson. He's just like the rest of us. And that may be true, but he can't give that away.
What no one knows is that Fury and Coulson were already working on a strategy. Something that wouldbring all of them together the way they should. They just couldn't let anyone else in on it.
"When it comes down to it, they'll work together. They'll have to put their egos aside. Because they're the only ones who can do this."
Coulson believes in them. All of them even Stark.
"I ordered him to take you out. Even as he argued with me. But I trusted his judgement. I took a lot of heat for with Fury over that. And I told him, if it turned out he as wrong, he was putting the bullet in you himself." Phil takes a breath and releases it. He's not sure why he's telling her all this, but he can't stop it. "It didn't take me long to realize he'd made the right call. After that, I never doubted him."
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What no one knows is that Fury and Coulson were already working on a strategy. Something that wouldbring all of them together the way they should. They just couldn't let anyone else in on it.
"When it comes down to it, they'll work together. They'll have to put their egos aside. Because they're the only ones who can do this."
Coulson believes in them. All of them even Stark.
"I ordered him to take you out. Even as he argued with me. But I trusted his judgement. I took a lot of heat for with Fury over that. And I told him, if it turned out he as wrong, he was putting the bullet in you himself." Phil takes a breath and releases it. He's not sure why he's telling her all this, but he can't stop it. "It didn't take me long to realize he'd made the right call. After that, I never doubted him."