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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, James Rhodes, 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.
Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8.
"Coming in from the Cold: Sunday: Thanks for Taking Care of Me, Tiny" Part 4
"Time to go," Phil said to Steve.
"Well, when you find the map to your backside, let me know," Steve said.
Phil blinked. Then he realized that Steve was talking to someone else through the computer.
"Okay, Phil, I'm ready to go," Steve said, closing the laptop. He handed it back to Phil.
Stowing the laptop in the drawer, Phil stood up. "Wesson is doing well. I hope you're up for a good run."
"Oh yeah, I need to work off the stress," Steve said. "Those people are -- I'm glad I work with you now."
"I'm glad too," Phil said, and it wasn't just because he idolized Captain America. Steve Rogers deserved better than he'd gotten from the Army. Rhodey deserved better than he was getting from the Air Force, too.
Phil and Steve walked to the range together. Other agents saw them coming and drifted out of the way. A few stopped and stared, because well, Captain America. Phil scowled at them and shooed them away. Distractible agents were not good assets.
In an open area near the range, Clint and Bucky were eating lunch with Wesson and Sitwell, who had somehow procured enough food for a picnic. Steve's stomach growled.
Of course that made Bucky scramble up to hand Steve a sandwich. "The meatloaf is really good, and there's pastrami on rye if you want more."
"Try a salad roll too," Clint said. "They're surprisingly not bad." He wasn't the vegetable fan that Bucky and Steve were, so that was high praise. Clint would eat marshmallow cereal out of the box if you let him.
Curious, Phil took a pastrami sandwich and a salad roll. The former was familiar. The latter was something-or-other wrapped in lettuce leaves. Phil bit into it and raised eyebrows in surprise. The lettuce and tomato he expected, but not the rest. "Is this ... cream cheese?" he said.
"Yes, with garden vegetables for seasoning," Sitwell said. "It takes the place of salad dressing. It has more calories, more protein, and doesn't drip."
Phil immediately turned his upside down and held his hand underneath. It didn't drip. "Clever. Also delicious."
"Well, thank Recruit Clark when you see her. She brought them in for lunch the other day, and now some of the others are copying them. I got the recipe from her," Sitwell said.
Phil thought about how hard it was to keep assets on a balanced diet in the field, where salads were just too sloppy and most vegetables were either impractical or unappetizing. This was an elegant solution, no messier than an egg roll but much healthier. "Where in the world did she get the idea for this?"
"Cheerleading," Sitwell said with a smirk.
It made Phil wonder how long Sitwell would wait before pumping Clark for more information -- and offering tidbits in exchange. Like Phil, but unlike most other agents, Sitwell had a knack for drawing skills across gender lines. If Clark had been a cheerleader, and was now leaning toward field leader, she might have the same potential. "Have you told the story about Istanbul yet?"
"No, Clint was telling the one about you and the flour," Wesson said.
"Which one about the flour?" Steve said, chuckling.
"The one in the convenience store," Wesson said.
"I was going to follow it up with the time you took out a HYDRA nest with a flour bomb," Sitwell said.
"Well, don't let us stop you, Steve and I need to finish lunch," said Phil. "Just don't stuff yourselves, because some of you will be getting a workout later."
"After we walk a few laps to warm up, because otherwise Dr. Banner will skin us," Steve said.
So Phil enjoyed his lunch -- there were even some date-nut cookies for dessert -- while listening to Clint and Sitwell talk about his various uses of flour as defense, offense, and espionage material. He also typed in a commendation for Clark's file. Those salad rolls were really something.
After lunch, they went to the obstacle course. Wesson was excited. Steve was mischievous. Bucky looked a little tense.
"How are you doing?" Phil murmured.
"Not really relaxed about someone shooting at Steve, but Wesson needs someone who knows the game and can give him a run for his money," said Bucky. "It can't be me, too much chance I'd flip out. Here, I've got you for an anchor."
Phil thought about it for a minute. "Switch out the color of the paintballs. Use something other than red." That was the standard, until they needed different colors for multiple players or teams.
"Oh, that's a good idea," Bucky said, looking relieved. He went over to talk with Wesson, and they settled on orange.
Soon Steve got a chance to dash through the obstacle course, trying to elude Wesson's aim. Steve's speed and strength gave him a clear advantage as he vaulted over low walls and dove through open windows that everyone else would have to climb.
Wesson didn't come anywhere near him on the first run. Bucky murmured encouragement and waved for Steve to make another lap.
It wasn't until the third that Wesson said, "Hey, I think I got him!" as Steve walked back to them.
"No you didn't," Steve said.
"But you have orange on you," Wesson said.
Phil looked. Wesson hadn't actually hit him, but Steve did have a few flecks of orange paint on his clothes. "It must have splashed off a wall."
Naturally that started a more-or-less friendly argument over what "counted" as a hit.
"If you want to see Steve get hit for real, let Phil take a turn," Clint said.
"I thought Agent Coulson preferred handguns," Wesson said.
"I do," Phil said.
"Oh, believe me, he can hit what he aims at," Clint said dryly. He would know. After all, Phil had to shoot him just to get close to him, back when they first met.
* * *
Notes:
Enjoy a recipe for Pastrami on Rye.
The Salad Rolls use Veggie Cream Cheese Spread. You can wrap almost anything edible in lettuce, and if you know how to fold it properly, it will stay put, just like a good egg roll. Many different condiments will work, but using a cream cheese base has the advantages that it won't drip, won't make everything else soggy, has more calories, and has more protein.
The Date-Nut Cookies are similar to these Oat-Date Protein Cookies, but with macadamia nuts added. Any high-calorie nuts or seeds should work, though. It's an easy way to turn dessert from empty calories to full.
Clint tells Bucky about Phil's escapade in the convenience store with the bag of flour. Then Sitwell mentions Phil making a flour bomb. A flour bomb is a type of dust explosion, and it's a lot more powerful than most (city) people expect. You can blow up a building with it. Watch a video. So now you have some ideas in case you ever get cornered by HYDRA in a place with food supplies.
This is a good example of an urban combat obstacle course.
[To be continued in Part 5 ...]
Fandom: The Avengers
Characters: Phil Coulson, Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes, Clint Barton, Maria Hill, Nick Fury, Jasper Sitwell, James Rhodes, 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.
Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8.
"Coming in from the Cold: Sunday: Thanks for Taking Care of Me, Tiny" Part 4
"Time to go," Phil said to Steve.
"Well, when you find the map to your backside, let me know," Steve said.
Phil blinked. Then he realized that Steve was talking to someone else through the computer.
"Okay, Phil, I'm ready to go," Steve said, closing the laptop. He handed it back to Phil.
Stowing the laptop in the drawer, Phil stood up. "Wesson is doing well. I hope you're up for a good run."
"Oh yeah, I need to work off the stress," Steve said. "Those people are -- I'm glad I work with you now."
"I'm glad too," Phil said, and it wasn't just because he idolized Captain America. Steve Rogers deserved better than he'd gotten from the Army. Rhodey deserved better than he was getting from the Air Force, too.
Phil and Steve walked to the range together. Other agents saw them coming and drifted out of the way. A few stopped and stared, because well, Captain America. Phil scowled at them and shooed them away. Distractible agents were not good assets.
In an open area near the range, Clint and Bucky were eating lunch with Wesson and Sitwell, who had somehow procured enough food for a picnic. Steve's stomach growled.
Of course that made Bucky scramble up to hand Steve a sandwich. "The meatloaf is really good, and there's pastrami on rye if you want more."
"Try a salad roll too," Clint said. "They're surprisingly not bad." He wasn't the vegetable fan that Bucky and Steve were, so that was high praise. Clint would eat marshmallow cereal out of the box if you let him.
Curious, Phil took a pastrami sandwich and a salad roll. The former was familiar. The latter was something-or-other wrapped in lettuce leaves. Phil bit into it and raised eyebrows in surprise. The lettuce and tomato he expected, but not the rest. "Is this ... cream cheese?" he said.
"Yes, with garden vegetables for seasoning," Sitwell said. "It takes the place of salad dressing. It has more calories, more protein, and doesn't drip."
Phil immediately turned his upside down and held his hand underneath. It didn't drip. "Clever. Also delicious."
"Well, thank Recruit Clark when you see her. She brought them in for lunch the other day, and now some of the others are copying them. I got the recipe from her," Sitwell said.
Phil thought about how hard it was to keep assets on a balanced diet in the field, where salads were just too sloppy and most vegetables were either impractical or unappetizing. This was an elegant solution, no messier than an egg roll but much healthier. "Where in the world did she get the idea for this?"
"Cheerleading," Sitwell said with a smirk.
It made Phil wonder how long Sitwell would wait before pumping Clark for more information -- and offering tidbits in exchange. Like Phil, but unlike most other agents, Sitwell had a knack for drawing skills across gender lines. If Clark had been a cheerleader, and was now leaning toward field leader, she might have the same potential. "Have you told the story about Istanbul yet?"
"No, Clint was telling the one about you and the flour," Wesson said.
"Which one about the flour?" Steve said, chuckling.
"The one in the convenience store," Wesson said.
"I was going to follow it up with the time you took out a HYDRA nest with a flour bomb," Sitwell said.
"Well, don't let us stop you, Steve and I need to finish lunch," said Phil. "Just don't stuff yourselves, because some of you will be getting a workout later."
"After we walk a few laps to warm up, because otherwise Dr. Banner will skin us," Steve said.
So Phil enjoyed his lunch -- there were even some date-nut cookies for dessert -- while listening to Clint and Sitwell talk about his various uses of flour as defense, offense, and espionage material. He also typed in a commendation for Clark's file. Those salad rolls were really something.
After lunch, they went to the obstacle course. Wesson was excited. Steve was mischievous. Bucky looked a little tense.
"How are you doing?" Phil murmured.
"Not really relaxed about someone shooting at Steve, but Wesson needs someone who knows the game and can give him a run for his money," said Bucky. "It can't be me, too much chance I'd flip out. Here, I've got you for an anchor."
Phil thought about it for a minute. "Switch out the color of the paintballs. Use something other than red." That was the standard, until they needed different colors for multiple players or teams.
"Oh, that's a good idea," Bucky said, looking relieved. He went over to talk with Wesson, and they settled on orange.
Soon Steve got a chance to dash through the obstacle course, trying to elude Wesson's aim. Steve's speed and strength gave him a clear advantage as he vaulted over low walls and dove through open windows that everyone else would have to climb.
Wesson didn't come anywhere near him on the first run. Bucky murmured encouragement and waved for Steve to make another lap.
It wasn't until the third that Wesson said, "Hey, I think I got him!" as Steve walked back to them.
"No you didn't," Steve said.
"But you have orange on you," Wesson said.
Phil looked. Wesson hadn't actually hit him, but Steve did have a few flecks of orange paint on his clothes. "It must have splashed off a wall."
Naturally that started a more-or-less friendly argument over what "counted" as a hit.
"If you want to see Steve get hit for real, let Phil take a turn," Clint said.
"I thought Agent Coulson preferred handguns," Wesson said.
"I do," Phil said.
"Oh, believe me, he can hit what he aims at," Clint said dryly. He would know. After all, Phil had to shoot him just to get close to him, back when they first met.
* * *
Notes:
Enjoy a recipe for Pastrami on Rye.
The Salad Rolls use Veggie Cream Cheese Spread. You can wrap almost anything edible in lettuce, and if you know how to fold it properly, it will stay put, just like a good egg roll. Many different condiments will work, but using a cream cheese base has the advantages that it won't drip, won't make everything else soggy, has more calories, and has more protein.
The Date-Nut Cookies are similar to these Oat-Date Protein Cookies, but with macadamia nuts added. Any high-calorie nuts or seeds should work, though. It's an easy way to turn dessert from empty calories to full.
Clint tells Bucky about Phil's escapade in the convenience store with the bag of flour. Then Sitwell mentions Phil making a flour bomb. A flour bomb is a type of dust explosion, and it's a lot more powerful than most (city) people expect. You can blow up a building with it. Watch a video. So now you have some ideas in case you ever get cornered by HYDRA in a place with food supplies.
This is a good example of an urban combat obstacle course.
[To be continued in Part 5 ...]
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