New Years Series

"Do you want some tea? Would that help?"

"Do you want some tea? Would that help?" Daniel asks as he embraces his beloved from behind. She leans back against him and sighs.

"I suppose that might help..." She responds. He kisses her temple and squeezes her gently before walking towards the kitchen.

"Lavender tea coming right up." 

Peggy glances over her shoulder, her arms wrapped around her, and walks towards the end of the couch. She sits down and brings her knees to her chest, her head against the arm rest; quiet and alone. As she lays there as the tears stream down her cheeks, warm to the touch. At first she doesn't realize they were falling, but when she does she lets them fall; not bothering to wipe them away. As she shuts her eyes and holds her body tighter, Daniel walks by with a cup of tea in hand.

As he does he sees Peggy curled up in a ball, her silent sobbing breaking his heart. He sets down the cup and lays behind her, his right arms wrapping around her middle, holding her tight. As he does this she cries harder, her weeping becoming louder. Daniel has tried to be strong through the whole process, but hearing her cry out in agonizing emotional pain - it broke him. The tears stream down his own cheeks as he holds her tight, wishing this was not their reality....

(Flashback)

"Just be careful, Peg." He says, holding her hand in his. She leans in, placing a kiss on his lips

"I will, I promise. I love you, Daniel."

"I love you too." One more kiss before she departs from her husband.

As the newly formed SHIELD got word of a newly active Hydra base, Director Carter was asked to lead a mission to bring it down -No one knew Hydra the way she did. As she received the call and accepted the mission, she and her husband knew they would be apart for some time; but never imagined it would be two months. 

Two months Peggy Carter- Sousa had been missing, and not one words had been sent as to where she was. Two months Daniel Sousa had been worried....two months she had been put through hell.

As the mission went sour, Peggy had been taken hostage; a revenge plot by Hydra. In the beginning they starved her, making her go days with no food or water, leaving her to sit and stare into a black abyss. Nearly 2 weeks in and they begin to grab her from her cage. Hoisting her up on her feet. They dragged her out of the cell and tied her to a post, hanging her like a sack of meat. The guards on watch would each take their turns hitting her, one excruciating punch after another. Some would kick her in her lags, punch her abdomen, or smack her face. Bruises and gashes covered her whole body, making her shiver in pain. 

She groans and coughs with each blow, her stomach hurting the worst of all. She's gotten sick numerous times, and although she hasn't been eating, her belly grew slightly; at least it was... 

Nearly two months of the same routine, Shield finally found her and killed every last agent and guard in the building. As she's brought back to the states and into a private military hospital, Daniel bursts through the doors and rushes to see her. For two days she was unconscious, two days Daniel could not speak to her and hear her voice. Two extra days added to the 2 months she was gone.

When her eyes flutter awakes, the heart monitor beeps in alert; her pulse increases in fear. Daniel rushes to her side and she starts to calm down, but the pain takes over. Blood filled her sheets from in between her legs and Daniel crutched as quickly as he could to get a doctor, but there was nothing they could do; she lost the baby.

(Flashback)

Over the last week Peggy had been in the hospital trying to recover from her injuries. Once she was well enough to travel, she and Daniel flew to Los Angeles; not one word had been spoken between them since the were told the news. Once they arrived home, Peggy's eyes swelled with tears and Daniel offered her tea. Now they lay on the cough, holding on to each other for dear life; remember the life they started to create, but tragically lost before they knew what they had...

They lay there, holding onto what they have - each other. Crying over the loss of the life they never knew they wanted. To grasp this loss will take the two much time to understand; and when she does carry another, they are more careful about the growing life within. For nine longs months Peggy Carter-Sousa was extra cautions of her surroundings and decided to take leave early. As she did, she spent more time with the Jarvis's', only for her water to break as Ana tried to teach her about knitting. When Daniel received the call, he dropped the phone and rushed to the hospital; breaking several traffic laws as he went. After ten painfully long hours, Elizabeth Marie Sousa was born. And as the years pass, and the Sousa family grows to four; the happiness spreading with them. And while Peggy and Daniel raised the two children they had, they never forget about the one they lost.