Tony, Thor, Bucky, and Loki returned home from Asgard a few days after Tony entered his seventh month of pregnancy. When they all arrived back on the landing pad on the roof of the tower, they were surprised to be met with one Steve Rogers who had a very guilty look on his face.

"Can I talk to you Bucky?" asked Steve sheepishly as he approached his once best friend. Tony and Thor took that as their queue to leave.

"That depends punk. Are you going to insult me or my mate?" questioned Bucky as Loki walked closer and put his arm around his mate's waist.

"No, I, um… I want to apologize. For um… my behaviour." Stammered Steve. Bucky looked on quizzically.

"I don't know if I'm ready to accept an apology from you right now." Murmured Bucky. Steve looked downcast.

"Will you at least hear me out?"

"Fine, but Loki stays and we go inside." Steve just nodded as he watched Bucky and Loki walk inside the tower and head towards the communal living room. Once they were all seated, Steve began.

"I want to apologize for how I've been treating you and Tony. I realize that I've made some horrible assumptions and mistakes in the past. And after having some time to think about everything, I've realized that I've fucked up hard." Began Steve. Bucky and Loki just listened.

"I know now that I was in the wrong. If I really was a good friend I should have been supporting you in your decisions. Not being a grade A jack ass and making life miserable."

"I'm going to cut you off right there Stevie. I can tell that you're actually sorry, but I can't forgive you right now. You've been absolutely horrible to Tony because he's an Omega. He deserves more. It's going to take a while for me to forgive you Steve, and you're going to have to work for it." Spoke up Bucky before he nodded to Loki and left the room, leaving a stunned Steve behind on the couch.

Meanwhile, Tony and Thor were in an argument with Pepper. They had forgotten to inform her that they were going to be spending time on Asgard and the board of directors were furious. Because Tony was an Omega, the board didn't even want to deal with him, so Thor took the reins on this one. Normally, that would make Tony angry and irate. But Tony hadn't been feeling well because of the pregnancy and the added stress was bad for the baby, so Tony didn't really put up a fight.

Tony was now officially barred from going into his lab. He was allowed to visit his bots, but with him beginning to feel sick again and the lab being an overall dangerous place. Also, because of his health, Pepper had cut down on the amount of paperwork that Tony had to do for SI. So, with having the amount of work he had to do drastically cut down, Tony had time to do other things.

Things like baby names.

Tony had absolutely no idea what to name his daughter. He didn't know if she should have an Earth name or an Asgardian one. And the matter of her last name wasn't helping much either. So, Tony took it up with Thor.

"We should probably start thinking of names for our daughter." Spoke Tony one afternoon while they were curled up together and watching a movie.

"Well my beloved, what ideas have you had?" asked Thor as he curled his hand around Tony's baby bump and smiled when their daughter kicked.

"I don't really have anything." Mumbled Tony. "I can't decide if she should have an Earth name of an Asgardian one. And don't even get me started on her last name or middle name.

"What is a middle name?" asked Thor as he looked down at his mate.

"Well, it's normally a family name. Like with me my middle name is Edward so my full name is Anthony Edward Stark. Middle names are pretty common in western culture here on Earth." Explained Tony as he curled in closer to Thor.

"I never knew that. I find that interesting." Nodded Thor. "On Asgard, we often name our children after family members. So, why don't we combine traditions? Our daughter can have an Earth first name and an Asgardian middle name." Thor was smiling and Tony couldn't help but join him.

"You really mean it. You want our kid to have an Earth first name?"

"Well, she is going to grow up here for some time and I know how cruel children can be to those who are different."

"That still doesn't solve the question of what on Earth we're going to name her. I can't just keep calling her baby." Huffed Tony. He winced when the baby kicked his bladder. Toy got up to go to the bathroom and when he got back, Thor had this stupidly happy smile on his face.

"What's with the smile big guy?"

"I have thought of the perfect name for our daughter!" announced Thor.

"Well, let's hear it."

"What was your mother's name?" asked Thor and Tony just looked confused.

"…Maria…?"

"Than that is what we shall name her. Her first name shall be Maria after your mother and her middle name will be Nott, after my Grandmother."

Tony just stood there dumbfounded. Did Thor just suggest that they name their kid after his mother?

"Do you really want that Thor? Do you mean it?" whispered Tony as Thor got up from his seat and hugged him close.

"You have told me stories about your mother. I would love nothing more than for our daughter to carry the name of someone who loved and cared for you." Soothed Thor.

That was when Tony started crying. He hated how much he'd been crying because of these damn pregnancy hormones. Tony was a bit of a mess as Thor held him close and soothed his mate with words of love and devotion.

"That still doesn't solve the whole last name problem." Smiled Tony as a few tears fell from his eyes. Thor just smiled back and the two decided to argue about that at a later date. They'd had enough excitement for the day.

That night, Tony and Thor told their friends and family what they planned to name their baby. Everyone seemed to love the name and Tony couldn't have been happier.

As the month moved on, Tony started to realize that Bucky was getting sick. And as a person with the super soldier serum and who was now a god, that shouldn't be happening. Loki was worried, Steve was worried, Tony was worried. Pretty much everyone was worried.

Tony practically dragged Bucky down to medical one afternoon to get checked out. Bruce kicked Tony out of the room, so he left to go let Loki know where his mate was. A few hours later, when everyone was just sitting down for dinner, Bucky was giving everyone a stupid grin and you could smell the pride and smugness flowing off of Loki.

"I have an announcement to make." Spoke up Loki just as everyone was sitting down and tucking into their meal.

"I'M PREGNANT!" announced Bucky and the who room was filled with congratulations. Thor was hugging Loki, Tony and Steve were all over Bucky and everyone else was sending their congratulations.

Everyone seemed to be happy about the news. Steve even shook Loki's hand and wished them luck. It was a step in the right direction. Tony and Bucky were excited to be pregnant together. He just knew that their kids would be good friends as well as family as they grew up together.

That night, as Tony and Thor were getting dressed and ready for bed, Tony felt this almost unbearable pressure in his chest and it hurt to breathe. Sure, he'd been having chest pain for months now as the baby grew, but nothing like this. Tony gasped and braced himself on the bathroom counter as he clutched at his arc reactor.

"Is everything alright my Anthony?" asked Thor worriedly.

"Yeah, I'll be fine. Just feeling a little bit of chest pain. It'll go away on its own." Huffed Tony.

Thor grimaced but nodded at his mate. He trusted Tony to tell him if there was something really wrong.

Hello peoples. I don't normally have an end note with this fic so I'll make this short. All I wanted to say was that the middle name I picked out for Tony's baby is the name of Thor's grandmother in actual Norse mythology. That is all. See you soon -Shadows