Hey guys, I know it's been over a year since an update. But it's just been really hard. I but into a psych ward last winter cause I was caught cutting, and I guess I just stopped after that. I don't know... I guess I'm getting better. Some days are just really hard. Umm. so once again I'm really sorry for everything.

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Epilogue: Seven years later

Skye had changed a lot, Ward thought as he looked at her from behind bars. Everything had changed in seven years. Hydra had been exposed and defeated. SHIELD beating the odds somehow. When Ward thought about his experience undercover, he realised that they were the happiest he'd ever been-

...and ever would be he thought as he recalled the life sentence hanging over his head. Sometimes he wondered if he got off easy or if the death sentence would have been kinder. He let his mind wander down that dark train for a while. Faintly hearing someone call his name.

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"Ward! Ward!" Skye called. God dammit she thought.

Despite hating his guts, a part of her still felt like she owed him everything. The months following her attempt had been hard, and through it all Grant had been there.

It all but killed her when it was revealed that he was Hydra.

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6 years ago

"Was it all a lie?" She asked him.

"I never lied to you," Ward tried to reason.

"Just about everything else."

"I thought I was doing the right thing-"

"I want to understand."

"Two minutes are up!" a guard yelled.

"Don't do anything stupid Skye!" Ward yelled as he was locked away presumably forever.

She really did try. But some days it was just so hard. Coulson and Jemma helped, but the team was never quite the same. Skye threw herself into the new SHIELD, eventually becoming a top agent. Being a top agent bought her a lot, for example, a meeting with Grant Ward. Her only regret was that it took 6 years to get to meet.

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"Ward!" she yelled again. His eyes were glazed over and she had the feeling he was a million years away.

"Ward," she tried again. Suddenly his eyes snapped up and he looked for the first time in 6 years.

"Hey," was the only thing Skye could come up with.

"Hey," he echoed back, "You haven't done anything stupid right?"

She paused for a second. "Me never." Both knew that it was a lie. She had scars to prove it, and her eyes had lost the twinkle that they once had. But for the first time in forever, she felt alive. Maybe it was the risk: all or nothing. Maybe it was the feeling of home. She would never know.

END

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A/N: I'm sorry for how short it is. And I know it's really rushed but I thought I owed it to you guys to finish this story. As for "Finding a Home," I don't know if I'm going to finish that... but I might release a time line I had on that.. Idk comment what you guys think.