if all that we are is two matching scars

He's sifting through the things on his desk when he finds it; a stark white envelope with no writing on the outside of it. It's unsealed, the flap simply tucked into it, and he opens it slowly, more than familiar with the handwriting scrawled across the crisp white sheet he unfolds. He's reading Melinda May's resignation from SHIELD. (Tag to 2x8 'The Things We Bury')