Feathers Are Meant for The Sky

Author: Dark Wings Of Imagination

Genre: Angst/Hurt/Comfort/Romance

Rating: T

Summary: "Skye – Daisy - is in front of you, and you follow after, senses on high alert to anything odd. The two of you are at least half way through to the way out when you feel the stinging sensation of a needle in your right arm – you never see, hear or sense anyone coming, which when you think about it later you question yourself on how the hell did this happen.

All you see next is darkness."

A\N: I've been working on this ever since January and I decided to post this first chapter to see what kind of feedback I'll get. This is the first time I write using the second person narrative, so I'm a bit insecure about it, that's why I decided to post it now, to see what you guys think before finishing it and posting the rest. I'm must be honest and say it will probably take some time to post the next chapter, but I'll try to do it as soon as I can. It's set in season 3, but only up to episode 10 'Maveth', given I began writing it before it returned from the break.

Tittle and chapter titles come from Gabrielle Aplin's 'Home'

Not beta-ed, all mistakes are mine.

For Lily. You mean a lot to me. A lot.

Chapter 1 - Cause They Say Home Is Where Your Heart Is Set in Stone

You wake up at the crack of the dawn every day, take a cold shower to keep you on alert and once you're finished you head out to the gym to perform your Tai Chi routine before going for the sand bag. You work out and train until your muscles ache and only then do you get out of the gym. You drink your morning green tea and take a walk through the base to assure everything is fine, that everything is normal. Sometimes it may even feel like it, but you know nothing is normal anymore.

You pass Phil's office and quarters on your way to the gym every morning and to knock on his door it's quite tempting and there are days where you get out of bed determined to talk to him, to try and help him – but you don't. Ever since he came back from that alien planet things between the two of you got from bad to even worse. He never talked to you about Rosalind, and you assume it's because of Andrew and your prolonged vacation, but you know him well enough to tell he cared about her a lot – a lot more than you wished he did, actually.

You're okay with giving him space to mourn her death, but you know it's not just that, something went down at that planet that he refuses to talk about. You try to get anything out of him a few days after his and Fitz's return but he doesn't say a word about it. He asks how you're doing, instead. He asks about how you're feeling regarding Andrew and everything that's happened but just like him you don't answer – because honestly you don't really know what to say.

Eventually you stop asking and so does he, the two of you now only talk to each other regarding missions and any other professional matters. The only exceptions to this rule is when one or both of you are worried about the rest of the team. Even though those conversations are less formal and strategical it still feels like everything you say it's measured and calculated and it just really sucks.

Skye – Daisy, you remind yourself even if sometimes is hard to call her that, but unlike Phil you are used to compartmentalize feelings, being so you don't call her Skye anymore, at least not at loud. But every time you call her Daisy a little piece of your heart shatters a bit more because it reminds you of when she chose that woman Jaying, her mother, you force your brain to remember over all of you.– does not join you for training anymore and even though you know she's just giving you space to process everything that happened you really wished she was pushing you out of your shell – at least this way you wouldn't have to constantly remind yourself that she's nothing more than a teammate so it doesn't feel like she's giving up on you, like she doesn't care anymore.

You see her with Lincoln and you're happy she's happy, but you really wish you could take the boy and put him in one of the containment pods to tell him if he ever does anything to hurt her intentionally or not, emotionally or physically he would have to answer to you – he would have to answer to "The Cavalry" herself. You want to tell him that Skye – Daisy – it's one of the best people you know and one of the most important ones in your life, that if something ever happened to her you don't know what you would do.

You want to make him promise on his own life he will protect her that he'll do everything he can to keep her happy, that he would rather die than let anything bad happen to her. But you don't do any of those things, because no matter how you feel you don't have the right to do or say those things. No matter how you feel, you're not her mother.

You honestly don't know what to make of Fitz and Simmons – one minute they're fine and acting as if nothing had happened, sometimes they even look like those two innocent geniuses you recruited, but then one of them do or say something that the other does not agree with it and all hell breaks loose.

Eventually, though, they calm down and apologize to each other, and even though it does not look like it most of the time you know they'll overcome this, like they always do, and once they do they'll get out stronger and most importantly: together.

(It doesn't mean you don't feel powerless at watching them argue and hurting each other knowing that anything you can think of doing won't help because you weren't with Jemma at that planet that honestly seems it's more like Hell, nor were you with Leo when she was sucked by that portal. It all only makes you hate yourself for taking that time off. Your team – your family – is falling apart and there's nothing you can do because when they needed you the most, you weren't there.)

And as if all of that wasn't enough to send you spiraling down the rabbit hole there's the situation with Andrew – or Lash, you don't even know who he is any more. Not only did he lie to you, killed dozens of innocent inhumans and almost hurt Skye – Daisy – and the rest of the team he's now on the loose.

There are days where you think you're actually going to end up breaking and just give everything up, but you refuse to do so. Whatever it is you're feeling you have to swallow down and deal with it later because right now you have a team that needs you, and you need them more than you will ever be able to express or explain.

…

You have just finished training and are heading to your quarters so you can shower when Phil calls you in his office. He has a mission for you and Skye – Daisy. A young inhuman was taken by what he assumed were Hydra agents near the Canadian border.

He shows you the security feed the young hacker came across – apparently the agents were not aware of the street's security camera – you watch them approach the young boy – he can't be older than twenty, you guess – and as they try to take him he throws a small fireball at them, however it does not hit any of them. Once having finding out his ability the four men surround him and as he launches on the two in front of him the other two catch him from behind and immediately inject him with some kind of sedative, you imagine.

"It's a trap" you say once the footage ends.

That earns you an incredulous look from Skye – Daisy – and a small smirk from Phil.

"Yes, it is" Coulson states and that earns him the same look from the hacker. "These men, whether or not are Hydra couldn't possibly think that exposing themselves at trying to capture an inhuman in the middle of the afternoon was in any way a good plan. Which means something's up."

"Okay. So what is that you want us to do?" the younger agent asks and without realizing you and Phil answer at the same time.

"Walk in to the trap"

(You can't miss the shit-eating grin that Skye – Daisy – shoots the two of you, nor can you ignore the little soar in your heart at the notion that perhaps things between you and Phil are not that bad, or that your relationship with your former trainee is so broken it can't be repaired. And if you walk out of there to go on prepare the plane you'll need for this mission with a slight upturn of lips, well, who can blame you?)

…

The two hours plane ride is quiet – and by quiet you mean that anytime you speak your words are formal and cold and you only talk of the details for the mission. Other than that there's only the mildly whispered words Skye – Daisy – and Lincoln exchange between the two of them.

You wish it could be different – better yet you wish things could go back to the way they were before - for that to happen, though, you need to actually talk to her but you're not good with words and right in the middle of a mission is not a good time.

You try and listen to their conversation, instead, not because you want to know what it is they're whispering about but because every now and then he says something that makes her either laugh or just simply smile – and this, knowing that at least she found someone that cares about her and from what it looks like makes her happy, is enough to put you at ease for the time being.

…

"Daisy, I need you to get to the boy and explain to him what's happening and who we are, we don't want him throwing fireballs at us out of fear." You say once you get to the location Hydra took the young man. "Be quick, though. Even with you two here we are still in disadvantage since we don't know how many of them will be awaiting us"

"Copy that" Daisy nods as she finishes checking if she has everything she needs.

"Lincoln, you come with me to give Daisy cover." He agrees as well and once you all are ready the three of you go into the warehouse.

…

You're almost out of the building when you hear heavy footsteps going down your way, and Skye's - Daisy's - quiet 'shit'. Sooner than you would have liked you and your protégé are facing four to six men – in the haze of the fight you didn't really bothered with counting – twice your size – not that it has ever been an actual issue to you – and very skilled – now, that is an issue worth worrying about.

You and the girl take on the men whilst Lincoln takes the boy to safety. You barely register the two young inhumans running out of the building in the haste of the fight but when you hear Lincoln's voice through your coms telling you they reached the plane you are relieved – one less problem.

Skilled as the men are you and Skye – Daisy - are much more of a team together – that and the fact they pretty much underestimated the two of you, a mistake really – therefore, you manage to control the situation.

Being still inside the facility, though, it's not a good option and so as soon as both you make sure that any of the six men – with their bodies on the floor counting is really much easier – won't be able to follow you two out, Skye – Daisy - and you get the hell out of there as fast as possible.

Skye – Daisy - is in front of you, and you follow after, senses on high alert to anything odd. The two of you are at least half way through to the way out when you feel the stinging sensation of a needle in your right arm – you never see, hear or sense anyone coming, which when you think about it later you question yourself on how the hell did this happen.

All you see next is darkness.

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