She's always lived her life away from anything to do with the government. After what happened to her parents – well, she doesn't exactly trust government agencies, and after the mess that was the Battle of Manhattan, that belief has been validated over and over again.
They had known about superhumans – superheroes, they call them now – and hadn't said a word. Iron Man was a well-known figure, but had been it. No one from the general populace had known about Thor, or Loki, or the fact that the Norse legends weren't legends after all – and they hadn't known about the aliens out there, baying for their blood. If they had known, maybe there wouldn't have been so many casualties, so many deaths.
But the world had been betrayed by the people they had put their trust in.
So she spends her time exposing the sheer number of the superpowered individuals that were a part of their lives. The people had a right to know, and she – and the Rising Tide – would help them do so. The fact that being associated with the group allowed her to have some hope of finding out about her parents is only the icing on the cake.
But then Coulson and S.H.I.E.L.D waltz into her life, and everything changes. She's expecting them to be just like everyone other agent she's had the bad luck to bump into, but then he injects his partner-subordinate-whatever with a truth serum and lets her lose.
He trusts her, and she cannot remember the last time that happened. It touches her in a place she had been sure she'd closed off a long, long time ago.
Meeting Fitz-Simmons only makes her like this place all the more. They're adorable and endearing, and absolutely nothing like what a secret agent is supposed to be – that's more Ward's thing, it seems.
The two of them are geeks after their own heart, and she really doesn't want to leave. So when Coulson offers her a job – well, she offers up the token protest, of course, but they both know that she's going to accept.
She may have to keep up with the Rising Tide for her parents, but they don't have her loyalty any longer.
Coulson and his team do.
A/N: And here ends this fic...I hope you guys liked this last edition!
I might add a new chapter if there are new agents introduced to the team, but as of now, the character analysis of Coulson's team is complete, despite how sad I am to see this fic go. I hope you guys enjoyed the ride, and as always, please don't forget to leave a review telling me your feelings about this fic on your way out :)