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This 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," "Little and Broken, but Still Good," "Byzantine Perplexities," "Up the Water Spout," "The Life of the Dead," "If They Could Just Stay Little," "Anahata," "When the Wheels Come Off," "Against His Own Shield," "Coming in from the Cold: Saturday: Building Towers," "Coming in from the Cold: Sunday: Shaking Foundations," "Coming in from the Cold: Monday: Memorial Day," "Coming in from the Cold: Tuesday: Facing Fears," "Coming in from the Cold: Wednesday: Coping Techniques," "Coming in from the Cold: Thursday: Digging for Answers," "What Little Boys Are Made Of," "Rotten Fruit," "Trying to Find Prui," "Life in Quicktime," "Keep the Homefires Burning," "Their Old Familiar Carols Play," "Fluffy," "A Leg Up," and "Wabbit Season."
Fandom: The Avengers
Characters: Phil Coulson, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanova, Bucky Barnes, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Betty Ross, JARVIS.
Medium: Fiction
Warnings: Drug Dealing, Canon-Typical Violence, Dexterity Impairment, Missions, Missions Gone Wrong, Bugs & Insects, Major Character Injury, Injury Recovery, Itching, Hurt/Comfort, Sleepiness.
Summary: A mission to shut down drugrunners in Brazil goes wrong. The Avengers fare pretty well against the drugrunners, but less well against the swarms of insects guarding the compound.
Notes: Food, Bathing/Washing, No Sex, Intimacy, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Herbalism, Massage, Friendship, Team as Family, Avengers Family, #coulsonlives.
A note on feedback: While it's not necessary to comment on every post I make, remember that I don't know who reads/likes things if nobody says anything. Particularly on long stories, I've discovered that I get antsy if there's nothing but crickets chirping for several posts. So it helps to give me feedback at least once, even if it's just "I like this" or "This one doesn't grab me." First and last episodes are ideal if you rarely feel inspired to comment in the middle.
I also have a list of favorite photogenic scenes from the whole series for fanartists to consider, partly compiled from audience requests.
"Coming in from the Cold: Friday: Bug Hunt" Part 1 of 4
Friday morning brought a deluge of urgent SHIELD messages and phone calls about the drug scene in Brazil. Someone had been brewing things a lot more dangerous than the usual, possibly incorporating alien or otherwise exceptional inspiration. Coulson stood at his desk, answering them as fast as he could and wishing he could get away to breakfast. "Don't make me come down there," he grumbled to the hapless field agent. "You would not enjoy it." Then he hung up.
The service door chimed. "Your breakfast has arrived," JARVIS announced.
"I didn't order breakfast," Coulson said.
"I know," said JARVIS. "I did. It became apparent that you would not get away in reasonable time for the morning meal. Merely pick up your tray from the cart and you may continue working."
Coulson went to the service door and retrieved his breakfast. The tray held a cup of coffee and another of orange juice, along with a carton of food. The latter opened to reveal three egg-and-cheese roll-ups, two sausage ones, and a sweet roll-up stuffed with strawberries and cream cheese. Coulson managed to eat with one hand while fielding messages with the other, and didn't bite anyone's head off.
The next chime at the door alerted Coulson that his package had arrived. It looked like a giant board, because it was. He tucked it under his arm and headed for the floor that Steve and Bucky shared.
"Hey, Phil," said Steve. "We missed you at breakfast. JARVIS said you were busy."
"Yes, I had to take care of SHIELD business," said Phil. "Look sharp; we may need to assemble today. Meanwhile, where's Bucky?"
"Here," said Bucky as he came into the room, still wrestling with the buttons on his shirt. Steve went over to him and reached his left arm around Bucky's chest to help fasten the buttons. It was hard for Bucky to manage them with his prosthetic hand.
"I brought you a present," Phil said, holding out the package.
"Great," Bucky said as he took it. Peeling off the paper only took a few moments, and then he admired the sleek wood with its smooth brown stain. "A giant ruler?"
"Aww, yeah," Steve said with a grin. "Remember, Bucky, we used to have something like this at the orphanage, to measure the kids?"
Bucky's face lit up. "So I don't have to use the lab, I can just stand against this," he said. "Thank you!" He looked around, searching for a place to put it.
"Hang it on the end of the open shelves between the kitchen and living room," Steve suggested. "Then it's out of the way, but easy to access. It's such a pretty piece, it'd be a shame to hide it in a bedroom."
"That's a good idea," Bucky said. "Let me just grab some tools and we can hang this right now."
They were in the process of fitting the giant ruler to the end of the bookcase when the alarm went off and JARVIS said, "Avengers assemble!"
"Nuts," Bucky said as Steve let down the board and propped it against the shelves. "You guys go, I'll put this stuff away for now."
Captain America grabbed his shield and ran.
Agent Coulson followed at a slower jog, checking the details on his Starkphone. Apparently the planned drug bust was going severely wrong, as the contraband gave the drugrunners enhanced abilities and also they had -- somehow -- deployed swarms of biting insects to defend the perimeter.
"I'll have to sit this one out," Bruce said to Tony as they gathered. "Hulk doesn't mix well with swarms of annoying insects."
"Yeah, I get that," Tony said. "We'll miss you, though. Gonna give Agent a hand with our six?"
"Dr. Banner and Dr. Ross are welcome to provide backup," said Coulson. "We can always use more science consultants and handlers. How's your grasp of biochemistry and entomology?"
"Good enough to get by in Brazil," Dr. Banner muttered.
The mission was, to put it bluntly, a mess. As Agent Coulson reviewed the intelligence reports, he realized that the Avengers should have been called a lot sooner. Now the drugrunners were alert, armed, and enhanced with chemicals that would have made even AIM jealous. Not to mention swarms of biting, stinging insects that had already put one field agent in the infirmary with anaphylactic shock and made the others miserable with welts.
Even with the quinjet it took longer than he liked for them to get there. Dr. Banner and Dr. Ross spent the time analyzing all the information that JARVIS could get for them, which was rather more than SHIELD had provided. Agent Coulson chose not to remark on this, and simply took advantage of it.
The first hit on the compound went better than he expected. Iron Man blasted through the roof of the building most likely to be the main lab, intent on taking control of it. Captain America, Black Widow, and Hawkeye took on the footsoldiers. They did fine until the skirmish got into the surrounding jungle. From there it really went to hell.
Black Widow had the least trouble, easily adapting to the new form of cover. Captain America did all right, as he could work both at short and at long range, although he couldn't throw his shield as he preferred. Hawkeye was severely hindered by the dense foliage -- he couldn't get a decent line of sight on anything. The drugrunners, meanwhile, knew every inch of the jungle around their compound and used that knowledge to great effect. They kept trying to separate the team and staged multiple ambushes.
JARVIS and Agent Coulson coordinated as best they could. They managed to prevent any seriously life-threatening situations. However, the drugrunners eventually succeeded in splitting up the team. One of them even got Captain America down and tried to hack off his leg with a machete before Hawkeye looped around and skewered him. By then the damage was done.
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Notes:
Enjoy recipes for Easy Breakfast Roll-Ups, Breakfast Egg Rolls, and Strawberry Cheese Roll-Ups.
This is Bucky's height ruler. See it in different situations.
[To be continued in Part 2 ...]
This 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," "Little and Broken, but Still Good," "Byzantine Perplexities," "Up the Water Spout," "The Life of the Dead," "If They Could Just Stay Little," "Anahata," "When the Wheels Come Off," "Against His Own Shield," "Coming in from the Cold: Saturday: Building Towers," "Coming in from the Cold: Sunday: Shaking Foundations," "Coming in from the Cold: Monday: Memorial Day," "Coming in from the Cold: Tuesday: Facing Fears," "Coming in from the Cold: Wednesday: Coping Techniques," "Coming in from the Cold: Thursday: Digging for Answers," "What Little Boys Are Made Of," "Rotten Fruit," "Trying to Find Prui," "Life in Quicktime," "Keep the Homefires Burning," "Their Old Familiar Carols Play," "Fluffy," "A Leg Up," and "Wabbit Season."
Fandom: The Avengers
Characters: Phil Coulson, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanova, Bucky Barnes, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Betty Ross, JARVIS.
Medium: Fiction
Warnings: Drug Dealing, Canon-Typical Violence, Dexterity Impairment, Missions, Missions Gone Wrong, Bugs & Insects, Major Character Injury, Injury Recovery, Itching, Hurt/Comfort, Sleepiness.
Summary: A mission to shut down drugrunners in Brazil goes wrong. The Avengers fare pretty well against the drugrunners, but less well against the swarms of insects guarding the compound.
Notes: Food, Bathing/Washing, No Sex, Intimacy, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Herbalism, Massage, Friendship, Team as Family, Avengers Family, #coulsonlives.
A note on feedback: While it's not necessary to comment on every post I make, remember that I don't know who reads/likes things if nobody says anything. Particularly on long stories, I've discovered that I get antsy if there's nothing but crickets chirping for several posts. So it helps to give me feedback at least once, even if it's just "I like this" or "This one doesn't grab me." First and last episodes are ideal if you rarely feel inspired to comment in the middle.
I also have a list of favorite photogenic scenes from the whole series for fanartists to consider, partly compiled from audience requests.
"Coming in from the Cold: Friday: Bug Hunt" Part 1 of 4
Friday morning brought a deluge of urgent SHIELD messages and phone calls about the drug scene in Brazil. Someone had been brewing things a lot more dangerous than the usual, possibly incorporating alien or otherwise exceptional inspiration. Coulson stood at his desk, answering them as fast as he could and wishing he could get away to breakfast. "Don't make me come down there," he grumbled to the hapless field agent. "You would not enjoy it." Then he hung up.
The service door chimed. "Your breakfast has arrived," JARVIS announced.
"I didn't order breakfast," Coulson said.
"I know," said JARVIS. "I did. It became apparent that you would not get away in reasonable time for the morning meal. Merely pick up your tray from the cart and you may continue working."
Coulson went to the service door and retrieved his breakfast. The tray held a cup of coffee and another of orange juice, along with a carton of food. The latter opened to reveal three egg-and-cheese roll-ups, two sausage ones, and a sweet roll-up stuffed with strawberries and cream cheese. Coulson managed to eat with one hand while fielding messages with the other, and didn't bite anyone's head off.
The next chime at the door alerted Coulson that his package had arrived. It looked like a giant board, because it was. He tucked it under his arm and headed for the floor that Steve and Bucky shared.
"Hey, Phil," said Steve. "We missed you at breakfast. JARVIS said you were busy."
"Yes, I had to take care of SHIELD business," said Phil. "Look sharp; we may need to assemble today. Meanwhile, where's Bucky?"
"Here," said Bucky as he came into the room, still wrestling with the buttons on his shirt. Steve went over to him and reached his left arm around Bucky's chest to help fasten the buttons. It was hard for Bucky to manage them with his prosthetic hand.
"I brought you a present," Phil said, holding out the package.
"Great," Bucky said as he took it. Peeling off the paper only took a few moments, and then he admired the sleek wood with its smooth brown stain. "A giant ruler?"
"Aww, yeah," Steve said with a grin. "Remember, Bucky, we used to have something like this at the orphanage, to measure the kids?"
Bucky's face lit up. "So I don't have to use the lab, I can just stand against this," he said. "Thank you!" He looked around, searching for a place to put it.
"Hang it on the end of the open shelves between the kitchen and living room," Steve suggested. "Then it's out of the way, but easy to access. It's such a pretty piece, it'd be a shame to hide it in a bedroom."
"That's a good idea," Bucky said. "Let me just grab some tools and we can hang this right now."
They were in the process of fitting the giant ruler to the end of the bookcase when the alarm went off and JARVIS said, "Avengers assemble!"
"Nuts," Bucky said as Steve let down the board and propped it against the shelves. "You guys go, I'll put this stuff away for now."
Captain America grabbed his shield and ran.
Agent Coulson followed at a slower jog, checking the details on his Starkphone. Apparently the planned drug bust was going severely wrong, as the contraband gave the drugrunners enhanced abilities and also they had -- somehow -- deployed swarms of biting insects to defend the perimeter.
"I'll have to sit this one out," Bruce said to Tony as they gathered. "Hulk doesn't mix well with swarms of annoying insects."
"Yeah, I get that," Tony said. "We'll miss you, though. Gonna give Agent a hand with our six?"
"Dr. Banner and Dr. Ross are welcome to provide backup," said Coulson. "We can always use more science consultants and handlers. How's your grasp of biochemistry and entomology?"
"Good enough to get by in Brazil," Dr. Banner muttered.
The mission was, to put it bluntly, a mess. As Agent Coulson reviewed the intelligence reports, he realized that the Avengers should have been called a lot sooner. Now the drugrunners were alert, armed, and enhanced with chemicals that would have made even AIM jealous. Not to mention swarms of biting, stinging insects that had already put one field agent in the infirmary with anaphylactic shock and made the others miserable with welts.
Even with the quinjet it took longer than he liked for them to get there. Dr. Banner and Dr. Ross spent the time analyzing all the information that JARVIS could get for them, which was rather more than SHIELD had provided. Agent Coulson chose not to remark on this, and simply took advantage of it.
The first hit on the compound went better than he expected. Iron Man blasted through the roof of the building most likely to be the main lab, intent on taking control of it. Captain America, Black Widow, and Hawkeye took on the footsoldiers. They did fine until the skirmish got into the surrounding jungle. From there it really went to hell.
Black Widow had the least trouble, easily adapting to the new form of cover. Captain America did all right, as he could work both at short and at long range, although he couldn't throw his shield as he preferred. Hawkeye was severely hindered by the dense foliage -- he couldn't get a decent line of sight on anything. The drugrunners, meanwhile, knew every inch of the jungle around their compound and used that knowledge to great effect. They kept trying to separate the team and staged multiple ambushes.
JARVIS and Agent Coulson coordinated as best they could. They managed to prevent any seriously life-threatening situations. However, the drugrunners eventually succeeded in splitting up the team. One of them even got Captain America down and tried to hack off his leg with a machete before Hawkeye looped around and skewered him. By then the damage was done.
* * *
Notes:
Enjoy recipes for Easy Breakfast Roll-Ups, Breakfast Egg Rolls, and Strawberry Cheese Roll-Ups.
This is Bucky's height ruler. See it in different situations.
[To be continued in Part 2 ...]
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Date: 2018-12-25 04:03 am (UTC)