It was the faint smell of smoke that make Bucky's eye open. He reached over to the other side of the bed, it was cold, he turned his head saw the sheets had been pulled back and Sam was gone. He sat upright and looked over to the bathroom door, but couldn't hear the sound of the shower running, then he looked to the door to the there room, and listened.
"Uncle Sam its gonna burn," A young voice whined,
"No, it's not," Sam said back,
"It's burning," Another voice added,
"No, its not," Sam said back a little louder, which was followed by the sound of laughter,
"It's burning," Bucky muttered to himself,
He pulled back the bed sheets and got out of the bed, Bucky stretched for a moment before he looked for something to wear. He found a sweatpants and tee shirt near the door to their bathroom, he got dress and made his way out of the room. As he opened the door, he stopped in his track as something brushed against his foot. Bucky looked down and saw the small bundle of white fur makings its way into their bedroom.
Bucky had adopted Alpine while he was living on his own. Sam had suggested that taking care of another living being was a good way to further development his care-giving skills and so he wouldn't be alone in his apartment. Bucky never much cared for plants, and would have forgotten to water them, dogs would bark and that would be annoying the crap out of him due to his super-hearing, which left the only sensible and landlord approved pet, being a cat. She was a lonely creature, who preferred to fend for herself than to be around others, which made her the right pet for Bucky.
When he moved to Louisiana to be with Sam and his family, he brought the little fuzzball along with him and she quickly became apart of the family.
After making herself nice and cozy in their bed, Bucky shook his head before he descended down the stairs. He looked over towards the living room but didn't see anyone, so he walked into the kitchen. He spotted AJ and Cass watching Sam, who was struggling to finish their breakfast.
"Morning," Bucky called out,
"Morning, Uncle Bucky," the boys called out in return,
"Sam burning breakfast again?" Bucky asked and both boys nodded,
"Don't start!" Sam snapped, he turned and placed what looked like bacon and eggs on the boys' plate, they both begun to eat with earnest, Bucky walked around to Sam who had his back to him, Bucky walked up and snaked his arms around Sam's waist,
"Morning Doll," Bucky said softly into Sam's ear,
"Morning Android," Sam said back with smirk, Bucky rolled his eyes before he leaned in and pecked Sam on the cheek, Sam turned in his arms and gave him a proper kiss,
Sam's lips tasted like mint and cherry, Bucky pulled back to look at Sam who was just glowing this morning for some reason. He put his finger on the reason why but he liked it, it made Sam's already warm appearance even brighter, and Bucky just wanted to hold him even tighter.
"Can you two not, we're trying to eat," AJ said from behind them, Bucky pulled back and turned to shoot the boy a glare,
He just shrugged and kept on eating. Over the year of living here, the Wilsons had grown accustom to the Bucky's looks and acts.
"Not what? This?" Bucky asked before he leaned over and kissed Sam on the cheek, the boys gagged and Bucky kept on kissing Sam until all three of the Wilsons brought into a fit of laughter,
The boys returned to their food, Bucky leaned back on the kitchen counter and watched as Sam made the two of them some breakfast.
"So what's the plan for today? And where's Sarah?" Bucky asked him,
"Sarah's gone down to check on Mrs. Abernathy," Sam said as he placed a plate and a cup of coffee before the Super Solider, Bucky grunted a reply before he took a sip of the coffee, it was black, just the way he liked it, "And today, I've got to drop the boys to school, then do some chores, and then do some training,"
"Okay, and what does Captain America have to do today?" Bucky asked, he watched as Sam went back the coffee maker and went for a glass of orange juice instead, Sam always drank his coffee in the morning, so him going for coffee was a weird sight, then Sam turned to Bucky,
"I've got to check up on Torres, he's been doing some training with his wings but he can't get the maneuvering right, Clint said he got some information for me, and there's news about that Spider guy in New York I should look into," Sam said to Bucky, who just nodded as he took in the information,
Bucky ate and watched as Sam moved around the kitchen, the way he talked to his nephews, even his small mannerism before he acted, and smiled.
Bucky had found his person, and he got a family as well. One that accepted him, despite his past, his trauma, his scars, even his biological traits. The Wilsons were his family and he was happy to be here.
It was around midday, after dropping the boys off at school, and doing home chores, where Bucky was sat on the porch to their home, mediating. The warm Louisiana's breeze blew through his hair as he calmed his mind and soul. Mediation was something new that he picked up, it wasn't from Sam or his old therapist who he did stull visit on occasion but from Dr. Strange, the wizard or the sorcerer without a hat, as Sam would call him, who told him about the practice. At first he categorized it as none sense, and ignored any further thought of doing such.
It was only after a particularly hard mission, that he begun to practice. Captain America and the Winter Solider (White Wolf) were in their positions, intel from the CIA had told them about, two assailants were trying to blow up a research building which was the home to nanotech facility, Sharon had informed them of their intended targets, so the duos had to lay and wait. That's when an explosion came from the roof and their radio's went dead.
Bucky remembers running out to look his Capt, to make sure he was safe, he heard gun fire, shouts in a different language, and another explosion. Capt, was fine thanks too his suits, and they managed to capture the two men, but that didn't ease Bucky's mind, which fear that someone was going to take away the being that happened to him.
So here he sat, on the porch, mediating peacefully.
That was until a loud thud, made his eye twitch. Then another, and another. Bucky opened his eyes and stared across the field to where Sam was stood, practicing his throws, but he wasn't as energetic as he usually was with his practice. Normally, the man would be running, jumping and catching the shield but today, it was like he settled for hitting his targets.
"Hey doll?" Bucky called out and Sam looked up at him, "You okay? You seem a little off today,"
"Yeah, I um... just have some stuff on my mind," Sam said back, he caught the shield and begun to move over to the house, Bucky watched him as he got closer, he was about to say something when the landline begun to ring, since Sam was up already he move for it, Bucky sighed before he tried to mediate again, it let the sounds wash over him as he calmed his mind, and focused on the world around him, but he was interrupted again, "That was Sarah,"
"Everything okay?" Bucky asked,
"No, she got a call from the school, apparently Cass got into a fight," Sam told him,
"Let me get my keys," Bucky said as he got up,
The two quickly changed, Sam got out of his training clothes, and Bucky pulled his hair up into a man bun, threw on a jacket and shades and made their way to Bucky's truck. Sam explained why they fought, and it wasn't good.
Today, was Gender Orientation day. G.O. day for short. It was when children would learn whether they were an Alpha, Beta, or Omega. It was less of a big deal back in Bucky's day, but over time, the education curriculum had evolved to ensure that children knew from an earlier stage, what their biological components were. It was modernized by both the schools to protect the lives of students, and outside of schools, many laws were made to protect the citizens of any orientation. However, that couldn't stop the stigmatization that still occurred, the crimes against omegas, alphas that would abuse their status and or the factors of reproduction.
Alphas could have relationships with Alphas, Betas with Alpha, Omegas with Betas, and every variants under the sun.
For example, Bucky was an alpha, had known from before everything, before the Snap, Hydra, and the Nazis, his father took him to a doctor when he was around the same age as Cass, and they figured it out. His family was overjoyed for him.
Sam was an omega. He got bullied a bit when he was a kid, because being a Male Omega was shunned upon during his days at school, but he tried so go beyond everyone else expectations. He joined the air force, and did everything he could to be a better man, despite others telling him he would never amount to much, he pushed pass them, and now he's Captain America.
Sarah was a beta, her life was average among most persons, but she and her family spent a lot of their time fighting for her brother, and his rights to be more than his biological factors.
So, for a fight to occur on the day, children learned their orientation, it wasn't a good sign. The two pulled up to the boys' school.
"You need me to come?" Bucky asked Sam, his face was scrunched as he looked at Sam, he saw the concern in his face for his nephew, and he had to fight every instinct in him that told him to go with Sam, as he knew Sam could handle himself, Sam shook his head,
Sam was worried that the fight had occurred, because Cass was an Omega, he worried for both his nephews and tried his best to hide it, among others things he was trying to hide as well.
"I got this," Sam told him, Bucky stared at him and nodded, he leaned over to kiss Sam's cheek before he leaned back against his truck,
Bucky watched him head inside and bit back every instinct he had to follow Sam to protect and aid him.
Sam went inside and made his way to the principal’s office, he went inside and saw Cass siting in a chair with his head down, and beside him sat another children, with two parents behind him. They were dressed like they got pulled from work to be here, the mother looked annoyed and the father was bored. They looked like the stereotypical Alphas but Sam decided to shake away the thought and wait for the principal to explain the reason why they were here.
“Mr. Wilson, thank you for coming,” The principal spoke,
“It was no problem,” Sam said as he stepped in,
“Your? Captain America?” the other kid’s father asked and Sam nodded, his eyes went wide before he shot a look down at his son, then back up to Sam, Sam chuckled before giving him a shoulder shrug, then his voice dropped, “Our son got into a fight with Captain America's nephew, crap!”
“Mr. Myers, there’s no need for that type of language,” The principal said,
“How about we let the kids go outside and we adults discuss this?” Sam suggested, the other parents agreed, and Sam told Cass that Bucky was outside waiting for him, “So what’s this all about?”
“As you all would know, today is G.O. day, and all the students received their results,” The principal began, Sam took a breath as he listened to her talk, his hand subconsciously came up to his stomach and he rubbed it gently, “And I want you all to know we take a zero violence policy here at the school, so when an altercation breaks out, we stop it immediately,”
“So then why are we here?” The boy’s mother asked,
“Well,” the principal begun to say, “When the results came back to the boys’ class, and well… the boys got rowdy,”
“How so?” Sam asked,
“Usually we get at least a few alphas per year, so there was much expectation that Dorian Myers would be given that both of his parents are Alphas,” The principal said, Sam glanced at the couple and took note of the way they both smirked, “However,”
There smirks fell.
“There’s only alpha that came about from this year,” The principal said, and then she turned to Sam, his brows furrowed, “And Cass is the only Alpha in the year,”
“What?” All three of them said,
Back outside, Bucky looked up and saw Cass coming down the steps slowly.
“Hey kiddo,” he called out, the boy looked up and waved but it lacked the normal amount of joy, Bucky usually received from him,
“Hey Uncle Bucky,” The boy muttered,
Once upon a time, being called that would have been a dream to Bucky, he had sisters, but with passing of a century, he lost contact and trace of his family. However, he had one now, and to these boys he was as much as an uncle as Sam was to them.
“So, who do I have to go beat up?” Bucky asked, and the boy smiled before he shook his head,
“Nobody,” Cass said with a laugh,
“So what’s the problem?” Bucky asked, he opened the backdoor, and Cass got in, "The school called so it had to be something,"
“Well, we got back our results today,” Cass started to say, Bucky waited for him to continue, “And… I’m an alpha,”
Bucky’s eyes lit up at the news.
“That’s amazing kid,” Bucky said, but Cass didn’t seem as happy as he should be, “So what’s wrong with that? Did you want something else?”
“No, I didn’t really care, but the other kids in my class cared,” Cass told him, Bucky kept on listening, “This other kid, he kept on talking about how he was gonna be like his parents and stuff, so he was really excited, and he was talking and talking, then the teacher brought back the results and handed them out… and when he got his…”
“Beta?” Bucky asked,
“Omega,” Cass corrected, Bucky bit back a chuckle, he knew better than to laugh at a child’s suffering, “And when he found out I was an alpha… he threw his pencil case at me, told the others I cheated, and then…”
“He got physical?” Bucky asked, and Cass nodded,
Bucky grunted as he turned back to the school and waited to return. It was awhile later, that he did, with AJ in tow, who was hoping down the steps and running over to Bucky, he greeted the boy and let him into the back seat with his brother. Sam came out behind him, rubbing his head, he was confused as to why Sam looked so tired, but that’s when he spotted the two other parents behind him, rambling a mile a minute.
“For the third time, as long as he apologizes its fine,” Sam said with a groan as he walked over to the truck,
“Are you sure?” The man asked,
“Cass can you come here please,” Sam called out, the did as he was asked and went over to his uncle, Bucky looked back at AJ, and after making sure he was safe in the backseat, he followed his nephew over to Sam,
The other two had a young boy with the, he looked just like the two of them.
“Aren’t you?” The boy’s father started to ask, he looked down and saw the metal arm,
“He’s my Uncle Bucky,” Cass told the man, he looked between the two, looked to his wife who was better at containing herself than him,
“You’re both Avengers!” The man exclaimed,
“And your son needs to apologize,” Sam muttered,
“Right, Dorian!” The man snapped,
The boy stepped forward and looked at AJ, he seemed intent on not saying anything. Bucky took a step up behind AJ, and removed his sunglasses. He glared down at the boy until he looked up and saw the look in Bucky’s eye, and the color slowly drained from his face. He looked back at AJ.
“I’m, I’m sorry, AJ, I didn’t mean to hit you, I was… um, I wasn’t behaving, and I apologize,” the boy stuttered out, he was scared and rightfully so,
Bucky didn’t things lightly on the person who tried to hurt his family.
After another round of apologies from both parents, the boys and their guardians set for the drive back home. Bucky glanced over at Sam, who was still rubbing his forehead.
“You okay?” Bucky asked him,
“Yeah, um, I’m just tired, that’s all,” Sam said as to him he looked over at him, “Some of us can’t just be bionic staring machines can we?”
“Nope!” AJ answered from the back, which made Cass and Sam laugh out, Bucky rolled his eyes before he turned his attention back to the road,
“Alright Cass, since its your special day, what do you want to eat?” Sam asked as he looked back at the boys,
“Pizza!” Cass shouted, Bucky chuckled,
“Pizza it is then!” Bucky said back to the boys, who cheered,
He had his metal hand on the steering wheel, and he reached over to squeeze Sam’s thigh. He looked down at his lap and took hold of Bucky’s hand before giving it a tight squeeze.
After getting the food and getting back home, they met Sarah at the front door, and told her about what happened which lead to a round of cheers, and kisses. Bucky was told he would have to inevitably give the boy, ‘The Talk’ but he was confident enough.
Sam and Bucky sat down in the living room watching Sarah talking to both Cass and AJ, Bucky had this fond and longing look in his eyes.
“Do you want that? Kids of your own?” Sam asked, Bucky reached over took Sam’s hand in his own,
“Kids of our own,” Bucky muttered as he leaned over and kissed Sam, Sam leaned over and laid back in Bucky’s chest, the two shuffled so they could cuddle in the couch, “I never thought much about kids before, with everything Hydra did to me, I never imagine myself being responsible for anyone, but now…”
“Now, things are different,” Sam said to him, Bucky leaned down and kissed the top of Sam’s head,
“Now, I have Alpine, and our nephews, and you,” Bucky said softly,
The two cuddle up on the watch, content with just being close to each other.
For the most part, everything was fine in the Wilsons household.
That was until three weeks later.
Bucky was outside playing with boys when a loud crash came from inside the house, it was upstairs from Bucky and Sam’s room. He dropped the football that he was holding and turned to the house.
“Sam!” he heard Sarah shout,
In an instant Bucky was back in the house, he scaled the stairs and found Sarah standing outside the door to their bathroom, she was pressed against the doom trying to open it.
“What happened?” Bucky asked,
“I don’t know, he was helping me cook, then he said he had to use the bathroom, he was gone for a while so I went to check on and I heard him fall,” Sarah told him, she sidestepped and Bucky came up to the door,
“Doll?” He called out, and knocked on the door, but there was no response,
“Doll-face?”
“Samuel?”
“Sam!”
Bucky’s heart was in his throat, his blood ran high and he panicked. Panic, turned to fear and fear spiraled into aggression. The super solider serum that coursed through his veins, combined with his instinct as an Alpha, made Bucky act first and think later. Bucky gripped the handle, with his metal arm and slammed the door open, he stormed in and his eyes landed on Sam who was sat on the ground.
“Sam! Talk to me! What happened?” Bucky asked, he got down on his knees, his hands came up and cradled his face,
“I’m…” Sam begun to say, his voice was soft and he breathing was shallow,
“You’re what?” Bucky asked, he pressed on, Sam was coming in and out of focus, Bucky tapped his face to get him to focus, but all that did was cause Sam to moan in discomfort, “Doll, you’re what?”
A soft tapping sound made Bucky look over to Sam’s left side, and he saw the small pink thing in Sam’s hand. He reached over and took it from him. It smelled like Urine and when he turned it over he saw the small white screen with two red lines across it.
“Is that a pregnancy test?” Sarah asked from the door, Bucky looked from the item to Sarah, back to the item then to Sam,
It was like all the stars aligned, light bulb flickered on, and everything came crashing down. Bucky pieced it together, Sam’s glow, his slower actions and reactions, the way he refused Sarah’s jambalaya two nights ago and foregoing his morning coffee. Sam’s pregnant… Bucky got Sam pregnant...
“You’re pregnant?” Bucky asked loudly, and that made a grin form on Sam’s face,
“We’re pregnant,” Sam replied to him, and Bucky huffed out a smile.
Sam and Bucky were having a baby.