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This story is a sequel to "Love Is for Children," "Eggshells," "Dolls and Guys," "Turnabout Is Fair Play," and "Touching Moments."

Fandom: The Avengers
Characters: Phil Coulson, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanova, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Steve Rogers, JARVIS.
Medium: Fiction
Warnings: No standard warnings apply.
Summary: Bilgesnipe make for messy fighting. It takes a team to get Hulk clean again.
Notes: Asexual character (Clint). Aromantic character (Natasha). Asexual relationship. Teamwork. Canon-typical violence. Fluff. Trust issues. Skin hunger. Comfort. Non-sexual touching and intimacy. Non-sexual ageplay. Communal bathing. Cuteness. Personal growth. Family of choice.

Begin with Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.  Skip to Part 6, Part 7.


"Splash" Part 4


"Okay, team, I jerry-rigged a shower over there. It's not hot but it's warm enough not to make anyone scream," Tony says, leading them to far corner of walled place. Fire hydrant has pipes and things on it. That is Tony's good trick. He makes things. "Also, Hulk, I got you a rubber ducky."

Rubber ducky looks like big yellow donut with cute head. Hulk pokes it. Head goes squeak instead of smash. Hulk laughs.

"Tony, tell me you did not delay Hulk's bath just to make a squeaker for that thing," Steve says.

"Of course not," Tony says. "I put a sound file on a spare phone and stuck it inside the beak with DuckTape."

"All right, Hulk seems to like it. Turn the shower on," Uncle Phil says.

Tony touches some pipes and water splashes down, soft and warm. "Surf's up," he says.

Hulk thinks of rain in jungle. He likes that. This is better because there is no mud underfoot, just road. Hulk sits down at edge of warm spray. "Nice," he says.

"You are very welcome," Tony says. "Okay, everyone, the white stuff is awesome science soap. Use it liberally, don't get it in your eyes, you know the drill."

"Funny bricks," Hulk says, poking at pink and blue things.

"These are sponges," Uncle Phil says. He shows Hulk how they squeeze small and then grow big again. Uncle Phil rubs his pink sponge over Hulk's arms. It feels soft as it spreads soap on him. That makes his skin tingle. It also takes away stink.

White stuff foams up fast. Soon it gets everywhere, like clouds all over Hulk and ground and team. "Fluffy," he says. He swoops rubber ducky through drifts of foam.

Clint is laughing. "Tony, did you make bubble bath?"

"Well, yeah," Tony says, scrubbing Hulk's back. "In case you didn't notice, that fight kind of sucked and a bunch of us got slimed. It's not Hulk's fault he can't fit in the bathtubs at home. Actually that's my fault, I should totally fix that. Meanwhile I figured I could at least bring the bubble bath to him."

Clint throws his blue sponge at Natka. She squeals and tackles him into Hulk's lap. Hulk sets her gently in rubber ducky and nudges it with one finger. It slides through white suds, spinning. Natka laughs.

"Splash!" Hulk says. He pats his hand into foam, not very hard, and it spatters everywhere.

"You want splash, you get splash," Tony says, and sloshes two buckets of water on him. Hulk cannot see round light in Tony's chest, but bubbles there shine blue, so it must be okay.

* * *

Notes:

I've seen yellow innertubes with duck heads, which is what I originally had in mind for Hulk's rubber ducky. This is as close as I could find.  [personal profile] natf found a similar style swimming ring.

Also, DuckTape is real, and an excellent brand across both clear and opaque duct tape variations.  It's sticky, stretchy, and good for creative craft projects.  I first discovered it for making heads on PVC drums. This is not quite the same as conventional duct tape, which may be a tough cloth tape or a metallic tape.

Communal bathing is a form of physical intimacy, which can be nonsexual or sexual.  It is the norm in some cultures, occasional in others, and rare or absent in some.  Bathing is also an important part of parent-child bonding.  There are tips for making bathtime fun.


[To be continued in Part 5 ...]

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Date: 2013-04-05 09:47 am (UTC)
pinkhairedharry: (Default)
From: [personal profile] pinkhairedharry
If you can't Duck it Fuck it. used to rig shit since before I was born. great update

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Date: 2013-04-05 10:27 am (UTC)
gingicat: deep purple lilacs, some buds, some open (heroine - Monsters Inc)
From: [personal profile] gingicat
Bubble bath and rubber ducky! Hulk needs to watch Sesame Street and Kipper to get context now. :)

Real names? Change from first person POV?

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Date: 2013-04-06 03:14 am (UTC)
thnidu: my familiar. "Beanie Baby" -type dragon, red with white wings (Default)
From: [personal profile] thnidu
Bubble bath and rubber ducky! Hulk needs to watch Sesame Street and Kipper to get context now. :)

'Zackly! I was just thinking, "Rubber duckie, you're the one, You make bathtime lots of fun!"

Re: *laugh*

Date: 2014-03-04 11:09 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I love all your stories in this series (rereading, AGAIN) but this one has a very special place in my heart. Tender and sweet on the one hand, and the Avengers in their underwear on the other! Woot! Push ALL the buttons!

Re: *laugh*

Date: 2014-03-04 11:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] labelleizzy.livejournal.com
Oops, that was me. :)

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Date: 2013-04-05 12:21 pm (UTC)
aldersprig: an egyptian sandcat looking out of a terra-cotta pipe (Default)
From: [personal profile] aldersprig
I have a new morning ritual: read email, open Ysabet's DW. :-)

Duck tape *chortle* (Yes, it is very good stuff. My dad's actually used it for ducts ;-) but never for ducks. Quack!)

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Date: 2013-04-05 01:48 pm (UTC)
ext_1575623: (Default)
From: [identity profile] draggon_flye.livejournal.com
That's my new morning ritual too.

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Date: 2013-04-05 12:43 pm (UTC)
siliconshaman: black cat against the moon (Default)
From: [personal profile] siliconshaman
Never underestimate the uses of duck[duct]tape.. http://phphaven.com/img/blogimgs/ducttape_full.png

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Date: 2013-04-05 01:58 pm (UTC)
ext_1575623: (Default)
From: [identity profile] draggon_flye.livejournal.com
Just so you know, prior to reading your stories, I knew next to nothing about the Avengers. After reading the first one, I rented the movie and Captain America. I watched them for the sole purpose of understanding your stories. Then, before I knew it, I had adopted a new fandom.

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Date: 2013-04-05 02:45 pm (UTC)
pheylan: ukulele (Default)
From: [personal profile] pheylan
This is so much fun!

I've got a rose made out of black and red Duck Tape. The guy who made it keeps a bazillion colors of the stuff just to craft with.

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Date: 2014-03-04 11:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] labelleizzy.livejournal.com
Oooh thank you! I want to try that now!

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Date: 2013-04-05 07:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] antivol.livejournal.com
Splash instead of smash = fun!! And apparently Natasha doesn't fear Hulk any more, that's great. Sweet and funny scene!

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Date: 2013-08-04 07:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] labelleizzy.livejournal.com
OMG Hulk in a bubble bath. *squee *

*starts singing Ernie's Rubber Ducky song *

Re: *laugh*

Date: 2014-03-04 11:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] labelleizzy.livejournal.com
Oooh, I'll write THAT fanfiction!

Re: *laugh*

Date: 2014-03-05 01:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] labelleizzy.livejournal.com
*added to the idea file*

I've started a fluffy karaoke!Avengers!fic over at AO3, my first foray into fiction in like fifteen years.

This idea won't even have to stretch much to fit!

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