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   Melinda May: Let Me Speak by Inkspinner

   Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Major Character Death
   • F/M, Gen, Multi
   • Complete Work

   12 Aug 2024

   Tags

   • 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.

   Summary

   “There is not a right thing, Qiaolian. There is not a wrong thing. There is the bad you have done, and the good you can do. You can choose. Always.”

   “Yeah,” said May, voice thick, eyes squeezed shut. “But what makes it matter?”

   Simply, Lian answered, “You.”

    

   The Cavalry is, by her very definition, a bringer of hope.

    

   (Or: a character study of Melinda May, from the very beginning, up until the point we meet her in Agents of SHIELD. A story about the many faces of heroism, of hope, and all the ways we bring ourselves home.)

   Series

   • Part 1 of Let Me Speak

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   25,350

   Chapters:

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