Chapter 10
"Seb, your hair looks fine." Chris says, looking over at Sebastian, who sat in the passengers seat fixing up his hair yet again. "Now, come on. I don't want to be late."
Sebastian glances over at him. "Chris, we're half an hour early." He says. "I doubt your boss and those other guys will even be here yet."
In a way, Chris supposes that Sebastian's right. The guys that are meeting them about the job might not be there yet, but he's got a feeling that his boss might be. Chris knows that Steve likes to be somewhat early.
"Well, I think Steve might already be in there with Bucky, Sebastian." Chris sighs. "Not sure about the other guys that we're meeting about the job though."
Sighing, Sebastian decides that his hair is good enough for now, and turns in the seat to look at Chris. "Alright then." He sighs. "We'll go inside now then." He decides. "I'm hungry right now anyway, so we might as well head on in."
Chris smiles in success, before getting out of the car. Sebastian following suit a bit more slowly. He's still not keen on even being here, but Sebastian is going to have to suck it up, and just deal with it. Plus, their food is being paid for, so that's one good thing about this whole night.
Though, the night will be much better if Chris ends up getting this job. Sebastian has faith that Chris will get the job. He's possibly one of the best architects that works for Steve Rogers.
Once they've locked the car, the both of them are heading off inside the restaurant, to hopefully be able to locate Steve and Bucky. Thankfully it doesn't take them too long to locate Bucky over by the bar getting drinks. Where Steve is though, they're not sure, but they're assuming that he's seated over at the table already waiting for them.
As Bucky notices Sebastian and Chris approaching him, he turns around and smiles as he sees them. "There you two are!" He exclaims, before taking a long sip of the drink in his hands, as he makes his way over to them. "Okay, first, don't tell Stevie that this is my fourth glass of chardonnay." He says. "He'll freak if he finds out I'm already on my fourth and we've only been here for about half an hour now."
Sebastian smiles at the other omega standing in front of him, who seems to be using alcohol to take his mind off this dinner type meeting that his alpha has dragged him along to. He knows that Bucky isn't really all that familiar with architectural work that his husband, Steve Rogers, is involved with, just as much as he himself isn't.
Chris is the architect here, not him. All Sebastian is, is a stay at home mom. He hardly even understands why he had to even go to this meeting with Chris. But on the bright side, he get's to spend some time with another omega. Even if Bucky is fifteen years older than himself.
"Are these people here about the contracting job yet?" Chris asks, as he and Sebastian follow Bucky off towards the table at the back of the restaurant where Steve is waiting for them.
Bucky looks over his shoulder at him, shrugging. "I dunno." He shrugs. "I don't got anythin' to do with Stevie's line of work." He says. "All I am, is the architect's husband. Plus, 've been over by the bar for the past twenty minutes or so drinkin' three glasses of chardonnay in secret."
Not too long afterwards, they've made it over to the table at the back of the restaurant a bit further away from the rest of the tables, where Steve is sitting waiting for them. Though, the people that are meeting them about the new contracting job don't appear to have arrived yet.
Sebastian notices Steve frown as soon as he catches sight of the glass in Bucky's hand. "Bucky." Steve sighs. "What number glass is that?" He asks, as Bucky sits down at the table next to him, while Sebastian and Chris sit across from the both of them, leaving four empty seats around the table for the people they're meeting with.
"Chill. Stevie." Bucky laughs. "You got me to come with ya to this, so let me have a few drinks." He says. "Besides, it's my first night away from a noisy house full of kids in almost two months. You bet I'm gonna be drinkin' tonight."
"Yes, but I don't want you making a fool of yourself." Steve says.
"You're bein' paranoid, Stee." Bucky says, taking a long sip of his drink.
Steve shakes his head a little, before turning to Sebastian and Chris. "Sorry about Bucky." He apologizes. "Anyway, how have you both been?" He asks.
"We've been good." Chris says, looking over at Sebastian. "So have the girls."
Sebastian nods. "My mother has flown over from Romania to visit." He says. "She's watching them for us now."
Steve nods. "You both recently had another kid, right?" He asks, to which both Sebastian and Chris nod.
"Here." Sebastian says, grabbing his phone out of his pocket, and opening up a photo of Sabrina, before handing his phone over to Steve and Bucky to look at. " Her name's Sabrina. She's about, two months now, nearly three."
"Awe, she's so cute." Bucky awes, as he and Steve look at the photo. "I want another baby, Stevie." He announces suddenly, looking up at Steve.
Steve nearly chokes at that, shaking his head. "Buck, we've already got seven of them!" He says. "Not to mention we'll be grandparents in a couple more months!"
Bucky cringes a little at that. "Ugh, when you say that, it makes us sound old." He says. "We're only in our early forties. Don't make me feel any older than I already do."
"Which of your kids is expecting?" Sebastian asks.
"Well." Steve starts, shaking his head. "Not the oldest, Laura, that's for sure." He sighs. "We have a feeling that Laura doesn't want kids." He explains. "Neither is it Nathaniel, our second oldest that's expecting a kid with his girlfriend."
"It's Harvey." Bucky says. "Pregnant at only sixteen, the little shit." He mutters, gulping back the rest of his drink.
Steve sighs, nodding his head. "Unfortunately." He sighs. "And her boyfriend dumped her as soon as he found out."
"Steve sure kicked that boy's ass for that." Bucky adds, handing Sebastian back his phone.
Steve turns to look at Bucky, who's leaning back on the chair. "James." He sighs.
Bucky shrugs. "Well, you did." He says. "And don't call me James. You know I don't like it."
Sebastian shakes his head a little at that, smiling at the two of them, before looking over at Chris. He knows for a fact that if any of their girls were to get pregnant while they're in their teenage years, then Chris will most definitely kick who's ever ass it was that got them pregnant.
They don't really need to worry about Sabrina getting pregnant as much as Taissa and Emma when they're in their teen years though. Considering omegas are much more fertile than alpha females. Though, female alphas can get pregnant, just it's not too often that it happens, compared to omegas and betas.
"I'm sure Chris would do the exact same if any of our girls got pregnant at sixteen." Sebastian says.
"And don't pretend that you wouldn't either, Seb." Chris adds.
Sebastian laughs, nodding his head. "Okay, true." He says, shaking his head.
Not too long after that, the employers finally arrive at their table. Two men, and one woman. And as both Chris and Steve stand up to greet them, Chris nudges Sebastian in the shoulder to get him to stand up also. Which he does slowly, and he notices Steve doing the exact same thing to Bucky to get him to stand up also.
"Steve Rogers." Steve says, extending a hand out for one of the men to shake. "This is my husband, Bucky." He gestures to Bucky standing next to him, smiling politely at them, but not saying a word. "And this is Chris Evans, and his husband, Sebastian." He adds, gesturing over to the two of them standing opposite to himself.
Both Chris and Sebastian introduce themselves to them. Well, really Chris doing the talking, since Sebastian is a little awkward around people he's never met before.
Eventually they can sit back down, and Sebastian notices, embarrassingly, that he and Bucky seem to have sat back down much quicker than everyone else. Though, Bucky doesn't seem to bothered by it. But he does seem a little bothered by the lack of chardonnay in his glass.
As the two men and the woman sits down at the table, Sebastian shifts round in his seat uncomfortably. He sure hopes none of them ask him any questions. He's not very good with people he doesn't know. But Chris needs this job, so he's got to at least try.
He's just hoping that he can just sit here quietly, and not have to answer much or any questions. Maybe he and Bucky can sneak off to the bar area in a bit. Alcohol might be able to help him relax. Though, he doesn't want to make a fool of himself if he ends up drinking too much.
Sebastian kind of just zones out as he listens as Chris and Steve talk with these people about the contracting job, or whatever. He doesn't know much about this stuff. He's only the architect's husband.
"Seb?" Chris asks, tapping Sebastian on the shoulder. "You okay?" He questions.
Losing his train of thought, Sebastian shakes his head, before looking over at Chris. "Yeah, I'm fine." He assures him. "Just, hungry is all."
He looks down at the empty spot on the table in front of him. None of them have ordered anything to eat yet, and Sebastian is starting to get hungry. He doesn't usually eat much, but he's also not one to turn up the offer of food. Especially if it's at some fancy restaurant that he can barely even pronounce the name of, and everything is being paid by Chris's boss. He'd be a fool if he were to pass up free food at a fancy restaurant like this. Though, this place doesn't seem too fancy.
Chris nods. "We'll order food soon." He promises him, before wrapping an arm round Sebastian's shoulders.
"Promise?" He asks.
"Promise." Chris nods, kissing Sebastian's cheek, before turning his attention back to the employers.
And sure enough, within ten minutes tops, they've all ordered their food. Though, both Chris and Steve continue talking with the employers - who Sebastian has learnt their names are Catherine, John, and Matt.
"Hey, Seb." Bucky says, catching Sebastian's attention, long after they had all finished eating. "They don't need us here right now. Let's head on over to the bar."
Sebastian bites his lip, glancing over at Chris, who was busy talking with the employers along with Steve. Bucky is right. Their alphas are doing fine without them right now, so what's the harm in going off to the bar right now for a few drinks?
"Okay" He nods, getting up off his seat, and following Bucky away from the table. Surprisingly without neither Chris nor Steve even noticing.
Not too long after the two of them had made their way over to the bar and had gotten their drinks, Bucky looks over at Sebastian. "I might as well admit that you didn't actually need to come along to this." He admits.
Sebastian sets his glass down on the table, turning in his seat more to look at Bucky. "Really?" He asks. "I actually could've been curled up in bed with my cat reading right now?"
Bucky nods. "Yeah." He says, scratching at the back of his neck. "I had, kind of asked Steve to tell Chris that you were to come along here too." He explains. "I myself didn't really need to come here too. I just came along cause I needed a night out. You're really only here to keep me company while Steve and Chris talks with the employers."
Nodding, Sebastian takes a long sip of his drink. He guesses that made perfect sense. Neither he and Bucky needed to go to this thing, but Bucky decided to anyway to have a night out. But he didn't want to be alone, so he asked Steve to tell Chris that he is to come along with him.
In fact, Sebastian is kind of glad to have a night out tonight. Even though he does want to get back home to the girls. But he needed a night out, and this will have to do.
"Makes sense." Sebastian shrugs. "Honestly, I could've used a night out myself." He admits. "Though, I do want to get back home to the girls. Even though I know they're fine with my mother right now."
Bucky nods. "I know what you mean." He hums in agreement. "But I really needed this night out, and I know that Steve and I's younger kids are fine with their older siblings." He says. "By the way, if you ever need anyone to babysit your girls for you when you and Chris go out somewhere, Laura could watch them for you."
"Does she mind about doing that?" Sebastian asks.
Bucky shrugs. "She loves kids, just doesn't want any of her own." He says. "She babysits a lot of her friends kids, so I'm sure she won't mind watching your girls."
"Alright." Sebastian nods. "Chris and I will have to take you up on that offer.
"Great." Bucky smiles, before he's finished his drink, and is getting up to get another. "You ready for another drink, Bash?"
Looking down at his glass, Sebastian shrugs, before drinking the last of it and handing Bucky over his empty glass. A couple more drinks won't hurt. Besides. He's got no idea how long Chris and Steve will be talking with the employers for, so he might as well just drink with Bucky.
After all, this night out is definitely something that Sebastian feels that he needs. And spending it drinking with another omega? That's not something that Sebastian gets to do, so he's going to make the most of it.
Even if it is with Chris's boss's husband.
******
"Carry me, Chris." Sebastian mumbles, as he gets out of the car on wobbly legs. "Is tired."
Chris can help but laugh at him. Sebastian had gone off to the bar a bit after they ate to allow Steve and Chris to talk with the employers about the job. And unfortunately, Sebastian had ended up having a bit too much to drink. So did Bucky too as a matter of fact.
As he puts his arms out for Sebastian, the omega basically huddles up tiredly against Chris, and starts kissing at his neck. Chris has to hold back the gasp, as he lifts Sebastian up in his arms, kicking the passenger door shut with his foot, before making his way up to the front door of their house. His arms full with a tired and drunk Sebastian.
It's a bit of a struggle, but Chris eventually gets the key into the lock, and unlocks the front door. Thankfully Georgeta makes her way downstairs from in the spare bedroom to lock the front door for Chris, as he carries Sebastian upstairs to their bedroom.
"Seb, honey." Chris says, once he's set Sebastian down on their bed. "Are you going to be able to change into your pyjamas by yourself, or am I going to have to help you?" He asks.
Sebastian just grunts in reply, rolling onto his stomach on the bed as he buries his face in the pillow.
Chris sighs, knowing that Sebastian is rather, uncooperative while drunk. Mix in him being tired with him being drunk, then, it's basically like talking to a brick wall as soon as Sebastian hits the bed.
"Looks like I'm going to have to undress you and put you into your pyjamas then." Chris mutters, before getting to work, and carefully getting Sebastian changed into his pyjamas and under the covers.
Sebastian is surely going to have one hell of a hangover tomorrow, and he'll probably still be sleeping it off when it's time to take Taissa to school. Which means it'll be Chris's turn to take Taissa to school tomorrow. Though, Sebastian would still have to go grocery shopping tomorrow. Chris knows for a fact that that's probably not going to go down too well.
Trying to make as little noise as possible, Chris walks out of their bedroom, shutting the door slowly, before making his way downstairs. But first, he quickly checks in on each of the girls who were thankfully all still asleep. Even Sabrina, but Chris has a feeling she may wake up soon.
"How is he?" Georgeta asks, as Chris walk into the living room, and sits down on the couch.
Chris shrugs. "He had a bit too much to drink with my boss's husband, Bucky." He says. "Those two had snuck off to the bar area while my boss and I were talking with the employers about the job." He laughs a little. "Thankfully the amount of alcohol he had was nowhere near the amount that he'd drink while the two of us were still in high school together."
Georgeta nods, sighing a little. She knew very well of her son's alcohol problem back while he was in high school. Sebastian never used to be comfortable with the fact that he was an omega as soon as he got to high school. Georgeta is unsure of why that was, as Sebastian never confided in her about the reason why, so she can only guess what the reason could've been. She believes the amount that Sebastian often drank then played a part in it too.
It's just a good thing for everybody that Sebastian had cut down on his drinking by the time he had turned twenty. With help from Chris, and their friends. Now he only drinks occasionally, but sometimes still has a tiny bit too much.
"I trust you'll look after him through his hangover in the morning?" Georgeta asks, already knowing the answer to the question, as she knows how much Chris cares for Sebastian.
"Of course." Chris nods. "As soon as he wakes up I will take care of him." He says. "Though, Wednesdays are the days that he goes out grocery shopping, so I have no idea how that's going to play out." He adds. "I'd go out and get the groceries for him, but he doesn't trust me to go out and get them. He says that I always bring home the wrong stuff, even when he writes me a list."
Georgeta nods. "I can go do the shopping for him." She says. "Or, go with him if he wants to do the shopping."
Chris nods. "I think he'd appreciate that." He says, before standing up. "I think I'm going to go have a shower, then head on to bed." He decides.
"I think I might get back to bed too." Georgeta says. "I just hope that cat hasn't claimed the whole bed as his again." She adds with a laugh.
Chris laughs also, shaking his head. "That cat is pure evil." He says. "Sebastian just can't see it."
"Oh, Chris." Georgeta laughs. "The cat isn't so bad." she says. "Though what do you expect? He's a male ginger. They always think they're the boss of the house."
At that, Chris laughs, shaking his head a little. "Alright." He says. "Goodnight, Georgeta." He says.
"Goodnight, Chris." She smiles, before retreating off upstairs to the spare room, but stops to turn back to Chris. "By the way, Sabrina had woken up around two hours ago. I got her back to sleep after a quick feeding and a lullaby though."
Chris smiles at her. "Thank you." He says. "Did the other two behave themselves?" He asks.
She nods. "Well, Emma didn't want to go to sleep." She says. "She wanted to stay up until you both got home." She explains. "After some talking to, I got her to go to sleep though."
Chris nods. Emma has always been rather difficult to get to bed most nights, so Chris only hopes that Georgeta didn't end up having too much trouble getting her to bed.
He wishes Georgeta goodnight once more, before heading off into his and Sebastian's room. He finds Sebastian still asleep in bed snoring a little as he quickly checks on him, before heading off into their bathroom to have a shower.
About fifteen minutes after that, Chris is now out of the shower and dressed in his pyjamas. Before he's climbing into bed, where he's instantly met with Sebastian rolling over towards him - still asleep - and cuddling up against him. To which Chris wraps his arms around him, pulling him closer to him, before he too is drifting off to sleep.
Fully aware of the hungover mess that Sebastian will be as soon as he wakes up the next morning.