Deliver him

Time goes by, every day were new memories that adorned their home. Almost every day new photographs appeard.

Arno named the puppy Nana, she was his biggest protector aside from Steve and the Avengers, if she coulb be she would always be at his side, many times Steve found Arno sleeping on Nana and sometimes she licked his tiny face.

For his nineth birthday uncle Rhodey give him a box full of basic tools, he was a Stark after all and since then Steve always found destroy objects that Arno open to find out how it work, and although he almost every time burnt his fingers he didn't seems to care.

His eight birthday was the first and only time that Steve wasn´t there, since that day Steve always was in every single party, match of any sport Arno was in and graduation.

The only time that Steve didn´t share the same ideas as the rest of their family was with Arno´s school.

"come on Steve, he´ll be ok let him be a kid" Clint told him one day when they were at the park with their respective children, after Nana´s arrival Steve could relax more in their walks, Nana would´t let anything unknown get near Arno.

"I´m not sure, he´ll be fine he´s smarter than most of the kids, he don´t need school, what if someone try to take him and no ones´ there to stop it?" told the archer

"that´s not the only reason a kid needs the school, Steve, he needs to socialize, make friends"

"what are you talking about, your children are enough socializing for him" with that Clint only laugh

"Steve" this time Clint spoke with a more serious tone "he´ll be fine, I know you are a little overprotective and I understand why, but Steve, he´s a kid don't deny him a normal childhood, we both know that´s the only thing that Tony would never forgive you"

Steve looked at him and saw the small smile but also the glance of sadness on his friend´s eyes, and...Clint was right, Tony never had a normal childhood he never enjoyed being a kid, and he knew that Tony never wanted that Arno suffer like he did.

Steve sigh

The next Monday he was waving goodbye to Arno at the bus stop, Arno looked so cute with his tiny backpack, holding Lila Barton´s hand and waving back at him.

Steve patted Nana´s head when he heard the tiny whimper that she give "don´t worry, he´ll be fine"

Steve didn´t knew if he said to her or to himself.

Years pass and Arno grew up, how he grew, he was taller and stronger than the kids of his age but at least it was proportional to his age, so there´s no to much
to worry about and obviously he was also much smarter that most kids, he was the best at every class, always winning all the science fairs. And Arno just loved
going to school, if he was happy Steve was happy.

Arno present as an Alpha at 14, that didn´t surprise anyone after all his father was the definition of an Alpha.

At 16, Steve decided to showed him something.

They went for the first time to the workshop, at the beginig Arno was astonished with all the technology and blueprints that were there, he even jump when he
saw the Iron man armors.

Unlike Arno, Steve looked with sadness a table covered with a clot.

"this place is amazing!" Said Arno but when he looked at his dad place his hand over the cloth "dad?"

"Arno, it´s time for you to know why your mother is not here"

"what are you talking about?"

Arno was so naïve, he never actually thought of the reason, well obviously there was a reason but he never liked to think about that to much.

Steve removed the cloth and an old armor appear, it was dirty and a little broken, his dad just give him a piece of paper. Arno confused took it and read it, when
he finished he looked at his dad that had his hand over the armor´s.

"dad?"

"they took him away" Steve had a couple of tears, Arno didn´t knew what to think and just hugged his father "I´m sorry if I was absent but, but I hope that you
understand why"

"of course I understand, I know he´s still alive"

Steve kissed him on his head and send him to sleep, but Arno felt the hole, that have been always there, get bigger he hugged Nana and tried to sleep, he finally
fell asleep he dreamed with the feeling strong soft arms around him, he saw everything white and a blurry face that came with a beautiful and calming song, he
couldn't make out what the voice was saying but the melody was clear in his head. At some point of the dream he started to feel how he was moving away from
the warm body and melody, he tried to fight but he suddenly wake up.

At that age he also started to train with his father and his aunt and uncles. And after a few months of training:

"dad, I want to go with you to the next searching mission"

Steve only frown "NO"

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Now at 18 Arno was almost a copy of Steve, he had always been a little bulky but after all the training now he is a lot more muscular, the only difference between
them are the hair and expressions are a lot like Tony's. He was the only one that could match his dad and uncle Bucky in any kind of physical activity.

When he was sad or upset he went to the gym, like Steve does, but when he gets angry he went down to the workshop and calm himself to work on something,
just like Tony did.

Although that at every day before Steve´s departure to another mission they always discussed and the result was always the same, the actual day when they
where saying their goodbye, Arno always hugged him as strong as he could.

***

It happened at breakfast, when everybody where there, Steve was clarifying that tomorrow´s mission was relatively short, that he would be back it about a week
or so.

"so if it´s so short that means that I can go with you this time?" Arno ask out of nowhere

Steve only sigh and bring his free hand to his face "for last time Arno, no, you´re not going"

"come on dad, I´m not a baby anymore, I can take care of myself" by now Arno was already angry.

"NO, Arno, that’s my last word"

"dad, please you train me, I know how to defend myself, aunt Nat please tell him" he looked at Natasha, she and uncle Rhodey always took his side

"Arno, I think your father is right, it´s not safe" Nat said as soft as she could

"now you too? I want to go with you dad, I want to help save my mom"

"if what you want it´s to play the soldier I can later arrange you a small mission, this searching mission are to dangerous for you" Steve looked at him with hard
eyes.

"dad, that´s not point..." Tears started to form at the his eyes, he fight them as hard as he could.

"Arno, Tony never wanted to risk you, he would wanted to keep you safe" his uncle Rhodey, that was at his side, took his hand. Arno flinch

"Tony wanted.." He said in between teeth "you always told me what Tony wanted, but what about with what I want" he stood and hit the table with his hands.

"ARNO STARK ROGERS, I will NOT accept that kind of behavior, YOU ARE NOT GOING" Steve also rise to look at his son's eyes.

"Tony was my mother, from all people I should be the one that help bring him home?"

"Arno, I already lost your mother I won´t lose you too"

"I´m not my mother, I´m sorry to break it up to all of you, I´m not my mother, I have seen the way you all looked at me, you try to see my mother but I´m not
him, and I will never be" he said the last words with sadness "I never met him, and ….and I only know that I love him and that it is my fault that he is not here, all
this is my fault, I´m sorry" tears left his eyes, he give a deep breath and clean them.

"Arno...." Steve try

"I´m not hungry, come on Nana" Arno walked out of the kitchen and Nana followed him, unlike always he actually went to his room, that was not normal.

Steve fell to his chair, since when his son had those ideas? Oh god, he saw everyone give him empathy smiles and then left.

****

Arno was in his bed, lay down with his back at the door, Nana like always at his side.

"son" Steve knock once and when he didn't hear any answer he open the door "Arno, please talk to me, where did that idea..."

Arno cut him at mid sentence " it´s obvious dad, you don't need to be a genius, if I had not been in the way he would here" Arno turn around "heck if he hadn´t
been pregnant with me they would not even kidnapped him" Steve looked at him but in between his hands he saw a kind of cloth looking better at it, it was a shirt.

"what´s that?" Steve see how Arno play with the shirt a little

"I found it in the workshop, I assume this is his scent"

"Arno, is not your fault" Arno rise and sit on the bed.

"how is not my fault..."

"is not your fault, because is mine"

"what are you talking about?" Arno was now confused

Steve proceed to tell him all the story of the well now civil war, but also tell him about the last battle in Siberia.

"he... he trusted me, he let me in his heart, and I....I almost killed him, I almost killed you"

"dad"

"I don´t know what I was thinking, but that day, when I left him in that Hydra base, he was too wounded, Hydra took him, and I have never seen him since, and
when I almost lost hope and all my strength to fight, you came" Steve was crying now, Arno know that the mere mention of his mother always upset his dad "I
will never forget the look in his face, how those big eyes now looked at me with hate and fear, he´s not here and it´s all my fault"

Arno looked at his father cry, and yeah he had seen him cry but never like that, Steve was sobbing like a newborn child, he just hugged his father, all this time it
was Steve the one that always was there for Arno, always helping him, loving him and taking care of him, now was is turn. And he understand his father, he may
have grew up without a mother, but his dad, he lost his mate, his lover, his Omega.

"he gave up his life for you Arno, please never, never think that it´s your fault, he loved you so so much"

-He changed my life, he made my life worthwhile
Steve started with a hoarse tone

-And when you smile
I know a part of him lives on
I know I can go on

Steve put his hand on Arno´s cheek and the teenager lean on the touch and smile, Steve return the smile, and looked at those big expressive eyes, that although there were blue like his own he could see Tony in there, god, without Arno had give up in his life years ago.

-You have come of age with our young nation
We bleed and fight for you
Sometimes it seems that's all we do

Father and son hugged each other, keeping each other in one piece.

-And you and I will build a strong foundation
And I'll be here for you
The way is clear for you to blow us all away

"Arno, please don´t hate me"

"I could never hate you dad"

-Someday, someday, yeah you'll blow us all away
Someday, someday...

Arno may looked like Steve, but in the inside he was just like Tony.

"it´s time to sleep" Steve cover his son like when he was a baby "tomorrow we leave early in the morning, good night little man"

After that he peted Nana´s head and she place herself in Arnos arms.

That night Arno dream with a now very familiar melody.

Steve dream with Tony hugging him and the feeling of his soft fingers brushing Steve´s blonde hair. "you did a great job Steve" and it was followed by the sound
of Tony singing like he always did in secret.