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[tahitiwoke]

[ THE FOLLOWING IS A CONTINUATION OF PREVIOUS TESTIMONY. ]

TESTIMONY OF PHILLIP J. COULSON AND NATASHA ROMANOVA BEFORE THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE REGARDING AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE INFILTRATION BY THE ORGANISATION KNOWN AS 'HYDRA'.

DATED 24TH NOVEMBER 2015. THIS TRANSCRIPT CONTAINS EDITS FOR REDACTED INFORMATION & FOR BREVITY. SEE ANNEXES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

CHAIRMAN: SENATOR CATHERINE DURANT

VICE CHAIRMAN: SENATOR MICHAEL KERN

EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR: SENATOR WALTER RUSSELL

KERN: This is a pretty damning report, Director. You disobeyed direct orders, against intervention policy and you got an American asset killed, with no real discernible results as to our own humint interests. Is it fair to say this was a failed mission? COULSON: Depends on your definition of failure. KERN: What's your definition, then? COULSON: Our orders would have left fifteen innocent children to burn to death. We went back to save them and we did. I'd say that was a success. KERN: At the loss of a highly cooperative, highly important American asset. COULSON: In my professional opinion at the time, it was a drop in the bucket in comparison to what we already had gathered during our time in [REDACTED]. KERN: In your professional opinion? Or someone else's? COULSON: What's that supposed to mean? KERN: Have you considered the possibility Agent Romanova was running a honeytrap? COULSON: That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard you say and I watch a lot of C-SPAN. DURANT: The Director is reminded he is under oath and that this is a Senate hearing, you are to behave with better conduct or you will be held. KERN: Director, has it occurred to you that having an infamous Russian spy working with top level security clearance at, arguably, one of the least regulated branches of American Intelligence might look bad when you are under investigation for being compromised from the inside? COULSON: At the advice of my attorney, I invoke the fifth amendment. KERN: How are we to trust the decisions you have made during your time as a handler and as the Director of SHIELD if you won't give us a straight answer regarding your involvement with foreign agents. COULSON: She's not a foreign agent, she's an Avenger. She's put herself on the line day in and day out to save not just my life, not just the lives of the American people, but your life too. If it weren't for her, there would be a lot more flags folded on mantlepieces. So, let's just keep that in mind before you go Yosemite fuckin' Sam. KERN: Director you will watch your tone in this court. [ EXCERPT CONTINUES AT 02HRS 08MINS. ] DURANT: At what point would recruitment become a counterintelligence threat to our country? COULSON: Senator, that's difficult to answer in the abstract. When a foreign power is using coercion or some sort of pressure to try and co-opt an American, especially a government official, to act on its behalf, that’s a serious concern regardless of who is on what side of the aisle. DURANT: So any document detailing specific claims against an individual or individuals regarding their involvement in this matter would have to be verified independently, is that correct? COULSON: Yes. If it's a credible allegation, we would be in contact with the C.I.A. or the the Department of Homeland Security. DURANT: How often have you had to do that? COULSON: Never. DURANT: You have never had a single concern raised regarding the involvement of an agent in counter intelligence recruitment? COULSON: Not independently checked by an outside organisation, no. DURANT: What about Sharon Carter? COULSON: Agent Carter was never co-opted or coerced by a foreign power. That's the basis of an investigation. DURANT: Have you ever had an intimate relationship with Agent Carter? COULSON: I invoke the fifth amendment. DURANT: Phil, I'm starting to see a pattern. You've got an Air Force Colonel who you left to rot in a gulag. You've got a Russian Black Widow on one shoulder and ex-communicated black ops specialist on the other who is now on the run after being accused of treason. You're at the helm of a ship overrun by Neo-Nazi's and the most you have to say is that you invoke the fifth. COULSON: I have served this country - DURANT: And we thank you for that service, but it does not make you immune to reproach or questioning. [OFF MIKE.] DURANT: Alright, we'll take a break there. This committee will reconvene with the Director at 09:30 hours. [ TESTIMONY CONTINUES AT ANNEX B. ]

[wristful]

@knxckhisassout​

        he’s watching the transition. carol into captain. he’s watching her give orders and be earth’s mightiest avenger and there’s a lot going on. people moving in and out of the office. it’s action stations, it’s big leagues stuff, it’s director can we comment on and sir i have the pentagon on the phone and some other bullshit. and really all phil can do is watch carol danvers turn on captain marvel and be... in charge. he’s happy to take a back seat. to watch and wait and when there’s a spare moment:   

        “i think the white house is drafting a memo to tell me to take a hike. on the security measures for the president and -- clint’s new thing. the boy band he’s trying to set up.”   a pause.  “i thought tony was giving the orders with you guys.” 

[russiasredguardian]

@knxckhisassout​

‘ captain. ’

[darcywho]

@knxckhisassout​ || from x 

barely refraining from laughing outright, darcy just looks at her across the table. “clearly I need to tell you more stories from before I met you.”

[wavebraek]

@knxckhisassout​

       “...”

           “now, i gotta be honest with you here, carol, it sure as shit don’t look stable.”

[humanitysbridge]

🍓 touch my hair & tell me i'm pretty

@mutuals send me a 🍓 and ill compliment u!

MWAH BIG KISSES 

i love you so much you’re the prettiest and i can’t wait for you to dye your hair blonde so i can compliment you for ten days str8

you have known me for an uncomfortably long time which means we can never not be friends bc u physically saw me during the most embarrassing years in my life and stuck around. so like thanks. 

also you write carol real good, so good that when i saw the movie lowkey i was like ‘hrmmmmm should have consulted u first for some of this’ 

i’ll punch any motherfucker in the face that tries you x

[wthwolvesar]

send 💙 to put a blanket on my muse;  accepting.  @knxckhisassout​ puts a blanket on:  roman.  

           there are many nights that he listens to them argue.  someone has to know that he’s there,  around the corner,  or they truly do believe he’s asleep when their hushed voices turn to yells and through the wall he can make out their palatable anger.  always the same things  --  about his life,  about phil’s choices,  about whether or not he really loves carol.  (  roman thinks he does,  just like he thinks that he loves him,  but he doesn’t always say it right.  it’s not like he says things right half the time either,  so he doesn’t say that to phil.  )

          sometimes they sort it out.  sometimes they don’t.  when carol comes to check on him,  peeking her head through the door,  he knows it’s not a day that they’ve got it together.  because the front door opens and closes and phil’s going to where ever it is that phil goes when he’s mad.  and if they fixed it,  she would go with him,  back only a little bit later.  he doesn’t know what they do when they get in the car,  but they don’t drive anywhere together.  that was an investigation for later. 

          carol smiles at him,  grabs the blanket from where he’s shoved it and spreads it up to his chin.  roman looks at her,  watery eyes and all,  and thinks that he could beat up phil himself if he had to.  catch him off guard.  tell him to be nicer to his m ----  

           “   where does he go?  “  roman asks,  “  when he leaves.  “ 

[wthwolvesarc]

@knxckhisassout​ liked x.

         “  this feels like an interrogation.  “

[withlwolvesarchive]

me, remembering how @ruinaa, @wristful and @knxckhisassout have a whole world of families and children and history: nice

writing about the pain that comes with it: yikes

[sickofyourbullshxt]

knxckhisassout replied to your post “cowabummer dude (headcanons) karen knows how to cook just enough to...”

I hate you for making me read "cowabummer" with my own two eyes

[illwriteatragedy]

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          charlee was easy,  when she was young.  whenever he didn’t know if she should,  or shouldn’t,  roman could direct her right back to carol and that was that.  with his own  -- 

         “  what do you do when your kids start using your own logic against you?  “

[tahitiwoke]

@vlyuvdova / @knxckhisassout / @thirtean [ NOTE: THE FOLLOWING TESTIMONIES ARE ONLY EXTRACTS. ]

TESTIMONY OF PHILLIP J. COULSON AND NATASHA ROMANOVA BEFORE THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE REGARDING AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE INFILTRATION BY THE ORGANISATION KNOWN AS 'HYDRA'. DATED 24TH NOVEMBER 2015. THIS TRANSCRIPT CONTAINS EDITS FOR REDACTED INFORMATION & FOR BREVITY. SEE ANNEXES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. CHAIRMAN: SENATOR CATHERINE DURANT VICE CHAIRMAN: SENATOR MICHAEL KERN EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR: SENATOR WALTER RUSSELL

DURANT: I’d like to call this hearing to order. Director Coulson, I appreciate your willingness to appear before the committee today, and more importantly, I thank you for your dedicated service and leadership during your time within the Department of Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division. Your appearance today speaks to the trust you have built over the years, and I’m looking forward to a very open and candid discussion today. The director has been very gracious with his time, but the vice chairman and I have worked out a very specific timeline for his commitment to be on the Hill, so we will do everything we can to meet that agreement. COULSON: Thank you, Senators, so do I. [SENATOR DURANT'S OPENING STATEMENT, THE VICE CHAIRMAN'S OPENING STATEMENT AND THE SWEARING UNDER OATH IS DETAILED ELSEWHERE IN THIS REPORT. DIRECTOR COULSON'S WRITTEN STATEMENT CAN BE FOUND IN ANNEX H. THE FOLLOWING EXCERPT IS FROM 01HRS 38 MINS.]

DURANT: Director, allegations have been swirling in the press for the last several weeks, and today is your opportunity to set the record straight. I have read your initial statement with keen interest, but I would like to ask - did you have any suspicions whatsoever about the possibility of a leak within SHIELD? COULSON: At the advice of my attorney, I invoke the fifth amendment. DURANT: You're saying you will not state one way or another whether you were aware of any secret operation to undermine SHIELD? COULSON: At the advice of my attorney, I invoke the fifth amendment. DURANT: Phil, how long have you worked for SHIELD? COULSON: Eighteen years. DURANT: And in that time, how many agents have you acted as a handler for? COULSON: Seven. DURANT: One of which being Air Force Colonel Carol Danvers? COULSON: Yes. DURANT: Did the two of you have an intimate relationship? COULSON: [NO REPLY] DURANT: Phil? COULSON: Forgive me, Senator, but I'm unsure of the relevance of that question. DURANT: Let me rephrase the question: during your time as Counter Intelligence General Counsel, also known colloquially as an Asset Handler, did you ever have an intimate relationship with Colonel Danvers? COULSON: [OFF MIKE.] COULSON: Yes. DURANT: For how long were the two of you involved? COULSON: That's not relevant. DURANT: It certainly speaks to your conduct. COULSON: My conduct is not the purpose of this Committee... DURANT: Correct, Phil, the purpose of this Committee is to investigate the infiltration of a largely unregulated and often overlooked branch of American Intelligence - of which you have been a part of, as you said, for almost two decades. Your conduct is exactly relevant to this investigation and to this committee. COULSON: Eight years. DURANT: During your time as Counter Intelligence General Counsel, did you ever have an intimate relationship with Natasha Romanova? COULSON: No. DURANT: You are under oath, Phillip. COULSON: During my time as Counter Intelligence General Counsel, I never had an intimate relationship with Natasha Romanova. DURANT: What about as Intelligence Command Chief of Operations? COULSON: At the advice of my attorney, I invoke the fifth amendment. DURANT: Are you familiar with Operation: Infinite Reach? COULSON: At the advice of my attorney, I invoke the fifth amendment. DURANT: That's alright, I can refresh the committee's memory. [ THIS SUBSECTION HAS BEEN REDACTED DUE TO ONGOING SECURITY OPERATIONS WITHIN NAMED COUNTRIES. TESTIMONY CONTINUES AT 01HRS 56MINS. VICE CHAIR KERN TAKES OVER. REPORT CONTINUES HERE. ]

[wristful]

@knxckhisassout​

        ❛  i don’t think i’m entitled to be mad about being mugged when, y’know, i was those kids once upon a time.  ❜ 

[russiasredguardian]

knxckhisassout mentioned you on a post “ @prodiyal asked: “is that supposed to make me feel better?” if truth...”

@russiasredguardian you're right, should have attempted murder as tradition dictates ��

‘ it’s only murder if you’re caught. ’

[darcywho]

Wait For Me...

@knxckhisassout

It’s been four years since he began darkening her flower shop in the mortal realm. 

1,460 days since he’s started calling her Carol. Over two million minutes wracking his brain trying to figure out how to bring her back to herself. To Persephone.  

Sometimes, he catches a glimpse of her and thinks he sees it coming back. Other times he’ll say something, and she’ll look at him like he’s crazy. 

He’s had to make trips back to the Underworld, to catch up on the queue of souls, intermittently. When she’s asked the umbrella phrase of supplier meetings and inventory auditing typically satisfies her curiosity, and after the first dozen times, her questions shorten to “Good trip?” and “Did you have any fun while you were there?” 

It’s not entirely coincidence that has him making those trips during the solstices. Irony, perhaps, but not coincidence. This time around, he’s preparing to be gone for the winter. 

The Fates are surely laughing at him now. 

It’s just...too hard even for a god to see her smile up at a snowy sky and catch the crystalline flakes in her hair and on her eyelashes. To not feel the all-consuming pain of longing. 

As Danny and Carol, they’ve gotten closer. Spending more time together. One of her older customers, an older woman gardener who comes in for a new plant or pot every so often and likes to talk had asked Carol, “Who’s that nice young man who’s always in here? Is he your boyfriend?” Like a coward he hurried out before hearing the answer, the bell on her door ringing after him like a mocking laugh. 

That same bell chimes now as he pushes his way into the shop, carrying the same white and purple freckled orchid he brought when he found her. The one that belongs to her. 

“Hey!” she greets him smilingly. Like sunshine even still. “Don’t tell me you need to repot this again.” The delicate thud of the ceramic pot punctuating her words. Her fingers gently examine its leaves and petals, even prod at the soil it’s planted in. 

“No, no,” he reassures her, bringing up his open hands reflexively. “I, well, I have a favor to ask, actually.” She quirks a brow at him and waits. “I’ll be gone on another business trip for a while this time, pretty much the whole winter,” he explains quickly. “You know this is pretty much the only plant I keep, so I was hoping that you would take care of it while I’m gone?” 

Her nose scrunches up in consideration. Hades is familiar with the look, like she’s rearing up to tease him by feigning irritation and exaggerating the imposition. “When you say the whole winter, are you saying I’ll have to care for your orchid for three months or four months? How are you going to compensate me for this favor?” 

There’s a mental tug on the far reaches of his periphery; someone--no, Thanatos--calling for him. He has to go. 

“I suppose you’ll have until the Equinox to decide what you want,” he sidesteps instead with a half-smile of his own. Thanatos is calling more urgently, so he walks backwards to the door and never breaks eye contact. 

And then in the most ironic twist of the cosmos--the Fates are cackling so loudly he can almost hear them--he looks at Carol and tells her as Hades, not Danny, “I’ll see you next spring.” 

[illwriteatragedyar]

@knxckhisassout // sc. 

           he stares at the tv for a while until the scene is over,  thinking hard.  he’s always been matter of fact with his questions,  and if phil wasn’t here to answer,  he was going to ask carol.  

           “  why do they do that.  i don’t want to put my tongue in someone’s mouth.  “