Following SHIELD's fall, Skye navigated the trust issues and desperate power grabs with Hydra while struggling with her new powers. Meanwhile, Ward worked to rid himself of any emotional attachments and forget the past that seemed to follow him everywhere. But when a mission gone wrong results in two becoming entangled, it begins a chain of events that changes everything. Canon AU

It had been 7 months since Skye had disappeared, 7 months where they had twisted her reality, 7 months her team had searched before they found her. "We want you to break her. Sever all of the ties that she has…We want the word 'hope' to be out of her vocabulary. If we let her go, she'll stay because she knows there's nowhere to run." Warning: torture/sexual abuse/suicide attempt.

When Lincoln is kidnapped by a group experimenting on Inhumans, Skye and the team come running to the rescue. But they end up finding out there's someone else there imprisoned as well for reasons they didn't want to find out. Ward. The mission ends up turning to saving Ward from the group and the experiments they're subjecting him to. Before it's too late. (Spoilers for S2.)

Grant Ward was notorious, feared, & respected as Hydra's Lethal Weapon - trained to follow orders & take the shot without feeling since adolescence, but as he held a gun to her head he couldn't pull the trigger & never would be able to. Who knew the robot could have feelings? Skye did, that was why with the barrel pressed to her temple she dared him to do it. SkyeWard/AU/Canon(s)