Epilogue

Five Years Later

Cisco, Daisy, Mack, and Hartley founded the Global Inhuman Alliance, a support system for Inhumans and protection agency for those in trouble. Cisco and Hartley lead the organization as Mack and Daisy continue their work for S.H.I.E.L.D., though they meet periodically, and Cisco breaches himself to their location even more often. Elena helps out, keeping contact with Mack for the most part.

Iris dated Eddie for two more years before he gave his life in the line of duty, taking a bullet intended for Joe. Barry arrived seconds after the shot, and felt too guilty to tell Iris how he felt about her for the next year. It was Iris who started to kindle a romance between them, allowing Barry to forgive himself for not being able to save Eddie. Barry, recently engaged to Iris, continues to juggle working for CCPD and S.T.A.R. Labs, along with stopping crime when he can as the Flash.

Caitlin and Ronnie bought a house in Central City. After Ronnie's military contract ended, and after their honeymoon, Ronnie took a job at S.T.A.R. Labs, working on special projects for Harrison Wells. Caitlin gave birth to two children: a boy named Charlie, and a girl called May.

Jemma and Fitz continued to work for S.H.I.E.L.D. for almost four years before realizing something needed to change. They were married, happy with their work, and content to be with their found family, but the thought of settling down had been on their minds for a while. Their most recent mission separated them for months, and almost cost both their lives. It gave them the push they needed to leave S.H.I.E.L.D. once they'd reunited and helped the team with its current threat. They didn't want to risk losing each other anymore. They moved to Central City and started working at S.T.A.R. Labs, settling nicely into domestic life. Jemma had a girl they named Margaret Fitz-Simmons, after Peggy Carter. She's four months younger than May Snow-Raymond.

Coulson and May stayed with S.H.I.E.L.D., and are in the process of rebuilding. They plan to move slowly, to ensure the agency is safe from corruption within, and eventually want to reopen the Academy. Coulson is still Director, with May acting as Assistant Director. They remain dedicated partners, and maybe, something more.

Daisy took a long time, mourning Lincoln. She closed herself off from the others for months, throwing herself into work. When Cisco had the idea to start GIA, she threw herself into that too. Cisco's feelings only grew stronger as he worked with her more closely. He waited for her to move on from Lincoln, and even after she seemed back to normal, he waited longer. He didn't want to ruin their friendship. Eventually he did tell her how he felt. While it was clear she was surprised, she agreed to coffee with him. Their relationship status remains undeclared, as they seem to be on-again/off-again, but Cisco is confident things will work out in the end, and happy with being her partner for now.

Fitz-Simmons finally did have a double date with Ronnie and Caitlin, much to Fitz's amusement.

Though their collective adventures have taken them separate ways, they remain a team. No distance can change that.

The End.

A/N: And so "Running With a S.H.I.E.L.D. at Your Back" comes to a close.

One thing that has a lot of fans curious is the fate of Vijay Nadeer, an Inhuman from S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4. He was shot and it seemed like he went through terrigenesis again, but we haven't seen him since. That's why I brought him into this story, to give a possible theory about how he survived: his powers let him adapt. I also wanted to bring in a popular character from Flash, which prompted Hartley Rathaway. I found a way to pull two interesting side characters back into the story.

I had to give Snowstorm a happy ending. After Fitz-Simmons, Snowstorm is my favorite pairing, and I still think they deserved a happy ending like this. In season 2 of Flash, Caitlin's Earth-2 doppelganger had a brother named Charlie. Did you remember that when I said she had a son named Charlie? I'm going for references here. I'm hopeful that Fitz-Simmons will have a future like this. The name of their daughter is a reference to several episodes of S.H.I.E.L.D. as well, since Simmons has expressed great admiration for Peggy Carter on multiple occasions. I realized as I wrote this fanfic that Daisy and Cisco are, as Cisco said, compatible in many ways. I dub this ship, "Good Vibrations!"

I'd like to thank you all for reading this story. I started it just over a year ago, and began posting it this past January, and incredibly, someone has read it every day since then. I've never had that happen for a story of mine, and it makes me amazingly happy. So thank you. I hope you enjoyed my Flash and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. crossover. Feel free to check out my other Flash and S.H.I.E.L.D. stories, and my YA fantasy novel STARS BEGIN TO BURN, available on Amazon.

Pokémon fan 98