SHIELD Recruit Survival Tip #7:

"If you purchase the last pack of donettes from the vending machine on Level 5, expect an exponential increase in your paperwork in the future. Agent Coulson doesn't mess around when it comes to snack food."

They hadn't been worth it; that was for damn sure. They had been stale anyways. Stale and the powdery kind. He'd just wanted a dose of sugar. He'd had a more-or-less rough time dealing with a disgruntled group of heroes who'd just acquired the knowledge that Thor's beloved little brother was going to be hanging around from time to time. It hadn't been pretty. There had been yelling. He'd been stressed. He'd just wanted something to calm his nerves.

Turned out that Agent Coulson didn't care about circumstances.

So instead of going home for the weekend to crash on his couch, eat Funions and pie, and watch "Grey's Anatomy" until his eyes fell out, he was stuck in the office. Doing paperwork. Lots of paperwork. Too much paperwork.

He was never going to use the vending machine on Level 5 ever again.

TBC.