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Audrey chuckled as she slid a cup off coffee over towards Maria.  It was kind of a funny question, she never really thought of herself as happy all the time, but maybe she appeared that way to others.

“You think I’m happy all the time?” she said, taking a little sip of her coffee.  “I mean -- I’m not always happy, but I try to stay positive as much as I can.  It just puts me in a better mood.  I feel better about myself and about life.”

However -- that couldn’t be further from the truth.

The only ones who knew she was alive was Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes, and Nick Fury.  And in just a few moments -- Agent Maria Hill.  The woman would be brought up to full speed on what really happened to Peggy Carter.

Her eyes glanced up at the clock on the wall of her office.  The office that was kept a secret on the lowest level of the base.  She had her own secret entrance and everything.  Whatever she needed to stay out of the public eye.  It was lonely down there, but once in a while Bucky would come visit or drop her off some lunch.  She didn’t get to see Steve as much as she would like to.  He was mainly off with the Avengers now days.  It made her wonder if the rest of them would ever learn that she was alive?  She very much wanted to meet Tony Stark because he reminded her a lot of Howard.  A better version of Howard.

Peggy was snapped from her thoughts when there was a tap at door.  “Come in please,” she said and then stood up, smoothing her hands down the front of her dress pants.  She smiled as Nick and Maria walked in.  “Good morning,” she said to the both of them, but was looking more directly at Fury.

“Morning,” he replied and then looked over at Maria.  “Agent Hill I’d like to introduce you to Peggy Carter -- the very first director of SHIELD.  In fact, she’s still pretty much running things from behind the shadows.”

"Uh... the first, I think?" She pulled a nearby chair over to sit closer to Maria and explain the whole thing.

will’s leg shook nervously as he waited to speak with this maria hill.  coulson had set up the meeting thinking that she might find his story and information useful.  useful for what -- he had no idea. but he would tell her everything about the planet maveth and what his life had been like for the last 14 years.  the thought made him snort.  really -- what was there to tell?  everyday was just him trying to survive or beg for a swift death.  if anything, coulson and the rest of his team knew more about the hydra stuff.  will had just been an unknowingly pawn in all of that.  a sacrifice to the inhuman who inhabited the planet with him.

when he heard the door opening, he quickly smoothed his hand through his hair.  it was nice to finally have a proper haircut and shave -- at least he looked presentable and not as malnourished as he had been a month ago.  his dark brown eyes scanned over the woman’s features -- she looked all business.  he was used to that, though, having spent some time in the air force and being around women of high rank.  jemma, to a degree, was like that.  she was bossy and he found that quite attractive.  his stomach did one of those weird flip-flops that made him feel ill when he thought of her now.  they had been together for three months on the planet, they had fallen in love, and then she got rescued.  she ended up coming back for him and he thought their relationship would pick up where it was left off.  however, she told him that her feelings were conflicted between him and her best friend. she wanted to step back for awhile so she could figure things out.  even though earth was full of people and life -- he never felt more lonely.

“good morning,” will said, standing up and put his hand out for the woman to shake.  “captain william daniels.”  he hadn’t been in the military or nasa for over a decade, but he assumed he still held his title. “it’s nice to meet you.”

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