Mini Soldier
Chapter 12
-STEVE-
It was no surprise that the next morning the boys woke poor Steve up. He grumbled as he tried to roll over and go back to sleep but his belly was just too big. He grumbled as he rubbed his forehead when he heard a knock on his door. "What?" Steve grumbled.
The door opened.
"Good to see you too Stevie," There in the door was Tony. Steve sat up quickly, his eyes wide as Tony stood there. "So can I come in?"
Steve nodded slowly.
"Cool!" Tony walked over towards Steve and smiled, taking a sit beside him. "So I was looking over the web for some baby names for our boys because I know, you hate the names I'd really like. So whatever," He shrugged.
Steve blinked. "You looked up baby names?"
Tony nodded, "Yeah of course! Why wouldn't I? I mean I am going to be the awesome daddy!" Steve rolled his eyes. "So anyway, I was thinking maybe we could name one—"
Steve's phone rang. He looked over at Tony as if asking for forgiveness. Tony shrugged as Steve answered the phone. "Hello?"
"Is this Steve Rogers?"
"Yes? What's up?" Steve was very confused. "Is something up?"
The voice paused. "James Barnes has been reported missing from the SHIELD hospital. I am sad to inform you this information."
Steve felt like his world shattered. Tony pulled Steve close, unsure why his friend was all upset— but he'd be there, "W-what? B-Bucky's m-missing?" he whispered, "H-how?"
"….It would seem that somebody broke into the hospital and took him." the voice finally told Steve. "I am very sorry about your lose Mr. Rogers."
The person hung up and Steve broke down crying, burying his face into Tony's shoulder. Tony wrapped his arms around Steve trying to protect him if he could. It was so wrong, seeing somebody as strong as Steve Rogers cry. Tony hated Bucky Barnes with a passion (and not for fashion), but he loved Steve even if he wouldn't admit it yet. He cuddled Steve into his chest, wishing he could help his friend.
Steve ended up crying himself to sleep.
-O-
-TONY-
Tony stayed in that bed, holding Steve as he cried and slept. It was a big thing to see the soldier break and Tony knew that Steve needed him to catch him. He watched over him as he slept. I'm going to find that guy— I'm going to find Bucky's body and I'm going to make things right by you Steve, I promise! Tony thought.
-O-
-NATASHA-
Three days past and everybody had yet to see Steve come from Tony's bedroom. Natasha wasn't sure what had been going on, she knew Bucky meant a lot but nobody would tell her much. She had been given a mission from Fury to find Bucky and return him back to the hospital to heal. Natasha would bring Clint since they worked best together.
The redhead was going over her list of things she would need to bring along with her when Clint entered the room, looking a little upset and she wondered why. "What's up with you?" She asked Clint.
Clint looked at her for a second. "Steve. I feel so bad, I don't know what I'd do if you went missing Nat…but I hate that he won't come out of Tony's bedroom. Is he scared of us or something?" Clint pointed out.
She sighed. "He's dealing with a lot."
"He dealt with this before, what's so bad about it now? We lose people all the time!" Clint came back with.
Natasha put her paper down along with her pen. "Did you ever think about how he already lost Bucky? That he had already given up seeing him when out of nowhere, his friend shows back up? Bucky is the only person who truly understands what he's going through right now. Who knows everything they lost. So what's so bad about it now?" She explained looking right into Clint's eyes. "This time, he wasn't there to watch his friend die— he doesn't know if Bucky will show back up again or if he's really dead. It breaks him to know he may never see his friend again. And he couldn't do anything about it."
Clint fell quiet. "…that is the most I've heard you ever speak."
She glared.
He held up his hands.
Natasha shook her head as she headed towards the kitchen this time, needing something to eat.
"Hey! Where are you going?!" Clint called after her. He of course followed.
"I'm going to get an apple, I'm craving one right now." Natasha came back with.
-O-
-STEVE-
Steve had stayed in Tony's bedroom for 4 days before somebody came to get him. And it was Natasha. Tony didn't mind letting him stay there, the genius was always with him anyway. But Natasha, she was pissed.
"You better the hell outta bed, Rogers! Moping around isn't going to help anything!" Natasha shouted through the door.
And Natasha never shouted.
He grumbled. "I don't want to come out!"
"SOMEBODY IS HERE TO SEE YOU!" Natasha yelled.
Steve had no choice but to come out.
-O-
Steve stumbled out of the bedroom, wearing sweat pants that clearly needed to be cleaned and an AC/DC shirt that belonged to Tony. His blond hair was greasy and needed to be washed as well. "What?" He grumbled to Natasha.
Natasha had her hands on her hips as none other than Phil Coulson stood behind her. "Hello."
"Phil…" Steve whispered.
After the team had found out Phil was alive and had not been told, they had all been uneasy around the fellow but had taken him under their wings again anyway. Tony had taken it the hardest though, seeing the other man to be alive and had been lied to. He had been pissed but still stayed around when Phil did come around because Phil was well Phil. "Hey." Phil waved.
"What are you doing here?" Steve asked.
Phil looked at Natasha before looking at Steve. "I've been reassigned to look after you and the other Avengers. It would seem that Fury wants me around here just in case." He tried to explain. "And well, Agent Romanoff and Agent Barton are taking off on a mission and Fury wants at least one SHEILD agent to be around."
Steve looked at Natasha who looked cold as stone. He shook his head. "We're all fine here." He replied.
"Fury doesn't think so," Phil said calmly. "And he just wants to make sure all of you are okay."
"I call bull shit." Everybody looked and found Tony standing there. "If Fury cared about us, where's Barnes, then huh?"
"Fury is actually sending Clint and I out to go find Barnes." Natasha spoke up.
Phil shot her a look.
She slightly glared. Phil glared right back and let's just say, Phil's glare didn't beat Natasha's by a long shot but it was scary in his own little way. "You know Fury doesn't want us talking about those kinds of things."
Natasha rolled her eyes. "They should get to know. James was their friend and he still IS their friend. So yes they should get to know." She replied.
"I'm siding with Nat!" Everybody was surprised to find Clint standing there. Steve actually jumped. "What?"
Phil didn't look too surprised to find Clint standing there, but he did look startled. Natasha looked like her usual collected self, just raising a red eyebrow at the archer like he was half nuts. Clint just shrugged. Steve pressed his hand against his chest (which was slightly larger but nobody but Tony had really noticed). "You could have given everybody a heart attack!" Steve half heartedly scolded. He just wasn't into it like he used to.
Clint once more shrugged.
Steve glared but it was next to nothing, and Natasha shook her head. "Did you mean to scare anybody?" She asked Clint.
Clint smiled sheepishly. "What would you do if I said yes?"
He got hit in the head.
"OW!" he cried.
Natasha gave him a warning look. Clint pouted as he rubbed his head. Tony didn't even laugh at Clint's pain which everybody laughed at, but it was something bigger. Bucky was at risk here. "So you're telling me SHIELD is only sending two agents to find Barnes?" Tony asked.
Phil blinked. "It isn't just that, even though it would appear so. But Fury has it under control." Phil promised.
Steve took hold of Tony's hand, looking a little shaky in his AC/DC shirt that he had stole from Tony. Tony had said he liked seeing Steve wear his clothes and Steve couldn't help but like seeing Tony in his sweaters or sweatpants as well. "Will he be alright?" Steve asked, letting his worried blue eyes meet Phil's.
"We don't know what we'll find." Natasha spoke up for Phil, making the high ranked agent look thankful.
Steve hated the thought of what they would find and his hold on Tony's hand tightened a little. Still, at least they had a little hope that they would bring Bucky home. Steve had high hopes… he needed his best friend back.
-O-
-STEVE-
*4 WEEKS*
Natasha and Clint went on the mission to retrieve Barnes was 4 weeks ago. Steve had hit his 6th month and was getting really rounded. Tony would whisper to him how sexy he looked, and since they were pretty much glued together at the hip, Steve just brushed it aside as Tony being Tony. At the moment, Steve had a moment in the library with Tony. Steve was reading The Fault in Our Stars well Tony scrolled on his tablet. Finally, Steve stopped his reading. "Tony?"
"Hmm?" hummed the genus.
Steve paused. "What should we name the boys? We know the genders but we haven't gotten around to actually doing it and I'm due in less than 3 months." Steve explained.
Tony put his tablet down to look to Steve's eyes. "Oh…well, the name I was thinking was using James… I know Bucky's name is James and my best friend Rhodey's first name is James… so James?" Tony pointed out, looking at the blond with a shy look in his eyes for once.
Steve nodded and blushed. "James….I like it,"
"And I was thinking maybe we could name one James Joseph Howard Stark, unless you don't like the long name—"
"I like it," Steve smiled at him. "But I believe it would be James Joseph Howard Stark-Rogers. You aren't the only dad."
Tony laughed softly. "You're the mom."
"I am not!" Steve blushed darkly.
"Fine," Tony chuckled. "It'll be Stark-Rogers then."
Steve grinned before he paused. "I've always liked the name Ethan."
Tony thought for a moment. "What about Jarvis? I know he's—"
"Ethan Jarvis Stark-Rogers," Steve mumbled which caused Tony to stare. "I like it too. Our James Joseph Howard Stark-Rogers and our Ethan Jarvis Stark-Rogers."
The two ended up cuddling the rest of the night, not that they would admit it.
-O-
I pinky promise, next chapter is going to be very emotional. But we have the names! Me and my best friend (in real life) helped me pick out the names. They've been chosen for awhile, just haven't written it out yet till now. :) Ethan and James! Gah!
Up Next: Natasha and Clint return the night after the babies names have been chosen. Things aren't as good as things seem…
So yeah, review people please! :D