Little One

The third time Bucky met his alpha he was fifteen.

Bucky and Steve had been exchanging letters back and forth since Bucky's first heat and the last time Bucky saw his beautiful angel alpha. Steve would often send him little things to keep that could fit in the envelope, and his jotters were now festooned with stickers and he had almost a full notebook of Steve's drawings tucked carefully between the pages.

Clint had fallen into first heat swiftly after Bucky, his alpha Natasha had not arrived for the event as she had been in Russia with her family, but had video called him through the experience and according to Clint was the most beautiful alpha he had ever seen in his life.

Loki was next, returning to the dorm two days later covered in bruises and grinning ear to ear, showing off his alphas marks like they were art.

Peter was the latest to do so, at the beginning of the year they turned sixteen he returned with a ribbon very similar to Bucky's, but red and gold, opposed to blue and silver. They had become very close since they found out their alphas were practically brothers, and spent ages curled up on the sofas of the hall together, reading and giggling about their futures.

He was sitting at his desk in the dorm, re-reading a chapter on how an alpha can knot your mouth safely, taking notes in his sparkly blue notebook, neat loopy handwriting filling the page when Peter burst in.

“Bucky!” He said excitedly rushing over to the other omegas bed, holding something in his hands tightly, it looked like an iPad or tablet, but it was way thinner than any Bucky had seen before “Come here!”

Bucky frowned “Peter, I've gotta finish these notes if I have a HOPE of passing the BDSM course I'm taking” he sighed putting his head in his hands.

Peter scoffed “Bucky! You're taking every possible extra course you can! You're super smart and will be fine, now come here!” He hissed, grin on his face surely ecstatic at whatever was onscreen.

Bucky sat on the bed and picked up the left headphone, looking up at the screen.

“Hello little one” Steve cooed, he was sitting at a desk next to a brunette alpha, looking like he might burst from excitement.

“Alpha!” Bucky whisper screamed, clinging to Peter as he studied his alphas face. “How? You shouldn't be able to contact us until final year!” He said looking around worriedly.

“Don't worry, Tony gave me the tablet” Peter said smirking. “It's easy to hide because I can tuck it ANYWHERE it's so thin.”

“Don't worry sugar plum” Tony's drawl pushed through the speakers “it's encrypted to high heaven. You should be fine. You guys can all use it to talk to your alphas. I think we're all friends by some freaky-deeky coincidence”

Bucky nodded, unable to take his eyes off Steve. “alpha! You look so well” he said, looking at
His alphas growing shoulders and sharpening jaw.

“Yeah baby! I told you! Dr Erskine has started giving me these monthly shorts! He says it's gonna take a long time but” he shrugs “by the time I take you home I should be healthy”

Tony smacked his back in a brotherly way. “Course you will pal”

They spoke for hours and hours, until both omegas were curled under the covers of Bucky's bed, trying their hardest to stay awake.

“Shhh boys, I think it's time for our omegas to get some sleep” Steve said as Peter almost dropped off for the fourth time.

“I agree” Tony said reaching out to touch the screen as though he could stroke peters cheek.

“Goodnight my little one” Steve said softly

“G'night Spidey” Tony said fondly.

“Alpha! Please could you…watch us?” Bucky whimpered “please? I don't wanna be on my own again”

“Okay boys we will sit here and chat until you boys fall asleep” Tony said looking at peters little stricken face.

Bucky and Peter were cuddled up together under the covers, Peter was breathing deeply, clearly asleep when he heard Steve start to sing softly to him.

Bucky couldn't even hear the words but the even strong tone of Steve's voice wrapped around him like a thick fuzzy blanket, making him feel safe and warm.

“Alpha?” He murmured looking up the alphas onscreen, Tony was fiddling with a little robot thing on his desk that bucky swears used to be a stapler and a desk lap, Steve is sketching in a moleskin on the desk, the pleasant sound of pencil against paper echoing in Bucky's ears.

“Yes little one” he smiles, looking up at his omega, smiling brightly.

“When you bring me home, promise you will sing to me lots?” Bucky murmured, pulling the blankie closer to him and nuzzling into Peter.

“He's a little songbird ain't he buckaroo?” Tony chuckled, nudging Steve's shoulder with his own. Steve just rolled his eyes fondly before looking at Bucky once more.

“Yes kitten, I promise” he said “now go to bed, it's getting late and I know you guys have to get up at like 6:30 for lessons”

Tony gasped “that's abuse”

Bucky giggled softly and nodded “okay alpha, I love you”

“Love you too little one” Steve said reaching out to touch his fingers to Bucky's cheek onscreen. “Night night”

“Night night” Bucky yawned, snuggling closer to Peter, and drifting off to sleep.

(Clint's turn with the tablet)

Peter had told Clint about the tablet around breakfast time this morning, and he hadn't been able to sit still since. The thought of seeing his beautiful Alpha again made him want to shout and whoop but he had to contain himself lest their masters become suspicious.

It wasn't until after dinner that Peter slipped the tablet into his bag and told him the passcode, hastily reminding him NOT to look through his and Tony's messaging history.

So now, Clint was up the clock tower overlooking the campus. He often came here to be alone and think, he liked being high up, and able to see everything.

Natasha called him her little bird.

Clint folded his legs under himself and propped the tablet against the far wall, pressing the button to call his alpha with a sense of giddy nervousness.

“Omega?’

Omg omg omg she answered

“Hello misstress” he said grinning ear to ear.

Natasha's face cracked from its confusion into a warm smile. “Hello my little bird. I assume this is Tony's doing?” She said tilting her head to the side, her bright red hair falling over her shoulder delicately.

“Yes! He gave it to Peter but he said we could share” he said holding his arms close to his chest. “I've missed you m-” he stopped himself before he could say it. Blushing to his ears and hiding his face.

“Baby boy don't be shy” Natasha purred, her eyes predatory. “Mama knows”

It had slipped out at his first heat, the word punching itself from the very depths of him without his true consent. He had cringed up, terrified that Natasha would be disgusted by him and demand another omega.

The opposite happened.

Natasha had growled louder than ever and started cooing at him as if he were a baby, telling him to 'listen to his mama little one’ coxing him through his first heat with the ease of a master.

“I missed you mama” he whispered “I've been trying to stay good for you though”

“Good boy” Natasha said, leaning forward to kiss the monitor. “I've gotta go baby, I've got lotsa work to do”

Clint sighed “okay alpha!, Love you”

“Love you too baby” she said blowing him a kiss “see you soon”

Clint crawled down from the tower and into the dorm room, and slept better than he had in years.

(Lokis turn)

Loki was the last to get a hold of the tablet, claiming he didn't need to see his alpha all the time. He liked to pretend he was tougher than the others.

But sure enough after a few days he broke, sidling up to Peter during yoga and asking to borrow the tablet.

Peter smirked but dutifully slipped it into Loki's gym bag and that's how he found himself curled up in the library nook no one knew about, calling his alpha.

“Loki!” Thors voice boomed into his headphones making Loki chuckle.

“Hey alpha” he whispered his voice soft and high, falling quickly into his alphas eyes.

“How are you my sweet? I hope I did not mark you up too bad on your heat. I didn't cause you pain?” He said, the blondes eyes looking about Loki's face for any sign of injury.

“Not in any way I didn't like” Loki said, giggling and showing the fading bruises all over his neck. “My ass is still sore”

“Well my omegas a little masochist” Thor said, that huge pearly grin spreading across his handsome features. “Good job you sound so pretty when you hurt”

“Thor!” Loki blushed, hiding his face in his hands “stop!”

“I'm only teasing little one” Thor chuckled, low in his throat, making Loki shivver. “I knew from the second I saw you what you needed love, and I promise to give it to you”

Loki smiled softly “you better”

“I promise” Thor repeated, looking at Loki lovingly “who knew? Out of all of your little omega friends you would be the softest, under all that snark”

Loki shrugged “you give me what I need alpha. Only you”

“Better be only me” Thor said “I'd kill anyone who put their hands on you. Your mine.

“Yours” Loki whispered grinning from ear to ear.

They stared at each other for a moment, lost in eachothers eyes.

“Shit! The librarians coming” Loki said looking up, “I love you”

“I love you too love” Thor said, pushing a strand of hair behind his ear.

That night, the boys said nothing when Loki passed the tablet over to Peter, looking happier than they'd ever seen him.

They all needed their alphas. Loki included.

They all slept soundly in the knowledge their alphas were out there, thinking of them, as their omegas were, miles apart but never far away.