"So you would rather leave me to face them alone? At least together, I am not alone." It's an easy comradery to fall into and it's a surprise, given the strange way he felt before. "For me?
"I am happy to do anything if I get to do it with you."
“Together it is, at least, a United front. For all that would achieve against those two.” So, not really a lot. “No. It was just unexpected, I think.”
There’s clearly some level of mutuality here but Pietro isn’t sure how far that stems, or how far the Baron wants it to. And he’d never want to do anything that would hurt either Helmut or Heike. It makes it hard to know how much to say.
“I enjoy your company.” And, perhaps in a move that is too bold or just bold enough. “You make me feel safe I’m a way only Wanda ever has before. Though there is a difference, of course.”
"Of course you are safe," he assures fondly, his arm sliding more properly around Pietro's shoulders. This is all a very-- new sort of challenge, one that they're both trying to learn how to maneuver.
But it does warm him to hear Pietro say that. "Although I am curious... what sort of difference, beyond the obvious, Pietro?"
"We weren't always, before you." Pietro had been an omega on the streets and having a beta for a sister hadn't always been enough to scare people away when need be. He'd been lucky. Others weren't.
"Well, for starters," a teasing glint comes to Pietro's eyes and he smirks at the other man. "You are not my sister."
There's a sympathetic look. He knows it couldn't have been easy, an orphaned omega, and while he has little against betas - he did marry one that happened to be the love of his life - they weren't enough to always fend off alphas, especially an alpha who has caught the scent of a heat.
It couldn't have been easy.
The teasing has him smiling a bit, shrugging his shoulders. "You are right. I somehow doubt her dresses would flatter me quite as well."
He nudges Pietro forward once they've reached the garage and the car he wants. "Go, make yourself comfortable."
Pietro hasn't really spoken about what it was like before the Zemo's took them in. He had been fortunate enough that things had never progressed further than some verbal harassment, even when he had been at his most vulnerable.
"If anyone could pull off one of Wanda's dresses, it would be you. Or, if you were game enough to wear one, perhaps... I could pull it off." It's easy enough to get into the car, having a moment to hide his blush.
That surprises another laugh out of him, uncertain whether that's a true compliment or not... but the rest of it certainly piques his attention. He moves to slide into the driver's seat.
It isn't as if he and his wife haven't... discussed certain things, in depth. It needed to be done, with an Alpha and an Omega under the same roof that weren't truly related. As good as his control was, Pietro was... tempting.
And Heike had given her blessing. She cared for Pietro, trusted him. She also knew there was nothing that would compromise his love for her.
So it isn't with much guilt at all when he fixes Pietro with a teasing look. "Would I have to be in a dress for you to do that? Or will my regular clothing suffice?"
Pietro, unaware of the conversations the Alpha has had with his wife, is caught off guard by the response to his flirty comment and it shows on his face. He turns in his seat so that he's facing Helmut as best he can.
"Are you serious?" Of course, he had been, despite the obvious tease in his voice but he hadn't really expected much more than another flirt in return. "What about Heike? What... Does she know?"
There's a quiet chuckle. He can't quite help it for the look he receives in return. "You know that I would never do anything to hurt Heike, or without her blessing."
He gives a softer smile after a moment, reassuring. "You know that I would never do anything to hurt you or your sister either, of course."
"Yeah, that's why I asked." Pietro was well aware of the love and respect the Alpha had for his beta but that didn't mean the suggestion hadn't caught him off guard enough to question things.
He also didn't wish to hurt Heike in anyway.
"I know. I've never doubted it." In a moment of candor, Pietro smiles again. "It's part of what draws me to you."
"We have had some discussions." He isn't certain how much to bring up at the moment, but if it alleviates some of Pietro's worry...
"She knows there is a natural draw." And not simply because of what they are either. He gives a smile in return at that simple confession. He's glad to hear it.
"I think anyone who even looks at us knows that." It was palpable; it was in their scent, in the way they looked at each other, the way they moved around one another. Anyone with working eyes and nose would know of the natural draw between them.
But only Heike's opinion mattered outside of their own. "And? Where does she stand?"
"She loves you as much as she loves your sister, Pietro. And she is a practical woman... she's-- encouraged it. Us. If we want it." If they both want it. It's a complicated matter - he knows that, and he would rather not hurt their relationship as it is now.
That's all the okay Pietro needs, the reassurance that Heike is in support of them pursuing whatever it is between them. He undoes his seat belt easily and leans across the car, pressing a kiss to the alpha's lips, lingering for just a moment before he sits back in his seat.
He'd expected enthusiasm, but-- he hadn't quite expected the kiss so soon. He doesn't seem to mind at all, if the smile is anything to go by. It lingers on his lips as he reaches a hand across to take Pietro's.
"It has not been an easy feat, to keep my hands to myself." But he would have, had the alpha not seemed to reciprocate his feelings, had Heike been unwilling to share her husband with someone else. Pietro turns his own hand over so their fingers can lace together.
"I'm starting to." Pietro squeezes Zemo's fingers in his own, offering a soft smile to the alpha. The car smells of happy omega pheromones and Pietro does nothing to try and hide it; there's no need to now that he knows his feelings are reciprocated.
"Please don't?" He arches a curious eyebrow at the other man, watching him thoughtfully where he's sat. He looks happy... Zemo is definitely happy as well with this outcome.
“Please don’t keep your hands to yourself.” Pietro isn’t sure he could handle that now that he knows this is a possibility, that he could have this and no one would be hurt by its reality.
"You're forward, aren't you?" He lets out a laugh, not displeased with the revelation. Pietro has always been the playful sort after all.
"You will have to show me where you exactly you wish for me to keep my hands... once we're home, of course." He gives a teasing smile as he goes to turn the ignition, get them on the road.
"Would you prefer I wasn't?" He isn't sure he couldn't be if he tried now that he knows he's allowed to be.
"I will gladly show you where I want your hands." He almost wants to pout at having to wait but it'll be well worth it and for now he at least gets to spend time with the alpha.
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"I am happy to do anything if I get to do it with you."
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It's... a difficult line to walk, between what instinct tells him to do and the desire to not make things awkward for Pietro.
the next comment has his expression softening a bit. "You flatter me."
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There’s clearly some level of mutuality here but Pietro isn’t sure how far that stems, or how far the Baron wants it to. And he’d never want to do anything that would hurt either Helmut or Heike. It makes it hard to know how much to say.
“I enjoy your company.” And, perhaps in a move that is too bold or just bold enough. “You make me feel safe I’m a way only Wanda ever has before. Though there is a difference, of course.”
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But it does warm him to hear Pietro say that. "Although I am curious... what sort of difference, beyond the obvious, Pietro?"
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"Well, for starters," a teasing glint comes to Pietro's eyes and he smirks at the other man. "You are not my sister."
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It couldn't have been easy.
The teasing has him smiling a bit, shrugging his shoulders. "You are right. I somehow doubt her dresses would flatter me quite as well."
He nudges Pietro forward once they've reached the garage and the car he wants. "Go, make yourself comfortable."
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"If anyone could pull off one of Wanda's dresses, it would be you. Or, if you were game enough to wear one, perhaps... I could pull it off." It's easy enough to get into the car, having a moment to hide his blush.
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It isn't as if he and his wife haven't... discussed certain things, in depth. It needed to be done, with an Alpha and an Omega under the same roof that weren't truly related. As good as his control was, Pietro was... tempting.
And Heike had given her blessing. She cared for Pietro, trusted him. She also knew there was nothing that would compromise his love for her.
So it isn't with much guilt at all when he fixes Pietro with a teasing look. "Would I have to be in a dress for you to do that? Or will my regular clothing suffice?"
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"Are you serious?" Of course, he had been, despite the obvious tease in his voice but he hadn't really expected much more than another flirt in return. "What about Heike? What... Does she know?"
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He gives a softer smile after a moment, reassuring. "You know that I would never do anything to hurt you or your sister either, of course."
Or he hopes he knows that.
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He also didn't wish to hurt Heike in anyway.
"I know. I've never doubted it." In a moment of candor, Pietro smiles again. "It's part of what draws me to you."
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"She knows there is a natural draw." And not simply because of what they are either. He gives a smile in return at that simple confession. He's glad to hear it.
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But only Heike's opinion mattered outside of their own. "And? Where does she stand?"
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But he doesn't think that it would.
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"I want it. I want you."
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"You look happy," he teases lightly.
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"I would have, if you had truly not been interested, but..." He's glad that wasn't the case.
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"Please don't."
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Even if it is still very new and very uncertain.
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He pauses, continuing teasingly. "But we will be driving so I'm afraid I will have to have them back."
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"Okay, but I expect you to keep your hands on me when we get home again." They'd waited long enough and Pietro doesn't want to wait anymore.
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"You will have to show me where you exactly you wish for me to keep my hands... once we're home, of course." He gives a teasing smile as he goes to turn the ignition, get them on the road.
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"I will gladly show you where I want your hands." He almost wants to pout at having to wait but it'll be well worth it and for now he at least gets to spend time with the alpha.
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