Chapter 4
Almost two months into their relationship, Tony noticed he was starting to feel funny. It was a familiar sense but he couldn’t quite put his finger on it. Until he woke up one morning nauseous.
“Holy shit,” Tony said aloud as he ran to his bathroom to find a leftover test. He’d had a scare or two since having Harley. Luckily Steve hadn’t spent the night last night, having a job opportunity early the next day. So Tony was allowed privacy as he practically held his breath for the almost two minutes it took for the test to finish.
“Holy shit,” Tony said again as that damn smiley face came back to haunt him. He was pregnant again. How is this possible, he thought as they both use protection when having sex. He needed further consultation, so he dropped Harley off with his parents and went to see his favorite doctor - Bruce.
“I haven’t shared a heat with him yet! It can’t be possible, right?” he asked after showing Bruce the very stick he had just recently peed on. And the doctor noticed as well, leaning away from him as the two sat in Banner’s lab.
“You said you both use protection?” Bruce asked as he pulled his glasses off to wipe the lenses with his shirt.
“Every goddamn time!”
“And you still got pregnant?”
“Apparently I’m one fertile motherfucker,” Tony said as he plopped down on a chair near Bruce’s work table.
“Huh,” the Beta said aloud as his face formed into an inquisitive expression.
“What?” Tony asked, knowing that look on his face means that the Beta solved something.
“It’s...well...it’s incredibly unlikely, but would make sense of the unplanned pregnancy…”
“You’re killing me here, Brucie-bear! What are you talking about?” the Omega asked as he threw his hands up dramatically.
“How familiar are you with soulmate bonds?” the doctor asked after a moment. Tony sat frozen, not sure what to make of that question as the Beta continued. “They’re incredibly rare but they exist. There have been about less than a hundred recorded soulmate bonds in history, but there are documented cases. They’re said to even contain various powers. Like healing each other through the bond...and conquering infertility.”
“How…” Tony asked with a thick voice, unable to process he had actually found his soulmate, “how can I be sure though? Maybe I’m just super fertile?”
“Well, it’s said that the first time you touch, you feel a spark of electricity. The sex is beyond amazing. But from what I’ve read about it, it’s a ‘feeling’ not otherwise specified.”
Tony focused on his breathing as he thought about that spark he felt when he had shaken Steve’s hand and chalked up to static electricity. How fan-fucking-tastic the sex was between the two.
How they’d both recently danced around the “L” word…
Holyshitfuck.
“I...I need to go talk to Steve,” Tony said before hopping up out of the chair. “Thanks Bruce.”
“Mazeltov, Tony!” the doctor called as Tony left to drive to Steve’s apartment.
Thoughts of not rushing this flew through his head before exiting his ears. He didn’t even text him a heads up, just running up the flight of stairs to knock on the blonde’s door.
But the blonde that answered the door wasn’t the one Tony was dying to see.
“Hey Clint, is Steve here?” Tony asked, panting a little from running.
“Um, yeah,” the shorter blonde said before opening the door all the way, revealing Steve and Bucky sitting on the couch. “James! Put your shoes on, we're taking Lucky for a walk,” Clint added loudly with an obnoxious wink in Tony’s direction.
“Hey Steve.”
“Hey Tony, is everything okay?” the Alpha asked, concern wafting off him as he stood up to greet the brunette. Tony waited until they were alone before motioning Steve to join him on the couch.
“I have something I need to tell you. I just figured it out and...I just needed you to know…”
“Okay, whatever it is Tony, it’s okay. Just say it.”
“Okay,” Tony parroted, taking a deep breath before continuing. “I’m pregnant.”
He wasn’t sure what he was expecting from Steve, maybe secretly joy? But his stomach sank when the blonde frowned.
“Tony…” Steve said quietly, Tony whimpering when he realized the Alpha’s eyes were watering and his scent changed to sadness. “I’m only going to ask you this once. Did you cheat on me?”
The question hit Tony in the very gut currently carrying the bundle of cells that would become their child.
“No, of course not Steve,” Tony said, voice thick and tears quickly filling at the implication. “I...I know I don’t have the best reputation, getting knocked up at sixteen, but -”
“- I’m infertile, Tony,” Steve interrupted his ramblings, letting out a shaky breath after the confession.
“What?” Tony asked, head cocking to the side in confusion.
“I...they said I could never have kids…”
“What are you talking about, Steve?” The blonde took a shaky breath of his own before reaching for the brunette’s hand, who gave it to the Alpha freely.
“Tony, I wasn’t always like this. When I was younger, I was incredibly sick. I had asthma and I was frail and scrawny. The doctors didn’t think I’d make it. But my Pop found this doctor with an experimental drug. They said it would cure me of my ailments, make me stronger...but I would be infertile for the rest of my life. I accepted I could never have my own kids. It’s why when I saw you at the park...and I saw you had a pup of your own...I thought I could have everything I ever wanted…”
“And now?” Tony prodded carefully, still holding the Alpha’s hands in his. “Do you...do you want this?” The question had the blonde pulling his hand away before resting on the Omega’s cheek.
“Tony, regardless of what I want, this is your body. I would never force you to do something like this if you didn’t want to.” Tony reached one of his hands out to rest against the blonde’s looking into those beautiful blue eyes incredulously.
“This could be your only chance to have your own pup, and you're letting the Omega make the decision?” Tony choked out, disbelief in his voice.
“Tony. You are the most intelligent and capable person I’ve ever known. Regardless of your gender. If you didn’t want to go through with this, it wouldn’t change how I feel about you.”
“How are you even real?” he asked before quickly pulling the blonde into a kiss, climbing onto his lap to deepen it. Steve was unlike any Alpha he had ever met, and Tony was selfishly going to keep him for himself for as long as he lives.
“Tony, wait,” the blonde said as he pulled back, arms still snuggly holding the brunette in place. “Are you...do you want to keep it? Are we...are we having a baby? You sure you want to do this all over again?”
“With you?” Tony rhetorically asked with tears in his eyes. “Fuck yes I will.” He went back to attacking the blonde’s lips as the Alpha growled below him. Tony had only ever heard that in the bedroom, so a gush of slick quickly dampened his pants. “Take me to your bed, Alpha,” he husked out as he saw Steve’s eyes dilate. “Maybe you can fuck more pups into me.”
Tony was instantly lifted up into the air and laughed as Steve seamlessly stood up with Tony in his arms and marched them to the bedroom.
It was somehow their best round yet, where Tony discovered Steve’s little breeding kink as well as his breast milk kink. It was an amazing discovery that led to the best orgasm he’d had yet. And if Steve’s roar was anything to go by, it was the blonde’s best too.
After Steve’s knot deflated and he pulled himself free, the two laid next to each other, staring at the ceiling and still catching their breath.
Tony’s gland ached and reminded the genius why he’d rushed over to Steve in the first place. You know, besides the whole baby thing.
“It’s a soulmate bond,” Tony said quietly, almost hoping too quietly for Steve to hear. A part of him wondered if they were just in the honeymoon phase and Bruce was wrong about them being soulmates.
“What did you say?” Steve asked as he sat up and faced him.
“It’s um,” Tony explained as he continued staring at the ceiling. “It’s how I got pregnant. Or at least that’s what Bruce hypothesized…”
“You...we’re...holy shit Tony we’re soulmates?”
“It’s a theory, they’re super rare...”
“It would explain the spark I felt when we first shook hands! And the amazing sex. And how I could still apparently get you pregnant hoLY SHIT TONY WE’RE SOULMATES?!” Steve squealed out, the only description for the noises coming out of Steve’s mouth. He certainly filled the room with a happy Alpha smell. “And you’re having my pup!” Steve cried before leaning down to kiss the Omega’s stomach then moving up to his lips.
“You’re not freaking out?” Tony asked when Steve moved back down to his flat stomach. “I mean you’re twenty three Steve…” The Alpha whipped his head up at that, an adorable confused expression written on his face.
“We’re the same age, Tony?”
“Yes, but you’re not freaking out at the prospect of being responsible for not one but TWO kids? Your life is about to change drastically to being a full time parent with two pups. And me!” Tony hadn’t meant to say that last part out loud, but his brain become kind of stupid when he was pregnant.
But the Alpha just took it in stride, wrapping his arms around the Omega while maintaining eye contact.
“I wouldn’t call finding my soulmate ‘stuck,’ Tony. Nor would I call all of my dreams for a family coming true as that either. I think I’d call that blessed,” the blonde said with such sincerity and confidence Tony melted into a puddle below him. “Tony...I know we shouldn’t rush things but...I think I already told you I love you. This is everything I’ve ever wanted...with my dream guy.”
Tony felt his eyes get misty as he absorbed those words. Especially since...he pretty much feels the exact same way about Steve.
“Bond with me,” Tony blurts out before he can stop himself. He’s about to take it back, cause even though they said all that stuff to each other it was still scary to say those words out loud. But Steve’s beautiful blue eyes light up like a Christmas tree.
“Really?” the Alpha asks above him, insecurity in his voice even as Tony could feel the Alpha hardening at the prospect.
“Yes... please Alpha,” the Omega whined as he felt himself harden as well and slick gushing between his thighs. The gland on his shoulder pulsed as Steve began licking the spot. He had never felt more sure about anything in his life. So after they went another round, the Alpha and Omega took turns biting the bonding gland on each other’s necks.
The sensation that followed was indescribable. Tony felt the bond wash over him as well as something warm and satisfying settling in his chest. He could feel Steve’s happiness course through him too, the two looking at each other and wearing the same matching smile.
“Holy shit,” Steve said, tears in his eyes as he kissed Tony so sweetly. “I think...I think Bruce was right.”
Tony chuckled and wrapped his arms around the Alpha, feeling the same way.
“So...what do we do now?” Steve asked after placing a few more sweet kisses against Tony’s neck.
“Right now? I think I need some hydration before we go again,” Tony teased, yelping when the Alpha pinched his bottom in retaliation. “I...I don’t know Steve. Honestly we should probably keep quiet...about the pregnancy, not the bond. At least until after the first trimester. Soulmates or not, a lot can happen in the first trimester and I don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up. Other than that...I mean...we should probably meet each other’s parents? Maybe...move in together?”
Steve kissed him when he finished talking, getting a laugh out of Tony before the two settled in for a nap.
They decided to meet the Starks first, get the less accepting parents out of the way. Also meeting asap before Tony’s scent changes.
Which...went about as well as expected.
Tony had explained to Harley what ‘bonding’ meant, frowning at the pup’s glare and sudden outburst. He had taken that attitude with them as the three went to Tony’s childhood home.
Jarvis had greeted them warmly, but his parents were a different story.
“Grandpa, Nonna!” the pup greeted the two with big hugs, which he always got in return.
“Steven, a pleasure to meet you,” his Mama said, shaking the blonde’s hand with a fake smile before hugging Harley again.
“Likewise, ma’am.”
“Mr. Rogers,” Howard said, posturing and extending a hand to Steve as well.
“Captain Rogers, actually. And it’s a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Stark,” Steve said with a smile, not backing down from the posturing.
“Alright, introductions have been made! Why don’t we -”
“- Steven, join me for a drink,” Howard said before walking off, expecting the other Alpha to follow him. Tony shot him an apologetic look but Steve just smiled back at him before following, the two heading off down the hall as Tony contemplated following them.
“Bambino, come join us in the parlor while Jarvis finishes up lunch for everyone,” his Mom said as she grabbed his arm, squeezing it slightly as she led them to the other room. Harley played with his designated toys Howard had bought him while his mother pulled him along and sat the two down on the couch.
“Mama…”
“Don’t start with me Anthony. You’re bonded to this Captain?” the older Omega hissed at him, catching Tony off guard.
“How did you know?” Tony asked in bewilderment, shrugging his shirt up higher even though he’d tripled checked that it covered his gland. His Mama rolled her eyes at him, glancing at her grandson before continuing.
“Your scent has changed, dear,” Maria said with a quirked brow. “Now, you are a smart young man. I know you wouldn’t jump into something as serious as this without thinking it through. So tell me, why are you bonded to this Alpha?”
Tony looked at his mother, going back and forth in his head whether or not to lie to her, but ultimately knowing she’d pick up on his bullshit.
So he went for the partial truth.
“It’s cliche to just say I love him...but, well...I love him. And...Mama we found out...we’re soul mates,” Tony said quietly, taking a moment before looking up into his mother’s eyes. She looked like she didn’t believe him before her face softened.
“You...are you serious, Tony? You share a soulmate bond?” she asked, eyes watering when he nodded in response.
“Yeah, Mama. He’s the one. This bond, it’s...incredible. Like nothing I’ve ever felt before. I know I haven’t brought him here before, but I wanted to be sure before introducing you two to him.”
“Well...then I’m happy for you bambino. But I need to hear more about this young man. What does this Alpha do for a living?”
“Oh, well...he has a few jobs right now,” he answered truthfully, aware he’d never really been able to lie to his Mother. “He works part-time for his grandfather’s gym and part-time teaching pups art at the rec center.” His Mama hummed before continuing, which Tony counted as a temporary win.
“How’s my other bambino handling it?” And that quickly got rid of the smile Tony had on his face.
“Harley isn’t his biggest fan. I think he’s not over what happened with Sunset,” Tony said quietly just as the little devil they were discussing turned towards them.
“Why are you talking about her?” Harley asked angrily, putting down the Batman and Superman he’d been playing with.
“Your Daddy was talking about the time of day, bambino. Not that wretched woman,” Maria lied to his son, which seemed to satisfy the pup as he nodded before picking his toys back up and resuming his play.
They were about to resume their conversation when they heard multiple footsteps approaching. Howard and Steve joined them, neither looking injured or particularly upset. He looked at his Alpha who offered Tony a smile.
“Lunch is ready,” Jarvis interrupted before either Alpha could say anything, the family headed to the dining room. Tony grabbed Steve’s arm and held him back.
“Apparently we smell different cause we’re bonded. Did my Dad know? Are you okay? Did he threaten you?” Steve had the audacity to chuckle, patting Tony’s arm gently.
“Yes, I knew we smelled differently. Yes, your father knows. Yes, I’m fine and yes, Harley, Pepper, Rhodey, Natasha and now Howard have all given me shovel talks. You have an amazing family that loves you. And I can’t wait for you to meet mine,” the Alpha purred in his ear as he wrapped an arm around the smaller man’s waist. Tony looked at him for a moment before leaning up to kiss him, fuzzy feelings in his chest when the Alpha pulled him closer and completed the hug.
Tony pulled away after a moment, confusion written on his face.
“Wait...Harley gave you the shovel talk?” the Omega asked, pouting as the Alpha chuckled again before they heard a voice from down the hall.
“Daddy come on Jarvis made his yummy sandwiches!” his pup yelled, followed by the sounds of his Mama quietly hushing him.
“I’ll tell you about it after lunch. You’ve bragged about those sandwiches before and I intend to taste them for myself,” Steve said with a big dopey grin, grabbing the Omega’s hand and leading the two down the hall.
Tony didn’t mind, trying to put his worried thoughts about his pup’s opinion out of his mind as he followed his love to a delicious lunch.