Story: "Up the Water Spout" Part 8
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ysabetwordsmithThis story belongs to the series Love Is For Children which includes "Love Is for Children," "Hairpins," "Blended," "Am I Not," "Eggshells," "Dolls and Guys,""Saudades," "Querencia," "Turnabout Is Fair Play," "Touching Moments," "Splash," "Coming Around," "Birthday Girl," "No Winter Lasts Forever," "Hide and Seek," "Kernel Error," "Happy Hour," "Green Eggs and Hulk,""kintsukuroi," and "Little and Broken, but Still Good."
Fandom: The Avengers
Characters: Natasha Romanova, Phil Coulson, Clint Barton, Betty Ross, Bucky Barnes.
Medium: Fiction
Warnings: Mention of human trafficking and nonconsensual drug use. Slightly offstage sexual violence. Dubcon/Noncon.
Summary: Sometimes the Black Widow needs to hunt, and sometimes she needs help settling her personality afterwards. Uncle Phil arranges an extra ageplay session.
Notes: Hurt/comfort. Family. Fluff and angst. BAMF!Black Widow. Black Widow is creepy. Spiders. Coping skills. Asking for help and getting it. Hope. Nonsexual ageplay. Caregiving. Competence. Girl stuff. Toys and games. Gentleness. Trust. #coulsonlives
Begin with Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7. Skip to Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13.
"Up the Water Spout" Part 8
"Put the hoop down and just practice the motion for a while," Betty said to Natka. "It's kind of like belly dancing."
"Ah!" Natka said. "I have done that." Her forehead wrinkled as she went through the motions again, slowly and then faster. The next time she picked up her hoop, she managed to twirl it a few loops before it fell.
Betty idly let her hoop sink down past her knees, then brought it back up again. "You can walk the hoop over your body once you learn how to keep it going," she said.
As Natka focused on maintaining her spin, Betty demonstrated a few more tricks, such as walking forward and then backward.
Phil dropped the big hoop and picked up one of the smaller ones. Hooking it over his wrist, he gave it a quick push and then kept it spinning. This was another of his old aikido exercises but it was fun.
Natka's natural grace and extensive training allowed her to grasp the basic skills quickly. Before long, Betty was coaxing her to take a few steps with the hoop still in motion.
Phil reached down, quickly nabbed the hoop with his toes, and set it spinning around his ankle. Betty tried to emulate him with her hoop and promptly dropped it.
"You need a smaller hoop to spin on an arm or leg," Phil explained. "Start it on your arm. You have to catch it when it's touching the back of your wrist, hook your toes inside and push forward. Then push back to keep it going."
"I like this," Natka announced suddenly. "It feels good in my body. Can I spin two hoops at once? I have seen it done but I do not know how."
"Same as spinning one, really," said Betty. "Just pick two that are basically the same -- get another red one, I think they're color-coded by size -- and then hold them together when you push off."
It took Natka several minutes to get the hang of it, but she succeeded. She couldn't do three, though. "I have seen people spin far more than this."
"Well, they probably had years of practice," Betty said. "You may be a genius at butt-wiggling but it still takes time to work up to spinning a whole stack of hula hoops at once."
"There are games too," Phil said. "Betty, have you ever played Knockout?"
"I'm not sure," she said.
"You stand close together, and try to hit the other person's hoop. Last one with their hoop spinning is the winner," Phil explained.
"Oh, Bumpers!" said Betty, nodding.
"Everyone needs a hoop of similar weight for this," Phil said. They shuffled through the selection until they found a reasonably matched set. "Start spinning ... and go!"
Betty had the advantage of mobility. Phil and Natasha had the edge in combat training, which helped them aim and dodge. Phil and Betty both had more experience in hooping, but Natka was canny and held her own. They all managed to tag each other's hoops at various times, and in the end there was no clear winner.
* * *
Notes:
Bellydancing spans a variety of ethnic dance styles primarily based on circles and waves. You can learn to bellydance.
Hooping includes many tricks, especially for circus work.
Children's games belong to the larger category of children's folklore and may have different names or variations.
[To be continued in Part 9 ...]
Fandom: The Avengers
Characters: Natasha Romanova, Phil Coulson, Clint Barton, Betty Ross, Bucky Barnes.
Medium: Fiction
Warnings: Mention of human trafficking and nonconsensual drug use. Slightly offstage sexual violence. Dubcon/Noncon.
Summary: Sometimes the Black Widow needs to hunt, and sometimes she needs help settling her personality afterwards. Uncle Phil arranges an extra ageplay session.
Notes: Hurt/comfort. Family. Fluff and angst. BAMF!Black Widow. Black Widow is creepy. Spiders. Coping skills. Asking for help and getting it. Hope. Nonsexual ageplay. Caregiving. Competence. Girl stuff. Toys and games. Gentleness. Trust. #coulsonlives
Begin with Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7. Skip to Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13.
"Up the Water Spout" Part 8
"Put the hoop down and just practice the motion for a while," Betty said to Natka. "It's kind of like belly dancing."
"Ah!" Natka said. "I have done that." Her forehead wrinkled as she went through the motions again, slowly and then faster. The next time she picked up her hoop, she managed to twirl it a few loops before it fell.
Betty idly let her hoop sink down past her knees, then brought it back up again. "You can walk the hoop over your body once you learn how to keep it going," she said.
As Natka focused on maintaining her spin, Betty demonstrated a few more tricks, such as walking forward and then backward.
Phil dropped the big hoop and picked up one of the smaller ones. Hooking it over his wrist, he gave it a quick push and then kept it spinning. This was another of his old aikido exercises but it was fun.
Natka's natural grace and extensive training allowed her to grasp the basic skills quickly. Before long, Betty was coaxing her to take a few steps with the hoop still in motion.
Phil reached down, quickly nabbed the hoop with his toes, and set it spinning around his ankle. Betty tried to emulate him with her hoop and promptly dropped it.
"You need a smaller hoop to spin on an arm or leg," Phil explained. "Start it on your arm. You have to catch it when it's touching the back of your wrist, hook your toes inside and push forward. Then push back to keep it going."
"I like this," Natka announced suddenly. "It feels good in my body. Can I spin two hoops at once? I have seen it done but I do not know how."
"Same as spinning one, really," said Betty. "Just pick two that are basically the same -- get another red one, I think they're color-coded by size -- and then hold them together when you push off."
It took Natka several minutes to get the hang of it, but she succeeded. She couldn't do three, though. "I have seen people spin far more than this."
"Well, they probably had years of practice," Betty said. "You may be a genius at butt-wiggling but it still takes time to work up to spinning a whole stack of hula hoops at once."
"There are games too," Phil said. "Betty, have you ever played Knockout?"
"I'm not sure," she said.
"You stand close together, and try to hit the other person's hoop. Last one with their hoop spinning is the winner," Phil explained.
"Oh, Bumpers!" said Betty, nodding.
"Everyone needs a hoop of similar weight for this," Phil said. They shuffled through the selection until they found a reasonably matched set. "Start spinning ... and go!"
Betty had the advantage of mobility. Phil and Natasha had the edge in combat training, which helped them aim and dodge. Phil and Betty both had more experience in hooping, but Natka was canny and held her own. They all managed to tag each other's hoops at various times, and in the end there was no clear winner.
* * *
Notes:
Bellydancing spans a variety of ethnic dance styles primarily based on circles and waves. You can learn to bellydance.
Hooping includes many tricks, especially for circus work.
Children's games belong to the larger category of children's folklore and may have different names or variations.
[To be continued in Part 9 ...]
Games and names
Date: 2014-09-15 05:54 am (UTC)I think it's interesting that both Betty and Phil have slowed down, are giving Natka time to explore this activity in particular. I wonder if they've worked out a prearranged signal, or if they're both reading Natka's reactions.
Re: Games and names
Date: 2014-09-15 08:26 am (UTC)Yay! I'm glad you liked this. I've seen a lot of games vary like that.
>> I think it's interesting that both Betty and Phil have slowed down, are giving Natka time to explore this activity in particular. I wonder if they've worked out a prearranged signal, or if they're both reading Natka's reactions. <<
It may be a combination of both. Phil has a planned set of things to offer, although both he and Betty are willing to switch things up a bit in response to Natka's interest (or lack thereof). Certainly Phil and Betty are both able to read body language and voice tone fluently.
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Date: 2014-09-15 05:55 am (UTC)Games
Date: 2016-11-19 10:04 pm (UTC)Re: Games
Date: 2016-11-20 12:32 am (UTC)