Stony Oneshots (Requests open)

Not so Indestructible

Not So Indestructible

REQUEST:

'Hey can you do one where Steve is severely hurt after battle and Tony has to take care of him and they both reveal their hidden feelings for each other in the process? - StarburstMilner

"Stark," Fury nodded his head at Tony as he walked out of Steve's hospital room with a grim look on his face, pausing for a moment Fury placed his hand on Tony's shoulder, ignoring the way that his avenger shrugged him smoothly off. "He's stable," he said and Tony nodded shortly before watching Fury walk away down the corridor and flopped down on the hard chair, his hand covering his face and he breathed deeply in relief, his eyes stinging with tears that hadn't fallen.

The antiseptic smell of the hospital was making Tony's skin crawl and made him want to run, to leave - distant memories arising in the back of his head, ones that he'd locked away for this very reason. Just the sight of nurses in uniforms and the stench of sickness made his head spin and his chest ache. Hospitals meant sadness and death, they sucked the life out of their patients and their visitors making them helpless and lost. 

But still he stayed there, his hands clenched into fists under his thighs as he sat on them, waiting for the lights to light up outside of Steve's room so that he could see him. The others came and went, Natasha smiling at him and gently patting his arm before taking James' hand in hers and walking down to the cafeteria to join Coulson and Clint. Pepper popped in for a few moments and tried to get him to eat but Tony shook his head and looked away as she wafted the pizza tantalizingly under his nose, nausea rising in his throat. But Bruce stayed there with him, not talking just sat there with his arms wrapped around Tony so that he could hold him close, so that the beating of another persons heart reminded his of its job.

It was almost midnight by the time the green light flickered on outside Steve's room and a kind looking nurse walked out and smiled at Tony and Bruce. Bruce was wrapped around Tony fast asleep much like a limpet and Tony smiled gladly at the nurse before peeling Bruce off him and walking into the dark hospital room.

The full moon streamed through the open window and left silhouettes against the crisp, white covers, the mound in the fabric letting shadows cast over Steve's rather broken looking body. Crumpling into the chair next to Steve Tony let his hands hover over Steve for a few moments trying to decide which bit of him to touch before deciding to curl a stray bit of blonde hair that was tucked behind his ear. Brushing his nimble fingers through the hair for a few moments, letting the soft curl twist it's way around his fingers he pressed the palm of his other hand to is eyes to stop the tears from trailing down his face.

Sucking in a shuddery breath Tony avoided looking at the bloody bandages that held Steve's head together, the ugly stitches marring his forehead and Tony couldn’t help but shut his eyes and relive the days past horrors.

 

"Captain to Ironman are you there? "

Steve screamed over the comms as he ran over the top of the buildings, jumping over the partitions between the houses and using his shield to stop the bullets from hitting him. Several cyborgs landed on his runway and Steve stumbled to a stop, head whipping from side to side as he looked for an escape route. He wasn’t strong enough to fight the robots by himself and none of the others were near him.

"Ironman to Captain, JARVIS and I are flying to your location we'll be there in t-minus 2 minutes."

Steve shook his head grimly and walked a few steps back and ran to the edge of the building and launched himself off the side, the wind rushing through his air and his arms as he spread himself out to slow the fall."Ironman I need you in position now!" Steve yelled as the ground drew closer and closer to his falling body and through his comms he could hear the whir of the engine as Tony pushed himself harder, faster. But it was no use, Steve squeezed his eyes shut and braced himself for the 30 floor fall and crashed into a heap onto the ground, his arms closing around his body and he tried to preserve his organs.