About Last Night: Green Series 1 (Pre-Serum Omega!Steve x Alpha!Bucky MPreg AU)

Twenty-Five

At eighteen weeks, Steve was lounging in his nest with a baby name book in hand, Greg by his side, and Star Trek: The Next Generation on the TV. As far as Saturday nights went, it was pretty good. Especially when Bucky returned with two bowls of popcorn: buttered for himself and caramel-mustard for Steve.

"You didn't have to pause it," Bucky took his seat in the nest on Greg's other side.

"It's your favorite," Steve set the book down on the sofa's arm and played the episode. Shoving some of his popcorn into his mouth, Steve teased, "Plus, it's more fun to watch you geek out."

Playfully, Bucky rolled his eyes, but returned his attention to the TV. And since Bucky had, Steve did too. Not quite sure what was happening in the episode, but he didn't mind; it was still entertaining. Plus, he was more interested in finding a fitting name for Squirt.

"What do you think about, 'Elsie?'" Steve asked around a mouthful.

"Elsie," Bucky repeated, testing the name out. "Elsie. Elsie Rogers-Barnes."

"Barnes-Rogers," Steve corrected.

"Elsie Barnes-Rogers," Bucky cocked his head from side-to-side. Shoving more popcorn in his mouth, Bucky said, "I like it."

"Elsie," Steve softly repeated to himself. After a moment, Steve scrunched his face and said, "I don't like it."

Chuckling, Bucky shook his head. Over the past week, it had become a thing between them. Even though they still weren't sure what sex Squirt was. Regardless, one of them would ask about a name, test it out, only for them to not like it. So far, the casualties had been: Phoebe (suggested by Steve, vetoed by Bucky; "the first girl who ever broke my heart was named, 'Phoebe.'"), Augusta (suggested by Bucky, vetoed by Steve; "they would be Augusta born in August?'"), Rosanna (suggested by Steve, vetoed by Steve after Bucky spent the next three days singing the Toto classic), and Sabina (suggested by Bucky, vetoed by Bucky after he kept incorrectly testing, 'Sabrina.').

"How about we name them after your mom?" Bucky suggested.

And while it had been Steve's original thought, it wasn't possible anymore. Not with little Sadie's legal name being Sarah May. But he didn't feel remorse over it. Instead, it made him love the four year old just a little more than he already did.

"Can't," Steve answered, licking mustard off his fingers.

Bucky's brows furrowed, "Why can't you?"

"Because Sadie has it," Steve shrugged eyeing the alpha's bowl of popcorn.

"Oh," Bucky started worrying his lower lip. "I didn't know that."

"It's okay," Steve assured, reaching over Greg to get some of Bucky's popcorn. Smiling to himself, Steve claimed, "She would've hated it anyway. I can hear her now –" Steve chuckled to himself before poorly imitating his late mother "– 'Steven Grant, why would you do that to them?! They didn't do anything to deserve that!"

A large grin stretched across Bucky's face the way it always did when Steve talked about something he loved, but especially when he talked about his mom. He didn't do it often, but when he did, Bucky acted as though he was hanging on his every word. And whenever Bucky did that, with that stupidly adorable dopey grin, it always made Steve's heart shift, as though it was out of sync before and finally found the rhythm it was meant to follow.

Pursing his lips as he thought, Steve tried, "Clementine?"

"It's a bit of a mouthful," Bucky declined, going back to eating his popcorn, but purposely going slow so Steve could steal some.