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Part 2 of Elements of Life
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2014-10-24
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2014-10-25
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The Winding Path Is The One That Leads Home

Summary:

“I'd do anything for Skye. She-” Grant's eyes fell back to the woman beside him, his hand brushing some plaster from her hair. “She saved me, gave me the strength to stand up to Garrett.”

“She seems to do that a lot,” remarked Coulson quietly, leaning forward in his seat a little to balance his arms on his legs. [...]“Have you thought about coming back? For Skye, if nothing else.”

“I can't yet,” whispered Grant. “I don't deserve to come back. Not after what I did.”

The sound of a third buckle unsnapping drew his attention back to Coulson as the man stood from his seat and headed towards the cockpit. “You should consider coming back. Whatever crimes you've committed or think you've committed, you can't atone for them alone. We want to help you, Grant. So please, let us.”

After four months, Grant encounters the team again and some much needed talking occurs.

Sequel to Breaking Free Is The Hardest Part

Notes:

So this was sitting on my computer for months and I finally found it again. I've been trying to rework the format so it flows like the first one did, but there's too much of a time lapse. So this is formatted in a more traditional, liner form. Sorry guys. Hopefully you still enjoy it

-Illusinia

Chapter 1: Grant

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-one week after Garrett's death, Unidentified Location in Wyoming, -

Picking his way across the field, Grant slowed as he entered the familiar forested area. It had been ten years since he'd been here. Ten long years with this place as little more than an after thought. Now, as he looked on at the over-grown space that was once a camp site and caught a glimpse of the rough cabin perched near it's edge, he felt his shoulders relax. Felt his body release some of the tension it had been holding in.

He knew this place, knew how things out here worked. It was familiar and safe. No one had really told him what to do here; he'd been on his own. And that's what he needed: to be on his own, alone. He needed to think, breath, and put his life back into order. Or rebuild it into something better, he wasn't really sure which one he wanted yet.

And what better place to deal with everything than where Garrett had started it all?