Another installment, forgot to put this up on this Site lol. The folks on ao3 have had this chapter for almost a week, oops! Enjoy~

"Is that it?"

Tony visibly deflated at his father's tone. Young Tony was sixteen and already working on his last year for a PhD. in physics and engineering. His omega status was something he was ashamed of, however. His father always looked down at him and his shortcomings, of which Tony believed there were many.

Tony was slim, although his cheeks retained his baby fat, and his hips were wider than most. He looked absolutely beautiful, with chestnut brown eyes and deep dark brown hair which had a healthy shinyness. He also smelled divine. His natural omega scent drove alphas wild.

Tony didn't know how to love himself. He didn't understand why people looked to him for any sort of help or advice, because to him, he was useless. Merely a fuck-toy. Something to get kids out of. Something Tony resented.

Don't misunderstand, Tony was excited and happy at the possibility of bearing children, but not to an ungrateful alpha who would abuse him. As much as he believed he deserved it, he didn't want it.

"I left you here for three hours and this is all you could produce?!"

Sitting on the workbench was a fully functional tablet complete with Wi-Fi and bluetooth features and stylus input. Tony had worked hard to create it from scratch, using some of his old programming scripts to create a new system interface and program. He also created a new browser and had been tweaking the java and adobe flash compatability when his father walked into the lab.

Tony was ashamed at his work, where any other person would be incredibly proud and astonished. He wasn't used to the belittling way his father broke him down. He hated the way his father talked to him, even if he thought he deserved it.

"What am I sending you to university for? You continue to disappoint me at every chance you get, Tony." Howard frowned. "I'm giving you one last chance and I swear to god, if you mess up one more time that's it. I'm marrying you off to the highest bidder."

With that, Howard left Tony with an almost perfect piece of advanced technology and a crushed spirit. His eyes filled with bitter tears. His chest filled with resentment and hate. His fists clenched tight in the loose denim of his jeans and he breathed heavily through his nose.

"I'll show you one last chance. I'll show you." Tony muttered with venom dripping from his tone.

"And he actually told you this was worthless!? Dude, this is fucking amazing!" James Rhodes, Tony's best friend, said. The state of the art tablet rested in his hands, displaying full HD video with great bass registering sound. "Your dad is messed up if he can't see how great this is."

Tony blushed at the compliments. He was a sucker for praises.

"Woah, look at that detail! Can you make me one of these!?" Rhodey fiddled with the YouTube app a while longer before investigating the notebook program. It was amazing, with bluetooth sliding keyboard and title-tag-and-note input style.

Tony watched his strong hands handle the tablet with such care. He blushed with arousal, imaging those hands all over his young body, pushing and pulling and then-

"Tony? How do you save the note?"

"You press this little icon here," Tony tapped a button on the bottom right of the screen. "and blamo."

"You're so smart Tony, haha" Rhodey smiled at Tony. "you know, if you were older I'd ask you out."

The dark skinned alpha rubbed his neck with an abashed expression on his handsome face. He laughed nervously. Tony's breath stopped.

"Y-You like me?" Tony asked.

Rhodey nooded shyly.

"But I'm... I'm terrible." Tony stared into his lap.

"What? You're the exact polar opposite of terrible!" Rhodey slid across the floor on his butt until he could grab Tony's hand. "You're perfect, Tony. Absolutely positively perfect."

Tony could only stare at Rhodey in disbelief. His hands trembled and he felt hot all over. Then Rhodey was leaning closer and closer-

"Boys, Dinner's ready!" Rhodey's mother barged into the room, ignoring the closeness of the two boys as they pulled away as quickly as they could.

"uh.. Okay mom. We'll be right down." Rhodey's smile was strained.

"can't even catch a break in my own house!" Rhodey complained as he straightened up to his full height. He helped Tony up and left the tablet on his desk. They ate dinner in silence, while Tony's cheeks were perpetually red.

"Do you really mean it?" Tony asked when they returned to Rhodey's room.

"Of course I do. I wish you were older or I was younger, what with you being sixteen and me being nineteen, you know. But Tony you're everything I've ever wanted in a mate. I wish I could make you mine. All mine. I'd treat you so good, give you everything you need. But you're too young." Rhodey fiddled with the tablet, avoiding Tony's eyes.

"would you wait for me?" Tony asked.

"I'd wait forever, babe." Rhodey smiled. "There's no one else who could put up with your shit anyways! Hey OUCH!"

Tony and Rhodey laughed as a pillow fight started. They rough-housed until Rhodey pinned Tony's body under his. He leaned down and gently kissed Tony, just a brush of lips. Tony pressed up, wanting more.

"Forever and ever?" Tony asked looking into Rhodey's dark eyes.

"Forever and ever." Rhodey replied.

End~

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