2 Series by Inkspinner
Listing Series
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get out my machete and battle with time once again by Inkspinner
Fandom: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Teen And Up Audiences, General Audiences
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- F/M, Gen, Multi
- Series in Progress
09 Oct 2025
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Phil Coulson/Melinda May
- Melinda May & Skye | Daisy Johnson
- Phil Coulson & Melinda May & Skye | Daisy Johnson
- Phil Coulson & Skye | Daisy Johnson
- Melinda May & Jemma Simmons
- Leo Fitz/Jemma Simmons
- Andrew Garner/Melinda May (past) - Relationship
- Leo Fitz & Melinda May
- Leo Fitz & Melinda May & Jemma Simmons
- Phil Coulson & Leo Fitz & Melinda May & Jemma Simmons & Skye | Daisy Johnson
- Phil Coulson & Melinda May
- Melinda May & Jemma Simmons & Skye | Daisy Johnson
- Agents of SHIELD Team & Leo Fitz & Jemma Simmons
- Melinda May & Jemma Simmons's Mother
- Leo Fitz & Skye | Daisy Johnson
- Background Leo Fitz/Jemma Simmons
- background Melinda May/Phil Coulson
- background Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie/Elena "Yo-Yo" Rodriguez
- Melinda May
- Phil Coulson
- Skye | Daisy Johnson
- Robin Hinton
- Polly Hinton
- Jemma Simmons
- Natasha Romanov (Marvel)
- Robin Hinton (mentioned) - Character
- Polly Hinton (mentioned) - Character
- Leo Fitz
- Agents of SHIELD Team
- Andrew Garner
- Jemma Simmons's Mother
- Elena "Yo-Yo" Rodriguez
- Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie
- Elaine Fitz-Simmons (OC)
- Andrew Garner (mentions)
- mentions of original characters
- Hurt/Comfort
- Emotional Hurt/Comfort
- Fluff and Angst
- Domestic Fluff
- Domestic Bliss
- i love that that's a tag
- Memories
- Introspection
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
- Trauma
- Healing
- Past Violence
- Hugs
- Crying
- Gentleness
- Talking In The Dark
- Insomnia
- Old Friends
- Friendship/Love
- Trust
- Comfort/Angst
- Cooking
- Tenderness
- Established Relationship
- Spies Watching Spy Movies
- you have no idea how happy that tag makes me
- mild bashing of the Jason Bourne movies
- POV Alternating
- Mother-Daughter Relationship
- Mentor/Protégé
- Family Feels
- Found Family
- Chronic Pain
- Music
- Insecurity
- Identity
- Finding Peace
- Post-Season/Series 05
- Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
- the post-season 5 peaceful retirement au because I WANT THAT FOR THEM SO BADLY
- things are hard some days but they're also good and we're getting there
- no beta we die like phillip j coulson
- (however in this particular story)
- Coulson Lives
- Family Fluff
- Slice of Life
- Ficlet Collection
- Grocery Shopping
- okay i love that that's a tag
- Other Additional Tags to Be Added
- most of the team will probably appear at some point but I shall tag them once they do
- Cuddling & Snuggling
- Father-Daughter Relationship
- Retirement
- Growing Old Together
- Peace
- Sleepy Cuddles
- Families of Choice
- Team as Family
- Non-Chronological
- ....that's basically all this is ngl
- Angst
- .............yeah also that
- Angst with a Happy Ending
- that!! it most certainly is that.
- ok tag properly gosh
- Late Night Conversations
- because that's all i ever write apparently
- Angst and Feels
- References to Depression
- POV Phil Coulson
- i love writing him but coulson rambles SO MUCH oh my word
- Spies & Secret Agents
- oh and
- i have no idea how to tag this honestly
- it deals with the repercussions of the truly insane lives may and coulson have led
- and everything they've been through
- the things that only come up when there's finally some time to breathe
- i think this one leans into that a little more heavily than whistling static actually
- but things are gonna get better. they are getting better.
- this is part of the getting there.
- Canonical Character Death
- Past Character Death
- Past Relationship(s)
- Bittersweet
- a year? or so after whistling static i think
- POV Jemma Simmons
- POV Melinda May
- Loss
- Hope
- Fluff
- Jemma Simmons Needs a Hug
- and she gets one!
- oh dear i need sleep
- Nostalgia
- Conversations
- So Very Many Headcanons
- First Aid
- Season/Series 05
- Canon Compliant
- mostly - Freeform
- Missing Scene
- well..... not so much a missing scene as a
- wedging stubbornly into canon to make space for my scene?
- Feels
- Serious Injuries
- Caretaking
- Reminiscing
- tired heroes
- Medical Inaccuracies
- Female Friendship
- i meant to write fluff and tripped and faceplanted into way too many feels instead
- as usual.
- So many family feels
- Implied/Referenced Character Death
- (canon ones)
- all the complicated but overall wonderful feelings
- that come with meeting the newest member of the family
- and reconciling all the pain of the past
- with a future that's bright and hopeful and certainly won't be easy
- but doesn't have to be.
- also
- Character Study
- sorta?
- oh tagging is hard
- Canon Relationships
- Reunions
- Visiting
- bus kids friendship
- Team Friendships - Freeform
- so many headcanons
- philindaisy family feels
- Growing Old
- distantly i know the second half of this is one of my favorite conversations i've ever written but
- i cannot look at it for another minute
- Rated T for language
- ooh also featuring may's civilian self-defense classes because they have my whole heart
- why are my tags such a disaster
Summary
Moments from a different sort of happy ending. Stories for the building of a life, for figuring out what you want it to look like; for the good days, the bad days, and the struggle and hope and life in it all. AKA: a post-season 5 peaceful retirement AU. Works are listed in my best attempt at chronological order.
- Words:
- 28,848
- Works:
- 7
- Bookmarks:
- 17
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Let Me Speak by Inkspinner
Fandom: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
12 Aug 2024
- Major Character Death
- Phil Coulson & Melinda May
- Andrew Garner/Melinda May
- Melinda May & Natasha Romanov
- Clint Barton & Phil Coulson & Melinda May & Natasha Romanov
- Clint Barton & Melinda May
- Phil Coulson & Andrew Garner & Melinda May
- Phil Coulson & Natasha Romanov
- Victoria Hand & Melinda May
- Lian May & Melinda May
- Melinda May & William May
- Maria Hill & Melinda May
- Melinda May
- Phil Coulson
- Natasha Romanov (Marvel)
- Clint Barton
- Andrew Garner
- Laura Barton
- Maria Hill
- Nick Fury
- Lian May (Marvel)
- William May
- Skye | Daisy Johnson (Mentioned)
- Lila Barton
- Victoria Hand
- Character Study
- Pre-Bahrain (Agents of SHIELD)
- Academy Era
- Pre-Canon
- Spies & Secret Agents
- Origin Story
- Male-Female Friendship
- Female Friendship
- the ladies of SHIELD
- Strike Team Delta (Marvel)
- mentions of injury
- discussion of medical procedures
- Mentions of Violence
- Missions
- Found Family
- Canon Compliant
- So Very Many Headcanons
- Bahrain and its associated set of warnings.
- Post-Bahrain (Agents of SHIELD)
- Aftermath
- Depression
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
- Panic Attacks
- Involuntary Kitten Acquisition
- BAMF Melinda May
- friendship in the midst of it all.
- references to wider mcu canon
- Heavy - Freeform
- but a story that hangs stubbornly onto hope.
- Bureaucracy Handwave of Doom
- Post-Movie: The Avengers (2012)
- The Avengers (2012) Tie-in
- Canonical Character Death
- (you know the one)
- Pre-Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV)
- Unreliable Narrator
- Kinda?
- Grief/Mourning
- yet more bureaucracy.
- Melinda May Needs a Hug
- Hopeful Ending
- the cat has officially made herself the star of this show
- may is just going with it at this point.
- Words:
- 25,350
- Works:
- 1