Chapter 8
Bucky eyes fluttered open and he yawns has Bucky blinks the sleep out of his eyes. Bucky tenses but then relaxes as he remember that Steve was with him. Steve was behind Bucky and had his arms around Bucky's waist. Bucky sighs and sits up carefully to not wake Steve up. Bucky smiles and stands up and walks into the bathroom. Bucky takes a quick fifteen minute shower and combs his hair and gets dressed. Bucky walks back into the bedroom and sees that Steve was already up and dressed. "Hey, how are you feeling Buck?" Steve asks. Bucky looks at Steve. "Fine." Bucky says and shivers. Bucky and Steve smiles at each other and walks outside. Hunter smiles. "Hey!" Hunter says and hugs Steve. "Hey son." Steve says and Hunter looks at his mother.
Bucky wraps his arm around Hunter's shoulders and pulls him into a hug and Hunter hugs back. "Hey mom." Hunter says. Bucky pulls back and smiles. "How are you doing Hunter?" Bucky asks. Hunter smiles. "I'm good." Hunter says. Natasha runs up and smiles. "Let's see how fast you are with three legs." Natasha says and Bucky sighs. "Nearly impossible." Bucky says. Natasha grins. "Nope, you just need time." Natasha says. Bucky sighs. "Okay." Bucky says and shifts and stumbles a little bit, Bucky's balence was a little off, but Steve quickly helps Bucky straighten up. Bucky huffs through his nose and looks up at them.
Hunter smiles and shifts and tots up beside his mother. Bucky looks over and see that Hunter was a mix of silver and copper. Bucky leans against Hunter a little bit and nudges his nose against Hunter's. Hunter barks and jumps around his mother a little bit making Bucky huff a laugh. Steve chuckles. "Is it okay if I join?" Steveasks. Bucky nods and Seve shifts and licks Bucky's nuzzle of his nose. Bucky closes his eyes and opens them. Bucky looks forward again and tries to take a step forward and had to hop a little instead. Bucky tries again only to stumble and fall onto his side and Bucky huffs out of irration. Natasha trots up and helps Bucky stand onto his feet again.
Bucky tries again and slowly gets used to hopping a little instead of normal walking. Bucky whines annoyed with this and huffs. Bruce walks up and runs his hand through Bucky's fur. "Don't push yourself to hard." Bruce says and Bucky nods and continues to keep moving forward. A rabbit runs in front of him and Bucky's playful side co es out and he dives for it. Bucky moves a around a little happily that he caught the rabbit. It wasn't dead, it was just holding still, actually trusting the wolf. Steve shifts back into his human form and laughs. "Hunter, that is wher you playful side comes out. No matter how old you are." Steve says while chuckling. Bucky wags his tail. Bucky walk/hops over to the treeline and sets the rabbit down carefully not to hurt it and it runs off.
Bucky shifts back and looks at Steve. "That was fustrating but fun." Bucky says. Steve smiles and sits down beside Bucky. "Well I'm glad you have a routine going." Steve says hinting about Bucky's walking mechanism. Bucky huffs. "What about you give it a try. It is hard to walk with three legs." Bucky retorts. Steve grins. "True that." Steve says. Bucky giggles and Hunter walks up. "How are you guys doing?" Bucky smiles. "I'm doing just fine." Bucky says. Hunter smiles. "Is this the real you I'm meeting?" Hunter asks and Bucky smiles. "Yep." Bucky says giggling a bit. "Well, I'm glad to meet the real you." Hunter says and Steve looks between them. "I'm not asking." Steve says puting his hamds up in surrender. Hunter and Bucky laughs.
Tony sits down and Hunter frowns. Ever since Tony confessed that he wanted to be First Omega Hunter hasn't been happy with Tony. "Looks like this family is happy once again, only Hunter is sixteen years older." Tony says and Bucky looks at Hunter. Bucky is not sure what was happening but from the look of Hunter's face, Hunter is not happy with Tony at the moment. "yes, see i told you Bucky was going to come back." Hunter says. Tony raises his eyebrows. "Well, yes you did." Tony say rather coldly.
Bucky was lost. What the hell was going on between those two? Bucky was going to have to ask his son when Tony walks off. "So, you don't have to worry about replacing the First Omega." Hunter says. Steve sighs. "You do know that in three days, Steve is going to have to pick who the First Omega is right?" Tony says. Bucky looked surprised. So that what was going on. Tony was trying to be First Omega. Steve notices this as well. "No need too, I will just pick my mate, Bucky." Steve says and Bucky looks at the ground smiling. Tony frowns. "Well, you do know that the pack has to gree with this right?" Tony asks. Steve nods. "Oh I know." Steve says. Bucky looks between Steve and Tony. Bucky was getting nervous by Tony's reaction he wasn't going to lie.
"Is everything okay?" Bucky asks. Steve looks over and smiles. "Everything is just fine." Steve says and leans over to kiss Bucky's cheek. Bucky furrows his eyebrows, but shrugs and shoves the feeling to the side. Tony scoffs and stands up. "Also, they can also pick the new First Omega if they don't agree with the one you pick." Tony says. Bucky furrows his eyebrows. What the hell is Tony going on about? "Look Tony, i'm not mating with you, and anyway everyone is happy with Bucky." Steve says sternly. Tony huffs. "We'll see about that." Tony mutters and storms off. Bucky stares at Steve. Steve notices this and hugs Bucky. "Mating?" Bucky asks.
Steve sighs and explains. "Everytime I pic a new First Omega, I have to mate with them." Steve says. Bucky fear spikes up. Does that mean that Steve has been mating with new First Omegas? Hunter picks up on Bucky's expression and speakes up. "Dad hasn't picked a new First Omega. Dad refuses every time to pick a new one." Hunter says and Bucky felt relief run through his veins. Steve hugs Hunter. "Thanks buddy." Steve says and Hunter smiles. Bucky smiles at his family. Bucky felt safe and lucky for his family to understand how hard it was for Bucky sometimes.