It's all coming back to me now (Spot and Bucky)

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When the Hydra facility had been raided, the last thing anybody expected to find was a 16 year old kid on ice, and yet there he'd been. Steve had been the one to stop the Hydra scientist from shutting down the life support, but they hadn't got there in time to prevent the destruction of a good half the facility's records - including the ones about who the kid was or why he was there.

So what choice did they have but to wake him up and find out?

He was uncooperative at first, refused to give them any details other than the name 'Spot' and kept threatening to fight anybody that came close, though they managed to work out pretty easily that he was from Brooklyn and he'd been on the ice almost as long as Steve had. It's when he overhears a comment about Bucky that he seems to change his tune.

"Bucky Barnes?" he asks, and while he still seems wary, for the first time since he woke up he says something actually helpful "I'll talk to him. Tell him the name's Sean Conlon."

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Bucky smiles, at the question, and the fact Spot just rolled into calling him Dad, he's pretty sure Steve is going to melt when Spot calls him pop to his face. "Yeah, we can get you a camera." He nods smiling a little. "But if you don't have it on you, you're phone has one too." He points out, "If you want them printed you just email them to the photo place." He yawns. "But we can get you a real camera too." He nods, "Alright you need sleep, I need sleep." He says. "See if you can find one online you like, or we can just go look around Sunday, tomorrow you can look at the more recent album tomorrow." He says heading back upstairs.

The next morning Steve is trying to clean up, and Bucky is telling him it's clean enough, It's just our friends." He laughs, making fun of Steve a little until he gets hit in the face with a dish towel and rolls his eyes moving over to Steve and kissing him.

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"Oh yea," Spot's kind of got used to the whole smartphone thing. Mostly. He's found one game on it (that Peter showed him) and he has sort of figured out how to use Facebook (though he's got a grand total of about 5 friends), but generally he doesn't pay much attention to the thing. That might change now... at least until he gets a proper camera, anyway.

"Night dad." he yawns, heading off to bed feeling a lot lighter than he did before.

And in the morning, well, Spot's phone is in his hand before he even thinks about it, snapping a picture of both the dish towel hitting Bucky's face (and yea, he's pretty pleased with his timing there) and the two of them kissing. He doesn't even complain about the PDA.

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Bucky smiles at Spot, shaking his head a little, but there is a warmness to it. He pulls Spot overtaking the phone and pushing the button to flip the camera so he takes a selfie of the three of them, and hands it back to Spot.

He goes and fixes himself and Spot putting them down on the table, and going to fix one for Steve. "Come eat something, relax we are literally having burgers with friends." He laughs

Steve huffs but joins them at the table.

"You get some sleep last night?" Bucky asks looking at Sean.

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Spot takes the phone back, opening up the gallery to look at the selfie. He looks kind of startled and a little grumpy in it, but he can't bring himself to care. It's a picture of his family, the first one he has, and he's more overwhelmed by it than he expected to be.

"What? Oh. Yea, yea I did." he shoves his phone back in his pocket and comes to sit at the table "Sorry I woke you up last night..."

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"I was coming down for water, and don't worry about it." He says he had already talked to Steve about what happened. "Sometimes I'm just up." He says taking a spoonful of cereal. "You get any homework for the weekend?" Bucky asks lips twitching a little.

The rest of the morning is pretty relaxed, it's around noon when Bucky looks at Spot, "Wanna come with me, gotta pick up some stuff before people start showing up. "What time did Peter say he was coming over?"

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"A bit, but I'll get it done today." He's already made a plan for that, a plan that he reveals a few short hours later when Bucky asks when Peter is coming over.

"About two, we was gonna work on homework together before everybody else showed up," and no it's not just an excuse to spend time alone with Peter don't be ridiculous, just because Spot's arranged it for a time when he only has homework from classes he's doing okay in... "so I'll come with if we'll be back in time."

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Bucky smiles and nods, "Yeah we'll be back in plenty of time, just have to get some drinks and snack stuff, little more hamburger meat." He shrugs grabbing his keys.

Once they're in the jeep Bucky looks at Spot, "You seem really excited about Peter." Coming and yeah he's digging, but he's smooth about it. It's his job to get intel and be smooth.

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"Oh... well I's just tryin' to make friends here," Spot shrugs, oh-so-casual and conveniently looking out the window so he doesn't meet Bucky's gaze "An' you was saying he might kinda understand what it's like to have been through some weird shit, right? So I figure he's a good start..."

Very smooth, very logical. If he hadn't been avoiding looking at Bucky when he said it, it might even have been believable.

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He's easier to read than to an open book, Bucky thinks more amused than anything. "Friends are good, people who get you are good too." Bucky nods.

Getting the food into the cart doesn't take long, "You need anything while we're here?" He asks before they start heading to the checkout, "Or anything before we head back to the house?" He says easily getting in line behind a couple of other people.

Oh god, he thinks though, about all the talks he's going to have to have once his kid starts dating, it's not like the normal don't get anybody pregnant talk unless the kid is bi. He's gonna have to figure it out, and it's moments like these he really values the internet.

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"Oh, can I grab some snacks for studying?" he figures the study session is early enough that he's not at risk of spoiling his appetite, and he may or may not have been paying attention to what snacks Peter liked for the past week so he could make sure they had them when he came over. Definitely not.

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"Yeah go for it." Bucky nods smiling, When they get back Clint and Matt are already in the backyard with Lucky and Steve getting the grill going, and mostly just hanging out.

Lucky trots inside wagging his tail when he sees Bucky and yips happily sniffing at the bags. Lucky is missing one eye, a big chunk of one ear, and part of his tail. But he looks like a very friendly dog.

The sniffs Spot's hand before licking it, before he trots over to the cooler and noses it open grabbing a soda and bringing to Clint in the backyard.

"He's a weird dog." Bucky murmurs, "And not because of how he looks, Bruce and Stephen don't think he's a normal dog..."

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Spot retrieves the snacks surprisingly quickly since he knew exactly what he wanted to get already, so it's not much of a delay before they get back.

He's briefly distracted by Lucky, giving him a quick head ruffle before he trots away, and Spot watches with an impressed expression when he retrieves the soda.

"He seems like a pretty cool dog," Spot observes, before shooting a quick glance at the clock "Think I got time to go shower before everybody else gets here?"

Not that he's got anybody he wants to impress or anything.

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"Yeah..." Bucky says giving Sean the side-eye a little.

When Spot goes upstairs to shower Bucky goes back to hang out in the backyard he's chatting with Matt and Clint while Steve is playing with Lucky. When there is a knock on the door.

Bucky goes to answer and smiles at Peter, "Hi Mr. Barnes."

Bucky laughs, "What did I tell you to call me."

"Bucky." Peter replies rubbing the back of his neck. "Spot here?" He asks as Bucky lets him in, "He'll be downstairs in a minute grab a soda, only Matt and Clint are here, so far."

"Did Clint bring Lucky?" Peter asks with a smile.

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It might be kind of obvious, to Bucky at least, when Spot reappears that he's put on his favourite (and nicest) shirt and he's definitely done his hair, but the kid's got at least a little game so he's not all that awkward when he saunters into the room and leans casually against the doorframe with his hands in his pockets.

"Hey Pete," he says with a tilt of his head and a little half smile, which is a look that, he has on very good authority, is very attractive. "You wanna hang down here for a bit or you wanna go get this homework out the way?"

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Bucky blinks sighs and rolls his eyes, but where Spot can't see him, Steve is standing in the sliding glass door and mouths Pete at Bucky, and he has to do his best not to laugh. He wouldn't tell Spot but that's probably not as smooth as the kid thinks he's being.

After Peter, Nat drifts in and looks at Spot and Peter in the living room and rambles something at Bucky in fast-paced Russian, she sounds more amused than anything.


Peter looks at the homework Spot has laid out, and sees the big red D on the Chem homework. "You could have asked me for help," He says looking at Spot.

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There's something about the Russian that catches Spot's attention, just for a moment, but he doesn't know why given that he hasn't got the faintest clue what she just said, so he just drags his gaze back to Peter and tries to ignore every adult in the room trying to cramp his style.

Once they actually get to the homework and Peter sees his grade he has the decency to actually look slightly sheepish as he grabs the assignment and shoves it back in his bag out of sight.

"I guess I just didn't want you to think I was a dumbass or nothin'." he admits

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"Not everyone is good at everything." He points out, "Also you've probably never seen science like this." He points out with a shrug.

Bucky and Steve leave the only, but Bruce and Stephen peer at their science homework every once in a while. Peter blinks up at them, because good lord, two PhD's are watching him try to do his homework.

Dr. Strange and Dr. Banner walk back to the backyard, looking amused with themselves. "They do that to mess with me." But Peter sounds amused, "Bruce lets me use his lab sometimes."

A little while later, Bucky comes in to tell them to take a break and come hang out and eat.

A little later Bucky's cell phone rings, he chats for a minute. "Peter you're Aunt is working late at the hospital, she wants to crash here, or at Barton's tonight."

Peter is about to say something about staying home alone when Bucky and Clint say Mystero at the same time.

"Right sneaking out to fight crime and international travel and calamity." Peter rubs the back of his neck.

"You're lucky you had a good lawyer," Clint smirks making Matt laugh.

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Spot mostly just tries to ignore them, though he's at least smart enough to listen to any advice they drop in while they're looking. He's just not into science enough to be impressed by them, even if Bruce's picture is on the wall on his science classroom, to him they're just his dads' friends who could probably give him the answer to the homework question he hasn't figured out - not that he'll ask, but he makes sure they notice it when they come round and give him the answer without him having to say anything. When Peter comments that they're messing with him, the words are out of his mouth before he even thinks about it.

"You want me to soak em for ya?" Peter probably doesn't even know what "soak" means, and a scrawny 16 year old old has no chance against two actual superheroes, but threatening to beat people up is how Spot Conlon shows he cares, so there you have it. He plays it off as a joke easily enough. After, as he predicted, having to explain what soaking was.

When the offer to stay with them or Clint comes, and the accompanying commentary, Spot raises an eyebrow.

"Now that sounds like a story. You wanna stay over and tell me how it goes?"

It's really hard to be cool and flirtatious when your parents and all their friends are right there, so personally Spot thinks he deserves a god damn medal for how casual he manages to sound.

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“Is that like beat up?” Peter asks arching a brow, “because no no no,
Don’t they aren’t being mean, they uh just think I need more advanced science work.” He shrugs.

“I’ll stay with Steve and Bucky tonight. I have my switch in my backpack.” He grins a Spot.

“I thought Mea grounded you from tech that wasn’t for school work.” Steve says giving him a very Captain America look, before smiling. “Not gonna rat you out but both of you have to do the dishes or I will.” He smirks and Bucky laughs, Stephen is using his powers making a ball for lucky to chase. Clint and Matt are laying in the grass it’s a tiny yard but they seem to make it work.

“I’ll get the spare room set up while you clean the kitchen.” Bucky’s says stretching. It’s obvious Bucky and Steve had built there own family of misfits when they woke up. Nat carries in the plates and cutlery for Peter and Spot to wash so quite as she moves it’s as scary as Bucky popping up out of nowhere.

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"Maybe they's right, I mean you're pretty smart, you could probably do that stuff in your sleep." Spot points out casually, nudging Peter with his shoulder.

He rolls his eyes at Steve's deal, but it's a mark of how much he wants to spend more time with Peter (even doing the dishes) that he doesn't actually complain or protest, shoving himself to his feet and moving towards the kitchen. Though he does shoot a cheeky "Snitches get stitches, pop." over his shoulder as he goes.

He makes it to the kitchen before realising that's the first time he's called Steve that to his face, and he's done it in front of all their friends as well. So he's just going to silently worry about whether or not it's okay while he does the dishes.

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“They didn’t convict me for treason, for breaking Bucky out of jail. They’re not gonna convict me for ratting Peter our. He could build new gear out of that thing.” Steve smiles his heart melting a little. No one in this room would call Sean on any of it. Save for Dr. Strange they’d either watched their parents die horribly (Clint, Matt, Bruce) love had wonderful parents and lost them early on, (Bucky and Steve) Natasha didn’t even know hers or if she had any. She says something to Steve in French that makes him smile, and silently leaves the house.

“Yeah Spot.” Clint sorts “Peter’s lucky he’s not doing 20 in The Raft, for what happened.”

“He’s a minor he would have only gotten 10-15... but he had the best lawyer in Hell’s Kitchen.” Matt’s smirks

“New York.” Clint and Steve correct.

Steve squeezes Spot’s shoulder before walking everyone to the door. Lucky trots up looking at the paper bag of left over cooked burger patties, licks spots hand and grabs the bag off the counter and trots off yipping after Clint and Matt.

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Spot just lets the banter wash over him with a smile on his face. It's not quite the gang he had for himself, and sure they're all adults, but there's a weird kind of belonging all the same and it makes him feel actually kind of normal for a bit - despite the actual subject matter of their jokes.

He calls a goodbye to everybody, taking a moment to give Lucky another head-ruffle and laugh as the dog takes the leftovers, and settles in to finish up the dishes with Peter, and if he keeps sneaking sidelong glances at the other boy while they work that's neither here nor there.

It ends up being a really nice day, and night, they get their homework finishes and Peter teaches him to play some more video games and it's all so far from what his life used to be, but for a little while at least he wouldn't trade it for the world.

He ends up with about two hundred pictures on his phone by the time he goes to bed.

He finally admits that he needs help with Chemistry and Peter ends up coming over at least one night a week to work on homework together, Spot spends most of the time trying - unsuccessfully - to work out how Peter feels about him. And taking pictures, a lot of pictures.

Everything seems to be going fine, until a few weeks later when Bucky gets a call in the middle of the day asking if he could come down to the school because Spot's been in a pretty serious fight and he's in a lot of trouble.

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Bucky was in a meeting with the other Avengers minus Peter. About some odd events that have been picking up. Most of them seemingly connected to AIM.

He comes into the school in his uniform and heads toward the office and sees the nurse looking at Spot’s face and he can tell the kid’s nose is broken. He looks at the kid as he goes in to talk to the principal.

It’s a long talk he mixes defending Spot with agree with the principle, he talks the guy down to a one day suspension.

He comes back and sits on the bench next to Spot, “Looks like you got your ass handed to you.” He says patting Spot on the shoulder, but looking disappointed, so disappointed. “You’re grounded by the way.” He adds, “after we go get your nose set.”

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Spot's face is pretty much like thunder, it's not exactly the first time he's been in trouble for something he didn't think was his fault, but that doesn't mean he hates it any less. Especially given that the fuckers broke his nose.

"You should see the other guys." he shoots back when Bucky sits down. He can see the disappointment in Bucky's expression and it crushes him, he's not used to caring so much what somebody else thinks but he cares what Bucky thinks, he cares a lot.

"They fuckin' started it," he protests, glaring down at the ground.

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“You can tell me what happened in the car.” He says shaking his head. “How did they start it?” He asks leading Spot away from the school, “If they are gonna kill you, you just gotta walk away. You’re pop and I have always been bad at it.” He muses, “but you can’t go trying to bust the crap out of anyone who makes you angry.” He starts the car.

“They suspended you was supposed to be the rest of the week, but talked them down to just tomorrow.”