Simmons' POV
It's 12:00am, now 13 days since the accident. I can't sleep because of nightmares haunting me and causing me to jolt awake. So I am trying to figure out why Fitz isn't getting better, only worse.
I walk into the lab, get a couple of textbooks, and plop them onto a desk.
"Okay, let's see if I can solve this puzzle." I whisper to myself.
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1 hour later...
My research is going nowhere, I just keep hitting dead ends. I have been up for a while and am exhausted. I keep trying but just can't seem to focus.
I am just about ready to give up when I hear footsteps descending down the hall. I look at my watch, 1:00am? Who would be awake at this time?
"Simmons? What are you doing up?" May questions, startling me because usually no-one is awake at this time. Although, someone has been playing music all night for a while now.
"Oh, May. Hi. I was umm--uh." I am stuttering and don't know what to tell her so I change the subject. "Uh, I was wondering the same thing. What are you doing here?"
May looks at me uncomfortably and glances at Coulson's office down the hall.
"Odd." I say to myself. But startle out of my thoughts as May opens her mouth to start speaking.
"Simmons, I know something is wrong you've been acting very strange lately. You know, you can tell me anything." May states. Then she proceeds to walk into the lab and take a seat beside me.
I am tired of keeping it all bottled up so I take in a sharp breath and start rambling. "Well, ever since the accident I haven't really been able to sleep because I am having nightmares of everything that's happened and how I could've lost Fitz. And since Fitz has woken up he hasn't gotten better only worse and I need to figure out what is wrong so I can help him an--."
May cuts me off. "Woah, Simmons calm down. Take a deep breath." She says ever so calmly.
I can't seem to hold it in anymore, all the days of uncertainty and chaos taking over. I start crying. At 1 in the morning. With the last person I would ever think to be comforting. "May, I don't know what to do." I say through a wall of tears.
"Your doing everything you can to help Fitz. You'll figure this out I know you will." May says compassion ringing in her tone. She places her hand gently on my shoulder. As she does that, the answer to why Fitz isn't getting better hits me head-on.
"It's me." I say in a dead stare to the wall on the far side of the lab. The tears have screeched to a stop and my body is numb.
Hi guys! I am so sorry about the length between these updates lately. I have been battling with a bit of writer's block and have to set aside a couple of hours just to come up with the first paragraph. So I will try to update as much as possible but please don't get mad if I don't update frequently. I hope you understand and thank you for taking time to read my fan fiction! I really appreciate it (probably more than you think). Byeeeeeee!
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The Light At The End Of The Tunnel
FanfictionS.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Jemma Simmons is worried about her best friend Agent Leo Fitz. He has woken up from a coma but isn't the same person he was before. What will happen to their friendship and S.H.I.E.L.D. since HYDRA has penetrated its highest ranks?
