The Little Things in Life

by Rinnalaiss

100 Prompts. Phil Coulson has a life outside of SHIELD. It's tough to maintain: all the on-call, travel, and the secretive nature of the organization. But when work is so all-consuming, it's the little things in his personal life that keep him grounded. Like Laura, the one woman who's willing to stick around and put up with the long-distance. Phil/OC. Lots of fluff! Now rated M.

9. Painting

June-July 2009

Postcard: Berlin is great! Miss you! xxx

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From: pac64

To: lschulzarch

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Finally able to get a stable internet connection. Wanted to stream that talk you gave, but the connection here might as well be dial-up for all the good it does. We make it work. Work is work- lots of travel. I'll update when I can.

Thinking about you.

-P

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From: lschulzarch

To: pac64

Re: No Subject

Loved the postcard-gorgeous! I saw the Berlin Philharmonic when I studied abroad and it was amazing and got to practice my German with the first chair cellist. Still can't believe I got to do that.

Jodi, Bob, and the kids say hello. You know you're "Uncle Phil" now, right? They adore you. They're also convinced that "since you work for NASA" you hunt down aliens like in Men In Black. They forget (or don't care?) that those guys don't work for NASA. I thought it was adorable.

HOWEVER. What wasn't adorable was Tommy drawing on one of the walls in the den with Sharpie because guess who forgot to toddler-proof the house. So, I'm painting. Any preferences? And before you ask, no. I'm not making an accent wall that matches Captain America's uniform. Nope. Maybe for your office, but not the den. Other suggestions welcome :)

Anyway.

I know the whole work thing is… worky. And D-L. But just stay safe.

Love you,

Laura

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From: pac64

To: lschulzarch

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For the record, I was NOT going to suggest we paint the den in Captain America's colors. I'll like whatever you choose. I trust your taste.

Tell the family I say hi back. And you can tell the kids "it's classified." They'll get a kick out of that. On second thought, you might have to define classified to them. Uncle Phil is good. Does this mean I can spoil them rotten? I could corrupt them, too.

Love you,

P

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From: lschulzarch

To: pac64

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DON'T. YOU. DARE. I've got enough on my plate with Nat wanting to teach them Russian swears and Clint dropping by with nerf-guns when I've got babysitting duty. You've got tricky friends and I KNOW you're trickier. I draw the line at giving them pixi-stix 5 minutes before sending them home.

Also, check the attachment for the color sample. How does a pale green in the sage family sound?

Love you,

Laura

P.S.- Any chance you'll be home for your birthday?

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From: pac64

To: lschulzarch

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Color looks great. I need to go dark. I'll contact when I can.

All my love.

P

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