I watched the world tear us apart (A stoic mind and a bleeding heart) - UPDATE
Final chapter (aka The Epilogue) is up!
[Sneak Peek below the cut]
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For @agl03, thanks for being our enabler!
Thanks to @dilkirani for being the most amazing and super fast beta anyone could ever ask for!
Today is not only my birthday but also my one-year anniversary on AO3. Therefore, my husband made me a very special present that goes really well with this epilogue. >>> CLICK HERE to see it (You won’t regret it, I believe)
Sneak Peek:
It had been about four months since Fitz had escaped the Framework and destroyed AIDA. Since his unexpected, shocking, and yet surprisingly freeing encounter with his father. Since he’d found out that Radcliffe had died as well, killed by his own invention. Since he had buried his father. Since Jemma had proposed to him by his father’s grave.
Fitz wished he could say that these months had been easy, that it had been easy to let go, to accept that The Doctor hadn’t been him. But it hadn’t been easy. It still wasn’t easy. And Fitz tended to think that it wasn’t supposed to be.
Framework Spec Fic prompted by no other than AGL03
So @agl03 gave me this fun evil little Framework fic idea (below the cut for those avoiding spoilers). And since I had just talked with AgentsofSuperwholocked about maybe doing a collab fic some time and she likes angst as much as I do, we decided to do this fic together. (She’s not on Tumblr but whose fics you should definitely check out on AO3 if you’re not already ;) ).
Thanks to @dilkirani for reading beta!
Chapter 1 is now up (right in time before the new episode). A nice little teaser to get the ball rolling! We’re not sure how quickly we can update this fic, though we’ll try to be fast as usual.
I watched the world tear us apart (A stoic mind and a bleeding heart)
Prompt: Crazy Idea for you to fic. That once AIDA loses in the FW she has a parting shot. Like FS have been reunited, Fitz has his memories back, but Fitz is pulled out. It’s self control all over and the Avatar goes from Fitz back to Framework!Fitz in the blink of an eye because AIDA has pulled Fitz out.The girls escape get to the hostages only to find AIDA and Fitz gone, she's taken him to another location to force him to finish the project.
Sneak Peek:
He walks into her office and stops abruptly when he sees two guards holding up an unconscious Skye, or Daisy Johnson as her real name seems to be. Next to them stand two guards with her, the woman they’d been looking for.
Jemma Simmons. The woman from the other world. The world that had treated Ophelia, the woman he loved, as a slave, as a thing. The woman whom Holden Radcliffe had said he’d been in love with in that other world. Shared an unbreakable bond with. Crossed the universe for. Almost drowned for.
He tucks his hands into his pockets and slows down his steps. He stops in front of Jemma Simmons, her cuffed hands dangling in front of her. Her eyes are tear-filled, desperate, pained. She doesn’t show signs of physical injuries, but he can see her soul bleed. She remains silent, but he notices her lips quivering.
I watched the world tear us apart (A stoic mind and a bleeding heart) - UPDATE
Chapter 5 is up! [Sneak Peek below the cut]
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For @agl03
Thanks to @dilkirani for another super awesome and super fast beta!
P.S. Chapter 6 will be up tomorrow. And Chapter 7 shouldn’t be far behind.
Sneak Peek:
She’s sitting in front of him, her artificial brain exposed. “What is it that you’re doing?”
He bites his lip, concentrating hard. “I can’t explain it to you. The book showed it to me. I can barely understand how it works, but it’ll work. Trust me”
Her voice is calm, a hint of admiration in her tone. “She always trusted you. There weren’t many that treated her like a person, a human ; that showed her compassion. It’s why you’ve earned a special spot in her plan. Why she rewarded you in the Framework. Made you the most important person next to herself.”
Suddenly her tone changes. Becomes cocky, arrogant. There's something that resembles victorious pride. “I knew you would make the right choice, Leopold. I knew the book would give you the answer. What did it show you, Leopold?”
I watched the world tear us apart (A stoic mind and a bleeding heart) - UPDATE
Chapter 3 is up! [Sneak Peek below the cut]
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For @agl03
Thanks to @dilkirani for another super awesome and super fast beta!
Also tagging @agentcalliope, ‘cause bus kids ;)
Sneak Peek:
It doesn't take them long to get to where the hostages are, once they’ve gotten past a number of arguments about the mission. Jemma had wanted to go but everyone advised against it, saying it wasn't a good idea, that her leg was still healing and she might cause further damage to it. Jemma had argued back, saying that Daisy had been injured as well. Shot. Multiple times. And if she was going then they better believe Jemma would be going as well.
They had tried to get her to stay on the Zephyr and run comms. That way, she would still be helping with the mission but not causing further harm to herself. But Jemma still wasn’t having it. She was going on the mission and no one was stopping her.
Eventually they had given in, realizing that there was no force strong enough to hold back this woman on fire.
I watched the world tear us apart (A stoic mind and a bleeding heart) - UPDATE
Chapter 8 is up! [Sneak Peek below the cut]
or
Read from the beginning
For @agl03
Thanks to @dilkirani for another super awesome and super fast beta!
Tagging @agentcalliope, ‘cause bus kids.
P.S. Okay, I know I said one more chapter plus an epilogue when we posted the last chapter, but .... yeah... so .... it’s still one more Chapter plus an epilogue in the works! Stay tuned.
Sneak Peek:
She’s asleep in the medbay back at the base. She had slept the entire flight back. If the whispered conversations between Elena and Daisy were anything to go by, she needed the rest.
They had given her a sedative at one point, when the nightmares had started, and it seems that it still hasn’t fully worn off yet.
“How is she?” a voice asks from the doorway. Slowly, Fitz lifts his head to look at Daisy.
She comes into the room and sits on the opposite side of the bed, looking down at Jemma, trying to hide the sadness in her eyes.
Fitz shrugs. “They don’t know. Not yet. It’s gonna take time; she’s gonna need physical therapy for sure. It’s a deep stab wound. Hit a nerve too. Doctors are annoyed, though. She put too much strain on it. Didn’t rest.”
I watched the world tear us apart (A stoic mind and a bleeding heart) - UPDATE
Chapter 6 is up! [Sneak Peek below the cut]
or
Read from the beginning
For @agl03
Thanks to @dilkirani for another super awesome and super fast beta!
P.S. We’re hoping to get Chapter 7 up later this week [AND I’M SO FREAKIN’ EXCITED ABOUT CHAPTER 7!!!!!!!!!!].
Sneak Peek:
They had returned to the base, now empty of any active LMDs. It was a ruin, but it wasn’t the first time the base had been destroyed. They could fix it. They had fixed it before.
Half-destroyed or not, the base had better medical facilities than the Zephyr, something that May and Mace were in dire need of.
They had been rushed there, and once they had arrived, Daisy had begged Jemma to go to medical as well, as a patient, to get her leg checked out and get some fucking rest.
Jemma had shaken her head. “I’m fine. I will go once May and Mace have been taken care of. Their conditions are far more serious than mine!”
I watched the world tear us apart (A stoic mind and a bleeding heart) - UPDATE
Chapter 9 is up! [Sneak Peek below the cut]
or
Read from the beginning
For @agl03
Thanks to @dilkirani for another super awesome and super fast beta!
Tagging @agentcalliope, ‘cause bus kids.
P.S. *sobs quietly* Only the epilogue left after this chapter. *sobs* I can’t believe it’s almost over.
Sneak Peek:
It has been barely two weeks since they’d returned from The Framework. Since they’d finally rescued Fitz. Since they’d returned to the base. Back home.
Now they’re taking another trip. Non-S.H.I.E.L.D.-related. Well, not entirely. But certainly more of a private matter.
The doctors still aren’t allowing her to put much weight on her leg, even though Jemma has enough medical knowledge to know they’re being overly cautious at this point. They still insist she use crutches. Most of the time she complies.
Today, she has decided against it. She needs her hands free.
