A/N: Just a little something, a drabble over the sneak peek.

Spoiler: The season 3 sneak peek.

Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.


He was numb. Nothing mattered anymore. He just couldn't be bothered. Any feelings he had or might have had, had disappeared with her.

No one believed she was coming back; everyone had given up, moved on.

He took orders, followed suit. Went on missions, that he wasn't even sure he'd come back from. Like a good little soldier.

But the one thing he wasn't going to stand for was for anyone to take, remove, or destroy the monolith. No matter what anybody said or thought she was still in there. And though he might not know how right now, he was going to get her out. Whatever it took.

Even protecting the damn rock with a shotgun, from his own people.

Determined desperation trumped numbness.