godlierthanthou:

Asleif very carefully set up her dolls in their little wooden chairs, smoothing a few wrinkles from Brunhilde's dress. Then, she very carefully placed her tea set on the table and smoothed her own dress before sitting down.

"Why yes," she said, "it be nice and quiet in the house for once. Perhaps those noisy children have gone far away. Mayhaps they might not return. Would that not be nice?"

She considered this, as though listening to one of the dolls. "Perhaps thou art right. They doth provide some entertainment value. And I doth suspect Mothers and Father wouldst be terrible upset without them."

shield_maiden:

Svalin frowned as she looked at herself in the mirror. She hated dresses and didn't understand why both mothers insisted she wear one tonight for dinner with their guests. The Greeks didn't care if she wore a dress or not so why should the mothers care? She frowned again and took one last look in the mirror before heading to Lord Odin's hall for dinner.

shield_legacy:

Tim loved coming into work with Grandpa. SHIELD headquarters was exciting! There was so much to see and do with people everywhere. Grandpa occasionally had a meeting so Tim went into the daycare area, though he was old enough not need daycare. Though they did have good snacks and it just happened to be snack time.