The Worst Things Nick Fury Has Done In The MCU

Nick Fury hasn’t exactly been the best husband to Priscilla (Charlayne Woodard), a Skrull who also goes by the name Varra. When the two married, they both knew that Fury’s job meant he would be away for long periods of time, and that he couldn’t wear his wedding ring in public, for her protection. However, Priscilla never counted on her husband’s emotional distance. 

After the Blip, she welcomed him back with open arms, but he retreated onto SABER, leaving his wife alone again. She has become so inured to his absence that she tells him outright that she knows he only came down from SABER because the world needed saving; she is under no illusion that he came back for her sake. What’s more, Fury probes her for information, seeing if she knows anything about Gravik. He has so little faith in his wife that he fears she joined Gravik’s rebellion.

Perhaps worst of all, Fury hasn’t really loved his wife for who she is. While he often assures Priscilla that her human form is beautiful, he has never felt comfortable kissing her in her Skrull form. When Priscilla asks Fury if he would’ve still loved her if she’d been her true self, Fury’s silence tells her all she needs to know. Of course, in the final episode of «Secret Invasion,» Fury’s walls finally come down. He embraces Priscilla and kisses her, not caring that she is in Skrull form. So, perhaps there is hope for their marriage yet.