Breathless// Tony

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Summary: In hindsight Tony probably should have used those extra two hours to sleep instead of working on his cars, all of them, at the same time. He probably should have only kept one car running at a time, but his state of chronic exhaustion caused his judgement to falter. 

Steve should have known something was wrong, he knew Tony. He should have noticed his change in attitude quicker.

TW: Vomiting

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Tony was exhausted, but when is he not these days. What with the endless projects from Fury and SHIELD, the renovations of the tower, the upgrades he needs to make to Barton's arrows, Natasha's knives, Cap wants an art studio, Bruce needs some Hulk proof pants. As well as the multiple upgrades his suit needs before the next battle, the thrusters on the boots were flickering mid battle and he nearly crashed into a building. 

So, despite his exhaustion he needed to keep working. But then Fury pulled one of the projects, putting it off for the time being. Tony didn't know why, he was just glad. He could use those two hours to fix his cars, he wanted to upgrade them so he could go even faster. 

Any normal person would use those two hours to sleep, but not Tony Stark. He finished Clint's arrows and dragged himself out of his seat. His vision spun and he leaned forward, arms on his desk. He took shallow breaths, he hadn't taken a deep breath since before Afghanistan the cylinder in his chest constricting his lungs.

When he finally regained some strength he pushed away from the desk and grabbed the new arrows. He would usually just tell JARVIS to call Clint down to his lab. But he wasn't thinking, and maybe he could grab a drink in the kitchen. He made his way to the elevator, his head pounding with every  step. He always seemed to have a migraine now-a-days, probably from the lack of sleep. 

"Hey JARVIS, when was the last time I slept" He asked the AI as the elevator shot up to the shared floor. 

"You slept for approximately and hour and a half 27 hours ago and your last sleep before that was over 48 hours ago. Sir, I strongly advise that you use the two hours break you have been given to sleep"

"No can do JARVIS, I want to feel the speed I feel in the suit but in my cars" The elevator doors opened and he stepped out of them and into the living room. "Barton, arrows" 

"Hey, well lookie here. We have a wild Tony Stark, in a habitat other than his lab" Clint mocked, "But thanks Stark" The group chuckled.

Steve looked over at the billionaire and noticed the dark circles under his eyes. How had he never seen them before, thats right Stark never left his lab. 

"Stark you ok?" Steve asked, hoping the man would open up.

"I'm fine Cap, don't worry your little ass about it" And with that he turned and left, leaving the captain with even more questions.

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"JARVIS, Play my tunes" The room filled with AC/DC and ironically it took away his headache. Allowing his mind to clear for a moment before filling with plans to upgrade his cars. He got to work, starting the engines and fixing a part before moving to the next car.

He had worked on about five cars, leaving them running at the time being. At one point he thought he may have heard JARVIS speaking but it must not have been important because no alarm went off. He was too wrapped up in fixing his cars to notice the small blinking on one of the screens in the corner. He was too rapped up to notice the Carbon Monoxide levels start to climb in the lab. He wheeled out from under the car cursing when he noticed that his headache was back, not in a sharp stabbing way which was good but in a more of a dull headache.

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