A/N:

I do not own anything to do with Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D however I do own the character Maddison Hartley

Pain that was what he noticed first; the holes in his feet where May had nailed him to the floor still throbbed. Every time he tried to breathe his larynx burned from the blow May had also delivered there. After getting used to the pain he heard the tell-tale beeping of a heart monitor, he then opened his eyes and had to squint due to the bright white lights that bore down onto him. Next he noticed someone walk through the door into his room in the hospital,

"Hello Grant, my name is Doctor Maddison Hartley; I'm the head psychologist slash therapist here at the facility. It's my job to make sure that you receive the help that you need to recover; this will obviously start once your injuries to your feet and larynx have healed. I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know that I am here for you."

Grant could only nod to her before she left through the door once again. I wonder if she is really here to help me or to soften me up before they start to interrogate me for HYDRA secrets, what they don't understand is that I would willingly tell them all I know…

Now that he had adjusted to the light grant had a look around his room, there wasn't too it other than what you would expect from a hospital room, until he looked at his bedside table, his breath caught as he saw a bunch of flowers sitting in a vase on top of the table, there was a card attached so he went to reach it but found that he was handcuffed to the bed. He sighed I guess it makes sense I did just reveal that I had been a sleeper agent for the last eight months. But who in the world is sending me these flowers, certainly no one from the team would, they all hate me and there is no one else in my life hmm…

Once Maddi had stepped outside of Grant's room she crossed over to where the nurses' station was and said, "Hi I'm Dr. Hartley, I'm going to be Mr Ward's therapist, I was wondering if you tell me a little bit about what the conditions of his injuries are and what you are expecting the recovery time to be?"

The head nurse at the desk looked up and responded lazily, " Well I'm not sure how his injuries are today we are yet to visit him today, and anyhow it's not like he can tell us if anything is hurting anyway. In my opinion he is being treated better than what he deserves the traitorous scum that he is."

Maddi began to see red the longer the nurse spoke and when they had finished she had to stop herself from exploding in their face, she took a couple of deep breathes to calm herself down and then replied, "Well then why don't we go in and check them now, we can also ask about his pain level as well so we can make sure his medication is being delivered in the correct dosages."

When the nurse and Maddi went into the room they saw Ward looking over to the table at the flowers and the card trying to reach them but finding that he is chained to the bed. Maddi quickly walks over and says, "Grant, here would you like me to read the card to you so you know who it's from and what it says?"

He looks up at Maddi and half squints at her as if deciding if he can trust her or not yet before nodding slowly. Maddi then picked up the card which had in huge writing GET WELL SOON on the front and read it for him,

Grant,

Daniel and I just heard that you were injured and in hospital, we wanted to say get well soon, and don't forget to call us this time, or at least write to us we've missed you so much.

Love as always,

Daniel and Lily

"So Grant, who are Lily and Daniel? And how do they know you?" Maddi asked not really sure how they knew Grant was here considering it had only been a week since the reveal. She could see that was tearing up after she had finished, so she said to him, would you like a pen and a piece of paper, that way you can communicate with us and then write to them after?

Again Grant half squinted not really sure if he trust her yet, but after a minute he nodded again, and when Maddi gave her the paper and pen and uncuffed his right hand he started to write. Once he had put down about whom Daniel and Lily were he picked up the piece of paper and gave it back to Maddi, whilst she read it he began writing again.

Maddi read the piece of paper that he had given her and it read

Maddi, is it ok if I call you Maddi and not Dr. Hartley? It's just I knew another Hartley and I may or may not have hurt them.

In regards to your question about Daniel and Lily they are my younger siblings, I haven't always been the best older brother to them, I was weak in my youth and they were hurt as a result. However, they seem to have forgiven me and want to get to know me again; I was wondering if I would be able to send them letters whilst I'm in here?

She got Grant's attention by tapping him on the shoulder and once he had looked up from his next letter she started talking "So Grant, first of all yes you can call me Maddi, I much prefer it to Dr. or Dr. Hartley so that fine. Next how old are Daniel and Lily, because I didn't see them on your file, I only saw your older brother Christian?" Maddi noticed how Grant flinched and then instantly hardened his expression she filed that away for when they actually do their sessions as something she needs to bring up but continues anyway, "And yes I will make sure that you are allowed to at least once a week write to them, however they will all have to be read by myself so that there is no classified information in them or any plans of escape."

Grant nods to her and reaches for the piece of paper that he gave her already so he can write answers to her questions. Once Maddi had given it back he took five minutes and then handed it back to her and kept writing his other letter whilst she read,

Thanks for letting me call you Maddi, for some reason, don't ask I can't explain it but I feel as though I can trust you. FYI I don't trust a lot of people so this is weird for me.

Well Daniel is four years younger than me so he is twenty six and Lily is another two years younger than that, so twenty four. The reason you don't see them on my file is that according to records they died ten years ago in a freak accident, I had to get them away from the rest of my family, this was the only way I could do it and it not raise questions later.

You can read them all you want but, and I know this is probably going to sound completely out of character for me but I don't want to escape, I deserve to be here, I have committed a lot of crimes over the years and this year in particular that I must pay for. The biggest of which and one I regret the most is betraying the team I was a part of. This is because I for the first time felt a part of a family and I threw it away and it is something that I can't fix either, the team will hate me and rightfully so.

This time Maddi had to let it all sink in I can't believe how much he has been through already, he apparently had to save two siblings from his family again I am going to have to ask him about that once his voice is back. He also just believe he should rot in jail but I won't have that by the looks of it he is remorseful but won't seek out a chance for redemption, I think he would take one though if presented with it.

She then tapped Grant on the shoulder again to let him know she had finished reading, he looked up and she instigated "Your very welcome Grant and thank you for trusting me even if it is weird for you, I won't ask you about your family until you have your voice back in…" Maddi looked over to the nurse who held up three fingers and made an M next to it, "… three months but by then I hope that you will open up to me about them. Also I am still going to visit twice a week but I'll bring a whiteboard for you to write on for me that way you can just erase and write."

Grant again just nodded and looked happy when she said she was coming back, so she continued "Also I wanted to ask what your pain level is, and before you say your fine or don't tell me at all I will bump up your meds more than you probably need so answer honestly."

He considered this for a moment before holding up four fingers, she just smiled and looked over to the nurse and said well I'll take that as a six so can you adjust the meds accordingly, the nurse just nodded before leaving the room.

"Ok Grant well I have to go now but I'll be back in a couple of days so get some rest and I'll see you then." Maddi finished and then left the room.

A/N:

So that's the first chapter out of the way hope you enjoyed it, please review and let me know if I've made any glaring mistakes