Puppies

My first request!!! By iamKhrfan123

Today was a special day. The most look forward to day of each month of each year. The day, where everyone has a day off.

It was Wanda's idea for today's activity. She'd been getting a lot sadder about losing Pietro when her birthday got close, which it was, and she wanted a friend. Thor thought of dogs. Actually, he thought of "miniature horses", bit close enough. So technically, it was Thor and Wanda. Then it was Tony who contributed.

"Hey guys, you know how Wanda is lonely and Thor wants a mini horse?" he asked the group as he walked into the living room. Everyone was spread across the furniture, a few on the floor. He got some nods, a few mumbled replies, and one person saying an offended 'hey'. "Well," he continued on anyways, walking to the flat screen to turn it on the channel he had told Friday to put it on. It was an ad for an event going on at Central Park.

"What's this?" Steve asked, turning to look at Tony, then back to the screen. On the bottom, text rolled and Steve read aloud. "'Doggie Adoption Fair? Come and get a new dog to help support animals in shelters. Games, refreshments, and future buddies provided.' So we're going to a charity type event? On our day off?"

"With dogs," Tony countered. Everyone nodded, and Wanda stood up from the floor spot she had.

"Well, if I can get one, I'll go for it," she said. Tony shrugged and said sure, and before you know it the rest of the group was up and running, getting dressed and trying to get to the lobby floor so they could leave. Tony smiled at his success, watching everyone get excited for some publicity thing he was invited to. It was adorable.

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After they all walked to the park, enduring many autographs and paparazzi pictures, nearly everyone ran off. Sam, Bucky, Wanda, Steve, Peter, and even Nat were the ones who hurried to different places: the food, the games, and the dogs.

Steve was one of the people who hurried to the dogs. He remembered that when living back in the 30s in Brooklyn, he had always wanted a pet. He tried many times to take home an ally dog he'd found, but his mom shot him down because they couldn't afford it. He still wanted a dog, and was one of the fist things he thought of when trying to have a new life. But with living in the tower with everyone else, he assumed it wouldn't be possible.

He looked over all the dogs, and to anyone who looked, they might think he was a kid (a freakishly tall one, but you know what I mean). The pure joy of picking out a new friend was thrilling and somewhat overwhelming. Couldn't he adopt them all? No, then other people wouldn't have a chance to get a new friend. Beside, he'd have enough fun with the other dogs they'd get.

While looking, one dog in particular caught his eye. They had a pink collar on, to help indicate that they were in fact a girl. She was a pure white dog, her hair messy and untamed. Her nose was a little pick, button nose, causing Steve to smile slightly at the adorableness. The end of her tail was curled up and she was sitting away from the other dogs. One dog come over at one point to her, and she curled away from them. Steve's eyebrows furrowed, and he saw someone who was working there.

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You were scared. Absolutely scared. There was too much around you. Too many dogs. Too many humans. Too many people who could turn out to be just as horrible as those other people. They abandoned you. Good thing. They were mean. You shook slightly when the people put a little collar on your neck. It was just a terrifying moment. But when you had been surrounded by other dogs. So many. It was stressful.

Then add on all the people who would come by and look at you. And try to touch you. You thought they would hurt you. Your old owners did. They were mean. They all hurt you, and then one day left you in this new place. It was scary, cause all these people tried to touch you. You couldn't move. You were terrified.

But then you saw this one man. He wasn't like the others. He was really sweet, cause he didn't try to touch you. He seemed like a nice guy. He stood up and talked to one of the girl people who had brought you to this big green place. They talked for a while, and for the first time you allowed yourself to stare. Confused as to what they were saying, you tilted your head. The big boy person looked over to you and smiled, chuckling a bit. The girl person did too, and they both laughed a little. You thought you did something bad, so you whimpered.

A while pasted as you laid on the ground, looking over at the boy and girl people every now and then. Finally, the girl handed him something squarish? He grabbed a weird slick thing and wrote on the other thing, before heading it back to her. She then grabbed what looked to be a-

Wait! You stood suddenly, the girl coming over and gently approaching you. This made you think. Was he my new person? She leaned down and carefully picked you up, before handing you to the big man. Wow, he was cuddly. You felt somewhat happy and safe in your new owner's arms. You decided to show some affection and booped him a few times. He laughed, and his chest vibrated, which felt really funny.

The girl put my leash on and we were about to walk away, but he asked her something. "What's her name?"

"(Y/n)."

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Steve walked over to a bench to sit with his new dog, (Y/n) Rogers. The shelter volunteer explained how she'd been abused, neglected, and over all had horrible people own her before just abandoning her. It was sad to him, so he thought he could give her a better home.

According to the volunteer, (Y/n) was great with kids, other dogs, could live in apartments, and loved sunshine. But she also needed lots of grooming. But you know, Steve was okay with all of that. He was willing to be a responsible father to his puppy. She was also apparently only two and half months old, so Steve made sure to be careful. She was already going to be a small dog, being a Bolognese and everything.

Steve looked down to the little pup, and noticed she was slightly shaking, looking around at everything. She was huddled close to his chest, though, so they got off on the right foot. 'That's a good sign,' Steve thought to himself. He started to cautiously stroke the puppy's head, causing her to look up at him. He smiled at her and kept petting her, and she finally got used to the feeling. Steve knew she was treated horribly, especially for being such a young dog, but he knew they'd get along. Maybe she and Bucky would understand each other as well...

"Steve!" someone called out, gaining the both the super soldier and dog's attention. With Tony approaching them fast, (Y/n) started squirming in his hold, getting freaked out by this new person. "What are you- did you get a dog?" Tony cut himself off mid sentence seeing the adorable puppy in the other man's arms.

Steve nodded. "Yeah. Her name is (Y/n). She's from an abused home, so we have to be careful with her. I don't know how well she'll get along with the others, including other new dogs, so we just need to be caustics," Steve tried to explain, while petting you on the head.

Tony crouched down in front of Steve so he could be eye level with you. You managed to look over at this new man, and his nice demeanor threw you for a loop. He carefully put a hand out and let you sniff him. When you did nothing, Tony lifted his hand slowly to your head, and started petting you. You were still a little hesitant, but Steve was also there, so you were okay.

"We should get going. Looks like Sam and Buck are getting into a fight at one of the games," Steve pointed out, causing the two men to look over and see the other two previously mentioned people fighting over who get to try and toss a ball into an old milk bottle thing.

Tony shrugged and replied, "That's fair." He started heading over to break it up, and Steve told him that he'd go ahead and go back to the tower. He still needed to pick up some stuff for you, so he made a pit stop at another booth of dog beds and such. Sadly, however, that turned into a lot longer visit than originally anticipated.

A few people recognized him, and instantly swarmed him. "Oh my gosh you're Captain America!" one girl squeal, causing even more people to come over. You were getting stressed out, all the flashes of camera and the people surrounding you. It was too much, even for a puppy like you, who should typically love attention. Sadly, it was a reminder of everything else.

Steve somehow heard your whimpers over the crowd, and looked down to see you shaking violently, trying to burrow yourself into his coat, to escape from the crowd. He went to pet you, and made the whole situation worse.

"Omg is that a dog?!" someone screeched, making the people take their attention from the blond man himself, to the little white puppy in his arms. People were now reaching out to pet her, touch her, even take her. The poor thing, you cried and whimpered out scared for your life.

"Everyone move!" a strong voice yelled out, causing the crowd to part and allow Natasha through with her new German Shepard in tow. It growled at the group of crazy paparazzi as Nat walked to Steve. She grabbed his arm lightly, so she wouldn't disturb you, and led him to the exit of the park. The other Avengers were waiting there, a few of them holding animals themselves. You looked up, noticing the noise disappeared, only to see more people and dogs around you. Scared once more, you buried you face into Steve's jacket.

Nat looked down at you, a look of sympathy on her face. "Let me guess: abused home?" Steve nodded and she understood. The group made their way back home to the tower, only stopping this time to get a lot of dog food and other things (beds, treats, toys, etc.) for a new room Tony was designing on an unused floor towards the top. It also had a little balcony for fresh air, but of course they were allowed to go for walks around the city still. Tony just wanted a dog room. He even got a cute Golden Retriever puppy who was only one month.

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It felt like forever to you, but Steve finally got to his room. He cautiously set you on the floor so you could explore. You were tentative at first, but soon got the courage to just sniff around the room. Steve slid down the door and sat down, watching you as you walked around the room. To you, everything was new, everything needed to be sniffed, and everything was huge. He was a pretty big guy, that you could tell by comparing him with other humans, so the large things in his room didn't shock you all that much.

Steve smiled at the puppy wonder that was on your face, and when you looked back at him, your head instantly tilted in confusion. This only made him laugh more. You shyly padded over to him, wanting to sleep but having no idea where.

He looked at you, and how you were slow and he somehow noticed you were tired. You were a puppy, so how the hell could he tell? He didn't know, but he thought that's what it might be anyways. When you got to him and carefully reach out a hand to pet you. "Tired (Y/n)?" he asked, using a 'puppy' voice. Everyone has one, Steve admitted to himself.

Slowly, as if asking for some sort of permission, he picked you up and placed you on his bed. He sat down, his back against the headboard. You had no clue where your burst of confidence came from, but you snuggled up next to his leg and fell asleep almost immediately. Steve smiled and started to pet you, something he found himself doing a lot more. It was just...comforting. It was nice. He didn't feel so alone, and had the least complicated relationship to help him handle some of his stress and such. This would be the best decision he's ever made.

*Bonus*

Nat walked down to Steve's room to get his input on the new dog playroom Stark was putting together. She got to his room and forgot to knock, and just opened the door. Inside, she found a certain blond super soldier laying on his side on his bed, cuddling a certain new Bolognese puppy to his chest, both sound asleep. She swore there were smiles on both of their faces.

~Fin~

A/N: Hey guys! This was my first request and I really hope I did okay! If I forgot anything I'm so sorry, but I still hoped you and everyone else enjoyed it!

Okay...this made me squeal yesterday but...3K READS?! Guys this makes me so happy I'm smiling like a dork right now. Like, you don'e even know.

And yeah it's almost been a week but the Academy Awards were awesome, and I'm stoked to see that Black Panther, Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, and Bohemian Rhapsody won some awards. Let me know what you thought, I'd love to hear it!

Bye Lovelies!!