In the days after Hydra, Coulson and his team are reassembling at the Playground, but it's not easy building SHIELD from scratch. With Coulson's mysterious carving, Fitz in a coma, and Ward locked up tight in the basement, the team has their fair share of work cut out for them. The focus is mainly on FitzSimmons, but all characters appear. Post-S1, pre-S2 spoilers.

Warning: spoilers for Cress! Captain Carswell Thorne has a few problems. Namely, he is stuck in a desert with a maybe-crazy Lunar girl, their water is running out and, most horribly, the fact that he is blind. This is the book of Cress told through Thorne's point of view. Cress/Thorne. Completed!