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Good morning!! Don’t mind me giving an ask literally less than ten min after you posted lmao—
Very intrigued by your post-tahiti cal & daisy dynamic, I like that he’s still in her life even after all… that that was s2.
I’m more curious about why daisy decided to run away after the whole hive debacle? Was it for the same reasons as in canon?
Also, the last dot point also rose a mental flag in my angst-infested brain — does daisy ever mistake cal for coulson when she’s sick?
First of all, as always, hi Anon! I do not mind you asking me so soon— I love it when people talk to me so this is awesome.
YES SOMEONE ASKED ME ABOUT WHY SHE RAN AWAY FINALLY HAHA!!! I have dialogue written. It wouldn’t have seen the light of day if not for you. Thank you. Thank you so much.
As for your last question, Daisy never mistakes Cal for Coulson. She drew a line between them a long time ago, and she never crosses it, not even by mistake. The reason she rambles is that her brain knows that she trusts Cal. She just… doesn’t remember why she didn’t tell him before. So she then tells him everything that she can think of. She also has a habit of calling him ‘Doc’ and he finds it very endearing.
ONTO THE MAIN EVENT!!!! ITS SUPER DIALOGUE HEAVY IM SORRY BUT VOILA HAVE IT. IT ALSO HAS SOME CONSISTENCY MISTAKES BUT. IGNORE THAT. ILL FIX IT IN A LATER POST.
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(Post season 3 finale.)
(In Daisy’s room.)
The room felt empty. Her mother and she were inside, but it felt empty. Since Daisy got her powers, everywhere had this sort of buzz, with the volume of it increasing with the number of people around her. The room was quiet. Lincoln’s absence haunted it.
“I think…” Daisy’s voice sounded foreign to herself. “I think it hurts more because I thought we could’ve had something.”
May understood. She always did. “Like what?” her mother asked gently.
“I don’t know,” Daisy admitted. “A future, maybe. I had this thought that maybe after all this was over, we would come home and have a drink and laugh about that time we almost died. Maybe even a life outside of SHIELD. But I…”
“Mm.”
“Last night, I had this dream.”
A beat.
“What did you dream?”
“It was just a regular day. A chill one. No ops, no paperwork, just the kind of day that we could do regular things. Me and him, we had lunch and we sparred and just… spent the day together. We went to sleep and he was next to me, but when I woke up, he wasn’t. For a minute, I let myself think that he just got up early and went to the bathroom or to get us breakfast. I laid there for an hour, pretending that he wasn’t really gone, that he’d be back any minute with a smile or food or anything. I just wanted…”
“Him.”
“Yeah.” Daisy stared at her hands. They blurred as her eyes welled. She didn’t like that. “I don’t think I can stay here anymore. Everything reminds me of him and it hurts. So much. Every hallway, every room, even the cells, they… I just can’t be here anymore.”
“So don’t.”
“What?”
“Don’t be here. Take a little time to yourself. No one’s going to blame you. Not even if you never come back.”
“But…”
“We’ll survive without you. We’ll miss you, but we’ll survive.” May squeezed Daisy’s hands gently. “Phil’s going to relegitimize the agency. He’s handing over the reigns to the government.”
That got her attention. “What?”
“He’s stepping down as a director. This time next month, he’ll be a field agent just like you and me. We’ll get to pick our own assignments. The three of us, we can stick together. Just like old days.”
As much as she wanted to… “I can’t.”
“I understand. We’ll keep your room locked.”
“I might not come back.”
“I know. But just in case. You never know.”
“I’m sorry, Mom.”
“It’s okay. Just promise me you’ll take care of yourself out there.”
“Promise.”
Daisy lied as easily as breathing, these days.
Omigoodness hello!! I just found out you have a tumblr and I was so happy to see some AoS stuff posted here! I definitely didn’t binge through all of them when I still have an assignment due in 52 minutes… haha… not at all…
Something did pique my interest tho!! You mentioned Cal having an ‘angry conversation with Phil and May over how they handled Skye/Daisy’s situation’? I’m super curious what you meant by that! So could I please ask for maybe just a few more crumbs? 🥹🥹
Hope you have a great day! x
Hi Anon! Always lovely to hear from one of y’all. I’m glad to hear that you liked my stuff!
• when Skye/Daisy runs away from SHIELD after Lincoln’s death (yes, I was still gonna kill him), she constantly seeks refuge in Cal’s vet place, to the point where he becomes a trusted confidant. Eventually, he remeets Coulson and May, and has a sort of angry conversation for how they handled Skye/Daisy’s situation.
So! I actually really like the post-TAHITI protocol Cal and post-s3 Daisy dynamic that I made for them. Here’s a few things to start so y’all have all the context you need:
- Cal’s post-op name is Dr. John Winslow (DVM)
- Daisy first showed up after getting in a fight with the Watchdogs, she’s badly beaten up, she doesn’t know where to go, and the first place she thinks of is the clinic.
- She ends up passed out in the alleyway behind the building, and Dr. Winslow finds her and helps her clean up and patches her wounds.
- Daisy doesn’t confide in him at first because she’s afraid that too much info will override the procedure, but over time, she lets go.
- Dr. Winslow feeds her, cleans and patches her up as needed, and is generally very understanding. He’s basically Cal if nothing bad ever happened to him, and Daisy wonders if this is what it would’ve been like to grow up as his daughter.
- For a short period of time, she even lives with him in his apartment above the clinic. Dr. Winslow says it’s to keep her out of trouble, but it was actually because Daisy was slowly slipping into a depressive episode, and he wanted to keep an eye on her.
- Daisy learns to cook from him. Coulson tried to teach her, but it never stays. Dr. Winslow teaches her very simple things, starting with how to make rice and a simple broth to tide her over until her next meal (> this makes Coulson a teensy bit jealous. Just a teeny bit.)
- She reveals her powers to him after a few hours of knowing him. There’s no way of explaining her injuries without it, and something in her just trusts him. She was afraid of how he might react, but Dr. Winslow just nodded and offered her a drink.
- Daisy talks about her parents (Coulson and May) a lot, once even venting to Dr. Winslow about them when she was delirious from a fever. This is when he gets a bad impression of them, but he still respects that if she loves them as parents, he’ll be nice to them.
Basically, Daisy healing from her biological daddy issues. Because yes. Girl needs that. The ficlet will come later, probably. We’ll see.
Hello, different anon to… both of the earlier ones lol.
Delighted to see you back with Maydaisy Universe crumbs!
I do have a small question, though: Why and when does Skye start going by Daisy? (And bonus question: how does May feel about it?)
I love the universe you’ve created so much and I have a good many scenes that I’d like to ask what your versions would be like, but I’ll hold myself back for now 😅 (Oh but please don’t feel pressured to write anything, I just wanted to express my appreciation 😊.)
Thank you in advance if you decide to answer this, and I hope you have a lovely day! xx
Hi, different Anon! Happy to hear from you!
Before we start, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who sent me asks because this is the most productive I've been in weeks, and please, please, please, send me more of these! Send as many as you want, and I'll try my best to fulfill all of them. I love seeing these in my inbox every day. Feel free to send me a text or comment on any of these as well, since I'm starved of interaction. I don't plan on posting any of these onto ao3, so little ficlets are all you'll get from me for now.
Onto the main event!
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(2x22: SOS pt. 2)
(In the bunks.)
May hovered nervously at the door. Skye had said that she wanted to talk about something. It had been years since the last time they had this sort of talk, but May still knew the ritual. She'd let Skye know that she was outside her door with some sort of snack (Phil made them hot chocolate this time) and wait until the door opened so she could go in and they could start. Talking.
The door swung open, and May went in, walking around the bed to the side that faced the wall. Skye was sitting with her back against the side of the bed, accepting the mug of hot chocolate that was offered to her.
May settled down next to her, shoulder to shoulder. They both stared aimlessly at the wall in front of them.
"I'm fine," Skye began, and they both knew that was a lie. "I'm not... feeling weird or panicky or anything. I just sent Ward and Kara off with Cal for their trip to LA. Cal's... he's very excited to see his clinic."
Her mother hummed softly. "And you? Are you..." She sighed. "How did your talk go with him? Before the procedure."
Skye fidgeted with her hands. It was a nervous habit, one that she had learned to suppress on most occasions. "It was fine," she replied. "He told me about my past. Uh..." She quirked up the corner of her mouth, sparing a glance at the agent next to her. "Apparently, I liked applesauce over bananas and my grandparents are dead."
May huffed a laugh.
"He told me my name, too." Skye's hands fiddled with themselves. Nervous habit. "My full name. Apparently, they never gave me one in Chinese because we were going to move back to the States."
"What is it?" May asked after a moment. "Your real name."
"Daisy Louise Johnson," Skye said, her smile twisting around the words. "Not sure where the Louise part comes from. Maybe a grandma or a great-aunt."
May nodded. She took a sip of her hot chocolate. "Are you going to keep it?" she asked. "Change it back?"
Skye shrugged lightly. "I'm not sure. I wanted to, uh..." She shifted closer to May. "Ask you first."
"It'll take some getting used to," was the first thing out of May's mouth. "Phil will have the hardest time out of all of us. But I think you can do it. It's your decision."
Skye drained her mug, placing it on her bedside table before she spoke again. "I think..." She hesitated. "I think I might want to. But I want to change some things as well. Because-" Skye swallowed nervously- "Well, I wanted it to mean something."
Avoiding May's eyes, she passed her mother a notepad with three words scribbled on it hastily over and over again, like Skye was practicing her signature.
May traced her fingertip over the clearest three, eyes curious and processing what had been presented to her.
'Daisy May Johnson'.
Oh.
Oh, I see.
May glanced at her daughter, who’d taken to staring at the floor and picking at her hands absent-mindedly. “I think it suits you,” she said quietly.
Skye was quick to look up at her, a small smile blooming on her face. “You really think so?”
May pulled the girl closer, breathing it in. They had a long few months. This… this felt like the natural conclusion and a new doorway for them to step through. “Yeah, I do,” she said. “You want to tell Phil, or should I?”
Skye chuckled. “I think I’ll tell him, but can you be there?” She buried her head in May’s shoulder. “He’s gonna be all weird about it until you say it’s not weird.”
“Of course.” May leaned her head on Skye’s. “Thank you.”
Skye hummed. “For what?”
“Keeping me with you.” May squeezed Skye’s hand. “Me and Phil, we wanted to talk to you about what we talked about after you found your parents, but it might not be the right time.”
Her daughter smiled softly. “I don’t think it is,” she said. “I’m sorry.”
“Don’t be. You’re…” May held Skye tighter. Well, she’d have to stop calling her ‘Skye’ in her head soon. She’ll make the switch once it’s official. “I’m glad to have you as you are.”
Skye tapped her hand twice, the one she was holding.
I love you.
May let herself relax for a moment, and let the silence blanket them like she used to tuck Skye in.
It’ll be a change, but for her daughter, it was worth it.
The MayDaisy Universe Pt. 2
Stuff from the notes file that I forgot I had until I went back for inspo.
• Fitzsimmons doesn’t recognize Skye because they were transferred to the Hub shortly after they met her.
• Skye knows a little bit about Bahrain. May told her after the events of Adoption Day.
• Skye carries zip ties with her everywhere.
• May is always a little quieter during the Bahrain anniversary. Only Skye can coax a conversation out of her.
•The two of them are even more closely bonded after Skye gets her powers.
• If Coulson gets a concussion, he always calls Skye (as Daisy) Skye again. If he can’t remember, he calls her Angel Eyes.
• May partially blames herself for Skye getting shot.
• Skye (as Daisy) often answers to Skye and Mary Sue when she’s distracted. She won’t respond to Daisy until she grows more into the name.
• May only sleeps with Ward so she can get over Coulson, which backfires because she now wishes that it was Coulson she was having sex with and not some upstart twenty-eight year old.
• Skye was an agent trainee though she will still answer to cadet if it was said strictly enough.
• Skye as an agent is also very difficult to discern in terms of her specialty. She’s extremely well rounded in terms of her fighting skills, which rival Ward’s in the beginning and May as she grows older, and her leadership/charisma matches Coulson’s in the best way. She still works a lot in CS, so she could also be considered a Sci-Tech kid if she uses enough fancy words.
• “Can’t wake up on the wrong side of the bed if I don’t sleep.”
• Skye/Daisy doesn’t flinch at knives, guns, or punches, but she flinches at scalpels and the snap of gloves.
Part 1 here
The MayDaisy Universe Collection
I got an idea of compiling short tiny headcanons for my Sunglasses (and other stories) universe from this post so here’s the first part!
• this is kinda already in the fics but whenever Skye has a nightmare, she goes and finds wherever May is whether she’s sleeping or awake— she just finds her and curls up next to her someway, somehow. This starts after they move from LA in the first fic.
• Skye and Coulson first met when she was still a kid and he watched her for Clint, who was her social worker at the time. The story of how they met is linked here.
• Skye and Barton still remember each other, but they’ve been out of contact for a while. When she starts working at the Triskelion, she sees him again, and they catch up. Between TMWIH and Next Big Thing, they become friends and text every now and then. Skye likes to send him bird memes.
• Skye and May are roughly the same size and swap outfits constantly. In the beginning, May will think that she lost a shirt until she sees it in Skye’s closet, and in retaliation, she took some of Skye’s stuff. They end up mish mashing their styles to create some combo of dress casual and comfy pjs.
• May and Coulson have taken Skye to Disneyland and Universal on a trip back to LA during the years she spent with them. There’s a picture with Skye and Coulson in Hufflepuff robes while May stands next to them, decked out in Slytherin merch.
• Coulson cooks for everyone on the Bus. He teaches Simmons, Skye, and Ward how to cook. Simmons takes to it easily because “it’s basically chemistry”, Skye manages to make an ooblek soup, and Ward, who is supposedly great at making survival food, somehow ungrills a cheese.
• when Skye was in her coma, she kinda had this framework experience where May and Coulson were her bio parents.
• similarly, if I had put her through the Framework, her regret would’ve been that she couldn’t save that girl in Ashlands, and she would’ve quit SHIELD to be a single parent/sister figure to the girl. She would’ve been a waitress by day, hacker by ‘night’, which was supposed to be a parallel to how she began the start of the series.
• while we’re on the subject, the Framework lives I planned out for Coulson and May are different than in canon (bc ofc I had to make things harder for myself, lol) I’ll make a different post tho
• after she kills Jiaying (oops, spoilers for the people who didn’t read voice) Skye and Cal have a long convo about what they want from each other. In the end, Cal agrees to have his memories erased because he trusted Skye, who said that this was the best option for everyone involved.
• when Skye/Daisy runs away from SHIELD after Lincoln’s death (yes, I was still gonna kill him), she constantly seeks refuge in Cal’s vet place, to the point where he becomes a trusted confidant. Eventually, he remeets Coulson and May, and has a sort of angry conversation for how they handled Skye/Daisy’s situation.
• when her powers get out of control in that one episode that I don’t remember, the one with Sif in it, Skye grabs the nearest gun she sees and shoots herself with it. Contrary to canon, while she had more firearm experience in this universe, Skye didn’t actually register what she was holding before she shot herself. In her mind, it didn’t really matter, because she was taught to eliminate the threat. If it was by lethal force, so be it. If it was her, so be it. It was still an ICER though.
• Skye/Daisy and May drift apart during the break between season 3 and 4, understandably. May and Coulson had gotten together the night she left, before they knew that she had left. They were planning on telling her the morning after, but when they went to get her, all that was left in her bunk was a note. May tries to make contact, and is only successful once or twice. Skye/Daisy only calls if she needs something, which May always provides.
• Skye, May, and Coulson ran SHIELD in s2, and Coulson was fully prepared to hand the agency off to Skye when he succumbed to the carvings. Skye was told later, and she was prepared for that eventuality.
• after Coulson actually dies in s5, Skye/Daisy lets Mack handle things while she and May take a trip to get themselves back to working condition. Then Skye/Daisy resumes leadership of SHIELD and leads them through season 6 and 7.
• May and Coulson were planning to adopt Skye after the events of s2, but they held off asking her because they thought that she might not want that after meeting her bio parents.
• Coulson proposed to May in Tahiti, and they flew Skye/Daisy in for their tiny ceremony. They never told anyone else about this, and throughout season 6 and 7, May would wear her wedding band on a necklace under her shirt.
That’s all I can think of at the moment, but enjoy your crumbs, everyone! You can pick any of these and beg me to write them and maybe I’ll say yes if my brain lets me. Also there’s a lot of self promo in this post, lol.
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GUESS WHO'S BACK
First chapter of a new little fic is up. Regular person AU? I guess? Philinda and philindaisy stuffs. Later on also dousy.
Skye and Jiaying talk. In-universe of my aos rewrite before I actually go on a hiatus.
DONE OMG IM SO DONE I LOVE YALL THANKS
Shameless self-promotion. Cue the AOS theme song.
Do I have enough fics to make a master list yet? Anyway, there’s a few updates for my big AOS fix it. Have fun.
My last Mayday fic! Angst and feels and lots of Mama May and Daisy after the season 5 finale.
Second chapter of Philinda stuffs out now!!
Philinda stuffs
Philinda stuffs
Chapters 1 and 2 out now! MayDaisy drabbles for Mother’s Day and Mayday 2024. Hope y’all like!
Second Mayday fic! Chaptered this time, next part coming out tomorrow <3
My first May fic for May!
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My darlings I come with 4 chapters of May and Daisy being mother/daughter and there is more to come
Saddish May and Daisy fic.
Quick fic of Phil and May shenanigans
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Super slow burn because neither of them know about it until the second half.
I Will
finished
More Than Words
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Part 4 of the Philindaisy Playlist
Third instalment of my Philindaisy fic. Not completed, but going to be within the next month and a half.
