mishaloganovich:

The cheering had been enthusiastic. The parents not so disgruntled with Dad on hand to keep the arguing down. Every kid got to bat and Coach Mike rotated the field positions among the kids who showed interest during practices. The whole team proudly wore their shirts with Stark Inc embroidered on the sleeves. Mom's suggestion to ask for sponsorship had been a good one. Having a prince as a coach didn't have quite the same effect as a high powered name on the sleeve.

With the score eight to two, they weren't going to pull this one out of the hole, but they were having a great time. Soon a pizza feast Mom and Anya promised would be delivered and the boys would celebrate their first loss of the season in high spirits all the while promising they would win the next one. They just might, too. Misha wasn't giving up on them.

sammyfury:

With the summer stretching ahead of her, Sammy had to do something other than help clean the hydrobase and train. She told her parents she wanted the summer to relax and suspected relaxing meant a little more than wasting a few thousand rounds at the shooting range. A girl didn't get a life with a pair of noise-canceling headphones on.

She found her first outside activity in the paper. Rooftop Films seemed like it might be fun, and it was something she didn't need a date to see. The open bar afterward would be decided on when the time came.