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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," "Unworthy," "Eggshells," "Dolls and Guys," "Duende," "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," "What It Means to Me," "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," "Coming in from the Cold: Friday: Bug Hunt," "Coming in from the Cold: Saturday: Revisiting the Past," "What Little Boys Are Made Of," "Rotten Fruit," "Trying to Find Prui," "Life in Quicktime," "Sunday Dinner," "Cafuné," "Fatherboards and Other F-words," "The Artists Among Us," "Keep the Homefires Burning," "Their Old Familiar Carols Play," "Fluffy," "A Leg Up," "Wabbit Season," and "A Painful Process."
Fandom: The Avengers
Characters: Phil Coulson, Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes, Clint Barton, Maria Hill, Nick Fury, Jasper Sitwell, Natasha Romanova, Tony Stark, Betty Ross, JARVIS, Hulk.
Medium: Fiction
Warnings: Guns, Food, Bugs & Insects, Flashbacks, Panic Attacks, Hurt/Comfort.
Summary: Phil, Steve, Bucky, and Clint visit SHIELD to work with the new recruits. Later that evening, an unexpected trigger throws Bucky into a panic attack.
Notes: Teamwork, Training, Games, Carrying, No Sex, Intimacy, Non-Sexual Intimacy, 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.
Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12.
"Coming in from the Cold: Sunday: Thanks for Taking Care of Me, Tiny" Part 1
On Sunday, Phil went to SHIELD with Steve, Bucky, and Clint in tow. Fortunately Steve and Clint had recovered from the ill-fated mission with the bugs. SHIELD posed its own challenges, of course. Steve had mostly stopped staring at the walls as if gauging how knock-downable they were. Even Bucky was beginning to unwind. Clint, however, was wearing workout clothes with a T-shirt that read, "Don't touch! Look!"
"New shirt?" Phil said mildly.
"Yeah, JARVIS bought it for me," Clint said. "I like it. Real clear." He rolled his shoulders. "And look, it fits loose around my arms so I can shoot, but it doesn't hang like a tent all the way down."
He was shaped more or less like a triangle, because archery made big muscles in his arms and upper back, while the rest of him was trim. That sometimes made it hard for Clint to find clothes that fit comfortably. JARVIS, armed with his exact measurements, seemed to have better luck.
"It suits you," Phil said, because Clint was giving him a wary look that made his heart ache. Clearly SHIELD wasn't a fully comfortable place for Clint yet.
"Sargeant Barnes, it's so good to see you," Assistant Director Hill said warmly. "I was hoping you might give us a hand today. We brought in some long-range rifles and scopes for Wesson to try out -- he's a new recruit we're training up as a sniper. You two could hit the range and see what works best."
"You-you'd let me shoot?" Bucky stammered. "In here?"
"No, in the range," Hill said. "Unless you're not up for it, or you're booked full. I don't want to bother you. The thing is, our best sniper is Hawkeye, and he just doesn't prefer guns. He's really an archer. He can use a gun, but they all the feel pretty much the same to him."
"It sounds good. Yeah, I'll show Wesson what to look for," Bucky said. Then his eyes narrowed, and a slow smirk spread over his face. "I'll need Steve later, though."
"What do you have in mind?" Phil asked.
"Steve never watches his left --"
"That's 'cause you're there!"
"-- so I thought we'd sign out some paintball equipment and see if Wesson can hit him on the obstacle course," Bucky said. "What do you say, Steve, willing to take a few bruises for the team?"
"He's not gonna hit me, Buck," said Steve.
"I've heard Phil and Clint talking him up. He might," said Bucky.
"Why don't we turn loose the other baby agents and see if any of them can put a touch on Steve?" said Clint. "We could make it Wesson's job to stop them."
"Good idea," Phil said.
"Well, Sargeant, it seems like you've got some great plans for our new recruits," Hill said with a smile. "I'll leave you to it." She gave Bucky a fleeting pat on the left arm that left him staring after her, bemused.
"All right, let's go set that up," Phil said, heading to the nearest computer room. He could do simple scheduling from any computer here.
Inside, Fury was kicking some of the SHIELD equipment, saying, "WORK, you fucking piece of shit! You were fine five minutes ago when Hill was using you."
"Gee, Director, I don't think it likes you," Clint drawled.
"Let me see," Bucky said, shooing Fury aside. He looked at the screen, tapped a few keys, and said, "There's your problem. We just need to reboot the router." He unplugged it, waited a few seconds, and plugged it back in. "Come on and connect for me, pretty please with sugar on it."
The computer chimed softly, announcing the connection.
"There you go," Bucky said, waving Fury back into place. "Just be gentle with it, okay? Even machines don't like being yelled at or kicked around."
Phil gave in inward wince at that. HYDRA hadn't been kind to the Winter Soldier at all.
Then he sat down and pulled up today's schedule for the new recruits. It had been left flexible to account for weapons selection and the hope that some of the Avengers would help with training. Phil typed in his additions and sent them to the relevant people.
"Done," Phil said. "Let's head to the range."
The other Avengers fell into step behind him. Then they ran into Agent Sitwell on the way there.
"Hello, Sargeant Barnes," said Sitwell. "I heard you were coming in today, but there was no schedule posted, and I didn't know if you'd have time for the cafeteria. So I brought you a lunch."
He held out a black lunchbox, the old-fashioned kind with a domed lid to hold a thermos. Bucky took it and flipped it open. Inside it had a giant hero sandwich, an apple, an orange, a banana, a bag of chips, a bag of trail mix, some bubblegum donuts, and several chocolate bars stuffed along the sides. He stared, mouth hanging open.
"The sandwich is meatloaf, I figured that would be familiar," Sitwell said. "The chips are sweet potato. That's probably different than your usual, but new things can be good, and they have extra nutrients ..."
Bucky touched the bag with a fingertip, making it crinkle. "I used to look for work at the shipyards, because if stuff came in damaged, they usually let us keep the discards," he said softly. "Potatoes and sweet potatoes were the best, because I could cut off the bad parts and use the rest. Maybe once a month I'd come home with a whole sackful to share."
"We'd have potatoes for a week, because they wouldn't keep as long as usual, but they'd last a few days," Steve picked up. "Sweet potatoes, we'd do 'em up with a little sugar and cinnamon if we could get it."
"Those are brown sugar and cinnamon," Sitwell said.
"Aw, yeah," Bucky said. He shoved the lunchbox at Phil and tore open the bag. Bucky ate one chip, his eyes closing in bliss, then passed the bag to Steve.
Steve ate one chip, grinned at the flavor, and handed the bag back to Bucky. "I like the crunch. I'd be happy to have more of those."
Bucky took a couple and passed him the bag. "Yeah, they're great," he said. "Thanks, Sitwell."
"Any time, Sargeant Barnes," said Sitwell. "I hope to see you around."
Phil smiled. Next time, there would be two bags of chips in the box.
* * *
Notes:
See Clint's new T-shirt that says, Don't Touch! Look!
Clint has been having trouble with other SHIELD personnel since the events of The Avengers. Also, Agent Bobbi Morse is sexually harassing him, as mentioned in "Coming in from the Cold: Tuesday: Facing Fears" Part 2.
Sandwich names vary by locale. In New York City a giant sandwich is called a hero.
Enjoy a recipe for Meatloaf Sandwich.
Apples, oranges, and bananas are all healthy fruits that pack well. However, Sitwell is also capitalizing on his knowledge of Bucky's past: any fresh produce was hard to come by in those times, and oranges and bananas were so rare they were used as holiday gifts.
Brown Sugar Cinnamon Sweet Potato Chips offer a portable way to enjoy the benefits of sweet potatoes.
Trail mix is a healthy food for active people, especially anyone with a high-burn metabolism. Here is a high-energy recipe for Sweet Salty Trail Mix Granola.
Chocolate has many benefits.
[To be continued in Part 2 ...]
Fandom: The Avengers
Characters: Phil Coulson, Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes, Clint Barton, Maria Hill, Nick Fury, Jasper Sitwell, Natasha Romanova, Tony Stark, Betty Ross, JARVIS, Hulk.
Medium: Fiction
Warnings: Guns, Food, Bugs & Insects, Flashbacks, Panic Attacks, Hurt/Comfort.
Summary: Phil, Steve, Bucky, and Clint visit SHIELD to work with the new recruits. Later that evening, an unexpected trigger throws Bucky into a panic attack.
Notes: Teamwork, Training, Games, Carrying, No Sex, Intimacy, Non-Sexual Intimacy, 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.
Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12.
"Coming in from the Cold: Sunday: Thanks for Taking Care of Me, Tiny" Part 1
On Sunday, Phil went to SHIELD with Steve, Bucky, and Clint in tow. Fortunately Steve and Clint had recovered from the ill-fated mission with the bugs. SHIELD posed its own challenges, of course. Steve had mostly stopped staring at the walls as if gauging how knock-downable they were. Even Bucky was beginning to unwind. Clint, however, was wearing workout clothes with a T-shirt that read, "Don't touch! Look!"
"New shirt?" Phil said mildly.
"Yeah, JARVIS bought it for me," Clint said. "I like it. Real clear." He rolled his shoulders. "And look, it fits loose around my arms so I can shoot, but it doesn't hang like a tent all the way down."
He was shaped more or less like a triangle, because archery made big muscles in his arms and upper back, while the rest of him was trim. That sometimes made it hard for Clint to find clothes that fit comfortably. JARVIS, armed with his exact measurements, seemed to have better luck.
"It suits you," Phil said, because Clint was giving him a wary look that made his heart ache. Clearly SHIELD wasn't a fully comfortable place for Clint yet.
"Sargeant Barnes, it's so good to see you," Assistant Director Hill said warmly. "I was hoping you might give us a hand today. We brought in some long-range rifles and scopes for Wesson to try out -- he's a new recruit we're training up as a sniper. You two could hit the range and see what works best."
"You-you'd let me shoot?" Bucky stammered. "In here?"
"No, in the range," Hill said. "Unless you're not up for it, or you're booked full. I don't want to bother you. The thing is, our best sniper is Hawkeye, and he just doesn't prefer guns. He's really an archer. He can use a gun, but they all the feel pretty much the same to him."
"It sounds good. Yeah, I'll show Wesson what to look for," Bucky said. Then his eyes narrowed, and a slow smirk spread over his face. "I'll need Steve later, though."
"What do you have in mind?" Phil asked.
"Steve never watches his left --"
"That's 'cause you're there!"
"-- so I thought we'd sign out some paintball equipment and see if Wesson can hit him on the obstacle course," Bucky said. "What do you say, Steve, willing to take a few bruises for the team?"
"He's not gonna hit me, Buck," said Steve.
"I've heard Phil and Clint talking him up. He might," said Bucky.
"Why don't we turn loose the other baby agents and see if any of them can put a touch on Steve?" said Clint. "We could make it Wesson's job to stop them."
"Good idea," Phil said.
"Well, Sargeant, it seems like you've got some great plans for our new recruits," Hill said with a smile. "I'll leave you to it." She gave Bucky a fleeting pat on the left arm that left him staring after her, bemused.
"All right, let's go set that up," Phil said, heading to the nearest computer room. He could do simple scheduling from any computer here.
Inside, Fury was kicking some of the SHIELD equipment, saying, "WORK, you fucking piece of shit! You were fine five minutes ago when Hill was using you."
"Gee, Director, I don't think it likes you," Clint drawled.
"Let me see," Bucky said, shooing Fury aside. He looked at the screen, tapped a few keys, and said, "There's your problem. We just need to reboot the router." He unplugged it, waited a few seconds, and plugged it back in. "Come on and connect for me, pretty please with sugar on it."
The computer chimed softly, announcing the connection.
"There you go," Bucky said, waving Fury back into place. "Just be gentle with it, okay? Even machines don't like being yelled at or kicked around."
Phil gave in inward wince at that. HYDRA hadn't been kind to the Winter Soldier at all.
Then he sat down and pulled up today's schedule for the new recruits. It had been left flexible to account for weapons selection and the hope that some of the Avengers would help with training. Phil typed in his additions and sent them to the relevant people.
"Done," Phil said. "Let's head to the range."
The other Avengers fell into step behind him. Then they ran into Agent Sitwell on the way there.
"Hello, Sargeant Barnes," said Sitwell. "I heard you were coming in today, but there was no schedule posted, and I didn't know if you'd have time for the cafeteria. So I brought you a lunch."
He held out a black lunchbox, the old-fashioned kind with a domed lid to hold a thermos. Bucky took it and flipped it open. Inside it had a giant hero sandwich, an apple, an orange, a banana, a bag of chips, a bag of trail mix, some bubblegum donuts, and several chocolate bars stuffed along the sides. He stared, mouth hanging open.
"The sandwich is meatloaf, I figured that would be familiar," Sitwell said. "The chips are sweet potato. That's probably different than your usual, but new things can be good, and they have extra nutrients ..."
Bucky touched the bag with a fingertip, making it crinkle. "I used to look for work at the shipyards, because if stuff came in damaged, they usually let us keep the discards," he said softly. "Potatoes and sweet potatoes were the best, because I could cut off the bad parts and use the rest. Maybe once a month I'd come home with a whole sackful to share."
"We'd have potatoes for a week, because they wouldn't keep as long as usual, but they'd last a few days," Steve picked up. "Sweet potatoes, we'd do 'em up with a little sugar and cinnamon if we could get it."
"Those are brown sugar and cinnamon," Sitwell said.
"Aw, yeah," Bucky said. He shoved the lunchbox at Phil and tore open the bag. Bucky ate one chip, his eyes closing in bliss, then passed the bag to Steve.
Steve ate one chip, grinned at the flavor, and handed the bag back to Bucky. "I like the crunch. I'd be happy to have more of those."
Bucky took a couple and passed him the bag. "Yeah, they're great," he said. "Thanks, Sitwell."
"Any time, Sargeant Barnes," said Sitwell. "I hope to see you around."
Phil smiled. Next time, there would be two bags of chips in the box.
* * *
Notes:
See Clint's new T-shirt that says, Don't Touch! Look!
Clint has been having trouble with other SHIELD personnel since the events of The Avengers. Also, Agent Bobbi Morse is sexually harassing him, as mentioned in "Coming in from the Cold: Tuesday: Facing Fears" Part 2.
Sandwich names vary by locale. In New York City a giant sandwich is called a hero.
Enjoy a recipe for Meatloaf Sandwich.
Apples, oranges, and bananas are all healthy fruits that pack well. However, Sitwell is also capitalizing on his knowledge of Bucky's past: any fresh produce was hard to come by in those times, and oranges and bananas were so rare they were used as holiday gifts.
Brown Sugar Cinnamon Sweet Potato Chips offer a portable way to enjoy the benefits of sweet potatoes.
Trail mix is a healthy food for active people, especially anyone with a high-burn metabolism. Here is a high-energy recipe for Sweet Salty Trail Mix Granola.
Chocolate has many benefits.
[To be continued in Part 2 ...]
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Date: 2020-04-06 02:17 am (UTC)Thank you!
Date: 2020-04-06 02:24 am (UTC)This is one of the things I worked on while offline for a couple days.
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Date: 2020-04-06 03:58 am (UTC)Yes ...
Date: 2020-04-06 04:00 am (UTC)Sitwell totally has Bucky's number. :D
<3 <3 <3
Date: 2020-04-06 04:51 am (UTC)Re: <3 <3 <3
Date: 2020-04-06 04:56 am (UTC)Squee!
Date: 2020-04-06 05:04 am (UTC)Re: Squee!
Date: 2020-04-06 05:32 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-04-06 05:53 am (UTC)Thoughts
Date: 2020-04-06 06:35 am (UTC)Thank you!
>> For a second, I'd forgotten Sitwell is not a bad guy here and had a 0_0 moment,<<
Early on, I tried to stick with canon and come up with explanations, but Marvel went beyond what I could compensate for, and eventually beyond what I'm even willing to watch. :/ I don't think it's an accident that a lot of my fans prefer my writing to canon.
>> but aww, so sweet! Yay for Bucky being Bucky! <<
Sooth. He's finding more and more of himself as time goes on. That will have repercussions of its own, but it is good progress.
<3 Thanks for posting, this series is a delight -kellyc <<
Yay! I'm happy to hear that.
Re: Thoughts
Date: 2020-04-06 10:54 am (UTC)Re: Thoughts
Date: 2020-04-06 08:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-04-06 10:16 am (UTC)Yay!
Date: 2020-04-06 10:18 am (UTC)Re: Yay!
Date: 2020-04-06 04:12 pm (UTC)I love this.I need to re-read it. I gobbled it up the first time. I do love Clint's shirt. I need one that says GET BACK. I had to fight the grocery. That puts me into an even fouler mood these days.
Re: Yay!
Date: 2020-04-06 08:15 pm (UTC)You're welcome!
>> I love this.I need to re-read it. I gobbled it up the first time.<<
:D
>> I do love Clint's shirt. <<
I'm happy to hear that.
>>I need one that says GET BACK. <<
All the "get back" shirts had something else, like "to nature." But there are lots of "back off" options:
http://rawrclothing.com/product/if-you-can-read-this-back-off-t-shirt/
https://cookiecoutureclothing.com/products/back-off-t-shirt
https://www.cafepress.com/+back-off+t-shirts
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Date: 2020-04-06 10:51 am (UTC)Oh now there's a thought! Imagine someways down that road, Fury is going about his day at SHIELD, still being an ass, and getting gently reprimanded and nudged in a better direction by all of his agents...
Huh... although, you have to wonder what his malfunction is!
Yay!
Date: 2020-04-06 02:50 pm (UTC)Yay!
Date: 2020-04-06 03:54 pm (UTC)Re: Yay!
Date: 2020-04-06 08:19 pm (UTC)Re: Yay!
Date: 2020-04-06 10:32 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-04-06 07:11 pm (UTC)Thank you!
Date: 2020-04-07 12:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-04-06 08:18 pm (UTC)(Torc87)
You're welcome!
Date: 2020-04-06 08:32 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-04-09 08:05 pm (UTC)