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Skyeward:

What Kind of Man - SarahRoseSerena (WIP)

Chapters: 5/? (29307 words)
Relationships: SkyeWard, Leo Fitz & Skye/Daisy
Characters: ensemble plus cameos
Additional Tags: Hellfire, Parallel Universes, quakefire, Redos, Post 3x10, Multiverse
Summary:

“Jumping around parallel planes, changing the course of a hundred histories, altering timelines wherever she goes. She’s made a mess out of the universe, you know. For you.”

Daisy is shifting earth on nothing but her grief, her determination, her command of tectonic plates and the heartbeat of this planet. On a mission to save the world from the Destroyer that spread the disease. The ancient Inhuman in Grant Ward’s body.

“There’s no coming back from this, Skye. But you knew that when you started.”

This fic was inspired by the Interdimensional Time Travel gifset series, and it’s one of the best stories out there right now, imo. Gripping plot and amazing characterization of Skye/Daisy in particular. This is the Skye I was longing to see on the show!
I’m not sure where she’s going with the plot but I’m on tenterhooks.
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hello from the other side; - thatbluebox
8913 words

Skyeward & OCs
Tags: AU, henchdog au, ft. the henchdogs aka grant ward’s most trusted henchmen, the season 3 we deserve

Summary: There is a lasting second of heavy silence before they begin to talk strategy and disarming SHIELD, its key players, and weaponry. But it must all be in their heads, the team decides, because their leader is thorough. His face slips into a cool mask of sparking fury, which transforms the indifference of his tone. SHIELD’s reckoning has come once again and they will be at the forefront, he promises. But then his fingers linger on the photo of a brunette agent for a moment too long, and, for a moment, they’re not so sure.
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Things - Overdressedtokill [complete] »

24353 words
Skye/Grant Ward
Tags: Inhumans, Future Fic, AU - Canon Divergence
Summary: Future canon. Grant’s got powers now. But he doesn’t want to be back on the team. He doesn’t want anything to do with any of them. Especially not Skye.

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Across the Board, by Eienvine

Chapters: 11/13, 164611 words
Skye/Ward, team, Kara; future fic; slow burn; action
Summary: Skye once thought that she would hate Grant Ward forever. But time has a way of changing things, even hate.

It’s a slow burn Skyeward fic that also has wonderful Kara&Ward friendship moments. And cool action spy stuff as backdrop to the careful character development.
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Okay, I don’t remember how much SW was in this next one but it’s hilarious:
House of Hydra by CaptainSummerDay
Summary
In a bid to attract new investors, Ward decides that Hydra is in need of rebranding and a change of direction.
Otherwise known as Agents of Shield if Tyra Banks took over as showrunner in Season 3.
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Switching it Off (and turning it on again) by CaptainSummerDay

Skye/Ward, Fitz, Simmons; IT tech AU; industry spies and IT guys/romance;

Summary: Skye loves her job at Shield Consulting. There’s only one thing that can cast a cloud of grief on her day.
Dealing with Tech Support.

Office AU in which Grant makes a bad first impression.

Cool plot, kickass Skye. Here’s a dose of happiness after the finale that should never have been.

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Stay the Course by eedmund [now complete!]
Skye/Ward, Agent 33, Mike Peterson, team; action/adventure/romance; warning: graphic violence; 51835 words
Summary: The course of love never did run smooth but, let’s be real honest, no course runs smooth for Skye and Ward. Skye’s trying to find out who or what she really is and her fact finding mission leads her and her friends back to S.H.I.E.L.D. and into a nasty altercation with a terrorist group. (part 4 of “An Honest Conversation”)

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Switching it Off (and turning it on again) by CaptainSummerDay
Skye/Ward, Fitz, Simmons; IT tech AU; industry spies and IT guys/romance; WIP (15,538 words)
Summary: Skye loves her job at Shield Consulting. There's only one thing that can cast a cloud of grief on her day.

Dealing with Tech Support.

Office AU in which Grant makes a bad first impression.



Cool plot, kickass Skye. Here's a dose of happiness after the finale that should never have been.

A Walk in the Park by AlphaFlyer
Gen; Clint Barton & Maria Hill; spies & secret agents; 1410 words
Summary: Clint Barton has complaints, and a job to do; Maria Hill has a ringside seat.

Vulnerable Mind by Athelassa
Gen; Grant Ward & team; mission gone wrong/action/hurt/comfort; WIP, 8551 words
Summary:“Look,” Coulson said with a frown, “I’m the director, I make the decisions. This is a mission that suits Ward’s qualities perfectly.”
Oh yes, right. There was primarily one quality that predestined him for this mission.
“I get it, Coulson,” Ward threw in with a smirk of false bravado. “I’m expendable.”

(baby you're) super by SafelyCapricious
Biospecialist; very AU; superheroes & supervillains/humor/crack; 2943 words
Summary: They give him what amount to super powers and then they try to brainwash him. Needless to say, it doesn’t stick. He has to hand it to whoever in HYDRA’s upper echelon decided on the order of the procedure.

Surprisingly not angsty, given the subject matter.

The only exception (is where the lines overlap) by Poetgirl925
Skyeward; AU; spies & secret agents/action/UST; 20700 words
(part 3 of The Head and the Heart series)
Summary: Skye and Ward continue to build on their working relationship as they both try to ignore the attraction that still simmers between them. Skye's first field mission doesn't go as planned, and Grant realizes that Skye is a dangerous exception to his hard rules.

Important words (you understand it's love the first time you say "no") by Matarreyes
Skyeward; epilogue; 3369 words
(part 3 of the Who they become (always depended only on them) series)
Summary: He'd be content to leave the past well enough alone. Forget his time with John, forget his time with Coulson, live just the present. Too bad that Skye is under some strange conviction that if she makes enough balancing, she'll convince Coulson and Grant to play along. It'll never work, he knows, because half of the hate on Coulson's part is subconscious seething about the fact that Grant took Skye away from him.

Stay the Course by eedmund [now complete!]
Skye/Ward, Agent 33, Mike Peterson, team; action/adventure/romance; warning: graphic violence; 51835 words
Summary: The course of love never did run smooth but, let's be real honest, no course runs smooth for Skye and Ward. Skye's trying to find out who or what she really is and her fact finding mission leads her and her friends back to S.H.I.E.L.D. and into a nasty altercation with a terrorist group. (part 4 of "An Honest Conversation")

Six Between the Two of Us by EllieCarina
SkyeWard, team, Kara; undercover/mission/romance; 7776 words
Summary: Skye has to deal with Ward, Ward has to deal with Skye. And then there is a mission to go undercover...to Hydra of all places. And as a couple, of all things. // Continuation and speculation on the episodes after 2x18.

queen of no identity by owlvsdove
Jemma & Ward & Kara team-up, plus May; friendship/action; 8331 words
Summary: Grant brings Kara to Jemma for help.

Pull Me Down by larry_hystereks
Skyeward canon AU; fluff/action/slow burn; 1736 words
Summary: A continuation of 'Push Me Up'.
Skye saves Grant.
(Part II of the Push series)

dear forgiveness, i saved a plate for you by catteo
Skyeward; 3741 words
Summary: This came about when Redbrunja asked me whether I thought Grant would buy Skye a ring in order to propose. I ended up justifying my argument in a rather long-winded fashion. You are so welcome. The Skyeward proposal I GENUINELY never thought I would write.

Stay the Course by eedmund
Skye/Ward, Agent 33, Mike Peterson, team; 32668 words (13/?)
Summary: The course of love never did run smooth but, let's be real honest, no course runs smooth for Skye and Ward. Skye's trying to find out who or what she really is and her fact finding mission leads her and her friends back to S.H.I.E.L.D. and into a nasty altercation with a terrorist group. (part 4 of "An Honest Conversation")

the fault lines between us by catteo
Ward&Palamas (future Skyeward); 2403 words (1/?)
Summary: Set immediately post 2x10. Kara and Ward go on the run and, in the process, learn a lot more about who they really are.

Dawn of Understanding by Athelassa
Skye&Ward; 2840 words (1/3)
Summary: “Someday you’ll understand,” Ward had told her back then on that fateful day Hydra had raised its ugly heads for the first time.

Months and a terrifying transformation later, Skye is not even an inch closer to comprehend the man who betrayed the team and her. All she can see is the lies and the path of destruction he left behind. However, when all comes together in a mission and she encounters someone from his past, can she finally start to understand the complicated mess that is Grant Ward? (Set five weeks after 2x10.)

Know Your Enemy by FavoredFire
AU; Skye/Ward and ensemble; 24045 (6/?)
Summary: Living in the shadows since SHIELD's fall from grace, Skye had grown used to the trust issues and desperate power grabs with Hydra. She didn't know any of the sleeper agents, she never felt the betrayal her mentors did, but she hates Hydra all the more for them.

But when a mission gone wrong results in Skye becoming entangled with Coulson's number one enemy's protege, Skye is forced to look at the world differently and question everything she thought she knew about the world of espionage- and herself.

Memory by FullofCats
Gen; Ward, team, 33; warning: torture (ch.2); 17796 words (15/?)
Summary: Four months after the events of What they Become, Phil Coulson learns that Ward has been kidnapping Hydra Agents and is being tortured by Hydra for the intel. When the team take a chance on rescuing him, Ward wakes up claiming not knowing who he is or the team.

Coulson tries some desperate measures to figure out if Ward is lying or not, but instead starts uncovering some deep dark secrets from Ward's past.

A Special Kind of Crazy by Sreya
Ward, Skye, Garrett; AU; 2591 words
Summary: Skye's been arrested by SHIELD after holding up a coffee shop with an Asgardian weapon and spilling the beans about her search for her parents. Is she going to the Fridge, or will someone decide her talents are better used elsewhere? (Continuation of Hostages and Coffee)

iscariot by sleeplessmiles
Simmons, Ward, 33; 8723 words (2 parts)
Summary: Jemma becomes the reluctant travel companion of Ward and Kara.

Check-Up by jdphoenix
Ward/Simmons; missing scene/romance/humor/general adorableness; 1839 words
Summary: In which Grant is not jealous of Mike Peterson. Not even a little.

Only Happy When It Rains by eedmund
Grant Ward/Skye; romance/humor; rated M; 4028 words
Summary:Ward finds out that Skye is only 4 hours away and it's Valentine's Day. Surprise road trip? Of course! This is post "An Honest Conversation" (and, consequentially, s2e10) and relies on the backstory therein.

Ward had never once cared to celebrate Valentine's Day. Pink hearts and naked cupids, cut roses and cheap chocolates, and sticky, putrid poetry; it was an absolute waste of time and resources. If Ward could self-induce a coma at 11:59 on February 13th and come out of it without the throbbing hangover on the 15th, he would. Or, rather, he would have before this year.

This was the year that Ward realized Valentine's Day had some strategic potential.

Retrieval Cues by Perry-Dice
Grant Ward, OCs, Agent 33; post 2x10; drama/action/character study; 5,597 words
Summary: Hiding out with Agent 33 and recovering from a side wound, Ward decides to strike out on his own and finds a town in conflict where a man with his past is exactly what they need. Confronting both past and present, it's as good a place to find a new moral purpose as any.

(note: the first few lines are in 2nd person but the fic isn't.)

WIP: cause darling i'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream by weasleyspotter
Ward/Simmons (and ensemble); 1920s Mob AU; 16582 words, wip
Summary: When Jemma's father gets tangled up with Hydra, he makes a barter for his life. One that costs him his daughter's.
(Or how Jemma and Grant could meet in the 1920s and Hydra is still involved.)

LOVE the atmosphere in this one! It plays out in my head in vivid images.

WIP: To Break Nature's Rule by Quakey
Skye/Ward, Kara, team; post 2x10; 11766 words, wip
Summary: With her newly-awakened powers, Skye doesn't dare go back to SHIELD for fear of hurting the people she loves. Good thing she doesn't care about Ward.

I feel the writer has a really good grip on Skye's conflicted thoughts and emotions.

your body is a warzone but you are not a ruin by catteo
Skyeward; dark; Explicit; 6706 words
Summary: Skye’s having trouble controlling the powers that, really, she never wanted in the first place. Unfortunately the one person that can help her is also the last person she wants to have anything to do with.

While I wait for the guests to arrive so we can EAT (I'm so hungry), I'm sorting through my bookmarks for some end-of-year fic recs.

The Most Adequate Christmas Ever by igrockspock (Avengers)
Tony/Pepper, Nat/Clint; humor; 3481 words
Summary: It's December twenty-third, and Tony has figured out absolutely nothing about Christmas.

Hide by smalltownethics
(AKA The 5 times Skye thinks of and/or almost meets Grant and the one time they meet face to face)
Summary: Hiding seemed to be something she did a lot.

The Devil’s in the Details by moodycactus
Fitz/Ward; AU: canon divergence; Explicit; 6039 words
Summary: This fic takes place after Ward’s escape, only he returns to collect Fitz. He claims he wants to ‘fix’ Fitz but can Fitz trust him? Fitz gets caught up in Ward’s plan and Ward gets more than he bargained for. Describe the fic without spoilers: Like an ep of “White Collar/Burn Notice” with a dash of the film “Shame”.

And a vid...