Hi guys, so this is a new story, I was going to carry on with the Life of Jessica Carter, but I've just read it again and realised I can't think of a direction for the story to go in. Anyway I decided to write what I'm thinking at the moment is going to be almost an alternate way the story could have gone. However because I do also want this to be a different story I am going to change character names and also backgrounds. But before I start I'd like to say a huge thank you to Louis for helping me with this story.

This chapter is pretty much just going to explain the background of characters, also fair warning this will link to Marvel's Agents of SHIELD at some point. Also Peggy's husband is made up, so please no one have a go at me for that.

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After the war Peggy Carter had joined Howard Stark in setting up SHIELD, it had become a huge part of her life. She would often lead the Howling Commandoes on missions taking down HYDRA facilities and it was through this work that she met the man that would later become her husband, Daniel Lucas. Peggy never took her husband's name as a way of demonstrating her independence, a trend that her descendants followed as a sign of respect.

Peggy and Daniel had a daughter, Carys, who like her parents eventually ended up working at SHIELD, although rather than being an agent she became a nurse- a role that had her doing all kinds of jobs but never in the firing line. Despite Peggy being against the match Carys married her husband Daryl Johnson when she was 24. Although the marriage was not a happy one and both had affairs with other people. The couple split after 3 years and not long after Carys gave birth to her daughter, whom she named Emma Carys Carter. The same way Peggy raised Carys, Carys began raising Emma on stories of Captain Rogers, the Howling Commandos and the war.

Emma was 4 when her mother was killed in a car crash, the circumstances of which would later come in to question. Peggy and Daniel became guardians for the distraught 4 year old, who they saw as the only thing keeping their daughters memory alive. With her grandparents being founders of SHIELD she spent a lot of time there, and began joining in on training exercises by the time she was 10 she could fight like any of the best agents. By the time she was 15 she had spent enough summers with Tony Stark to become one of the best mechanics SHIELD had. Despite being offered a place at the academy when she was 16, Emma chose to go to university and get her degree in Computer programming.

At age 21 Emma finished university and returned home to Brooklyn where she lived with her grandparents. By this time they were both in their 80s and instead of them taking care of Emma, she would take care of them. Emma had taken a job at SHIELD that allowed her to stay with her grandparents, despite being one of the best field agents available Director Fury had agreed that she would only be sent out on field work if it were absolutely necessary, the rest of the time she would have a desk job coordinating missions both domestic and overseas.

Emma had never quite gotten over the death of her mother but rather she had learnt to cope with it, she had always kept herself busy which meant limiting the amount of time she could even think about it. Like Peggy she was strong willed and never willing to take bullshit from anyone, but like both her mother and Daniel she was compassionate to the extent that she would never let her work become more important than being around for her friends or family whenever they needed her.

It was for this reason that when Daniel was diagnosed with cancer Emma took several weeks off work to take him to various appointments and try to find him the best possible care, as well as helping Peggy come to terms with the fact that Daniel may not be around for that much longer. Emma devoted her time to pretty much everything but herself, a trait that led others to rely heavily on her for both advice and support.

Okay so there's all the background. I thought it would be a good idea to explain the characters a little bit before properly starting the story. I'm sorry if this bit was a little bit boring but I promise it will get a lot better :) xem98x