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Texts to Nick Fury
✉ You're playing laser tag with us.
✉ I may even know what team I want you on.
✉ Team Stark.
✉ Yes. You get both.

(Following texts sent after discussion with Fury)

Texts to Grant Ward
✉ So I did it.
✉ I even assigned him a team.
✉ Still in charge.

Texts to Tony Stark
✉ So. laser tag. You're in because you replied to the post.
✉ Team assignment: You. Fury. Stark classic. Rogers.
✉ Play nice.

Texts to Howard Stark
✉ You're playing laser tag with us.
✉ Team assignment: You. Fury. New Stark. Rogers.

Texts to Steve Rogers
✉ Remember when you asked who handed out team assignments?
✉ That would be me.
✉ Team assignment. You. Stark classic. Fury. New Stark.
✉ I'll make sure Barnes gets a good team.

Texts to Grant Ward

✉ This might be a stupid question.
✉ I'm not even sure you'll want to talk.
✉ How are you?

Texts to Jemma Simmons

✉ Are you okay?
✉ Please tell me you didn't watch it.

Text to Skye

✉ How are you holding up?

( aos finale spoilers )

( spoilers for aou )

If I were to sum up the tenor of this network in one fell swoop it would look something akin to the following: idle hands are the devil's playground. And at the risk of sounding like my mother, I've done something that perhaps you'll be interested in? Perhaps not, but nevertheless.

I propose a SCAVENGER HUNT. Within twenty-four hours of this date, you must find five objects. I'm doling out the clues as you go. So, if you're brave and true of heart, here's the first clue:

EVEN STARS FALL ... and they're not always under a red veil. Discover the location of this star and retrieve their calling card.

( mass text to natasha romanoff, grant ward, melinda may, bucky barnes, allison argent )

✉ Help.

( texts to canton everett delaware III )

✉ Sorry about kissing you under the mistletoe.
✉ And then kissing you again not under the mistletoe.
✉ A lot.
✉ And then running away like a dysfunctional asshole Cinderella and not even leaving you a shoe.
✉ Not that you need a shoe to find me.
✉ Mostly sorry about that last part.
✉ I'm just going through some stuff right now.
✉ No, that's an asshole excuse.
✉ I'm terrible. Just...generally. Sorry.

[ Text Message to Allison Argent ]

✉ And then I went to ask you a question, and you weren't in your room.
✉ Because of course you weren't.
✉ It's the middle of the night.
✉ Why should anyone be in their rooms?
✉ Anyway.
✉ Have you heard anything from Clint?
✉ Skye's the only one I've talked to that's heard from him.
✉ And she's saying that he's claiming to be 'fine'.
✉ Which doesn't sound like him at all.
✉ And it's almost 3 AM, and he's still not home.
✉ And this isn't like him at all.
✉ Nat and I are going to go out and see if we can track him down.
✉ Let me know if you've heard/hear anything.

[ Text Message to Clint Barton ]

✉ It's 2 AM.
✉ Where are you?
✉ Clint, come home.
✉ Or at least call and let me know you're all right.
✉ Please?

( texts to regina mills )

✉ I have a proposition for you.

( texts to phil coulson )

✉ So...about that thing we talked about.

( texts to juno macguff )

✉ I think I figured something out for you.

( texts to nick fury )

✉ I think I actually qualify as an adult now.

( texts to grant ward )

✉ Don't start picking out baby stuff just yet.

✉ This honesty thing might actually not be so bad.
✉ I mean, it could just be a fluke that it worked out this time.
✉ But still.
✉ I'm having a hard time believing it.

✉ Hey. So. Can I come over?
✉ I kinda have some stuff I want to talk about.
✉ And text is probably not the appropriate medium.

✉ So. I'm going to ask you something.
✉ And you have to promise not to judge me, okay?
✉ And yes, I'm just in my room, but I'm doing this via text because asking face to face would be too damn embarrassing.

( texts to archie hopper )

✉ How would I go about setting up regular therapy sessions?

( texts to sam wilson )

✉ Hey. So...I heard from Nat that you're a counselor.
✉ And I guess it's pretty obvious I have some issues.
✉ I don't want you to be my therapist or anything.
✉ I'm talking to a cricket about that.
✉ I was just wondering if maybe we could meet up and talk sometime.

( texts to grant ward )

✉ Thanks for building a blanket fort to help me hide from my emotions.
✉ I set up an appointment with a therapist here.
✉ I think maybe you should too.
✉ There's only so much I can do to help you out.

( identical texts to phil coulson and natasha romanoff )

✉ I'm setting up therapy sessions.
✉ Like an adult.
✉ You should be proud.
✉ Is adulthood rewarded with baked goods?

✉ So. You told me to contact you when I was free again.
✉ And I'm free now.
✉ Well, I have been since this morning.
✉ But when you spend the day in an abandoned office, you kinda want to clean up first.
✉ And reassure your giant puppy dog of a SO trainer deprogrammer roommate that you lived.
✉ But anyway.
✉ Yeah. I don't know where I was going with that.

[ clint barton ]
✉ I'll be there to collect Ward at 5 AM.
✉ Make sure he's ready.
✉ But don't wake him too early.
✉ Groggy, confused, and off-kilter is best.

[ phil coulson ]
✉ We go tomorrow.
✉ I've already got a location set up.
✉ I told Clint to have him ready at 5 AM.
✉ I'll be there at 4:30.

[ grant ward ]
✉ I hope you're ready.
✉ Because there's no third chances.

( nick fury: )

✉ If you decide he needs to die, I want to be the one to do it.
✉ I'm the one who took responsibility for him. If this fails, that's on me.
✉ And I promised him I'd be the one. I owe him that much.

( grant ward: )

✉ Coming up on decision time.
✉ For what it's worth, I think you've changed.
✉ I still think you could probably stand to blame circumstances and other people less
✉ Because that's the only way you can really move forward and accept the things you've done.
✉ But I think you're a good person.

( phil coulson: )

✉ What if this didn't work?
✉ What if I've failed him?

✉ Is there a point to what we're doing here?
✉ I can't make up for anything that anyone will remember.
✉ I can't go back and change anything.
✉ Hand is still dead. Koenig is still dead.
✉ Fitz is practically brain dead.
✉ And it's my fault. I did all of that.
✉ Why are you even trying? Why? What's worthwhile in me? What even am I?
✉ I'm a monster, Clint. I'm nothing more than a monster.

✉ I know you haven't done any of the things you did back home.
✉ And I know you're trying to be better here.
✉ But...I don't know if I can forgive you for this.
✉ I'm very sorry, but I just...it's Fitz, you know?
✉ He's...he's my Fitz.

✉ So. If I happen to have the option of another sparring partner after we're done...
✉ That would be all right, right?

✉ Sir.
✉ I know I'm probably the last person you want to talk to at the moment.
✉ But I just realized that I've already talked to everyone else about this.
✉ About what I did.
✉ I just thought you should get the same chance.

✉ I drowned them.

✉ Rogers is going to kill me.
✉ Coulson and Fury are refraining for some reason.
✉ But Rogers is going to actively try to murder me.
✉ I spoke with Barnes yesterday.

✉ Tomorrow. 5 a.m.
✉ Basement.
✉ Be there.

✉ Grant, can we talk?
✉ I just need to talk to someone about this, and I'm not sure who else.
✉ I could talk to Fitz, but I don't know that he'd really be able to help. Honestly, he'd probably just hyperventilate and start yelling about how we're doomed.
✉ And no doubt Coulson and May are talking about it and leaving us out because we aren't part of their bloody incestuous group that's known each other forever so we don't count.
✉ Sorry.
✉ Anyway, you're my friend. And I feel like I can talk to you.

Coulson and Barton got themselves arrested. They called Loki to get them. Make sure they don't do anything more stupid than they already have.

And Grant. Try and look like a normal person. If you show up in a suit, they're just going to call you a narc.

( LEFT ON SIMMONS'S TABLE )

( DELIVERED TO MAY )

( DELIVERED TO SKYE )

( DELIVERED TO COULSON AND WARD )