Chapter 10: Her Own Heart

She was alive and not dead, was the first thing she thought when she came to. Sitting up slowly despite the pain in her chest. She looked at her surroundings and realized that she was in the containment box with no way out, and her powers useless.

She was back at shield, and she had betrayed them, there was no going back now. She had chosen Ward over them, and she would have to live with those consequences, but they had never seen him like she had.

The door slid open causing her to look up, and seeing Coulson stand there made her face flash with guilt.

"I don't know what to say to you, Daisy. Turning your backs on all of us, attacking us. How am I supposed to justify your reasoning?" he asked exasperation in his voice.

"I did what I thought was right, to protect the people and this world that I love" she said, clear conviction in her voice. "Yea I know you did" he murmured looking at her sadly.

"You don't see it, do you? Your lying to yourself Daisy, that's not the only reason is it" he said, softly sighing as he sat on the bed.

"I don't know what you're talking about?" she said, looking away and not meeting him in the eye. "Do you love him?" he asked, looking at her, a questioning look in his eye.

Did she love him? She knew how Ward felt about her he had confessed during the battle, but she had never replied, was she afraid of loving a monster?

"Yea I think maybe I do" she whispered, blinking away unshed tears. "He's not the man you think, he's not a monster Coulson. I've seen the real him, and I love him for it" she choked. The tears now rolling down her cheeks, as the realization of her words hit.

"What's going to happen to me now?" she asked, waiting for him to reply. "I don't know Daisy, you really fucked this one up" he said, a sigh escaping his lips with exasperation.

Glancing down at the floor she couldn't look him in the eye too ashamed of everything that she had done.

Pushing open the door softly, a sigh escaped his lips. "What are you doing?" she asked, staring at the now open door. "I'm letting you go, I know what you thought you did was right Daisy, and I know that somewhere along the way you saw the real him, something no one else saw, and I know you love him" he said, softly and with conviction.

Stepping aside, as she stepped out of the containment. He led her through the building. "Where are we going?" she asked, confusion in her voice. "To see Ward, we locked him up a little farther from you" he said, causing her to hesitate in surprise. She hadn't been planning on seeing Ward and now that she knew that's where they were headed she couldn't get her heart to stop pounding in her chest.

She didn't know if she was ready to see him. The last time they had seen each other he had confessed his love and she hadn't had time to respond, what with the team coming and then her blacking out, and now here she was flustered and nervous.

She stands there, looking into the containment room, through the glass window. Laying there on the bed with his eyes closed. She stepped up to the window, and knocked on the glass gently to get his attention.

Rising from the bed. His eyes flicker to hers, standing up he touches the glass gently, and waits for her to speak. "Did you mean it, what you said back there" she said, her eyes meeting his.

"You know I did, Daisy" He said, his voice not even faltering. Breathing rapidly, she sucked in air, trying to get the words out but nothing came. She needed him to hear this, she couldn't hide from the truth anymore. She needed him to know.

"I wouldn't have said it, if I didn't mean it. You made me better, you saw the good in me when no one else did, and for that I love you, and I don't even care if you say it back, just know that I meant it" he said, looking at her with so much love in his eyes, that she could feel tears sliding down her cheeks.

"I love you" she blurted, her feelings finally coming to the surface, as the damn broke and she was no longer able to hold it all in. Her lips parting slowly in a gasp at what she had just said. Moving towards the door, she hacked the security, and the door slid open.

Stepping in, and not giving him time to respond, she threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tight, pressing her face into his neck, and the sobs came shortly after that.

His arms wrapped slowly around, and he buried his head in her neck, clutching her body to his. Pulling away gently, he brushed his thumb over her cheek caressing it in a gentle stroke.

Pulling her towards him again. He pressed his forehead to hers letting out a deep breath, and slowly brought his lips to meet hers, with a brush of lips that sent shivers down her spine. She slowly parted her lips, letting him in.

The kiss was soft and gentle, and not at all rushed or hungry like some of the others had been. They weren't on a time crunch anymore, waiting for Hive to destroy the world, now it was just them two and all the time in the world.

Wrapping her arms around his neck, she backed them up into the room, and pressed her soft body against his, gasping into his mouth, his tongue sliding along her lips. Breaking away gently, he began peppering soft kisses down her throat causing her to arch her neck to give him better access.

His lips skimming against her skin, causing goosebumps to rise from her flesh. A cough broke her thoughts, causing both to jump away, startled and embarrassed at having been caught. She blushed looking over at Fitz and Jemma both standing there and looking equally as uncomfortable.

"Jemma, Fitz… uhh, when do you… get here?" Daisy squeaked, a blush rising to her cheeks. "A few sec…seconds" Jemma stammered, embarrassment washing over her face.

"Coulson wanted to speak to you both, he has come to a decision about what to do with you" she said biting her lip worriedly.

Stepping into Coulson's office, Ward following closely behind. She closed the door behind her and took a deep breath ready to face Coulson.

"you both look like I am sentencing you to death" Coulson said, raising an eyebrow in amusement. "I really should just lock you up" he muttered with a sigh.

"Hive though, was a threat that none of us saw coming, and because of that I am pardoning you, both of you" he said. Letting out a gasp Daisy's eyes widened and a shocked expression began crossing her face.

"Thank you, thank you" Daisy said, relief washing through her face. "Oh and one more thing… Ward" he said, pausing and waiting for Ward to look at him.

"I have decided that if you want, we have a position open as an agent of shield, of course you would have to be Daisy's partner since no one else trust you" he said, smirking and something told him Ward wouldn't have anyone else as a partner anyway.

Glancing over at Ward, who had his head bent, slowly he began to raise his head a smirk plastering on his face. "Alright sounds like fun" he said, his eyes glancing over at Daisy with a smirk on his face. "Well then I guess your dismissed" Coulson said, waving them out.

Stumbling out of his office, Ward smirked pushing her against the wall, as his lips devoured hers in a bruising kiss, and for the first time in a long time, Daisy felt good. When she was with shield she had just been going through the motions, day by day and while they were like family. There had always been something missing in life a piece of her that she could never seem to find.

Ward knew her better than anyone, and he had barely even known her. He had stared right into her soul and saw the real her, just as she saw the real him. Smiling against his lips, she pushed him into her room. Both falling on the bed.

With his lisp descending on hers. He brushed a few strands of hair away from her face and smiled gently. His fingers ghosting over her cheeks. "I love you" he whispered, his lips brushing hers.

"You knew me before I knew myself, and for that I will always love you" he breathed, his lips capturing hers again.

She was a traitor in so many ways. She was a traitor to the people that she loved when she sided with Ward, she was a traitor to shield, but mostly she betrayed her own heart which begged her not to fall in love with this man for fear of getting hurt but she never listened.

She regretted so many things in this life, but Ward wasn't one of them. She didn't regret him at all.

Her head knew it was wrong to fall for this man but her heart didn't listen even when she knew it would bring her pain. She betrayed what her heart was telling her and in the end….

She Betrayed her own heart….

The End