Shadow Preachers

Young Grant Ward thought meeting John Garrett was a miracle, and the agent offering him a job at S.H.I.E.L.D. was a one in a lifetime chance he just couldn't refuse. What he didn't expect was for Garrett to leave him in the woods to survive alone, and especially to find out the said agent he saw as a savior was the exact opposite of that. A HYDRA agent, no less. The real surprise, though was to learn all that from the young girl she met in the woods, Skye. With the help of Skye, the distinction between right and wrong becomes clearer for Grant in the days they spend together, and he gets what he was always looking for: a family, and much more than that. However, as he soon realizes, he isn't the only one with demons from the past, and as the secrets begin to threaten the tight bond between two friends, and the shadows of S.H.I.E.L.D. and HYDRA start to loom over them, will they be able to stand together and survive, or are some wounds just too deep to be healed? (Skyeward AU)