( He's angry, now, more than he'd let himself be all day. But his words don't come out heated; instead, they're accompanied by a hollow laugh. The same laugh he gave Natasha when they sat together in the sickbay and he processed what had been done to him. )
The scientist guarding the iridium was innocent. The guards on security detail at the lab were innocent. Phil Coulson was innocent, or as close to it as a SHIELD agent ever got.
I have blood on my hands, and I did last week, too, but now it's different. And no amount of good Samaritan deeds is ever going to make up for that.
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( He's angry, now, more than he'd let himself be all day. But his words don't come out heated; instead, they're accompanied by a hollow laugh. The same laugh he gave Natasha when they sat together in the sickbay and he processed what had been done to him. )
The scientist guarding the iridium was innocent. The guards on security detail at the lab were innocent. Phil Coulson was innocent, or as close to it as a SHIELD agent ever got.
I have blood on my hands, and I did last week, too, but now it's different. And no amount of good Samaritan deeds is ever going to make up for that.