Writer to Writer #22 [January/February]

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Ship-centric

one heart alone is never enough by @tomaztastic (ship: tripskimmons) Featuring a relationship between Daisy, Jemma and "Not-so-dead-after-all" Trip, this fic is the soft story of reconnection and cherishing love our hearts deserve after canon.

for science by @the-nerdy-stjarna​ (ship: fitzsimmons) Simmons is all for doing a nude calendar to raise money for Shield but Fitz isn't game until Simmons bribes him. The fic is hilarious while keeping characters’ reactions in character, and the innuendo works well to enhance the humor of the situation.

I love you (enough to let you go) by @florchis​ (ship: quakerider) Ever since Robbie... left, Daisy has been having trouble sleeping. This is a beautiful and heartbreaking story of Daisy wanting Robbie to stay with her; however, he cannot. He calls one last time to tell her an important truth.

one heart is never enough alone - a Tripskimmons fanfic

Fandom: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV)

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: Multi

Characters: Skye | Daisy Johnson, Jemma Simmons,  Antoine Triplett , cameos from others 

Relationships: Jemma Simmons/Skye | Daisy Johnson, Skye | Daisy Johnson/Antoine Triplett, Jemma Simmons/Antoine Triplett, Jemma Simmons/Skye | Daisy Johnson/Antoine Triplett

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Established Relationship, Reunions, Polyamory, let them be happy and in love for once

Language: English

“Five clicks!” Daisy shouts, leaning over the edge of the boat, her hand white-knuckled on the rope. The waves are rough beneath her, gold crashing up into the air, obscuring her view of the path ahead. On the horizon, she can see the portal, growing larger by the second. For the first time in years, she feels a small sliver of hope. 

“How’s the ship holding up?” Trip shouts from his spot at the helm, he’s doing his best to steer their ship to where it needs to go, but the storm had been unexpected. He was a good pilot, but the outside circumstances meant he could only do so much. 

“She’s holding up okay,” Jemma answers, the tablet in her hands showing the statistics of the ship. “We took on some damage to sales, but with the reinforcement, we did at the last port we should be alright and we need-” 

Jemma’s voice was swallowed by the storm as a large bolt of lightning hit across the sky. Their ship leaned dangerously to one side, leaving all three of them scrambling to not fall off the ledge. Daisy had almost fallen off the ship completely, but she had tightened her grip on the rope and swung up on the other side when the ship straightened itself out. 

“Tighten your bonds,” Trip shouts. The storm had been unexpected but he knew it was somehow connected to the portal up ahead. The closer they got, the more violent the sky was around them. It was a way to keep unwanted visitors out. “I don’t know what’s going to happen when we hit that portal and I want my girls safe!” 

Daisy rolls her eyes at the statement of being one of Trip’s girls, but it was mostly for show. The three of them had been through thick and thing together for the past three years now. They belonged to one another just as the whales belonged to the sky around them. Beside her, Jemma is tightening her bonds, her tablet long gone in the last harsh wave of the ship. Daisy double checks her knots, making sure that there was no way for it to slip. 

“We’re so close,” Jemma says to Daisy, her eyes bright with emotion. “Daisy, we’re going to make it.” 

“I know,” Daisy says, and grabs Jemma’s face in her hands, kissing her passionately. “Let’s get to Trip so we can do this together.” 

They make their way up to Trip who was looking at the two of them with such devotion in his eyes, that there was no doubt in anyone's mind that he was in love with the two of them. They stand at the helm with their captain, the wind rushing through them as the gold sky splits into the black of the portal. 

At once they all reach for one another, not knowing what lies ahead, but knowing that whatever it is, they will face it together. 

Everything goes black.

 Daisy “I knew her first” Johnson who was playing the long and slow game now has to pick up speed but Trip is such a gentleman and hating him would be like hating everything that's good in the world and this whole odd rivalry is born but it’s like - nice stuff to do for Jemma rivalry like who can make her favorite tea better or who can compliment her more 

Jemma is not blind to this and she definitely appreciates and wants both of their advances and she has a little bit of fun lbr

the fun comes to something more real the day they all decide to train together and they’re all in work out clothes and adrenaline is pumping and like, Trip gets pinned down by both girls and its like “I want to kiss both of you right now” and Jemma is like “finally” and Daisy starts the actual kissing 

Coulson walks by and later is seen giving May $50 because she won the bet 

and they go all out for Halloween like their costume is insane because all of them are a little bit competitive and it works for them 

a long time ago a prince, a knight, and a princess fell in love, but with their love came jealousy and a curse was put upon the three that they would always find each other but they would be ripped apart and over the centuries they did keep finding one another but it always ended in  tragedy

eventually, they get reincarnated into Trip, Daisy, and Jemma and they came together and they even had a few good months, the things about being reincarnated so many times is that they just seemed to click instantly - things go down according to canon, they’re together and the love is just starting, but then Trip dies and Jemma and Daisy are thrown into this hellish reality where one third of who they were was missing 

Daisy learns from Jiaying about the legend of these three heroes who were destined to be torn apart every time they fell in love and it hits at home at how true that was and Jemma doesn’t believe in fairy tales like that (”And even if I did, why would I want to be part of a fairy tale that only ended in tragedy?”) and they stay together as much as they want but there is a piece missing

eventually, they run into an inhuman that can open portals to different realities very briefly and at some point that inhuman opens a portal to a reality where they got together but instead of Trip dying its Jemma and Daisy that died 

that Trip chooses to stay in this reality and they fall in love all over again, and in the process, they break the curse and so the next time they are reincarnated decades later they can actually be together and be happy the whole time 

Hi everyone!

Thanks for participating in AU August! For those who are interested, our next monthly challenge is celebrating Shield’s characters of colour! Here’s the intro post for that challenge if you like. In the meantime though, lets check out AU August’s fantastic fic!

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Ship-centric

We’ve gotta let go of all of our ghosts by @for-within-the-hollow-crown - FitzSimmons - WWI era AU - inspired by a picture prompt and part of the drift back to me (I’ll do the same) series; Fitz and Jemma meet again after a long time and a lot of trauma apart.

Angel by @whentheskyequakes​ - FitzSimmons - Supernatural AU - Hunters Jemma and Daisy meet an angel.

Surprise! It’s a Puppy! by @shesthemuscle - TripSkimmons - Shield-Free AU - Fluff! Jemma, Daisy and Trip receive a puppy as a gift but no one thought to tell Jemma beforehand.

Come Back to Me by @tashonix -  FitzSimmons - WWII era AU - Follow a young FitzSimmons through a series of morning afters, through the outbreak of war to an uncertain future, Fitz’s determination to serve his country and Jemma’s promise that he’ll come home.

Where the Heart Is - Part II by @theclaravoyant - Skimmons/Bioquake - Shield-Free AU - After Skye is kicked out of home and finds a new one, she invites Jemma back to her new place. (Rated T).

The Ones Who Dream by @whatlighttasteslike​ - FitzSimmons - LaLa Land AU - Fitz is a jazz pianist, Jemma wants to make it as an actress. When their paths cross unexpectedly, they’ll form a connection that will inspire them to strive for their dreams.

Oops, my hand slipped by @loved-the-stars-too-fondly - MaySkye - Shield-free/Neighbours AU - Prompt: “I meant to text the contact one above you for a booty call but I didn’t realize I hit your name until I sent it so now I’m just sitting here feeling those little three dots hardcore judging me”

FitzSimmons + Flower Shop AU by @grapehyasynth FitzSimmons - Shield-free/Flower Shop AU - Fluff! FitzSimmons struggle with the importance of names as they welcome a new member to their family.

A Lady’s Guide to Shortbread, Scandal and the Scottish Countryside by @bookishandbossy - FitzSimmons - Period AU - Lady Jemma Simmons, celebrated debutante and fiance of a man she can't bring herself to marry, requires ruination. Mr. Leopold Fitz, self-made Scottish millionaire and general social disgrace, is the perfect man for the job.

Your Move by @loved-the-stars-too-fondly - MaySkye - Prompt: “at the local coffee shop, there’s a chess game set up and every morning I move one piece. later in the day, someone else always moves a piece too. I’m dying to know who I’m playing against”

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Platonic-centric

Skye walks into a bar (and it hurts) by @loved-the-stars-too-fondly -  May & Daisy - Shield-free AU - Prompt: “I drunkenly tried to fight you and knocked myself out but you were kind enough to take care of me till I woke up.”

Teach Me How to Say Goodbye by @loved-the-stars-too-fondly - May & Daisy - Shield-free AU - Prompt: “So not to be rude or anything but I’ve been coming to this cemetery at this time on this day every week for fucking years and I’ve always been alone up until now seriously what the hell”

craigslist add reads: “looking for one or two roommates for a three-roomed brownstone house, my other two roommates fell in love and moved out and left me with the rent so please help because I’m poor, also if you are Mack or Elena and you are reading this I love your relationship despite you leaving me with this bill” - thank you Daisy Johnson, attached are pictures of the brownstone house which had  many labors of love put into it so it’s very nice looking and clean and in  the city? this is GOLD

Trip and Jemma are already casually dating when they answer the add and Daisy has been dealing with some very strange answers all day so when seeing that these two were normal? she lets them in instantly and it's not long before the three of them are fast friends 

fast friends who are quickly becoming something more and Daisy has a bit of a bisexual panic because her roommates are amazing and beautiful and she calls Mack at like 3am and tells him the whole story but Elena grabs the phone, yells at her to just stand in the living room naked and get the sexual tension over with and hangs up the phone

Daisy doesn’t quite do that but she does finally talk to them and Trip and Jemma were like “we were flirting with you since we moved in but thanks for noticing now” and they get together 

Daisy has two dates to Mack and Elena’s wedding later that year <3

Characters: Daisy Johnson, Jemma Simmons, Antoine Triplett

Relationships: Daisy Johnson x Jemma Simmons x Antoine Triplett

Rating: Gen

Summary:  Jemma, Daisy and Trip receive a puppy as a gift but no one thought to tell Jemma beforehand.

Tags: Alternate Universe - No Powers, Polyamory, Established Relationship

Notes: Written for AoSFicNet2 ‘AU August’ / AoSFicNet2 weekly prompt ‘include an animal in your fic’

“What. Is. That?” questions Jemma as she points at the puppy on the couch.

“Oh! That’s Winnie. She’s a Shiba Inu pup. Bobbi gave her to us because she thought she’d be a good addition to our family.”

Jemma nods her head.

Trip walks over to her side and wraps an arm around her shoulder, pulling her close.

“Come on, girl. I think this will be great for us.”

He guides Jemma over to the couch where Daisy is already sitting with Winnie in her lap, giving her fingers gently licks.

Sitting down next to Daisy with Trip on her other side, Jemma slowly reaches out so she doesn’t startle the puppy who tilts her head to the side at the new human before sniffing Jemma’s hand. She gently strokes Winnie’s head and smiles as she watches Winnie enjoy the contact.

“So why the name Winnie?”

The trio relax on the couch with Trip draping his arm over the back of the couch so he could touch both of his girls.

Daisy shrugged.