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Monday’s everyone hates Monday’s right? Whoever doesn’t hate Monday’s are probably psychopaths because Monday’s are horrible and should not exist. 

    That’s exactly how Peter felt at this moment. So far he’s had a pop quiz in every single one of his classes.  Maybe he wouldn’t be as annoyed as he is if he got a decent amount of sleep last night, but he didn’t because he has a freaking presentation for his speech class and he was up all night practicing. 

    “Parker are you done with your quiz you only have two minutes left.” Misses Johnson spoke. “I understand if you need a few more minutes.” 

     He tried to hide his distaste of that sentence but he couldn’t.

“I’m done.” He said flatly handing her the exam. 

She only ever does that to omegas stupid alpha. “I think your mama should teach you how to speak to alphas boy, your lucky enough to even be in this school don’t back talk me.” She ordered. 

    “I’m sorry, no I do not need any more time on the quiz. Would you like me to arrange them in alphabetical order?” He asked sweetly. 

“That’s very kind of you dear, of course.” She smiled triumphantly handing him the stack of papers. “Be a dear and mark them for me as well please sit at my desk. The answer sheet and red marker is by the computer.”

     Peter drug his feet to her desk. 

‘Fucking bitch’ he thought to himself plopping down in her desk chair. 

"And tomorrow I expect you to come to class in a business casual blouse, a skirt that stops at your fingertips,stockings, and a heel that has at least two and a half inches. That is school dress code for omegas."

 "yes ma'am" he spoke and continued organizing the papers. he swallowed the lump in his throat, after all this is how she grades him, how all of his teachers grade him, even the Physical Education teacher is a knot-headed alpha. 

     The thing is its even a privilege to even be able to attend this school because they barely even allow betas, so if he has to work three times as hard as everyone else in this school then so be it because this is his only ticket to MIT. He needs this preppy sexist private school on his resume. So when push comes to shove he just shuts his mouth, smiles and does what hes told because he has to if he wants to succeed in life.

   Peter spent the rest of class marking the quizzes while all the alphas and very few betas had free time. Mrs.Johnson walked over to her desk and hovered over peter until he finished. "thank you, Omega. You aren't so bad when your not back talking. You should just keep that pretty little mouth of your shut and any alphas would be happy to wife you." she smiled. 

'is that supposed to be a compliment' he mentally retorted before smiling. "thank you, ma'am."

The lunch bell rang  and peter made his way to his desk and grabbed his back pack. 

'Ugh you gotta love Mondays, right?' he thought to himself.

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“I need stockings.” Peter spoke as soon as he walked in the pact house. Tony and Bruce looked at him. “Why they are itchy?” Bruce asked.  they were sitting on the couch buried in a pile of papers with 4 open pizza boxes.

“Because my school has a dress code for omegas. I guess they haven’t changed since the 80’s or something because who the fuck wears stockings?” Peter whined. 

“As your omega parent I’m supposed to say language but I don’t care if you swear so sit down and tell me about it.” Tony said handing Peter a slice of pizza. 

Bruce chuckled. “Dad also has to sign a paper because I back talked Mrs.Johnson today because she hinted that I was dumb by saying she didn’t mind if I needed extra time on my pop quiz.” Peter huffed taking an angry bite off the pizza. 

“She sounds like a bitch.” Bruce spoke before grabbing his sprite taking a sip. 

“She is!” Peter said his mouth full of pepperoni.

“She even had the nerve to tell me that if I kept my mouth closed Alphas would be swarming to wife me. Like I’m sorry I didn’t realize it was the 1920’s!” Peter whined. 

“She said what?” Tony asked sitting up straight. “I get the dress code because schools rarely ever update their handbook but she told you that you’d be the perfect breeder if you learned to be quiet?” 

“Yes.” Peter said eyeing Tony. 

“Do you happen to know her first name?” Tony asked.

Peter shook his head no, and Tony sighed. “Honey bear!” Tony screamed. 

Rhodey came in the living room with Thor, Steve, and Bucky.

Peter’s teacher told him that if he learned to keep his mouth closed alphas would be happy to wife him.” Tony said and Rhodey stood up straight. 

“I hope you told her to go to hell.” Rhodey said. 

“I didn’t wanna get in anymore trouble. She already wrote me up for ‘back talking’” Peter whispered. 

“What happened?” Rhodey Asked. 

“She gave us 30 minutes on a quiz and when I was the last one to turn mine in , which I still had 8 minutes left by the way, she told me that she understands if I couldn’t keep up and she wouldn’t mind giving me extra time to complete it.” Peter answered. 

“And What Did you say?” Rhodey asked. 

“I told her that i was done but because I didn’t smile, I was back talking.” Peter said. 

“She sounds like a bitch.” Thor and Bucky spoke at the same time. 

“That’s what i said!” Bruce exclaimed. 

They are all a pact. There are more alphas omegas and even a few betas but most of them work 9-5 jobs and don’t get home till dinner time. Peter is the only live in pup because Clint and his wife Laura split up seven months prior. Clint only sees his kids on weekends and holidays. And when they are out of school.

“I also need stockings there’s apparently a dress code for omegas and I don’t have any stockings.” Peter said. 

“We Can get you some stockings. But we are talking about your teacher right now pup, what’s her name?” Rhodey asked. 

“Mrs.Johnson.” Peter spoke and Rhodey nodded pulling out his phone calling the school. 

“Hello my name is miss Green, you are calling Midtown high school.” A gentle voice spoke on the phone.

“Hello yes I'm Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes, my omega pup attends your school his name is Peter Parker. It has been brought to my attention that there is an issue we need to address with a teacher of his. Her name is Mrs.Johnson could I please speak with Principal Morita?” Rhodey asked. 

“Yes sir, transferring you now.” She smiled. 

It rang a couple of times before the phone got picked up. 

“Principal Morita speaking.” 

“My name is Lieutenant colonel James Rhodes, my pup attends your school, Peter Parker. He’s an omega. And today he got written up for back talking a teacher, Mrs. Johnson. He explained the situation to me and i have a problem with the way that she is treating my pup.” Rhodey spoke. 

“Okay i have an opening at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow morning , will that work for you?” Principal Morita asked. 

“Yes that would be perfect, and I’d also like to comment on the dress code for omegas that we were unaware of. Since he has to dress up could we send him to school with his laptop, it’d be easier for him to carry that instead of all those textbooks especially if he has to wear heels. He’s a little clumsy.” Rhodey said. 

“Yes that is completely fine it is stated in the handbook that omegas are free to vary digital copies of the textbooks, and are able to take notes and such on their laptops. It makes it easier for everyone because they don’t have to carry so much.”  Principal Morita said. 

“Okay Thank you We will see you tomorrow morning.” Rhodey said.

“Yes sir. I apologize for the inconvenience have a nice evening.”

"You as well" Rhodey hung up, he didn’t say it was okay because the way that lady is treating omegas is horrible. 

“Do you have all your textbooks downloaded on your laptop pup?”

Peter nodded taking a bite of pizza. 

“And is your mobile WiFi router good to go?” Rhodey asked. 

“Yes sir it’s on the charger.” Peter spoke after chewing his food. 

“It’s about to be 3:30, we can make a trip to the mall for stockings and a new handbag. Maybe some new shoes.” Rhodey said. 

“How many skirt suits do you have?” 

“Like 3.” 

“What brand?”

“Um i dont know?” Peter spoke. 

Rhodey nodded. “And Some new skirt suits. That stop mid thigh right? No higher than fingers but no lower than mid thigh?” 

“Yes .” Peter spoke. 

They ended up getting 12 pairs of red bottoms, 12 pair of Michael Kors pumps. 24 skirt suits all matching the shoes , with a matching bag for all of them. They bought every single pair of stockings in Peter’s size. And made a stop at the nail salon. Rhodey's excuse for that was if he had to dress up he wasn’t going to do it half assed, they want an omega student to have to be uncomfortable all day, Peter can make a couple of heads turn too while he’s at it. 

The next morning peter woke up and got dressed. He brushed out his fluffy curls before putting a headband on. He picked up His bag and walked to the dining room where everyone was at. 

“Your dressed like an actual omega? Did you get in trouble at school?” Clint asked. 

“It’s dress code and yes I did actually get in trouble for 'back talking'.” Peter said using his hands to make the air quotes before picking up a bowl of fruit. 

“Oh that sucks.” Clint frowned. 

"Well welcome to the life of an Omega." Peter grumpily stuck a fork into a pineapple chunk.

"Being an omega isn't really that bad though. Yeah there are a few sexist assholes but that's that." Steve spoke up handing Bucky a bowl of oatmeal. Everyone at the table froze.

"you did no just say that?" Peter asked his voice low and dangerous. "When you leave the house you don't have to worry about being sexually assaulted, you don't have to worry about having to smile through getting told that you cant do this, you don't have to work three times as hard to actually have to achieve something, or when you have a problem with something you aren't considered being 'too emotional' or 'unstable'. you don't have to smile through problems or submit to dumb knot-headed alphas, you don't have to be asked 'what were you wearing' when you get raped or sexually assaulted, you don't have to live worrying about if you slip up or do something that is considered to be  ill mannered  and lose everything that you've worked so hard for, And you definitely don't have to deal with anyone belittling you or treating you like everything you hear has to be dumbed down." 

Peter stood up and looked at his uncle Steve with tears in his eyes, "Nobody really understands the strength that it takes to be an omega unless you are one. You are expected to look and act a certain way and be okay with anything an alpha gives you because your lucky enough an alpha wants to have anything to do with you. No it's not just a few sexist comments and you should be ashamed that you even had to ask that. I apologize for stepping out of line if you'll excuse me I'm gonna go wait in the car I've lost my appetite."

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Everyone heard the front door slam , and Tony looked at Steve in pure rage, huffing as he ate a strawberry. Bucky got up and took Peter’s spot because he didn’t even wanna be beside him.

“Thanks for making my pup upset.” Rhodey growled getting up from the table and followed Peter outside. 

“You are definitely going to the doghouse.” Sam said watching all of the omegas at the table glare at Steve. 

Tony was upset because he couldn’t comfort peter in the way Rhodey did. Yeah they are close and almost too similar for Peter  to be adopted. When an omega is upset other omegas they are extremely close to tend to get upset and it only makes an omega go into distress faster. But alphas being around upset omegas calms them down, because the pheromones that an alpha release, especially one that you trust or is really close to you. So in situations like this it’s best for the alpha parents to go and console the omega pup. 

Clint and Natasha eyes Steve, even though they were betas, they protect all of the omegas and nurse them through heats sickness Or sadness when the alpha isn’t available. And with most of the alphas in the pact being deployed sometimes they’ve nursed the omegas through a lot of different situations until their alpha came around to.  

“Steve that was so wrong for you to even ask that. First of all he’s a pup and omega, things that you don’t wanna hear or talk about will come up because even though it doesn’t matter to you it matters to him , and this was important to him and every single omega sitting at this table. Just like Peter said, you don’t know the struggle of being an omega unless you are one. And every single omega at this table has had way more encounters with more than just sexist alphas. You don’t know because you don’t have to submit to everyone because you are seen under them because of your gender. Or you never had to fight to do something that you want because it’s handed to you because you are an alpha and your old enough to know that it isn’t just sexist comments and for a 15 year old kid to have to educate you on that? You ought to be ashamed of yourself.” Wanda angrily scolded. 

“When you get home later dont even think about coming into the nest. As a matter of fact, it’s gonna be like that until you see what it take to be an omega, and you better apologize to peter too.” Bucky crossed his arms. “He already deals with enough alphas like you at that school.” 

“Sam...”

“Na uh! I’m not getting dragged down with you.” Sam put his hands up in defense. 

“Don’t even look at me “ Thor frowned his accent thick and heavy. “As the saying goes you’ve made your bed lay in it.”

Tony just glared at Steve to angry to even put two words together. 

Meanwhile in the car Rhodey was wiping the tears off of Peter’s face. Rhodey made sure peter had his bag, which he did, before handing Peter his coat. Peter immediately pressed it to his chest and Rhodey smiled softly because it gave him comfort and calmed him down. 

They stopped at McDonald’s, Rhodey felt he deserved fast food because he’s upset. 

When they got to Peter's school it was 7:15 so they walked inside and Rhodey signed in. The principal waited until it was actually 7:30 to walk out of the door and call them inside of the office. Mrs. Johnson had joined them while they were waiting. 

Since there were only two additional chairs in the principals office, Rhodey made Peter sit down. The thing is, it was obvious the chair was definitely not made for omegas because it looked like Peter was sinking into the cushions.

Rhodey chuckled and pulled Peter up before sitting down pulling peter on his right leg.

"Good morning everyone. Lets get right to the point." Principal Morita spoke.

  "Okay the point, is that My Pup is being treated differently because he is an omega." Rhodey said.

"you are correct and maybe if you actually put him in his place he might act like a good omega should." Mrs. Johnson spoke.

Rhodey looked at Mrs.Johnson before looking back at the principal. “Peter Honey Can you step out cause we might end up having to pull you out and put you in Manhattan academy of STEM.” Rhodey said. Peter nodded grabbing his bag when the door closed Rhodey took a deep breath trying to calm down before he lost his cool. 

    “My kid was told that if he learned how to shut up he’d actually make a good wife and alphas would be lined up to date him. I don’t think you understand why It offends me just as much as it does him. His whole life, he’s tried to fit in with other omegas but his genius won’t let him so he learned how to embrace it.                                                                                 He isn’t like other omegas, and it sickens me that all of his teachers especially her treats him differently because of his gender. We were going to pay for tuition at Manhattan prep, but we got a letter in the mail from here saying that you wanted him.                                                We thought that this would be the better option because you wanted him, and I see that clearly it’s not. My pup shouldn’t have to come home crying or angry everyday, he shouldn’t be subjected to files and grading stupid pop quizzes , because we don’t send him here for him to learn how to be an assistant, I chose this school because I thought you would challenge him.    Yesterday I should have spent my evening trying to help with homework and not shopping because you waited until the middle of the semester to even think to mention the dress code. He is the only omega here, and on top of that only 10% of the school are betas, this is clearly an alpha biased school and I’m tired of setting up meetings because of teachers who target my child specifically because of his gender, or because he’d have to use the alpha restroom and locker room. Or how there wasn’t a heat room for spontaneous heats.                                    You waited 3 hours to even call when he went into heat because you didn’t want us to know that an alpha almost raped him because he didn’t have a heat room, to turn to for safety, so just give me his transcripts and other information and withdraw him from here because it looks like you only sent that scholarship letter because someone was breathing down your neck and you didn’t think we’d actually take it. It will make everyone’s job a little easier." Rhodey said to principal Morita before turning to look at the alpha sitting beside him.

“And for the record, he’s not the one who needs sense knocked into him, it’s you. Omegas Get offended just like we do, so stop being a bitch and pull your head out of your ass because the sooner you realize that the better everything will be.” 

“ Leuitenant Colonel Rhodes, you don’t have to pull him out of here, he’s....”

“You dont want me to pull him out because you know that his papa is going to drag this school so hard it might close down. Withdraw my pup now, and get ready to be dragged through the mud because I’m not gonna stop my omega from using his voice. And it’s impossible to stop Tony Stark from raising hell when his pup is involved.”

The principal gave rhodey the stack of papers a the clip board. 

Rhodey signed them all, before handing them back to the principal it didn’t longer than 5 minutes after that to get everything they needed. 

Rhodey Walked out of the office to peter sitting down in a chair talking to an older omega who was expecting, she was too young to be the kid's mom that sat next to her, so maybe sister. 

Rhodey stood in front of peter. “Come on hon, we are leaving this alpha biased shit hole.” Rhodey said. 

“Okay.” Peter said softly. 

“Where will i go now?” 

“Manhattan prep called last night after dinner, we have a meeting at 1:30 today. Maybe there you won’t have to deal with teachers who have their own heads shoved up their ass.” 

“Okay. It was nice to meet you Rebecca, I hope all goes well.” Peter smiled.

“Thanks, i hope everything works out for you too little one.” She smiled. 

When they got home everyone had left for work. Bruce and Tony were in  the labs, Thor was sitting on the couch typing on his computer and Bucky was reading a book. Peter went to go change. “Okay Peter, i have a meeting to go to, since I’m already gonna be in Manhattan I’ll go to the meeting and see what they want and hopefully you can be in school by Monday.” Rhodey said. 

“Okay.” Peter smiled sitting on the couch. Maybe things will start to look up.1

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Peter was kinda enjoying his time off, he’s due to start school on Monday, but he’s so bored at home. He’s only been home a day but he’s bored.

So he just put his earbuds in and decided to cook. But first wipe down the counter with disinfectant wipes and wash his hands. Peter

Sam and Bucky came downstairs hearing an angelic voice sing.

“And i Wanna pretend that it’s not true, oh baby that you’re gone, cause the world keeps turning and turning and turning and an I’m not moving on “ Peter sang as he wiped down the counters.

“Don’t wanna feel another touch, don’t wanna fire, don’t wanna know another kiss, no other name falling of my lips, don’t wanna give my He away to another stranger or let another day begin, won’t even let the sunlight in, no I’ll never love...”

“Holy shit.” Bucky whispered.

“I don’t wanna know this feeling unless it’s you me, i don’t wanna waste a moment, ohh.”

“Did you know he could sing?” Sam asked.

“And i dont Wanna give somebody else the better part me! I would rather wait for you! You.”

“Hell no i didn’t.” Bucky spoke.

   “Don’t Wanna feel another touch, dont wanna start another fire. Don’t wanna know another kiss, no other name falling off my lips, don’t wanna give my heart away, to another stranger , or let another day begin won’t let the sunlight in, no I’ll never love again” peter sang.

Peter started dancing to the beat of the next song by dancing he was rocking his hips very well.

He was done cleaning the kitchen so he went in the pantry and pulled out different dry ingredients before he made his way to the microwave and pulled out the defrosted chicken taking it to the sink continuing to dance.

“Pregúntale a quien tu quieras vida te juro que eso no es así, yo nunca tuve mala intención yo nunca quise burlarme de ti. Con migo ves nuca se sabe un día digo no y otro que si.” Peter Sang.

“Y con mi cuerpo egoísta, tú eres puro puro chantaje, puro or chantaje

Siempre es a tu manera yo te quiero aunque no quieres, tu eres puro puro chantaje puro puro chantaje, vas libre como el aire no So de ti ni de nadie.” Peter sang.

“Did you know he spoke Spanish?” Sam asked. “He’s half Mexican.” Bucky said. “He has mentioned it a few times he doesn’t really talk about his life before here”

    “Um let’s give him privacy.” Bucky said.

Sam nodded.

    They listened to Peter sing and dance around as he cooked. Everyone started coming home about an hour later. Everything  smelled so good. Bruce recognized the smell when he walked inside of the house.

He heard Mexican music was blasting from the kitchen and it felt like he was walking into his teenage home.

     “Is my mom here?” Bruce asked.

“It’s peter.” Sam said and Bruce ran into the kitchen and saw peter dancing with Pietro as he cooked.

   “Mira como estoy sufriendo me quemo por dentro por sentir tu amor, mami no me hagas eso sabes que te quiero. Con todo el corazón.” Bruce sang along to the lyrics. Peter smiled.

“Hey!”

     “Did you google this?” Bruce Asked. “No my birth mom was born in Mexico, she was amazing by the way. I just felt nostalgic.” Peter smiled.    Bruce chuckled when loco contigo came on.

   They danced to the beat and Bruce jumped into helping peter make homade tortillas.

     When the next song came on Bruce looked at Peter. “Now this really takes me back to high school.” He smiled.

“I just started realizing what it means, I can’t believe my mom let me sing it word for word as a kid.” Peter chuckled.

      “Quiero que sepas que todo los días, solo pienso en ti, eres la reina de mi vida mi corazón es para ti, i Wanna treat you like a queen, I wanna love you tonight, sexy lady with the pretty brown eyes let me know if your down to ride.” The sang along.

   “I lost my v card to this song.” Bruce said and Peter chuckled.

“Woah.” He giggled.

     When Rhodey came home He looked at everyone sitting down.

“I thought we agreed to not let Bruce touch a stove after the last incident?” Rhodey asked.

    “Peter.” Tony said.

“What?” Rhodey Asked.

     “I know.” Tony said.

“Dinner!” They called out.

Everyone gathered around the table and peter cut off the music.  “I’m sorry if it’s not good.” Peter said. “I’ve never made it without my birth mom.”

   “What’s It called?” Rhodey asked

“Mole con pollo y arroz a la mexicana,” Bruce smiled. “And Peter, it smells just like my abuelas.”

“I have arroz con leche in the fridge.” Peter smiled.

     Everyone ate and really enjoyed the food that they were eating.

    “This is my new favorite food.” Bucky said. Peter smiled.

    “My abuela, She hardly ever came around she hated that my mom married a güerito, which my dad was half Mexican as well so really I’m like 75% Mexican, but my dad is a third generation Mexican and my mom first. She didn’t want me when they died. She didn’t want anyone white living with her so she sent me in to foster care, but I remember my parents used to dance around the living room, it was so fun to watch them. I miss them, and dad papa I wouldn’t trade you in for the world but I miss them too. My dad he used to fix me up when I would scrape a knee cause my mom hated blood and my mom would spoil me after with the biggest bowl of arroz con leche. It’s one of my favorite comfort foods.” Peter smiled. “I haven’t had it since my mom died.”

      “I’m happy you have good childhood memories.” Rhodey smiled. “Other then...”

“I get you.” Peter smiled.

     “Some people like it with raisins others don’t. So I’m picking them out and giving them to you dad, it’s tradition.” Peter smiled.

“Okay.” Rhodey smiled.

      At the end of the night peter looked so happy.

“If you Wanna visit their graves we will be happy to take you.” Rhodey said.

“I couldn’t even go to their funeral. My dad he was a really big scientist...”

“What was his name?”

“Richard Parker..”

Tony and Bruce froze. “He was your dad?” They asked.

    “Yeah.”

“Your dad was a great man, we met you when you were a baby!” Rhodey smiled.

     “Oh my god.” Tony teared up. “Your mom, She.... She was amazing as well. She used to bring lunch by the lab all the time she was so sweet.”

    Tony went in his drawer and handed Peter a picture of his mom and dad. “This was the night they got in the accident. I figured you would want this.”

Peter looked at the picture and tears immediately started falling. Tony pulled peter in a hug.

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“My baby he don’t talk sweet he ain’t got much to say. But he loves me loves me loves me I know that he loves me anyway.” Peter sang in his room wrapping the red feather boa around his neck with some red heart shaped sunglasses on his face.

     “And maybe he don’t dress fine but I don’t really mind, because everytime that he is near I just wanna cheer!” Peter sashayed around the room dancing.

“Let’s hear it for the boy! Let’s give the boy a hand!” Peter sang he probably looked ridiculous in a cool way,even though he stole some Natasha’s red lipstick. If it isn’t obvious enough his theme is cherry red. Which his socks and shorts are solid red and his tank top is red with white polka dots, and he has a red heart glitter tattoo on his cheek bone.

     “Let’s hear it my baby, you know you gotta understand” Peter danced jumping in front of the giant teddy bear Tony had given him.

    “Oh maybe he’s no Romeo he’s my love in one mans show, woah woah woah woah let’s hear it for the boy.”

        “Boss Peter’s being cute again.” Friday smiled.

    The holographic video appeared and Bruce looked up.

    “My baby he may not be rich he’s watching every dime. But he loves me loves me loves me we always have a real good time!” Peter sang moving his hips.

  “And maybe he sings off key but that’s alright by me! Yeah! Because what he does he does so well it makes me wanna yell!” Peter jumped.

“Let’s hear it for the boy let’s give the boy a hand!” Peter jumped. Grabbing a hair brush.

It went like that for the rest of the song and it was fucking awesome.

    “Friday send this to Rhodey.” Tony smiled.

      “It looks like he’s having a blast being home from school.” Bruce chuckled.

     “Ah these are the moments I want him to look forward too instead of having to cope with presenting as an omega in a sexist society.” Tony sighed.

When Rhodey got the video he was on lunch with everyone.

      “Ah is it the wife?” Hernesto asked.

     “It’s FRIDAY so yes , its probably a cute peter moment.” Rhodey smiled clicking on the video.

    “Awww!” Rhodey smiled.

“You gotta share it now.” Hernesto smiled.

     “Santiago, come on, look at peter.” Rhodey smiled and Santiago and hernesto watched as Peter danced to ‘Let’s hear it for the boy ‘ by Deniece Williams.

      “You gotta heartbreaker.” Hernesto smiled.

    “Why do you think we never let him leave the house alone.” Rhodey smiled. “I’m glad he has a few days to just focus on being a kid, and not having to worry about sexist alphas.”

    “The Kid has a brain as big as Tony’s it’s almost impossible to believe that peter isn’t his real kid.” Hernesto said. “But He looks more like Mary Parker Every single day.”

“Wait you knew his parents?” Rhodey asked.

“I called you and told you about him didn’t I? I stay in the same neighborhood as his grandma, he would come over, he had a little crush on Santi, when he was like 5. When I saw a social worker picking him up a few months after Richard and Mary passed I called you.” Hernesto said.

“Oh i remember that, he proposed to me with a ring pop.” Santiago said.

   “Did you say yes?” Rhodey asked.

“Of course he is too adorable,” Santiago said. “And he’s so grown up! I remember that adorable 7 year old!”

    They spent the rest of lunch talking about peter. Rhodey enjoyed hearing stories about peter.

      After the his little dance party , Peter got bored so he grabbed a pint of cookie dough ice cream and put it on a chick flick. Halfway through it he started sobbing because he hated chick flicks but he couldn’t just stop watching the movie.

      Then he cried tears of joy when the movie ended and took a nap. Peter had never had so much time on his hands. He already had everything he needed for school and his clothes were already perfectly coordinated with his bags and shoes. He wondered how people did it cause he did not know what the hell to do.

      When Peter woke up an hour later he started whining to Friday about how bored he was. “Might I suggest a bubble bath, those always seem to help you.”

After his bubble bath, he slipped into fuzzy clothing, and picked up a book. It looked interesting, it was one of the books that Bucky liked to read.

     Peter got halfway through it before everyone came home. But he continued to read it. Bucky gasped when he saw the book and tapped Tony. Bucky wouldn’t mind if peter was 18 cause it was 50 shades of grey.

Tony almost had a heart attack. “Peter oh my god!” Tony squealed “put it down!”

“I’ve seen the movies chill.” Peter said. “I feel like this Christian character would have been more badass with a motorcycle. And Ana is a stupid omega but it’s cool.”

  Tony clutched his heart.

   “What’s So bat about a chick flick book?”

    “It’s the movie that you thought was a overly scripted porno Rhodes! That’s the book! And if you haven’t noticed books are way more intense than the movies!” Tony shrieked.

    Rhodey peeled the book out of Peter’s hand which was pointless cause He only had 10 pages left.

     “I’ve read the worst part!” Peter squealed.

“Is there really an issue I’m sure he’s heard worse at school.” Rhodey asked.

    “You should hear the locker room.” Peter said. “That’s childplay come on! Please!” Peter begged.

    Rhodey handed it back to Peter and tony squealed. “He’s my baby!” Tony tried.

    “He has to grow up at some point Tones.”

“If that’s the case Can i have a boyfriend?” Peter Asked. “I feel like I’m mature enough for a boyfriend.”

“That’s a hard no. Be happy with the book.” Rhodey said.

     “Well Can i read the other two books then?” Peter Asked.

   “Sure Go ahead ruin your innocence and purity.” Tony sighed dramatically.

“You were worse at his age Tony.” Bruce said. “Way fucking worse. Do I have to mention how you....”

“No! Don’t give him ideas!” Tony shrieked.

    Rhodey chuckled kissing Tony’s cheek.

   “At least it’s not porn come on there are worse things he could be doing like coke.” Rhodey said.

“Your right, your right. He’s going to have to grow up at some point.” Tony said.

     Peter grinned and continued reading. ‘Today was kinda fun.’ He grinned to himself.

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Peter walked into his new school building with his dad by his side. He wanted to do nothing more than hide behind him as everyone looked at him. 

Rhodey could feel his pups anxiety, so he held out his hand. Peter shakily took it. When they got to the front office the principal and an alpha student were waiting with smiles on their faces.

"Good morning Colonel Rhodes. It a pleasure to see you again, this must be Peter?" Principal Fuller smiled. 

"It is Peter is a little shy right now...."

"No worries this is all new to him we understand. He has to take in his surroundings. You can take the tour with him if you like, maybe even stay the day with him." Principal Fuller smiled politely. 

"I will take the tour and bring him lunch." Rhodey smiled. "How does that sound kiddo?" 

Peter nodded and smiled softly.

"That sounds like a plan. So this is Harley keener, your tour guide. You have the same schedule, so you have a familiar face with you at all times." Principal Fuller smiled. 

Peter nodded and held his hand out. "M'Peter" he spoke shyly. 

"Hi'ya darlin, I'm Harley."

Peter smiled, his accent was kind of cute. They waited on the bell to ring and Harley showed him to his locker. "So my locker is  right here, you can put your bag in it right now, I have a lock for you please take all the time you need." Harley smiled. 

It took a couple of minutes for Peter to organize his stuff just right. He accidentally hissed at Rhodey when he tried to help him. 

"I get it I get it, your locker is private. I won't touch." Rhodey hummed backing away.  

Peter looked at Rhodey with a terrified facial expression because he had never hissed before. When an omega hissed at an alpha it's considered disrespectful. At least it used to be considered disrespectful until an omega biolost discovered that omegas hiss when they feel territorial, sometimes even smothered. 

When Peter closed his locker door Rhodey looked at him proudly.

"Sorry dad didn't mean to hiss at you." Peter mumbled. 

"It's okay pup, it only means you are comfortable enough around me to let me know what you are feel . Your papa hissed at me for chewing one time I'm definitely not offended." Rhodey chuckled. 

It was all forgotten when Harley gave Peter his lock and key. "You should keep it on your badge, the school will give you another if you lose the key but you should still keep up with it." Harley spoke. 

"Thanks." Peter smiled politely. 

"Okay so I could give you the tour based off your schedule, it will be easier to be memorized, and then show you the big things like the auditorium nurse heat room and football field." Harley smiled. "Or I could start on the first floor and work up to the third floor."  

"The schedule based tour seems like the best option." Peter mumbled. 

"Okay so our first class, Mr.Dell. He teaches English. He's pretty chill. He's our Advisory class for standardized testing and first period." Harley smiled and walked over to the door. 

"Yo Mr.Dell. I'm here!" Harley smiled as he opened the door. 

"Keener." Mr. dell eyed him suspiciously. 

Harley threw him an apple. 

"An apple a day keeps the doc away right?" Harley smiled. "This is Peter our new student. You won't get the pleasure of his presence till tomorrow morning because I'm giving him a tour." Harley smiled. 

By the Time they made it through the tour Peter was a lot more comfortable with Harley. 

"If you need anything papa and I are only one call away okay love?" Rhodey smiled as he hugged Peter. 

"Okay dad. See you at lunch, bring tacos please." Peter grinned. 

As soon as Rhodey left the bell rang indicating that first period had ended. Harley Smiled and led Peter to second period.

When lunch time rolled around Peter sat with Harley and his friends. He had already met Ned. But Flash and Mj weren't in any of his morning classes. 

Peter smiled when his dad walked into the cafeteria. Rhodey walked over to the table and Peter smiled softly. 

"I brought tacos like you asked." He spoke. 

"Thank you. Are you going to stay?" Peter asked. 

"Do you want me to stay?" Rhodey asked. 

"I think I got it " Peter whispered. Rhodey nodded.  

"Okay Im only a cal away okay kiddo." Rhodey smiled.

"Okay Dad." Peter mumbled. 

"Okay, I'll pick you up later." Rhodey grinned. 

"Dad Wait." Peter mumbled before standing up and giving him a hug. 

James chuckled and pressed a kiss to the top of Peter's head. 

When he sat back down Rhodey waved before walking out of the cafeteria.

"Your dad is The Colonel Rhodes?" Ned asked. 

"Yes." Peter hummed. 

"That's so cool!" Ned shrieked. 

"Ned is a bit of a fan boy. So don't mind the loser geeking out." Mj spoke. 

"I'm your favorite loser though." Ned grinned. 

"Damn right." Mj mumbled. 

"So Peter what school did you go to?" Flash asked 

"Midtown." Peter mumbled. 

"You left midtown for Manhattan prep?" Flash asked.

"Well yes. Midtown is an alpha dominated school. My teachers were treating me like I was their assistant. And they tried to make me seem dumb." Peter mumbled. 

"Ouch. I wouldn't want to stay there either." Mj hummed. 

"Taco?" Peter offered. 

"You eat." The beta smiled. 

"Okay." Peter hummed. 

"Do you Have a boyfriend?" Flash asked. 

Peter looked at him in shock. "Err... no." Peter hummed. 

"Flash keep it in your pants. You don't have to hit on every new person we get." Harley spoke. 

The rest of the day was a success as well. Peter could see himself fitting in for the first time in a long time. Especially with the tall handsome country alpha to his right.

Chapter Text

Peter was vibrating when he got in the car. Rhodes looked at him with a smile. 

"How was your first day of school?" James asked

"I got detention tomorrow!" Peter grinned. 

"I don't think that's something to be proud of." James frowned looking at him. "What happened?"

"In the chemistry lab, Harley is my lab partner, but today there was a group experiment. Flash blew off his partner's eyebrows cause he mixed the wrong chemical in the vial trying to make  fire works. Miss.Tripplette is awesome by the way. We only got detention for laughing. Harleys laugh is funny and he's just one big goofy alpha he couldn't stop laughing especially when MJ drew a picture of Daniel with no eyebrows. She likes to draw pictures of people in crisis. So like because we couldn't stop laughing. The fuel to the fire was  when Daniel let Betty draw on his eyebrows with a sharpie. But it's not just me. The whole class including Daniel got detention. The principal came in the class and told us we were being too loud and when we tried to stop someone would start cackling and everyone else would follow so we all got detention. You also need to sign a paper." Peter spoke.

"Pete..." James spoke. "Im ecstatic that you are making friends but not if your going to get in trouble. I'm gonna let this slide. Bug if you get another detention, I'll ground you." 

"It won't happen again." Peter smiled. 

Right before dinner time Peter got a video call from Harley.  Peter was freshly showered in his pajamas. 

"Hi'ya darlin'." He spoke. 

"Hey Harley." Peter blushed. 

"Uh oh somebody's got a crush." Tony whispered to Bruce. 

"So Danny said something about you tattooing his eyebrows tomorrow.... is that really a thing?" Harley asked. 

"Yes. It's a semi permanent tattoo it lasts up to 48 hours. You can also get them done permanently. But I don't have the equipment for that." Peter spoke 

"Huh... we thought you were playing around." Harley grinned. 

"Nah I was being serious." Peter spoke. 

"Well tomorrow after detention, we are going out to the diner down the block. Wanna come?" Harley asked. 

"Hmm. I thought flash was getting pizza?" Peter asked. 

"Yeah He's kinda in trouble for getting detention so his dad cut off his credit card till further notice. I told the moron I'd pay for him." 

"Did you Get in trouble?" Peter asked. 

"Nah my ma, she doesn't care as long as my grades don't slip, and my dad walked out 8 years ago." Harley hummed. 

"That's sad." Peter hummed. 

"Eh, i don't need him if he doesn't want to be here we are doing just fine." Harley hummed. 

Tony threw a grape at Peter. 

Peter looked at him and Tony made kissy faces. 

"Maaaa!" Peter whined. 

Tony chuckled. "What?" He smiled innocently. 

Peter glared before looking back at his phone. 

"So have you done your homework?" Peter asked. 

"Yep coach canceled practice for the week cause half the team is failing." Harley hummed. 

"Need a tutor?" Peter asked. 

Harley squawked in offense. 

"Do you really think Im some big dumb alpha?"

"I was joking." Peter hummed. 

"So are you coming tomorrow?" Harley asked. 

"Daaaaad!!" Peter called. 

"Yes love!" Rhodey called from the kitchen. 

"Can i Go out to eat tomorrow after detention!" Peter asked. 

"Only If Sam and Bucky chaperone. They'll sit at another table." Rhodey hummed. 

"Don't embarrass me."  Peter told Bucky. 

"No promises punk." Bucky grinned. 

"Of course I'll go." Peter told Harley. 

"Harl's mama said get your ass down stairs She made spaghetti." Abby grinned. "Oh my god are you talking to an o! Mama harleys got a boyfriend!" 

"Abby! I'll see you tomorrow Peter I gotta go." Harley smiled. 

Peter waved And hung up. 

"Sooo. Who's the boy?" Tony asked. 

"No one." Peter blushed. 

"Aww Peter pie has a crush!" Bruce hummed. 

"No i Don't." Peter spoke . 

"He does." Bucky grinned. 

"He's just a friend." Peter spoke. "I just met him today." 

"Mmhmm. I knew I wanted to... I knew I liked your dad the minute I met him." Tony hummed. 

"So what's his name?" Tony asked. 

"Harley." Peter spoke. 

"Mmm, is he cute?" Bruce asked. 

"Yes.." Peter blushed and the three omegas squealed. 

"We are so helping you pick your outfit for tomorrow!" Tony spoke. 

"But dad said I couldn't..."

"Dad can shove it." Tony hummed. "Your 15."

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Tony looked over at Rhodey. They were in their bedroom. Tony had Just joined him in bed he'd been helping Peter pick out his outfit for tomorrow.

"What is it baby?" Rhodey asked. 

"Nothing." Tony grinned. 

Rhodey put down his book and looked at Tony. "Something is on your mind." The alpha hummed pulling Tony into his arms. 

"If Peter were an alpha, would you have told him that he couldn't date?" Tony asked. 

"I never said that he couldn't date." Rhodey spoke looking at Tony.

"Yeah you Did. The other day when he was reading 50 shades... he asked if he could get a boyfriend and you said no. So my question is would you have told him that if he were an alpha." Tony asked. 

"That's why he thinks I said he couldn't date?" The alpha asked. 

"I don't know. But I'm asking you , not because Peter feels like you did. And I know Rhodey that the last thing you will ever be is sexist but sometimes alphas they do it and then don't even realize they are." Tony spoke. "Please don't be mad at me." 

Rhodey looked at Tony and pulled the worried omega into his arms. 

"Hey Im Not upset with you. It's just a question." James hummed.  "Look I know that things have been crazy lately and I've been aggravated. I come home from work and I smile and pretend that I'm fine in front of Peter but I don't have the energy to pretend in front of you. So I've been a little short tempered and hot headed. I'm sorry for making you feel like you couldn't even ask me a question without getting upset about it. We don't do that, Im your husband and I want you to feel comfortable enough to come to me about anything and know that I'm not getting mad at you. Im sorry."

Rhodey placed a hand on Tony's cheek. The omega tilted his head slightly and relaxed. "We can talk about what's bothering you after You answered my question. I asked first It's only fair." Tony whispered. 

"I told Peter that he couldn't date because I'm not ready to le him go. He's My baby. Alpha or omega. First it's dating then next thing you know I'm walking him down the aisle and we only see him a few times a year." James spoke. 

"You big sappy alpha." Tony teased. Rhodey chuckled and kissed Tony's forehead.

"You And Peter are crazy for thinking that I will ever let him leave this pact. I will renovate this whole house for his future husband's family If that means my Peter stays with me." Tony hummed. 

"Mama bear I didn't think you had it in you. It's turning me on." James grinned. 

"Well Tell me what's bothering you. I know Just how im going to cheer you up alpha." Tony grinned.

"My CO is retiring." Rhodey spoke. "They want to promote me." 

"How is that a bad thing?" Tony asked.

"I know that an opportunity like this won't come around again but taking the job means that im home less and I'll barely see you or Peter. I don't want that." Rhodey spoke 

"But you also Don't want to turn down the job either." Tony hummed. 

"I decided that I am." James spoke. 

"Why?" Tony asked. 

"Well, i came to the decision earlier today. After dinner. Me you and Peter curled on the couch and watching a movie. I heard both of you laugh and I realized no job is more important that my family. I love hearing about your day, and I love listening to Peter rant about sexist alphas. I love watching you and holding you as you fall asleep and prying Peter away from the lab making Him go to bed. I love all the little moments and I want to be here for them. So nothing is worth losing that." Rhodey grinned. 

Tony curled into his alpha. "Well We want you here too." Tony hummed kissing him.

"You gonna let me put you to sleep omega?" The alpha hummed. 

"I'd rather you keep me up sir." Tony flirted. 

"That Can be arranged baby." Rhodey grinned. 

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Peter nervously walked down the hall. Everyone stared at him until he was out of sight. He wore his white and black Gucci skirt suit with his a solid black belt wrapped around his waist perfectly, showing off his hourglass figure.

He clutched the matching bag as his heels gently clicked on the floor. He's always has a light foot. His make up was done to perfection. Not too much and not too little. He could practically taste the bubblegum glitter gloss that was on his lips. 

His ma had helped him pick out the perfect age appropriate outfit. Tony had always told him that there was no harm in being the most attractive person in the room but to never confuse sexualized attraction with graceful attraction. 

Peter walked over to his locker and opened it. 

"Damn Parker." Mj smiled as she and Ned joined him. "You look like a million bucks."

"Thanks." Peter smiled as he organized his stuff. Ned and mj didn't say anything so that they wouldn't distract him,  omegas had to get used to new territory and they are protective of their space. Peter was just trying to get comfortable with his locker. 

As soon as Peter closed his locker he turned and saw  Harley and flash had joined Mj and Ned. 

"Howdy darlin I got you a strawberry and mango smoothie from the cafeteria." Harley spoke. 

Peter took the smoothie and smiled. "Thanks Harley" Peter hummed 

"How was your evening yesterday?" Harley asked. 

"It was great ma and Bruce stole Steve's snacks. He got so mad that smoke came out of his ears just about. But it serves him right for being a sexist pig last week. He's still in the doghouse with uncle Bucky and uncle Sam." Peter spoke. 

"Oh did they get in trouble for stealing snacks?" Harley asked. 

"Nope. Dad told Steve that he'd replace them while we snacked." Peter mumbled. 

"I forget that healthy omegas have a súper fast metabolism." Ned spoke. 

Peter talked to them until the bell rang and let Harley lead him to class.  Mr.dell gave them a free period to work on any homework they had while he talked to the students about their grades. Peter took the opportunity to draw on Daniels eyebrows. 

"Do you seriously do this every day?" Daniel asked. 

"I am  actually drawing on your eyebrows. Be quiet." Peter spoke. 

Once Peter finished he showed Daniel the final look in the mirror. 

"Wow." Daniel spoke. 

"They loo so real."  Harley hummed. 

"You don't even want to know how many lab accidents I've witnessed. This isn't my first rodeo." Peter hummed. 

"So midtown huh?" Daniel asked. 

"It's alpha dominated. There were very few betas, I was the only omega student there. When my grades were too good everyone thought that I was cheating and if I dumbed myself down I didn't belong at that school. When teachers saw me they saw someone to file for them, someone who could run silly little errands. In gym class I wasn't allowed to participate in games because they didn't want some silly little clueless omega to get hurt playing with a bunch of alphas. I had to refill water bottles and organize the supply closet. There was one teacher there who didn't try to dumb me down she made me feel dumb. She took the fall for another teacher locking me into a rut room with a rutting alpha while I was going into heat. It was my first heat and I hid under the table that had Gatorade and protein bars and called my dad because the alpha has tried to pin me against the wall and... 

The teacher took the fall for was only Did it Because her husband and the other teacher were friends. So after she left I didn't have a safe place to go to at school. I have to stay cool and always smile. I had to always be put together, and if I showed just a little bit of frustration I was being disrespectful. One of my teachers told me that I'd be the perfect breeder if I learned how to keep my mouth closed and then proceeded to bitch at me for not being in dress code. I tried to push through because it's midtown. But in the in it's just Alphas club and omegas aren't allowed. So I left." Peter spoke. 

"Well you don't have to worry about that here." Harley spoke. 

"I hope not." Peter spoke. "Because I like it here."

Chapter Text

Bucky watched as Peter laughed at something Harley had said. The group of students from midtown took up the largest table in the restaurant. Sam and Bucky were sitting at the booth behind them. The sat on the same side so they could both keep the teenage omega in their sights. 

"It's adorable." Sam spoke. "His crush on that one alpha." 

"I know right. Rhodes is going to lose his shit." Bucky spoke. 

"Time is flying by faster than ever. Remember that scared adorable little boy that James and Tony first brought home?" Sam asked. 

"Yeah. He was so shy back then. Now he's not afraid to speak his mind." Bucky grinned. 

"You think it'll ever happen for us?" Sam asked. 

"I don't know." Bucky hummed. "Steve has never wanted kids so he just pushes them out of the image for all of us. I uh... I had a scare last month." 

"Why am I just finding out about this?" Sam spoke. 

"The test was negative." Bucky hummed. "I didn't want to get your hopes up if it wasn't positive."

"Is that why you've been so sad lately?" Sam asked. 

Bucky looked at Peter and sighed. "I didn't know I wanted that, until I started suspecting. When the test came back negative I... my world stopped for a few seconds and not in a good way. A part of me was relieved because it's not What Steve wants 

but the rest of me was devastated because I see how your eyes light up whenever we pass a kid on the street. Every time Rhodey has a proud Peter moment. I want to give that to you and and I want to experience it as well." Bucky spoke. 

Sam grabbed Bucky's hands and kissed them. 

"We Can always bring it up. We are just assuming that he hasn't changed his mind." Bucky spoke. 

"What if he hasn't." 

"I don't know because I can't lose him. I don't want to choose between him and children." Bucky spoke. 

"Me either." Sam spoke. 

Bucky grabbed a piece of bacon off Of Sam's plate. Sam chuckled and smiled fondly at Bucky.

"You know, if I remember correctly we ordered the same thing baby." Sam chuckled. 

"Yours taste better." Bucky grinned before licking his lips. 

"Well would you look at that." Sam hummed. "Your killing me sweetheart." 

Bucky looked at Sam with that pretty smile of his. "Just wait till we get home alpha." Bucky purred. "You ain't seen nothing yet." 

Sam chuckled before looking over at Peter. "He looks so Happy with his little crush." Bucky hummed 

"Next thing you know we are going to be at his wedding bawling out eyes out cause he grew up." Sam spoke. 

"If we aren't in prison for murder. You know in case someone breaks his heart." Bucky spoke. 

"Please Im pretty sure between you and Nat nobody would ever find the body." Sam chuckled. 

Bucky chuckled and looked up at Peter. He was wiping Harley face.  

"Just Because you are a big football playing jock doesn't mean you have to eat like one." Peter hummed. "Do I have to teach you alphas how to use cutlery?"

"Cutlery?" Flash asked. 

"Silverware you big dummy." Mj spoke. "Aren't your parents rich?" 

Ned and Betty laughed before looking at Peter who looked like he was questioning his life choices. 

"You are going to break him!" Ned cried looking at flash. 

"Okay you genius omega Whats The proper way to eat a pancake." Danny asked. 

"So you pick up your fork and your knife. The knife always goes in the dominant hand." Peter started. 

"Huh that's something you don't see every day." The middle aged omegan waitress spoke as she walked up to Bucky and Sam. 

"Teenaged alphas eating like they have a little bit of common sense?" Bucky asked.  "I guess that's true." 

"That too, but an omega bold enough to call out a

 Group of alphas and betas. You just might have the next Tony Stark on your hands."She spoke. 

The rest of dinner went smoothly. Peter tried to pay the bill but all the alphas were  not hearing it. 

Sam chuckled as Peter put the tip money on the table as he sulked. 

"Come on darlin', what kind of alpha would I be if I let you pay for your own food." Harley asked. 

"I hate biased gender roles." He huffed. 

"Aww It's okay.. I'll let you win next time." Harley spoke. 

Sam saw the alpha crossing his fingers behind his back. He approved. Harley seems like a real gentleman. 

"Bye guys I'll see you tomorrow. My ride is over there." Peter spoke. 

"Call you tonight darlin'." Harley spoke.  

Peter stood on his tip toes to press a kiss against Harley's cheek.

"How come he gets a kiss?" Flash whined.

"Aww Do you feel left out ?" Peter asked 

Flash fake pouted and Peter gave him a hug. "Stop pouting you big baby." Peter chuckled. 

When Peter walked over to Sam and Bucky, Bucky raised his eyebrow.

"What?" Peter asked. 

"He's cute." Bucky grinned.

Peter blushed and Sam cooed.

"Come On let's get you home your dad misses you." Sam hummed.

"He literally saw me this morning?" Peter asked as they walked to the car.

"Yeah... he's a softie." Bucky spoke. 

Tony is currently eating a sandwich looking over a report as James paced back and forth. 

"Honey It's just a normal outing with his new school friends. You act like it's a date." Tony hummed. 

"You didn't see his face when Harley waved at him this morning." James spoke. "He's never going to want to hang out... I'm not going to be his favorite alpha anymore." 

"And they say Im the drama queen." Tony spoke. 

"You're his mama he's always going to need you. No fair." James hummed. 

"And they have the audacity to call omegas brats." Tony teased. 

James looked at Tony and chuckled. "I'm having a crisis and you are calling me a brat." James spoke crossing his arms over his chest. 

Tony threw a carrot stick at James. 

"Relax honeybear you don't have to worry about him slipping past your fingertips just yet. I'm pretty sure he's going to come home and sit in your lap and tell you all About his day." Tony spoke. "Now sit before you give me a headache."

James chuckled and sat down stealing one of Tony's carrot sticks. 

"Oh look they are pulling up." Tony hummed James rushed to the door and opened it.

"He's lucky Peter is more adorable than me." Tony spoke to himself as he leaned back on the couch. 

"Dad!" Peter shouted in excitement. 

Sam chuckled as Peter handed him bag before running into James' arms. 

"Hey kiddo." James spoke. 

Tony chuckled as Peter led James over to the couch Where Tony was sitting. "Give me 5 minutes these stockings are very itchy." Peter spoke. "I'll tell you all about my day and how I accidentally hit Shane In the groin with a basketball on purpose." 

James chuckled and looked at Tony as Peter rushed to his room. 

"You were right." James spoke.

"Mmmhmm. Am I ever wrong?" Tony asked closing his file and sitting it on the coffee table. 

"No." James spoke kissing Tony's cheek. 

A few minutes later Peter rushed into the living room and squeezed in between Tony and James. 

"So kiddo." Tony started. 

"What led You to accidentally hit Shane in the groin with a basketball." Tony started. 

"He was being a jerk to Harley." Peter spoke. 

Yeah, James could get used to this. His two omegas are his lifeline.

Chapter Text

James walked in the house to the smoke alarm going off. 

"No no no no!" Tony groaned in frustration. 

He walked to the kitchen and saw Tony throwing a burnt casserole in the trash and Tony close to tears.  Bruce was waving a dish rag over the smoke alarm. 

"What's the matter love." James asked softly pulling him into a hug. 

"I can't do anything right all I had to do was put the lasagna in the oven and I messed that up I'm so stupid." Tony sniffled. 

"Don't say that baby. I can see you've had a long day so let's just do takeout tonight okay? Lets go run you a bath." He spoke. 

"I'll order pizza." Peter spoke up. 

"Okay pete." James hummed softly. 

"Im sorry." Tony sniffled. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay mom. We all have bad days sometimes you didn't do it on purpose." Peter spoke before pressing a kiss to Tony's cheek.

James smiled at Peter before leading Tony to their bedroom. 

"The board didnt listen To him Because of his omega status and now they blame him for their failure. He fixed the problem but... instead of saying a simple thank you they just made him feel small." Bruce spoke. 

"Stupid alphas." Peter groaned underneath his breath. 

"He was in the middle of a breakdown when the smoke alarms went off." Bruce whispered

Peter and Bruce ordered pizza and wings. When Tony came out of the room later Peter immediately pulled him into a hug.

"Hey My love, how was your day?" Tony asked. 

Peter looked at Tony, the young omega felt bad because he'd had a great day. Peter didn't want to make Tony feel worse.

"It was okay." Peter spoke.

"Tesoro, you don't have to lie to me. Really, how was your day." Tony asked as he sat on the couch.

"Err, it was good. It was great." Peter spoke. "People actually love the fact that im smart." 

"That's great baby." Tony smiled. 

Rhodey grinned as Tony pulled Peter in his arms and got comfortable on the couch. "If you convince dad maybe he'll take us out for ice cream after dinner." Tony whispered not so quietly. 

"Ice cream and pizza for dinner?" James asked. 

"I got a salad to eat with my pizza and wings." Peter spoke. 

Tony and Peter both looked at him with those big brown puppy eyes. He couldn't resist them. 

"Ice cream we can do ice cream." James grinned. 

The smile he'd got from the both of them was so worth it.  James sat on the couch with them and smiled. 

"Pizzas here." Bruce smiled as Thor carried in all the boxes. 

"Hello everyone! I guess this calls for a movie night." Thor spoke. 

"Hmmm I'll go for an ice cream run then..." James spoke. 

"Already ahead of you bro. Bucky couldn't decide so he bought every Ben and Jerry's flavor they had." Sam grinned. 

"And you let him?" Steve asked. 

"Steve it's his money, he paid his portion of the bills and other expenses, and even if he hadn't It's fine. It's not like ice cream will go to waste in this house." Sam spoke instinctively pulling Bucky behind him. 

"You are too soft on him." Steve rolled his eyes. 

"Guys. Stop it." Bucky spoke. "Not in front of everyone." 

"Lets go put up the ice cream." Sam hummed. 

Bucky grinned and led Sam into the kitchen. Steve followed behind them. 

A few moments later an argument broke out in the kitchen. Just as Rhodey was about to go intervene he felt Tony stop him. 

"Goddamn it Steve if you don't want to fucking be here then leave! I sure as hell ain't gonna beg for anybody to love me when I have plenty of it right here! We have a family here, we have roots here! It's what we've always wanted." Bucky snapped. 

"Well not anymore!" Steve spoke.

"Then get out. Go be with that young blonde whore you've been screwing." Bucky snapped. 

"You know about that?" Steve asked dumbly. 

"Of course I know about it I'm

Not stupid! You come home at all hours of the night. I smell her perfume in your clothes. She leaves her lipstick in your shirt collar. I love you Steve we both do. But as I said before I'm not going to beg for you to stay and love me if that's not what you want. It will hurt if you walk out that door but I will survive cause Ill have peace knowing that I have loved you unconditionally and to the best of my abilities. If that isn't enough for you then that's your problem. I'm done fighting for you. I am exhausted, I'm am utterly exhausted and done."  Bucky spoke. 

"Fine." Steve spoke. 

"If you walk away there's No coming back, not this time." Bucky spoke. 

Sam pulled Bucky in a hug and Steve just walked out of the door like it was the easiest thing in the world. 

Only this time, Bucky's heart didn't break into a million pieces, like before because he'd been preparing for this moment since the first time he smelled her perfume on Steve's clothes.  He'd been broken by Steve before and every time it happened it hurt a little less. 

Sam on the other hand, his heart shattered with every step Steve took. But he stood with Bucky. He wasn't going to beg anybody to stay if they didn't want to be there. 

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"Does he look okay to you?" Tony asked as they watched Bucky pour himself anther glass of wine. Ever since Steve left three days ago, Bucky had assured everyone that he was fine but everyone could see through it.

Bucky picked up his spoon and went back to eating his Chunky Monkey ice cream.

"He is drinking cheap wine and eating ice cream for breakfast like a sad person." Bruce whispered. "He's definitely not okay."

"For the record, you two do not whisper that well. I've got a wonderful Alpha who worships the ground that I walk on, why should I spend time giving a fuck about an alpha who would clearly rather be with a busty blonde bimbo stripper with an IQ smaller than the 6 inch pumps she slides into every night." Bucky spoke up before taking a sip of his merlot. The oversized sweatshirt he was damn near swallowing him.

Tony glanced at Bruce who pushed up his black thick rimmed glasses up his nose nervously. "I mean If he wants to suffocate in those 36 C tits instead of working things out with the person, who put up with his bullshit for literal decades, then that's his prerogative right.

At least now I can finally get pregnant without worrying about him and arrogant ass attitude, and soak up all the love, attention and devotion from Sam, the Alpha whose loved me unconditionally since the moment we met. I am so fucking stupid for ever believing that that arrogant self absorbed ass could ever change.

The Only thing I regret, is inviting that arrogant fuck into my life with Sam after he showed up broken on our doorstep 8 years ago. I found a way to breath when I thought he died in that dessert 12 years ago, and I definitely will find a way to keep breathing since he walked out of that door without even hesitating." Bucky snapped. "So when I say I am fine.. I am fine. I just need to be a sad bitch for a couple of days."

Tony and Bruce cleared their throats and rushed over to hug him. A couple of years ago, Bucky would probably be on someone's suicide watch by now. His relationship with Steve had been rocky since they got together in high school.

Steve was a hot head, and while he was never physically abusive, their relationship was toxic. Bucky would crash and burn every time hurricane Steve would come through.

When Steve got deployed the first time, Tony had thought that maybe just maybe Bucky would move on from him. But Steve would always come back, braking Bucky into pieces every time. Then Steve went missing in Afghanistan And it devastated Bucky, not knowing if he would come home or not. It damn near broke him beyond repair. But he picked himself up, and he met Sam, They were so happy.

Then Steve showed up after being missing for four years. And Bucky was swept away by the storm, only this time he drug Sam in it with him. This, Steve walking away for someone new and shiny has been a cycle on repeat for the past 8 years.

He would come in settle for 1-2 years. Then he will leave for at least 6 months. The longest he'd ever left them was a full 18 months. He showed up a little over five years ago. Bucky didn't cave fast. Neither did Sam.

Steve was actually in his own wing for almost a full year . Then one night there was a lot of whiskey involved. It led to reminiscing amongst the three of them and well lets just say that its a great thing that Peter had been on a weekend field trip because the entire house heard their makeup sessions.

This was the longest that Steve stuck around. Sam had just started thinking that maybe things would be different this time. Bucky had never really let that thought cross his mind. With Steve, the other shoe always tends to drop. Always.

While Bucky was in the Kitchen getting comforted by his fellow omegas, Sam was borderline abusing the Punching bag in their workout room.

Rhodey watched as he warmed up on the Treadmill. Tony had texted Natasha, who was in DC with Clint and the Maximoff twins leading some extensive federal agency training seminar.

The earliest they could get back is next Wednesday and Rhodey is pretty worried that Tony and Bruce are going to make Bucky snap, but he needs his number two focused and calm before they can tend to the omegas potentially going into distress.

So that means letting Sam work through his feelings. He can't deal with an unstable Alpha, distressed omegas and a house full of pups because his kid has made enough friends to host a group study session for their classes.

"I can feel you watching me." Sam huffed as he threw a punch. Rhodey just cleared his throat. "Just making sure you don't bust open the punching bag. They are a hassle to clean up." Rhodey replied.

Sam looked back at Rhodey, for a moment he looked utterly defeated. Steve and Bucky might have been high school sweethearts. But Sam had his own relationship with Steve too. It was awkward at first, both of them territorial when it came to Bucky. But over time they'd become something. It worked. Every time Steve left, Sam would have to deal with picking up the pieces.

Bucky would always take it so hard. It was torture watching his omega crave someone that he couldn't have. It was torture to rebuild only for Steve to come in and break everything again. Sam had sworn that he wouldn't get his hopes up. He'd sworn that he wouldn't put all his trust in Steve again. And he hadn't for a long time. It had been four years since they let him back in. Maybe it wasn't a perfect fairytale, but it was great. They were making progress.

Sam didn't expect it to blow up the way it did the other day. How could an argument about ice cream lead to Steve walking away again. Unlike Bucky who had been mentally preparing for this big fall out. Sam was blindly ignoring all the signs. Not because he just couldn't bare it, but because inviting Steve back into their relationship only for it to come back to this cycle of hurt, pain and feeling unworthy was something he just couldn't face again. But now he is.

That night Sam watched Bucky angrily pack all of Steve's belongings. He tried bargaining with Bucky, he tried convincing himself that he was crazy, that Bucky was just imagining things because that would've been easier to face and accept. He kept telling himself that Steve would turn around and choose them because it's them. He listened to Bucky make the decision because enough is enough and they truly deserve more than Steve's one foot out the door when times got hard. Once the realization set in, Sam wanted to resent Bucky for even making that decision. But deep down Sam had understood that they cannot keep sacrificing everything for Steve to keep breaking them like this.

It hurts. It hurts more than anything because Sam knows that Steve cannot come back. He cannot waltz back in later, and declare his love. He and Bucky wouldn't survive it. Every time Steve walks away, it has a habit of shattering their world and it makes it hard. Sometimes Sam would feel like he's got to live in Steve's shadow. Other times Bucky feels like Sam has gotten used to sharing his alpha responsibilities and Bucky would feel like a burden. It takes its toll.

"I'm letting go." Sam spoke up. "It's hard.. but I gotta do what's best for me and my omega. So I'm letting go. A part of me wants to find him and beg him to come back. But the bigger part of me knows that I gotta protect and build with Bucky. We have given him chance after chance after chance and we put our plans peace and goals on pause to learn how to adapt with or without him and we cannot do that again. I know this is his home if he comes back he has every right to live and exist here. But it cannot and will not be with me and Bucky. So I'm mad. But I accept it."

Rhodey cleared his throat. "Well. I'm here If you need me." He admitted. "Whenever you need me."

Sam nodded. "Yeah. I know. Thank you for not pushing. I didn't wanna talk about it with anybody."

Rhodey nodded. "We are family Sam. I just wanted to be there for you. Tony and Bruce are doing the same for Bucky. It seems to be going well otherwise I would've gotten an alert that all of them are distressed." Rhodey admitted.

"Well let's go make sure. I don't need Bucky trying to stab anybody. Where is Thor?"  Sam asked.

"He took Peter to the grocery store to get better snacks. He's got like 5 kids coming over to study or something and he is adamant that everything has to be perfect.." Rhodey hummed.

Sam chuckled. "You know, it's hard to believe that Peter isn't actually Tony's biological child. They act just alike."

Rhodey chuckled. "So does this mean that you and Bucky are going to have one of your own now?"

"We talked about it the other day. So I think so." Sam mentioned.  Rhodey only smiled supportively as they made their way into the living room where they found a pint of melted Chunky Monkey, an empty whine bottle and the omegas nesting while they watched some romantic comedy.

"He's drunk and we've got burritos coming. I don't think he's ready to leave this nest." Tony admitted.

"That's okay Tones. If it's not too much to ask could we maybe join you.. we will take that couch." Sam smiled.

"Sure, but the minute either of you feel like scent marking this nest we will strangle you. This is omega time. We have decided to have a movie day. So that means no alphas inside or within three feet of the nest under any circumstances." Bruce spoke up.

"Understood." Rhodey chuckled.

Sam offered a gentle smiled to Bucky. Who returned it. It was both their ways of agreeing that they would survive.

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The sound of Peter practically tumbling in the living room seemed to wake Rhodey from his nap.

"Mom its ruined!" Peter cried holding up a cardigan about 3 times too small. "They'll be here in 10 minutes and I don't have anything to wear!"

"Okay baby. Lets take a deep breath." Tony spoke as he stood up. A side of The faded oversized Black MIT T- shirt stolen from Rhodey was tucked into the red flared Yoga pants Tony favored.

Bucky and Bruce followed. "Sam baby pause the movie please." Bucky spoke up.

As the older omegas led peter to his bedroom Peter tried to hold in his sobs of frustration. It seems like everything that could go wrong today is going wrong.

First his catering order got cancelled. Apparently the caterer double booked. Despite Rhodeys' confusion as to why a group study session for 6 people needed to be catered, he still helped peter find a same day caterer. Sushi was the only suitable option they could find, but it was a solution. Then when they were picking up the cupcakes from the bakery, The cashier dropped them. SO he had to go for grocery store cupcakes.

The party supply store didn't have the streamers he wanted. They got home just as Steve was leaving with the rest of his things and while Bucky can accept the fact that Steve decided to leave, Its a little harder for Peter.

Steve may be a dick but he was an uncle, and family. And he wasn't Always a dick. He'd take peter out for ice cream after he won awards, and sometimes they'd spend their Saturdays in the park sketching away. Steve was the uncle Who he could sit in silence with. He used to build forts in the living room whenever it thunder stormed.

They even have a football trick where peter would use his body to shield the ball and Steve would run past everyone carrying him like a loose sack of potatoes because NOBODY had the balls to even try to tackle him if he had peter.

Now his outfit is ruined, and he's just about at his breaking point. Tony and Bruce went into Peter's closet to try and find a top to match his outfit. Bucky led Peter to the bed.

"Okay." Bucky spoke up. "Lay it on me kid. You aren't the type to freak out over dropped cupcakes, party streamers, or your outfit. You are always the most level headed in chaos which is impressive for a 15 year old by the way. So how about we figure out the real issue before you freak out and scare your friends from ever coming over again."

Peter took a shaky breath and looked at Bucky. "I understand why you broke up." Peter sniffled. "But why'd he have to leave. I thought..."

Peter was interrupted by a sob he couldn't hold back. It broke Bucky's heart. Yeah Steve hurt him. Steve always finds a way to break him. The majority of the adults only mildly tolerated Steve because of Bucky and Sam. But Peter had his own relationship with him. Just like the kid has his own relationship with everyone in the pack.

Tony of course is mama bear, Rhodey is his dad. Bruce is the person to go to for advice, and in a crisis. Thor and Clint are the goofy fun uncles who pull pranks on every one, they are more likely to pull the kid out of school and take him to a theme park. Natasha is the aunt who will always help him out of any situation, no matter how bad it is. She's like the rich aunty who doesn't have any kids but will take it to hell when it comes to Peter.

Pietro and Wanda are his cool older cousins. The see his dark and sneaky side. And they will bail him out of things that he genuinely doesn't need the adults to find out. They manage to get him what he needs or wants when grounded and nobody really bats an eye because he needs that village, trust and relationship.

Sam.. is Peter favorite uncle. He's the father figure when Rhodey is not around. Sam is Peter's godfather. Bucky is the equivalent to Peter's godmother. Bucky and Sam are the ones who will spoil him rotten. Bucky is the one Peter can come to with a pregnancy scare, or to get advice about a boy he likes. Bucky will most likely be the trusted adult who Peter comes to when he has his first kiss. Bucky is the person who would make sure that Peter is safe in any and every situation and relationship, because he's a teenager and teenagers do dumb things.

Steve he's the dotting uncle. He managed to keep Peter grounded. He was the person that would build forts during thunderstorms, when Peter was scared. Peter had never really realized that Steve was fighting his own demons too. Peter had a way of making Steve feel human. And Steve had a way of teaching Peter how to stay grounded and tactful. He would help Peter strategize and analyze any situation. Steve had his moments where he would say or do something stupid. But the kid really loves him.

"I thought we were family." Peter cried. "How could he just walk away from his family."

"Kiddo..." Bucky whispered as he softly pulled Peter in. The young omega let out the sobs he'd been holding in as Bucky held him. "Sometimes.. people just can't accept that they can have a village who will love them unconditionally. Steve he.. he didn't have what you have, he didn't have a family that loved him, or cared enough about him, and for him... it's weird. He has a way of messing things up because he feels like he's undeserving. It doesn't matter what lengths you go through to try and prove otherwise... as long as he feels that he is undeserving, he will always fuck up the good he's got in his life cause he just can't accept it. It's not anything you did, or I did or anyone in this house did. He's got issues that he needs to work through. He probably just needs time to take a step back and handle it. He knows... even though we aren't together anymore, he will always have family and a home here."

Peter only cried in response. There was a knock on the door before Rhodey opened it. "Uh Peter your..." Rhodey started.

"He will be down soon. We are just having a little heart to heart. Why don't you find a way to keep them entertained until he's ready to come down." Bucky spoke up.

Rhodey nodded making sure to close the door behind him. Eventually Peter calmed down and Bucky helped clean his face before they joined Tony Bruce in the walk in.

As Bruce immediately showed Peter his options, Tony looked over at Bucky. "Thank you." Tony mouthed. Bucky only gave him a smile in return. It turned out the fuzzy cream colored oversized cardigan Bruce found went better with Peter's leg warmers.

The young omega had on a fitted lilac tank top body pantsuit suit. With cream colored Gucci sneakers. They were double laced with cream and lilac shoe strings. The fuzzy cream leg warmers stopped mid calve. Peter had a a lilac headband, with lilac colored star shaped earrings.

He's cute and comfortable. The three adults omegas helped him fix his mascara and signature bubble gum lipgloss before letting him go down stairs with his friends.

"Are you okay?" Tony asked Bucky.

"Yeah... just when I think I can't possibly hate Steve anymore... I somehow find another reason." Bucky sighed. "Peter should not have to deal with the fallout of this and I'm so sorry..."

"What are you apologizing for?" Tony asked. "You didn't hold a gun to his head and make him walk out the door. You didn't tell him to pack up his shit and leave for no reason Bucky. I have watched this man treat you like a revolving door since we we're Peter's age. He breaks you down, and then as soon as you pick up the pieces he comes and breaks you down again. There is only so much a person can take and you took more than you should've. Peter is going to be okay. I hate that he's hurting, I hate that he's sad. But he was going to have to learn at some point that things happen, people walk away sometimes for no good reason at all. He's still got a village, and you do too. You deserve more buck. You deserve the world because you are an amazing person. Like you said earlier... why keep holding on to the past when you've got someone ready and willing to give you everything you want and need now. You are choosing yourself for the first time in a really long time and I am proud of you. You do not need to apologize for standing up for yourself."

Bucky looked at Tony through his tears. "Goddamn tones, you tend to be emotionally closed off sometimes.. but god when you've gotta be there for someone you sure as hell know exactly what to say." Bucky sniffled.

"It's a gift." Tony teased. "Come on. Let's go continue our movie day."