(things they never told her but she knew anyway)

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that first day you showed up on the bus 

like an explosive breath of fresh air--

an intruder, one with a too-loud voice and too many bags.

but you barged into our lives

the way you barged into our plane

always talking, never asking for permission

curls bouncing like springs set free--

you were a positive 

when so many of us were negatives.

and you were brave

so very, very brave

through things we thought would break you

and things we knew would break you

smiling in the darkest of nights

laughing in the face of destruction

never quite losing the urge to say "bang"

even when you shot to kill.

even when you changed

did you really?

through fathers and mothers and terrible pain

through pasts and futures and unbearable presents

and watching kingdoms fall at your hand

did you stay the same girl

with the smart mouth and laughing eyes?

did we deserve you? no.

did we need you? yes.

and did you deserve what happened to you?

that's a story that's yet to be written.

but know this, brave one

even if you've found yourself in daisy

somewhere in our hearts

 we'll always have a place for you as skye

the girl who lifted her head and chose for herself

a name worthy of the stars

and we'll always have your back

no matter who you become

no matter who we become

we'll be the family you never had

and will always have.

- from a certain s.h.i.e.l.d. to a certain agent