(Sequel to Aftermath) The Avengers have begun to clean up after the wreck HYDRA has left, and are doing it well. But they themselves have found themselves in a delicate balancing game of personal and public, friends and family, and right and wrong. They are picking up the pieces of SHIELD, but now they must pick up the pieces of themselves.

The story of Phil Coulson's cellist, as she loves, loses, mourns, and lives again.

In the wake of the wreckage of CA:TWS, the Avengers form a plan to to continue to protect the world on their own terms.

Short, drabble-like stories based on the characters of the Avengers and Thor. Different (non-canon) pairings are experimented with, and the consequences of different choices.