and now my watch begins

What I told her, shattered her world. Her life long search led to stories of murder and now it’s too difficult to continue. Her search is over, her story ends here, but you know what she said? She said no, her story started here. Her whole life she thought she wasn’t wanted, that she didn’t belong, that every family that took her in didn’t want her to stay, didn’t care, but all that time it was SHIELD protecting her, looking after her. That’s what she took away from the story, not the family she will never have, but the one she’s always had.

"Agent May can have an entire emotional arc using just her face and like, seven words…" (x)

a Clint/Tasha manip-fill for this prompt (poster version)