Alpha and Omega

Chapter 17

Now what was Bucky to do with her to keep her safe while he was out? He hated leaving her alone, but he needed her to be here and safe. "You have your Buckybear, you're welcome to be in my room as much as you want," Bucky tried to give her options and an idea came to him and he fished in his pocket. "You can go to the theater room, here's the key. You can have roam of the place." He didn't want to leave her alone, but he had to.

"You're leaving?" Gwen guessed, panicking slightly at the sound of the alarm. She didn't want him to leave. He'd be in danger out there, or so she guessed by the annoying alarm.

"It's the alarm to get our attention for a mission, some kind of danger the Avengers need to take care of," Bucky explained to the confused little wolf.

She nodded, then looked up at him confused and concerned. "Shouldn't I come?" if she was going to join the team, going to live there with them, shouldn't she go on missions too?

Bucky absolutely did not want her joining them. She wasn't the fighting type. He also didn't know what kind of training she had, but she would be woefully unprepared for this mission. "We know you're strong, but you're not ready yet," he told her gently.

"You shouldn't go alone," she said with a soft whine. She sounded like a kicked puppy when she whined like that and Bucky hated it.

He smiled reassuringly. "Even if we have special missions, we're assigned by our strengths and qualities. I'll be just fine,"

"Come home safely" she bid him softly. She hated letting him go, but knew there was no choice.

He kissed her nose and ran out the room to catch up with the others.

She went to her own room to get dressed in comfy jeans, a t-shirt, his hoodie, and fuzzy socks, since he was overprotective and whined when she didn't wear socks. She kept her phone with her and made her way down to the common room with its comfy furniture and Jarvis screens and she could watch the mission there with Buckybear in her lap. She was moving really slowly, sore from the morning's activity.

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Loki smirked knowingly at Bucky when he arrived to the debriefing room. "Have a fun morning with the little wolf?" he teased with a mischievous grin.

Bucky stepped on the god's toes as he walked by him to take a seat. "Don't talk about her that way. Be respectful. If she over heard you... she has super hearing too."

"And she is not here," Loki replied, grumbling at having his toes stomped on. They were in the debriefing room and the wolf was in the common room with plenty of walls in-between. "If you wish for people not to know about your actives, you may wish to hide them better," he added nonchalantly.

"I wasn't trying to hide it, just don't want it sounding like she's just a victory," Bucky grumbled.

Loki raised an eyebrow. Goading his friend was such a fun pastime, especially when it was so easy. "She is not? Does the great stoic soldier have feelings?" he teased.

"Of course I do. Does the Prince fear thunderstorms?" Bucky shot back.

"Absolutely not," Loki replied sourly, instantly grumpy that Bucky would bring up the thunderstorm.

Cap got their attention and told them about the mission, forcing them back on track. Some group of monsters and such attacking downtown. And they needed to head out immediately to stop them. Usual day in New York.

Bucky nodded, getting ready, getting his guns and knives. "Loki, why are you trying to ruin my mood?" he asked as he geared up.

"Never said I was," Loki replied, his armor shimmering into place. "I was simply going to congratulate you. You got defensive for some reason," he replied with a shrug. "I was going to offer to leave an illusion to keep an eye on your girl while you're out..." It was clear that Bucky's bad mood was making him less inclined to help.