the story of her life - a fitzsimmons arrival au
Summary: When alien spacecrafts arrive in twelve major cities around the world, linguist Jemma Simmons is recruited by S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Coulson to join his team in identifying why the shuttles landed on Earth. Assigned to work with engineer Leopold Fitz, the pair are tasked with learning to communicate with the alien species inhabiting the shuttles. But when mysterious dreams suddenly begin to cloud Jemma's mind, she'll soon learn her true role in this mission and the repercussions of learning a language out of this world.
Thank you so much to @fitzcamebacktome for helping me with this! You’re a lifesaver. 💙
The flight time for the helicopter ride to S.H.I.E.L.D.’s makeshift base near the alien shuttle was only about fifteen minutes, but Jemma didn’t really notice the time passing as she was too distracted by the person sitting across from her reading a book – her book specifically.
Before this, Coulson instructed her to sit on the bench next to him and handed her a headset. “Shouldn’t be long now,” he said. “You won’t have much time before we begin. I know it’s early, but we don’t have time to waste here.”
“I understand,” she responded, slouching in her seat to get as comfortable as possible. But just as she closed her eyes to try and relax for the rest of the ride, she heard a new voice speaking through her headset.
“Language is the foundation of civilization.”
Opening her eyes, she focused on the man sitting across from her holding a book up in his lap – her first published work of two. The cover was in less than pristine condition, and she noticed a select few pages with tabs sticking out, so she was surprised to hear him reciting the first line. A slight curve of a smile crept on his face, and when she didn’t respond, he continued reading aloud.
“It is the glue that holds a people together, and it is the first weapon drawn in a conflict.”
