[ if this were SHIELD — if he’d recruited someone or been assigned to handle them — there’d be protocol to walk through. rules, emergency procedures, a breakdown about what fitz can offer him in a crisis. he still recalls his first meeting with coulson, freshly resurrected and standing in the doorway of his academy dorm — encouraging, complimentary, cautious — only fitz contrasts that warmth with later horror from his mentor. that wasn’t your call to make, fitz. it was. it absolutely is. if no one else will take the lead, if they won’t decide who’s worth recruiting, risking and protecting, he can. he will.
an encounter both haphazard and uneasy has become an opportunity to grasp a useful piece, charting a path suddenly opened up ahead. fitz doesn’t trust jason — but he believes he won attention, if not respect, today. and that jason will pursue one of his suggestions, at least in the short-term. the lad’s tough, dedicated to finding answers to the point of vivisection. better than half the agents fitz has guided into danger ‘cause he was mid-leap already. this chat only refines his trajectory. ]
I’ll ring when it suits. [ when it’s useful for him to do so, likely once he scrutinises jason in the ring. fitz hardly has any time left to waste, working for three here in NA, and feeling the hairline fracture in his mind crack ever wider. ] And expect the same in return.
[ at least with anything significant enough to alter his broader plans. one corner of his mouth hooks upward, not quite a smile, as he raises his glass. cheers for the drinks, matches malone. ]
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an encounter both haphazard and uneasy has become an opportunity to grasp a useful piece, charting a path suddenly opened up ahead. fitz doesn’t trust jason — but he believes he won attention, if not respect, today. and that jason will pursue one of his suggestions, at least in the short-term. the lad’s tough, dedicated to finding answers to the point of vivisection. better than half the agents fitz has guided into danger ‘cause he was mid-leap already. this chat only refines his trajectory. ]
I’ll ring when it suits. [ when it’s useful for him to do so, likely once he scrutinises jason in the ring. fitz hardly has any time left to waste, working for three here in NA, and feeling the hairline fracture in his mind crack ever wider. ] And expect the same in return.
[ at least with anything significant enough to alter his broader plans. one corner of his mouth hooks upward, not quite a smile, as he raises his glass. cheers for the drinks, matches malone. ]