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August 2020

Daisy still could not believe that it had been a year since the team's last mission. She had been so fearful that the team splitting up would mean they would never see each other again. Of course, she knew that wasn't what it meant, but the thought never fully left her. It just meant they wouldn't be spending every single day of their lives together like they used to.

Since the day Coulson found her living alone in her van, she had given her life to SHIELD. Literally. Her long-lost sister had to bring her back to life after she was pretty much dead. Another unbelievable thing: Daisy had started out as a young, homeless hacktivist who had a mission of finding her birth parents, and now she was essentially a superhero with the superpower of seismic manipulation, who was dating a man from 1955 and had an older sister from 1983.

She now worked for a new branch of SHIELD: SWORD. Due to this, she and her new team, which included her boyfriend, Daniel Sousa, and her sister, Kora, traveled through space very often. Daisy had spent a long time in space. She had been sent to a space station in a dystopian future and spent a year in space during her own time in search of a lost friend. Somehow, the sight of space still amazed her.

Daisy had just gotten off a call with the team. They had decided to do these calls, using the framework, once a month, and starting one year from now, they would actually start seeing each other in person every year. Everyone was doing well: Mack was still director of SHIELD, Elena was one of the top agents and worked in a team with Piper and the new LMD Davis, May was now a professor at the new Coulson Academy, teaching the new generation of SHIELD agents, which included Flint, Jemma and Fitz were retired and were raising their daughter, Alya, who had just turned five, and LMD Coulson decided to see the world before he can fully make the decision on whether or not he wanted to be shut down.

Daniel waited for her while she was in the call. He sat there reading a book silently. Daisy sighed. It reminded her of after she had been tortured by Nathaniel Malick and he had stayed by her side, making sure she was getting the rest she needed. Even a year later, Daniel would stay by her side.

Daniel took notice that Daisy had finished the call. "They good?"

Daisy nodded. "They're good."

"Hey," Kora called from the pilot seat of Zephyr 3. "You've got to see this." Both Daisy and Daniel got up from their seats and headed towards the cockpit. They were met with bright red colors that danced around the space sky. "Amazing, right?" Kora said, taking in the view of the nebula.

"It's beautiful." Daisy took in the view as well. She put her arm around Daniel's waist and pulled him closer. As they stared out into space, Daisy's mind continued to run.

I'll email you that anatomy analysis after Fitz is asleep. Interesting stuff.

Jemma's words replayed in her mind. Much to Fitz's dismay, Jemma still helped out once in a while. Sure they had medics and scientists on their new team, but no one did a biological analysis like Jemma Simmons. However, this was different. Daisy had sent over her own blood work to Jemma. If she had been just sick, she probably would have asked one of the medics, but this was personal.

"You okay?" Daniel asked. He picked on very quickly that Daisy wasn't exactly herself at the moment.

"Y-Yeah. Just miss the team. That's all."

"You sure?" Daisy nodded. Daniel planted a soft kiss on Daisy's temple. "You do feel a little warm. Maybe you just need a little rest."

"I'm fine, Daniel. I promise." Even though Daisy was being stubborn, she knew Daniel wouldn't stop worrying. Especially now with certain new circumstances.

"Daisy, you've been working really hard lately," Kora added, turning to face her sister. "You deserve some rest. Don't worry. We can handle it."

Daisy sighed. Finally giving in. "Come on, I'll take you to our bunk," Daniel said. After they became official and Daniel joined her new team, the two had been sharing a bunk on Z3. It was a little bigger than the other bunks, allowing a king-size bed to fit in it as well as making it feel more homie than the bunks did on Z1.