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Nerves are on fire from the sparks of adrenaline, leading to bloodied fingers shaking against the metal of the sink. Skin is painted in red, the color spattered across his face and hands like a disease. Death had never bothered Merkel before, not like this anyways. He’s always been cool headed and calm in the face of an assassination….but this time? Oh, this time it’d clearly gotten to his head.
His previously frozen form had lurched, snatching up a wash cloth and working in useless attempts to scrape away the dried blood. It takes several panicked moments before Merkel discarded the towel in frustration, heart hammering in a panic against his ribcage. Attention is diverted upwards at the sounds of footsteps, finding the sight of Phil Coulson inhabiting space within the doorway.
The words offered up are enough to calm that fluttering of Merkel’s panicked heart. Feet move back in effort to allow Phil into the space, eyes shifting away out of something akin to shame.
“…I just–I couldn’t get the blood off.”
“Hey. Breathe.” Phil said careful and even. “Sit down.” He gently gripped Merkel’s arms and sat him down on the shut toilet, and ran the sink so it’d warm up. “You’re shaking. Are you cold? Or is this adrenaline coming down?”
He soaked the washcloth, rang it out, wet it again and knelt in front of Merkel, setting about wiping his face off.










