Story: "Hairpins" Part 30

This story belongs to the series Love Is For Children which includes "Love Is for Children," "Eggshells," "Dolls and Guys,""Saudades," "Turnabout Is Fair Play," "Touching Moments," "Splash," "Coming Around," "Birthday Girl," "No Winter Lasts Forever," "Hide and Seek," "Kernel Error," "Happy Hour," and "Green Eggs and Hulk."

Fandom: The Avengers
Characters: Phil Coulson, JARVIS, Clint Barton, Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanova, Bruce Banner.
Medium: Fiction
Warnings: This story is mostly fluff, but it has some intense scenes in the middle. Highlight for details. These include dubious consent as Phil and JARVIS discuss what really happened when Agent Coulson hacked his way into Stark Tower, over which Phil has something between a flashback and a panic attack. They also discuss some of the bad things that have happened to Avengers in the past, including various flavors of abuse. If these are sensitive topics for you, please think carefully before deciding whether to read onward.
Summary: Uncle Phil needs to pick out pajamas for game night. He gets help from an unexpected direction.
Notes: Service. Shopping. Gifts. Artificial intelligence. Computers. Teamwork. Team as family. Friendship. Communication. Hope. Apologies. Forgiveness. Nonsexual ageplay. Nonsexual intimacy. Love. Tony Stark needs a hug. Bruce Banner needs a hug. #coulsonlives.

Begin with Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part 22, Part 23, Part 24, Part 25, Part 26, Part 27, Part 28, Part 29.

Here ends "Hairpins." Thank you all for sticking with the series this far! I love your input. Final thoughts on the story overall are welcome, in addition to reactions on this specific chapter. I also have a list of favorite photogenic scenesfrom the whole series for fanartists to consider, partly compiled from audience requests.

Next up is "Going Down," which is a missing scene from Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier.  After that, we'll switch back to Love Is For Children  with "Querencia."

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.

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Nature Photos

 Flower gardens.

Story: "Squiggles" 1512.08.14

"Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal"

1512.08.14

My sister wants to kill me. I found some bottles of salt in the kitchen, three different kinds, and I wanted to see if they would perform differently when sprinkled over wet watercolor paper. (They do. Oh, the sunset I made with the red salt!) It turns out those were for Inaleir's class project. She's taking a class in cooking this year and her project details the effects of fancy salts on meat dishes. But now she can't finish her project today because I used up her salts.

I feel so bad. I will write a note to Inaleir's teacher explaining what happened, and send the sunset painting with it, so she can get an extension. I've also promised to let Inaleir borrow my good watercolors for her illustrations. I hope she forgives me. Then again, I eventually forgave her for letting out my mouse the night before the big exhibit, so I figure we're even. What are sisters for, eh?


See the landing page for "Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal."

Monday Update 4-28-14

These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
You Never Know When
Queer Women's Love Poetry
Post-Binary Gender in SF
Cryptic Gender


Poetry in Microfunding:
"Faeder Way" follows the antics of human explorers as they try to understand some aliens with an unusual sex/gender structure.  "Uncounted Colors of the Stars" belongs to the series An Army of One.  A freetrader with an atypical identity grows interested in the culture of the Lacuna.

Torn World writing update:
Currently posting: "Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal" (fiction).  Approved as canon: "Unicorns on Parade" "Spruce Deer" "Wandering the Heights" "The Slow Hunt" (poetry).  Back to me for edits: "Cutting Cords and Clasping Hands (Parts 1-4)," "Winterheart" (parts 2-3), "Fall of Duty" (fiction), "Stinging Like Nettles" "Rainforest Delicacies" "Tangleweed" "Beach Pictures" (poetry).  Currently in front of the canon board: "Indoor Men and Outdoor Men" "Learning to Breathe the Clear Mountain Air" "Off the Clock" (poetry), "Ghost Bat" (nonfiction), "Sharing a Round" (fiction). Drafted: "Like Ash Before the Wind," "From Dark to Bright," "The Inappropriate But Useful Disposal of Lettuce" "A Thin Red Trail" (fiction), "Changes in the Wind" (poetry), "Southern Breads" "Tangleweed Article" (articles), Jularei (character sheet).  In revision at home: "Water Dance," "When the Wind's Teeth Sing," "Raining Kittens," "Finding the Holes" (fiction), "The Smallest Invaders"  (poetry).  Currently writing: "Catch of the Day," "A Cold Clear Night" "Beachfront Propriety" (fiction).


Weather here has been intermittently mild and blustery/wet.  I've started planting spring flowers.  Currently blooming: daffodils, hyacinths, tulips, grape hyacinths, forsythia, gold currants, serviceberry, pear, cherry, asters, pinks, columbines, petunias, pansies, sweet alyssum.