#aos 7x04

[beth-is-rainpaint]

somebody (not me) needs to write a fic about the 46 (!!!!!!!!) years Enoch spent as the long-suffering bartender at the Krazy Kanoe

[sailforvalinor]

Top 5: AoS characters, AoS episodes, and Charlie Bone characters, please?

(I swear I didn’t forget about this—it’s just taken me forever to figure out my favorite AOS episodes)

AoS characters:

1. Fitz

2. Sousa

3. Mack

4. Simmons

5. May

AoS episodes (in no particular order, I can’t pick favorites)

1. “Out of the Past” (7x04) I love the noir spin on this episode, and the combination of that and the way they circumvent Sousa’s death

2. “As I Have Always Been” (7x09) DOUSY TIMELOOP BABEYYY

3. FZZT (1x06) Apart from being an all-around great episode, this was one of the first episodes that had a deep exploration of Fitzsimmons’ relationship and it was SO good. I’m also very fond of the old monster-of-the-week bus kid episodes.

4. “Many Heads, One Tale” (3x08) FITZSIMMONS FIRST KISS (“and you dove through a hole in the universe for me” “we’re cursed” 😭😭😭😭)

5. “Inescapable” (6x06) Top-tier Fitzsimmons episode, I also love “battle inside the mind” episodes.

Charlie Bone characters:

1. Fidelio

2. Tancred

3. Gabriel

4. Lysander

5. Emma

[moonlayl]

Told you we’re the good guys. 

Two year anniversary: 7.04

[msjemmxswift]

DANIEL SOUSA BIG GIFS: A SERIES | “Out Of The Past” – 7x04 (Agents of SHIELD, 2020).

[himynameshiddles]

May being the first thing he sees back in color..

The look on coulsons face as she walks up and puts out her hand...

May taking his hand

..... 😶😭

[heavenblazzer]

I survived my own death squad:

[blancasplayground]

Jemma: You also felt this swell when you saw the technology in the briefcase.

May: I was excited about it.

Yo-Yo: You were giddy. Only Simmons cares that much about stuff like that.

Me: Only Simmons? Really? She’s the only person you can think of who gets excited about SHIELD technology. No one else? Not one single other person?

Everyone on the Show: Nope. Just Simmons. 

Me: [Screams into the Fitz-less void.]

[angry-slytherin]

AOS 7x04 THOUGHTS

(SPOILERS!!!!)

c’mon girl, you know there’s spoilers ahead:

helloooo Coulson-Sousa team up! what a fun duo!

THE SEASON ONE CALLBACKS: THE POOL, THE TRAIN!!! YES!!!

cue the annual: “Come be evil and join us!! We have *cough* the benefits package *cough* .... I mean healthcare!”

Yo-yo and Deke team up as well, is *chef’s kiss* 💋💋💋 Also we love Deke just getting knocked out. Good job bud.

“Could women drive in the 1950’s” Yes, among very few other things ;)

Yes Elena, getting that package and being a bombass agent girl!!

ENOCH MADE ME LAUGH THE ENTIRE EPISODE. MY POOR SOMEWHAT FEELING CHRONICOM:(( i love you and your loyalty to your bestie Fitz!

Hi Agents Johnson and Mack!! We love you!! Goodbye chronicoms...

Jemma Simmons is so pretty

Ohhh so May’s an empath now?? Gotcha...(what is happening??)

We got a skimmons scene<333 small but we got it babes!

Deke with Freddy having turned evil is so sad...I think it reminds him of himself and that’s sad

“Future SHIELD” now that’s an understatement.

Also, hi ALIVE Sousa!! I love you!

And nowwww we’re in the 70’s!! Groovy!!!!

WE’RE SEEING THE LIGHTHOUSE GUY AND THE LIGHTHOUSE OMG OMG

and because we can’t forget this very important point:

wHERE IS FITZ??? (part 4592923993291292910102)

[ink-blot-angel]

Mama May is so proud of her baby girl (even if she doesn’t understand Simmons' latest science project).

[jaskiers-sweetkiss]

Not Possible [Soulmate AU]

Pairing: Daisy Johnson x Daniel Sousa

Based on the prompt: “Can someone make a soulmark story with Daisysous where Daisy's soulmark is "Who the hell are you?" and Daisy, being someone that would always get herself into tight situations, was something that she heard a lot and has gotten kind of desensitized to it and while Daniel's soulmark is "Who I am is on a need to know basis", he had gotten into the habit of asking people who they are to get that kind of response. However, both of them are very focused on their respective missions (Daisy to fight the Chronicoms and Daniel to figure out who is trying to infiltrate his SHIELD base), they didn't realize they were each other's soulmates until he noticed his writing on her body while rescuing her from the barn and then they fall in love yay” from @magickgirl786 (lmk if you want me to untag you) 

Warnings: light swearing, mentions of torture, THERE WILL BE AGENTS OF SHIELD SPOILERS

a/n: I was so inspired by the prompt that I literally pounded this out in like an hour last night. This is my first Daisel/Dousy/Sousy/DaisySous fic so lmk what you think!!

___

Daisy Johnson hadn’t exactly had a normal life and being born with the words “Who the hell are you?” tattooed on her wrist didn’t make it any better. It was a question she had asked and been asked many times throughout her life. She asked herself that very question constantly growing up as she fashioned a name and identity for herself since she had no family to do it for her. She created Skye, the hacker but then “Skye” was thrown out the window when she met her parents and learned her real name was Daisy Johnson and she started the entire process of creating an identity over again. At some point, Agent Johnson became Quake and Quake became Destroyer of Worlds, she’d had enough names and identities to make a person’s head spin.

Working as a field agent with SHIELD didn’t help much either. Her job ensured that she was asked: “Who the hell are you?” on nearly every assignment. She barely even registered the shock of hearing the words anymore. She certainly wasn’t listening for them in 1953, decades away from anyone who could possibly be a candidate for her soulmate.

Daniel Sousa wasn’t sure what kind of soulmate he’d be getting with a soulmark like “Who I am is on a need to know basis,” but boy did he try to find out. He had tried to elicit the response from every new person he met but it never hit. The words started to make more sense when he joined the SSR and later SHIELD. Surely his soulmate must be an agent, he thought, but soon enough that idea fell through too. The identity of his soulmate was far from his mind as he went about his job, especially when dealing with the added stress of a Peggy Carter imposter. That must’ve been why the words went right over his head.

“Who the hell are you?” His words were harsh as he stepped into his office only to find it occupied by some dame he’d never seen before.

“Who I am is on a need to know basis.” Her words were curt but she radiated power and authority. On a normal day Daniel might’ve shown a little more respect for the woman but today he was out of patience.

“I need to know.” He demanded and she smirked.

“Ah, no, you don’t.” She smiled coyly, “Because I don’t exist, and we’ve never met. Now, can you shut the door please?”

“Not to be rude, but it’s been one of those days,” he began, eying the woman with his signature no-nonsense look, “So produce some credentials or I’m gonna put you in handcuffs.”

She complied immediately and he nearly let out a sigh of relief. Today may have been stressful but at least everyone was being compliant, even the two imposters he caught had gone quietly and without a fuss.

“I should inform you, that’s not my real name,” she spoke evenly as she handed over her ID, “My initials are C-I-A, catch my drift?”

“Subtle.” He deadpanned but he was grateful. It seemed someone was finally taking his fears of Hydra sleeper cells in SHIELD seriously, maybe someone was finally here to make his day easier.

The next thing he knew he was locked up in the very cell he had been keeping the imposters in. So much for making his day easier.

Daisy was surprised by the flare of guilt that came from locking Sousa up in his own holding cell. She normally wouldn’t have thought twice, it was part of the job and she was saving her people and the world, but there was something about Daniel Sousa that gave her pause. Maybe it was because he was a nice guy, or because he was already catching onto Hydra’s presence more than fifty years before it would actually come to light. Either way, she had to shake off the feeling as she continued on her day.

An opportunity to redeem herself not long after. Daniel Sousa was going to die, killed by the Hydra sleeper cells he was trying to expose, but they didn’t have to let that happen. They wouldn’t let that happen if she had any say in it. She still couldn’t figure out why she felt so strongly about a man she had only interfaced with once but something was telling her she couldn’t just let this man die. So she didn’t.

___

Daniel Sousa was not having a good week. First Hydra, then his base is infiltrated, and now he’s been kidnapped. Except, it’s worse than a kidnapping really, because not only is he no longer in Los Angeles, he was no longer in 1953, and he was, apparently, no longer alive. Somehow Daniel Sousa, Agent of SHIELD and World War II veteran, had found himself in the 1970s without having aged a day. At least this new Future SHIELD still did fieldwork, he really needed the consistency.

He found himself paired up with the agent from his office who’s real identity he learned was Daisy Johnson. He wasn’t sure what it was about her, maybe the power she emanated or her bold attitude, but something drew him to her. Somehow, even with the looming threat of Hydra, he felt less worried with her by his side. Though, maybe it had something to do with her earthquake powers.

It wasn’t until the barn that he realized the true reasoning behind their inexplicable connection.

God, that barn. Daniel wasn’t sure if they’d ever make it out of that god-forsaken building alive. Sitting there listening to Agent Johnson be sliced apart was a torture in itself for him, though he knew his pain was nothing compared to the agony she was surely feeling if her screams were any indicator. She looked like she was on the verge of death when they deposited her back at his side.

“Stay with me,” he remembered begging. He remembered telling her about what happened to his leg. He remembered feeling like there wasn’t anything he wouldn’t do to make sure she made it out of there alive.

Then she lifted up her hand to show the piece of glass stuck under her skin and he realized why he felt so strongly about the woman lying in his lap. His own words, “Who the hell are you?” were tattooed along her wrist. There was no mistaking his handwriting and while all he wanted to do was replay their meeting back in his mind to find out if she had said his words, he knew he needed to keep his mind on task if he ever wanted a shot at this soulmates thing. So that’s what he did, he threw all of his strength, mind, and ability into getting them out of that terrible barn. It wasn’t until he was seated on the Zephyr with Daisy safe, sound, and healing in front of him that he let his mind wander to the possibilities.

___

Daisy wasn’t surprised that she wasn’t alone when she woke up, but she was surprised by her company. She had expected Jemma when she woke up in the med bay’s hospital bed with an IV in her arm, but instead she got Daniel Sousa, not that she was complaining. He looked equal parts relieved and nervous when she awoke though she couldn’t figure out why. He didn’t tell her either, though the nervousness remained throughout her recovery. Jemma informed him that he hadn’t left her side the entire time she was unconscious and her heart warmed at the fact. The sentimentality surprised her, she wasn’t one to grow attached so quickly but there was just something about Daniel Sousa. She didn’t find out what until she had been released from medical.

“Agent Johnson, I think we should talk,” he said in that calm but commanding way of his, though Daisy didn’t miss the nervousness in his voice and face.

She merely nodded, following him into the Zephyr’s kitchen. They sat across from each other at the table, Daisy starting up the coffee machine before sitting down.

“What is it, Agent Sousa?” She asked, a teasing smile on her face, “You look like you might vomit.”

“We’re soulmates,” he blurted before immediately cursing himself and Daisy froze in shock.

“Excuse me?” She finally spit out, subconsciously sliding her fingers over the words on her wrist.

She’d heard the words hundreds of times, surely it couldn’t be him.

“I didn’t realize until I saw my writing on your wrist in the barn, I-” he stopped suddenly, unsure of what to say next. He had dreamed about meeting his soulmate, but never had he thought it would go like this. In lieu of knowing what to say, he rolled up his sleeve instead, placing his wrist on the table with his soulmark on full display.

Daisy’s mind was screaming at her as she stared at the man’s wrist. The man was born decades before her, he was supposed to die before she was even born, and yet those were her words, in her handwriting, clearly displayed on his wrist.

“What the hell?” She heard herself mutter, though she didn’t feel like she was in control of her own body in that moment.

“I’m sorry,” Daniel panicked, interpreting her confusion for upset. “I shouldn’t have sprung this on you, especially so soon after recovery-” he rambled before Daisy cut him off by placing a gentle hand on his own that was still resting on the table.

“I’m not upset,” she reassured him, “I just- how is this possible?” She laughed slightly at her own question, soulmarks were an extremely unpredictable thing and even modern science didn’t have a good understanding of them, obviously the chain of events that brought them together were meant to happen.

“I don’t know,” Daniel smiled sadly, “But, as crazy as all this is, I’d like to give it a shot.”

Daisy smiled. She couldn’t help it even if she tried, the man sitting before her was so genuine and even if he wasn’t her soulmate she was sure she’d be feeling the same butterflies in her stomach.

“Me too,” she said softly and the butterflies only flapped harder at the smile that broke across his face.

“I’d like to take you on a date if any of this,” he gestured to the Zephyr and the commotion that came with it, “ever dies down.”

“I’d love that.”

[nataliacordovabuckleysource]

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 7x04, "Out of the past". ❤️

I have no idea what's going on on twitter but I usually love the aos fandom and I want to tell Deke stans they're welcome here. Also, we need to appreciate characters (and people) who recognize their past mistakes and sincerely want to be a better person and to do something to make the world a better place.

[queen-of-love-and-beauty]

The painful contrast of Coulson seeing colors again as May’s face comes into focus versus May holding his hand and saying she feels nothing.

They better fix my OTP! I’m tired of this shit 😭

[florida3exclamationpoints]

"Nothin to worry about" "I was worried" skejkjekskjdsk

[moonlayl]

DOUSY + One Year Anniversary: 7.04 ‘Out of the Past’

“Malick is just... a piece of it. If you expose him right now, they’ll just go deeper underground.”

“Then I’ll follow them there! Hydra took a lot of good people from me. This is a fight I’ll wage alone if I have to. I’d give my life for it.”

[msjemmxswift]

–– Daniel Sousa in b&w is just something else.

[ryder616]

Sousa: Hydra took a lot of good people from me.

Daisy: They vivisected my mom, which turned both my parents into psychos and I grew up shipped around from foster family to foster family like a mislabeled package without a return address.

One of their goons killed a lovable nerd I was really bonding with, and I hadn’t even finished bragging about my 1337 hax0r skillz.

One of my best friends died because Hydra couldn’t leave a stupid paperweight alone.

Their windbag of a god brainwashed me, my surrogate mom’s ex husband - who also happened to be our therapist and let me tell you, we really needed him to stick around in that capacity - died to save me and then my boyfriend died to save everyone.

Oh, they also set up this program called the “Destroyer of Worlds” that literally brought the end of the world and I was blamed for it.

Sousa: ...I didn’t care about Jack that much.