Chapter 1
Steve really, really did not want to tag along with his brother to the bar, no matter how many times the jerk nagged him that he needed to get laid. Just because Bucky’s known his Omega since kindergarten, and the pair have loud obnoxious sex in their shared small two bedroom apartment, didn’t mean Steve needed to stick his knot in any Omega that looks his way.
That’s not the kind of Alpha Steve was.
He’d only been in love once with his high school sweetheart, Peggy, who died two weeks before graduation in a horrific car accident. It’s what made him decide to enlist instead of going into the art school he had gotten into. He regretted it later when his brother enlisted with him and broke both their parents’ and their little sister’s hearts.
But if he hadn’t enlisted, he wouldn’t have met his best friend Sam or his partner Natasha. And even though Buck lost his left arm from their last mission, he and his brother had made it out alive. For that he was thankful.
Except right now, when said brunette with a prosthetic arm was bugging him about joining them for drinks. Steve was perfectly content sitting on the couch snuggling up with Lucky, but apparently his brother had other ideas.
“Stevie! Seriously, come on man. I can’t go out and have fun knowing you’re sitting here with Lucky watching FRIENDS reruns,” the Alpha whined,
“Yes you can, Buck. You’ve done it before,” Steve snarked back as he rubbed the lab’s ears.
“Clint, tell Stevie he needs to get laid or at the very least - make new friends,” his unhelpful brother pleaded to his boyfriend. They met Clint in kindergarten, not long after Steve’s Pop married Bucky’s Mom. The scruffy little Omega followed Buck around like a lost puppy looking for scraps. Which Bucky didn’t notice until some kids were teasing Clint for his hearing aids.
Then he stepped in, saved him, and took him under his wing. They started dating in middle school and have been inseparable ever since. Adopted a dog together about a year ago. It was obnoxious.
“Don’t listen to your brother, why don’t you just come have fun? I’ll even be DD so you won’t have to worry about any of us getting home safe,” Clint offered, acting responsibly for once and making Steve rethink his plans for the evening. “I’ll buy your drinks too,” the other blonde threw in, making Steve cave immediately.
“Fine, I’ll go,” he conceded, ignoring his brother cheering.
“Unless of course...you find a pretty Omega and offer to buy theirs…” Clint purred with wiggly brows, leaving Steve no choice but to throw the couch pillow at his head.
“Aren’t you two having enough sex for everyone else? Not every Alpha thinks with their knot,” he said in his defense, rolling his eyes at the two before getting up and heading to his room to change. He had no intention of meeting anyone, but didn’t think that should keep him from looking nice. If nothing else, Natasha might pay him a compliment and that always lifted his spirits. Plus Thor was probably going, which meant they could have a rematch in darts.
Wearing dark jeans and a tight shirt, he joined Bucky and Clint in the living room, where the pair gave him thumbs up in approval. Steve just rolled his eyes again.
“After tonight, neither of you can bug me about going out for at least six months,” Steve said as he tossed Clint his keys, following the two out to his truck. Natasha and Sam were already at the bar, as was Thor who was chugging a beer. The bar was crowded but not claustrophobic and when Thor put a shot in front of him he instantly took it.
After a few more shots, he was feeling tipsy and significantly better.
“I think I see someone I went to high school with,” Natasha said as Steve suddenly felt the need to pee. Excusing himself, he weaved his way through the crowd to the bathrooms. A couple was making out in front of the door, which annoyed him but not enough to say anything, just squeeze by the pair and ignore the envious feeling in his stomach.
After washing his hands he made his way back to the group, stopping at seeing Natasha with her arm around a short brunette. His friends appeared to be laughing at whatever the unknown man had said.
“Oh, and this is my single friend, Steve,” the redhead said once she spotted him. Steve was prepared to reprimand her for telling a total stranger that he was single when the words got caught in his throat. Turning to face him was the most gorgeous man Steve has ever seen in his life.
Omega, his mind supplied by the sweet scent coming from the brown eyed beauty. Curly brown hair, doe eyes and smelling of coffee and honeysuckle, Steve couldn’t help but stare.
“Steve, this is Tony.” Tony, Steve thought, liking the way the name sounded in his head. A throat clearing snapped him out of staring, though he felt less embarrassed when he realized Tony was staring too.
“Nice to meet you,” Tony said with a smile, sticking his hand out for Steve to shake. As Steve did, he felt a small electrical shock that he chalked up to static.
“Stevie, this is Tony Stark! He’s responsible for my arm,” Bucky said, way more drunk than Steve and waving his metal prosthetic around.
“Well technically not that specific design,” Tony said with an adorable blush before rubbing the back of his neck. “You should call me sometime and I’ll upgrade you to the newest model,” the generous man said before reaching into his back pocket and pulling out a business card to hand to Bucky. It gave Steve the opportunity to check out the man’s delicious bubble butt.
“Join us, friend!” Thor bellowed, definitely tipsy by now. Tony stole a look at Steve, almost asking him permission to join their group, which had the blonde smiling and offering the shorter man his seat before leaving to grab another chair.
And if it happened to be next to the brunette, well, Steve was just making sure he was participating in the conversation. To not be rude.
“Would you like a shot, Stark?” Thor asked as he returned to the table with a plate of shots and started handing them out.
“Yeah, guess I gotta catch up to you guys,” Tony said as he downed the whiskey without even making a face.
“Why are you here alone, anyway?” Bucky asked, no filter even when he wasn’t drinking.
“My best friend was supposed to meet me here but he had to cancel last minute.”
“Well, his loss is our gain,” Bucky said before turning to Steve. “I like him Steve, you should fuck him.” Steve’s entire face and neck blushed red in mortification.
“Bucky!” Steve hissed out.
“Alright, I think that’s enough drinking for you,” Clint said as he took the beer from Bucky’s hand and gave it to Natasha.
“I’m so sorry about him, just ignore my brother,” Steve said to Tony, though he couldn’t help but notice the slight pink to Tony’s cheek as well. It was fucking adorable.
“No, it’s fine. Been around plenty of drunks in my life.” And...maybe Steve was just imagining things but it seemed like Tony looked at Steve’s lips when he said that. Almost as if he didn’t mind what Bucky said…
“So, Tony..which one was it? You ran away with the president’s daughter? You went to rehab for a secret drug addiction? Got knocked up by a teacher? Ran away to join the circus? Come on tell me why you left high school,” Natasha said, the only evidence that she was intoxicated by how much she was talking.
“It better not be the circus one, that’s my backstory.”
“You were never in the circus, silly goose,” Bucky said to Clint, gently patting the sober man on his head.
“I ran away to join it! Just cause I didn’t make it all the way…”
“He made it as far as our house,” Steve explained to Tony, enjoying the way his brown eyes sparkled when he laughed.
“I’m betting he ran away with the president’s daughter,” Sam spoke up, saluting Tony before doing another shot and draping his arm around Natasha. “He’s too pretty for the circus and he’s too smart to get knocked up by a teacher.”
“Hey!” Clint cried out as Steve had the wherewithal to not growl at his friend for saying Tony was pretty.
“Don’t worry doll, you are the prettiest Omega in here,” Bucky said before planting a wet kiss on the blonde’s cheek.
“Don’t feel obligated to answer them, Tony. My friends can be...a little enthusiastic when drinking,” Steve whispered to the man whose smell was more intoxicating than the alcohol he had been consuming. Or maybe it was a combination of both. “Thor, what was that eating contest you won when you were eight?”
Tony offered a kind smile in thanks as Thor changed the subject to a tale of his youth.
After several more drinks, Steve focused all of his energy on not touching the Omega, even though his instincts screamed to wrap him up in his arms and kiss him silly. He was just so pretty. And kind. And so smart it made Steve feel like an idiot, but he couldn’t find it in himself to care.
He noticed the Omega kept checking his phone but was raised better than to peep at the screen, so he resigned himself to just staring at his handsome face, drunk enough not to care about being caught. If his brother was sober, he’d be teasing the crap out of him. Luckily the other Alpha was too busy swooning over his mate to do anything.
Steve had taken another shot at Thor’s insistence when Tony excused himself and left the group. The blonde watched as Tony didn’t head for the restroom, but instead out the front door. Since he was a thoughtful Alpha, he excused himself to follow the Omega outside.
If only to be polite.
There were a few people outside the bar, most drunk and talking loudly. He spotted Tony leaning against the brick wall and made his way over.
“Want some company?” Steve slurred, hoping to come off cooler then he sounded in his head.
“Oh hey Steve,” Tony said with a bright smile, putting his phone in his pocket and turning towards the blonde.
“Everything okay?”
“Yeah, just needed some fresh air.”
“Yeah, me too,” Steve said with a shrug, trying to be nonchalant. The laugh he got from the Omega told him he wasn’t successful.
“Uh huh. You didn’t follow me out here to get me alone?” the brunette purred, which had the Alpha melting a little next to him.
“Maybe…” Steve said with another shrug, smiling like a dope at the shorter man’s chuckle. The beautiful Omega in front of him gave him the courage to do something he never imagined he’d do. “So...wanna come back to my place?”
Tony looked surprised by the question, which had the confident Alpha quickly amend his statement.
“Just...you know, until you sober up,” Steve said with a blush. It was at that moment he heard his friends come outside to join them.
“Stevie! Get your ass moving I’m taking your brother home before he fights the bartender,” Clint called out as he drugged Bucky alongside him.
“She said you had pretty drunk eyes!” the Alpha whined.
“She said I had a pretty drunk guy you dumb fuck. Stevie you coming or not?” Steve took that opportunity to turn back to Tony who was smiling at the interaction.
“So? Wanna...sober up?” he asked one more time, his stomach filling with warmth when the pretty Omega nodded yes and followed Steve to his truck. Clint obviously drove and the two argued in the front seat on the short drive over there. It seemed Bucky didn’t even realize there was a fourth person until everyone got out of the car.
“Tony! You’re coming to our place?” the very drunk Alpha asked the Omega, who blushed and looked away in answer.
“Just get your drunk ass inside, Buck,” Steve said, pushing his brother through the door and a little away from Tony.
“Don’t worry lovebirds, we’re going to bed,” Clint said before giving Steve an obvious wink, dragging Bucky to their bedroom. Once they were alone, Steve turned to Tony who was leaning against the living room wall. Looking absolutely delicious.
“So...um,” Steve stuttered, feeling less confident and more like he should stick to his word. “Do you want some coffee?” Tony quirked his brow before strutting over to the blonde.
“I can think of a better way for the two of us to...sober up…” Tony purred as Steve felt his pants tighten. He froze for a moment when the Omega leaned up to kiss him, but quickly snapped out of it and brought the brunette up into his arms. Steve carried the two to his bedroom and preened at the feeling of Tony laughing at his antics.
Though he carried him like a Neanderthal, he laid the beautiful man gently on the blue sheets before attacking his mouth again. What proceeded to happen was hands down the best night of Steve’s life.
Tony was supple and pliant below him, making the absolute best sounds Steve had ever heard. They both came at the same time, the blonde feeling himself continue to cum as the Omega practically vibrated below him. When he eventually pulled out, he excused himself to grab some tissues before coming back and cleaning the Omega off. Tony purred as he finished up, grabbing Steve’s hand when he finished and yanking him back down on the bed.
They went two more rounds before falling asleep together, both sated and exhausted.
When Steve woke the next morning, a cold feeling settled in his stomach when he realized he was alone in bed. Tony was just...gone.
Well that did wonders for Steve’s ego. He looked around, hoping for at least a note and finding none. Last night was...incredible. But apparently he was the only one who felt that way.
He would rather Bucky and Clint tease him rather than pity him, so he chalked it up to a one night stand and snuck out for a run. Sure enough, the two teased him relentlessly when he got back, which he took all in stride. It was just a one night stand, he’d held up his end of the bargain so neither could whine at him about going out again.
Two weeks after that night, Steve went for his usual morning run. He took a shortcut through a park and almost tripped over his own feet when he saw a certain someone sitting on a bench.
Tony.
Oh god, should he turn around? It would be awful if they made eye contact -
“Steve?” the gorgeous man said with a bright smile. How horrible would it be for Steve to keep running like he didn’t see/hear him? But his Mama raised him better than that, so Steve came to a stop as the beautiful Omega stood up to greet him.
“Hey, Tony.”
“It’s so great to see you!”
“Really?” Steve asked, not able to keep the ire out of his voice. He felt guilty though when Tony immediately deflated at that.
“Yeah...look I should apologize…” the Omega began, shame coming off his scent.
“No, Tony, it’s fine. Just a one night thing.”
“Steve, I swear I wouldn’t have left without a note, but there was a family emergency…” And oh, using one of the oldest excuses in the book to spare Steve’s feelings…
“Tony, it’s fine. No need to make up a lie,” he said as nonchalantly as he could, moving to take off and continue his run when gentle hands stopped him.
“No, Steve. I’m not...I’m not lying. I really did have a family emergency. I swear that night...that was the best night of my life.” He looked sincere, but Steve believed it was still too good to be true. The look on the Omega’s face made it clear he realized he hadn’t convinced him either. “Look, um, do you see that pup on the monkey bars? The one about to jump into the waiting arms of the man encouraging him?”
And a sick feeling hit Steve in the chest. This man had a partner and a child??
“You’re bonded?” Steve asked in disgust, feeling anger overtake him at the thought that he slept with a bonded Omega.
“What? No Steve, I'm not bonded, remember?” Tony asked, pulling his collar to reveal his unbonded gland. “That man is his godfather, my oldest friend in the world and is already bonded to an amazing woman. But...yeah that um, that pup is mine...and is also the reason I left without a note. He was with my parents that night and my mom had called to tell me he had a fever and was taking him to the hospital. I mean he’s clearly fine, but yeah...that’s why…”
Steve absorbed that information, feeling a little bit of emotional whiplash to realize the Omega he had a crush on didn’t just abandon him - but rather had a pup to take care of. A pup whose age suddenly confused Steve…
“How old is he?” Steve asked, confused because Tony didn’t look much older than him, and this pup was at least…
“He’s six,” Tony answered for him. “I was seventeen when I had him. He’s um, the reason I dropped out of school. The pathetic sperm donor fled to Europe when I told him and it’s been us two ever since.” Steve was looking at the cute pup who did indeed jump off the monkey bars but picked up on the tone of Tony’s voice. Turning back, he frowned at both the look and smell coming off the Omega - a combination of sadness and insecurity.
“So, not a teacher, right?”
“God no, just my dumb ex the same age as me,” Tony said with a chuckle, which changed the sour smell coming from the Omega and made Steve’s inner Alpha purr with delight at the sound.
“Huh.”
“Yeah, so...I thought at the very least you deserved an explanation. I’m glad I ran into you and um...anyway, you’re free to go. I know an Omega with another Alpha’s pup isn’t exactly most people’s cup of tea.”
“I don’t drink tea!” Steve blurted out, inwardly cringing even when Tony chuckled at his outburst. “I just mean...I don’t care that you have a pup. In fact, it makes me feel better knowing you didn’t just leave from a night of bad sex.”
“Oh Steven, that was definitely not the case…” Tony purred as the two smiled warmly at each other. Steve opened his mouth to ask him out when they were interrupted by Tony’s son approaching them.
“Daddy!” the little boy cried as he ran to them, the two parting from each other as Tony easily caught the pup in his arms.
“Hey baby, did you tire out your Uncle Rhodey?” the Omega asked as a dark skinned Alpha quickly joined them.
“I had a hard workout this morning, it’s the only reason he beat me in that race,” the Alpha said before catching sight of Steve and eyeing the man up and down. “And who is this?” Steve could see the man straighten up a little, almost as if he was posturing.
“This is Steve. Steve, this is Rhodey and this little monkey is Harley. Say hi little monkey.”
“Oo oo ah ah!” the boy said, waving his arms around and puffing his small face out. The blonde couldn’t help but chuckle at the adorable pup.
“It’s nice to meet you little monkey. You too Rhodey,” Steve said, sticking his hand out in greeting to the other Alpha, who’s posture had slackened as his expression turned mischievous.
The other Alpha started speaking to Tony in French...unaware that Steve also spoke French...
“Steve...tall blonde Steve? Best night of your life, Steve? The Alpha with the absolute biggest cock you’ve ever had? This is him?”
“Rhodey, please, keep your big mouth shut and don’t say anything to him!”
“Too late for that,” Steve replied in French, loving the look of shock on the two men’s faces.
“Huh, so you’re not just a nice knot to sit on…”
“ALRIGHT! That’s enough of that!” Tony screeched in a panic, cheeks adorably blushed as he put his son down to swat at his friend. Steve just smiled, chest warm and inner Alpha preening at being the best night of Tony’s life. “Sourpatch why don’t you and Harley go get us some ice cream while I say bye to my friend?”
Steve watched as Tony took some cash out of his wallet and gave it to his friend, who laughed and tried to add more before the Omega put the cash in his hand and literally shoved the Alpha away. The man did when the pup grabbed his hand and yanked him to the nearby ice cream vendor. Tony turned back to Steve, cheeks pink with embarrassment as the Alpha tried not to laugh at the situation.
“The best night of your life, huh?” he couldn’t help but ask, smiling when the Omega huffed in frustration. “For what it’s worth, that was the best night of my life too. I’ve been thinking about you everyday since…”
“Oh…?”
“Yeah...so...could I maybe...take you to dinner sometime?” Steve asked, nervous even though they had both shared how wonderful their one night stand had been.
“I...I’d love that,” Tony said, wringing his hands adorably before pulling his phone out and handing it to Steve to put his number in. After they exchanged their numbers and before they could say anything else, the pup was running back with an ice cream cone in his hands.
“Daddy! I got your favorite, mint chocolate chip!” Harley cried out, face covered in chocolate as his godfather trailed behind.
“How did you already eat your ice cream?” Tony asked in disbelief as he put his hands on his hips at the sight of the dirty pup.
“I should probably get going,” Steve said with a smile, thinking about the other errands he needs to run today. “I’ll text you later, Tony.”
“Can’t wait,” the Omega said with a blushing smile. Steve looked at them a moment longer before turning around to continue his run. The errands quickly flew out of his mind as he instead decided to run home and tell his brother the good news.